Dr Geraldine Latchem-Hastings
Senior Lecturer: Physiotherapy & Peer Review Lead
- hastingsgm@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 206 87729
- Room 3.34, 3rd floor, Ty Dewi Sant, Heath Campus, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4XN
Research Interests
I am a member of the Education and Professional Practice Research team whose aim is to research and contribute to the opportunities & challenges facing the physiotherapy profession today and tomorrow. The research output links with two of the School of Healthcare Studies research themes 1) Promoting & maintaining a healthy lifestyle and 2) Evaluation of healthcare delivery & development of professional practice.
The team's research endeavours to a) contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate learning & teaching content and delivery b) prepare & support students, clinicians & staff in their lifelong development as therapists & members of society and c) explore the impact of changes to service design & delivery on professional/clinical practice. The team aims to achieve this by using an eclectic mix of approaches (e.g. interviews, focus groups, surveys) to understand people's contexts and needs.
Umbrella Themes
- Personal & professional development e.g. professional socialisation & placement learning
- Employability & service development e.g. Impact of health & social care policy on physiotherapy practice (individual & service design)
- Promoting & maintaining a healthy lifestyle e.g. Health promotion policy in practice
My particular research interests are ethics and law in health & social care, health care policy, personal development planning especially portfolio development and interprofessional learning.
I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Healthcare Sciences at Cardiff University. My research interests are ethics and law in health & social care, interprofessional education, personal development planning (PDP) including engagement with reflective practice and portfolio development.
My primary research is focused on health care law, ethics and professional socialisation related to physiotherapy as a healthcare profession.
My secondary research focuses on creating digital learning spaces to facilitate allied health professionals, midwives and nurses learning to meet the challenges of modern healthcare practice. I am collaborating with Dr Julie Latchem-Hastings (CTR) to develop the CDoC online training resource for AHPs - particularly exploring its potential for inter-professional continuing professional development (CPD).
Honours and awards
- Cardiff University Enriching Student Life Award 2018 – Best Personal Tutor Nominee
- Cardiff University Enriching Student Life Award 2017 – Best Personal Tutor Nominee
- Leading Teaching Teams 2016 Nomination Winner at School and College level
- Physiotherapy Lecturer of the Year 2014, 2013, 2011 (awarded by physiotherapy students)-Physiotherapy Lecturer of the Year runner-up 2015
- Cardiff University Enriching Student Life Award 2015 – Enriching Student Life Nominee
- University of Bristol Faculty of Social Sciences and Law Prize for Excellence in a Thesis 2013 – Nominee
- Lloyds Bank Cardiff Half Marathon Special Recognition Award for volunteering (Team member) – Year 201
- School of Healthcare Studies Excellence in Learning & Teaching Award 2012 [with Susan Annetts]
- Physiotherapy Lecturer Most Considerate of Student Needs 2008 [with Gwyn Owen] (awarded by physiotherapy students)
Professional memberships
Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council May 2003 to date
[previously Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine August 1994 to May 2003]
Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy 1991 to date
Member of the Critical Physiotherapy Network 2015 to date
Committees and reviewing
Journal reviewer: Association of Chartered Physiotherapist in Respiratory Care; Journal of Health Management
Textbook reviewer: Elservier
2018
- Latchem-Hastings, G. 2018. The emotions of 'doing ethics' in healthcare research: a researcher's reflexive account. In: Loughran, T. and Mannay, D. eds. Emotion and the researcher: Sites, Subjectivities and Relationships. Studies in Qualitative Methodology United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing, pp. 213-228.
- Clouston, T. J. and Latchem-Hastings, G. 2018. Becoming a caring & compassionate practitioner: co-producing an e-learning hub through interprofessional education. Presented at: NET2018 Conference, Cambridge, UK, 4-6 September 2018.
- Pickering, D., Latchem-Hastings, G. and Ferriday, R. 2018. Technology supported patient’s narratives to enhance healthcare student’s learning.. Presented at: Communication Medicine and Ethics international conference, University of Birmingham, 25-27th June 2018.
2016
- Pickering, D., Hastings, G. and Ferriday, R. 2016. The value of patient stories in pre-registration physiotherapy education. Presented at: CSP Welsh Conference, Cardiff, UK, 28 June 2016.
2014
- Latchem-Hastings, G. 2014. Introducing the concept of moral distress in paediatric physiotherapy practice. Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists Journal 5(2), pp. 17-23.
2013
- Hastings, G. 2013. Walking a moral tightrope: the conflicting values of paediatric physiotherapists working in the community. Presented at: Extending Minds and Practice APCP National Conference, Bristol, UK, 8-9 November 2013.
- Hastings, G. 2013. Exploring the challenges of consent in childhood. Presented at: Extending Minds and Practice APCP National Conference, Bristol, UK, 8-9 November 2013.
2012
- Hastings, G. and Annetts, S. 2012. We need to talk about..your assignment!. Presented at: Higher Education Academy (HEA) Annual Conference 2012, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 3-4 July 2012.
2011
- Annetts, S. and Hastings, G. 2011. A scoping exercise investigating the efficacy and efficiency of audio feedback. Discussion Paper. London: Higher Education Academy. Available at: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/documents/nations/wales/14_E_Fund_2011_Wales_AnnettsHastings_CF.pdf
2010
- Hastings, G. 2010. Re A (Children) (Conjoined Twins: Surgical Separation) Judgment. In: Hunter, R., McGlynn, C. and Rackley, E. eds. Feminist Judgments: From Theory to Practice. Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 134-146.
2009
- Hastings, G. 2009. Research governance & ethical review: a qualitative researcher’s perspective. Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists (APCP) Journal 1(4), pp. 19-23.
2008
- Hastings, G. 2008. The principle of autonomy..a basis for informed consent. Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists (APCP) Journal, pp. 7-11.
2007
- Hastings, G. 2007. Ethical Issues in Socio-Legal Research. Presented at: Socio-Legal Studies Association Postgraduate Conference, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, 10-11 January 2007.
2006
- Hastings, G., Froud, J. and Pickering, D. 2006. Working towards standardising written patient information: a paediatric perspective. Presented at: Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists Annual Conference, Glasgow, UK, November 2006.
- Owen, G. and Hastings, G. 2006. Portfolio development – reflection on, in, and for action. Presented at: ePortfolio 2006: The 4th international ePortfolio conference, Oxford, UK, 11-13 October 2006.
2005
- Hastings, G. 2005. Consent the Welsh Vision. APCP Journal 115, pp. 115-117.
2002
- Hastings, G. 2002. PAEDIATRICS: Bending Your Arm: Refusal of physiotherapy treatment in adolescents [Abstract]. Physiotherapy 88(11), pp. 700. (10.1016/S0031-9406(05)60115-0)
My particular research interests are ethics and law in health & social care, health care policy, personal development planning including portfolio development and interprofessional learning.