About
Gill Eveleigh is Head of Physiotherapy and Professional Lead for Physiotherapy in the School of Health and Population Sciences.
Her activities have a strong education focus. As well as delivery and assessment of learning and teaching across a range of levels, Gill has experience in new programme development, course evaluation and design and quality monitoring. She has been involved in a number of programme, subject and School quality reviews, both physiotherapy subject specific and across other subject areas.
Gill has a special interest in musculoskeletal dysfunction and practical anatomy, this is demonstrated through her teaching activities and work on systematic reviews on management of whiplash syndrome and rehabilitation following spinal fusion.
Qualifications
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M.A. in Education.
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Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and registered with the Health Professions Council.
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Fellow of Higher Education Academy.
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Diploma for Teachers of Physiotherapy.
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Certificate in Education.
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Advanced Diploma in Educational Management.
Biography
Gill Eveleigh qualified as a Physiotherapist in 1980. She worked clinically for a number of years in the UK, specialising in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, before moving into physiotherapy education in 1988.
She has worked in a number of HEIs , with experience in all aspects of programme and module development, delivery, assessment and evaluation. This included development and successful validation of a Flexible (part time) BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy programme, as well as more traditional full time and MSc Pre and Post registration programmes.
For the last few years Gill has focussed on student support and the student experience and was Head of Student Development and Support for Physiotherapy and Nursing, prior to her current role. During this time interest was developed in supporting students with disabilities and also involvement in student mitigations and appeals processes.
Since November 2009 Gill has been Head of Physiotherapy/Professional Lead for Physiotherapy. As well as staff and workload management, this role involves liaison with external agencies, such as the Strategic Health Authority, Health Professions Council and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
Gill is on the External Examiner accredited list of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and is involved in programme accreditation for the C.S.P.
Teaching
Research
RESEARCH THEMES
Musculoskeletal Dysfunction.
Student Support and the Student Experience.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Whiplash Associated Disorder Systematic Review – member of team conducting this review.
Rehabilitation post Spinal Fusion – member of research group conducting systematic review and survey.
Other activities
Gill Eveleigh is an experienced External Examiner, previously examining MSc, BSc , Diploma and Access programmes. Current External Examiner Appointments at:
Brunel University – BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy programme (Full and part time programmes).
Manchester Metropolitan University – MSc Physiotherapy Pre registration programme.
Gill is also a Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Approvals Visitor, involved in programme accreditation.
Publications
Eveleigh, G (2009) Students with Disabilities: Making Reasonable Adjustments to Assessments. The Birmingham Conference, Birmingham.
Eveleigh, G (2009) The Inclusive Curriculum. The Sixth Annual Learning and Teaching Conference, University of Birmingham.
Corcoran C, Evans D, Nicholson C, Macnab N, Taysum A, Eveleigh G, Georgeson J and English M (2006) Editors. Researching Education: Different Ways of Knowing and Doing. Papers from The Research Student Conference. University of Birmingham: Birmingham. ISBN 0704426064
Eveleigh, G (2006) Evaluation of Flexible Undergraduate Physiotherapy Programme: The Student Perspective. Proceedings of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Congress. Chartered Society of Physiotherapy: London.