Denyse King - Bournemouth University Staff Profile Pages

Biography
Research

Biography

I am a registered midwife and registered midwifery lecturer. My doctorate research explored the impact of Virtual Reality Learning Environments on holistic healthcare education.

Research

I am currently researching the effectiveness of MaCO as a learning experience from learners ranging from nursery nurses through healthcare students, and qualified professionals such as school nurses, health visitors, midwives and GPs. I also spent an enjoyable few months working in partnership with Fotini Tsofliou - one of the senior team in the nutrition department - in order to enhance MaCO in this area. This has been an experience that we both enjoyed and as I am currently in discussion with a major textbook publisher about writing a textbook on the subject of maternal and childhood obesity and I have invited Fotini to contribute to the chapters on nutrition.

This research is intended to support the development of The Collaborative Alternative Augmented Reality Series (CAARS) - this research will be a scoping project, Creation of a 3D virtual environment that can be used across a wide range of subjects in health and associated subjects.The project will test the affordances of fully immersive and mixed reality experiences from the student point of view in relation to the perceived theory:practice gap. The results from the tests will then by analysed to identify if and how student's feelings and perceptions have changed as a result of their experiences.

The impact of virtual reality learning environments (VRLE) on the confidence, knowledge and reasoning of healthcare students and associated impact on patient care in clinical practice.

I researched the impact of virtual reality learning environments on holistic healthcare education for my doctorate. My thesis has been submitted and my viva will be in 2024. My supervisors are Isa Rega, Ed Bickle and Catherine Angell.

Journal Articles

King, D., Tee, S., Falconer, L., Angell, C., Holley, D. and Mills, A., 2018. Virtual health education: Scaling practice to transform student learning: Using virtual reality learning environments in healthcare education to bridge the theory/practice gap and improve patient safety. Nurse Education Today, 71, 7-9.
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King, D., 2011. Providing effective maternity care for women affected by fibromyalgia. British Journal of Midwifery, 19, 1-5.
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King, D., 2011. Providing effective maternity care for women affected by fibromyalgia. British Journal of Midwifery, 19 (3), 158-162.
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Books

King, D., 2014. My Mini Midwife. Summersdale.
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Chapters

King, D., 2016. Oral Health chapter in Portsmouth Public Health Annual Review 2015. Public Health Anual Review for 2015: Public Health Portsmouth (Portsmouth City Council).
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King, D., 2015. Foreword to The New Parents Survival Guide. The New Parents' Survival Guide The First Three Months. Summersdale Publishers LTD - ROW.
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Conferences

King, D., Rahman, E., Potter, A. and van Teijlingen, E., 2019. NoObesity apps – From approach to finished app. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 881, 1145-1157.
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Theses

King, D., 2024. Reconfiguring clinical theory and practice: exploring the impact of virtual reality learning environments on holistic healthcare education. PhD Thesis. Bournemouth University, Faculty of Media and Communication.
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Others

King, D., 2017. Safer Infant Feeding Strategy for Portsmouth City. Portsmouth City: Portsmouth City Council. Published.
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King, D., 2017. Reducing Obesity by Education (of Health Professionals). England: Health Education England. In preparation.
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Profile of Teaching PG
Profile of Teaching UG

Profile of Teaching PG

Unit Leader - Maternal and Childhood Obesity (MaCO) stand-alone distance learning package on the East and West. Studied by all UG midwifery students as well as PG students from many different disciplines including specialist midwives, practice nurses, school nurses, doctors and consultants in public health.
Maternal & Childhood Obesity (MaCO) Level 6 or 7 Credits Distant learning unit. I do the second marking for source work.

Profile of Teaching UG

Teaching accross the whole pre-registration midwifery curriculum
Unit Leader - Introduction to Professional Practice (East and West Campus)
Responsible for Moving and Handling Training for all pre-registration midwifery students on East Campus
Moving and Handling - level C, I and H (East Campus)
Safeguarding children and vulnerable adultstheme days for level 4, 5 &6 student midwives

External Responsibilities

Portsmouth Libraries, Writer in Residence (2012)

Conference Presentations

NET Conference, Reconfiguring clinical theory and practice: exploring the impact of virtual reality learning environments on holistic healthcare education., 11 Dec 2024, Presenter
ALT Open Educational Resources 2018, Virtual Reality: the implications for open educational resources, 18 Apr 2018, The Watershed, Bristol
Wessex CSIP Safety and Improvement Conference, NoObesity and Family NoObesity apps poater, 14 Jun 2017, Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton
Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Annual Conference, 15 Nov 2011, Brighton

Consultancy Activities

ROBE HP, Freelance health professional education content writing. Commissioned by Health Education England

Qualifications
Memberships

Qualifications

EdD in Healthcare education (Bournemouth University, 2024)
Public Health Practitioner in Public Health (UKPHR, 2011)
Education in Midwifery (2010)
MSc in Midwifery (2003)

Memberships

UKPHR (UK Public Health Register), Member (2011-),
Higher Education Academy, Fellow (2010-),
Society of Authors, Member (2008-),
NMC, Registered Midwife (1997-),
Royal College of Midwives, Member,