Uni of Glamorgan People

Kevin Davies

Principal Lecturer
Health, Sport & Science

Glyntaf
CF37 4BD

Tel 01443 483133
Room: GT568

Qualifications

MA, RN, Cert ED

About

Teaching Involvement

MSc Disaster Relief Healthcare, BSc (Hons) Emergency Care, BSc (Hons) Care of the Critically Ill Adult, BSc/Dip HE Nursing, BSc Professional Practice, Dip HE Professional Practice, First Aid and First Aid Instructors Courses, EN Conversion.

Administration

Award Leader and module manager MSc Disaster Relief Healthcare, module manager BSc/Dip HE, Module manager Dip HE Professional Practice, Award Leader BSc (Hons) Emergency Care, Personal student supervision. Lead on Schools Short Course Strategy.

Curriculum planning

MSc Clinical Practice, MSc Disaster Relief Healthcare/Nursing, BSc (Hons) Professional Practice, Dip HE Professional Practice, BSc (Hons) Specialist Nurse Practitioner in Critical Care (University of Ulster), BSc (Hons) Emergency Care.

Research

Research interests

Curriculum planning for Disaster Healthcare education provision. Disaster preparedness and response

Current research activity

Evaluation of blended learning for disaster relief

Selected Publications

Davies, K and Higginson, R. (2005) “Evolution and healthcare impact of a 21st century avian flu pandemic” British Journal of Nursing. Vol 14. No 20. pp1066-1068.

Davies, K and Higginson, R. (2005) “Human Factors in a Disaster” Nursing Clinics of North America: Disaster Management and Response. Sep. Vol 40. No 3. pp565-577.

Davies, K. (2005) “Disaster preparedness and response: more than major incident management”. British Journal of Nursing. Vol 14, No 16. pp868-871.

Jones, S. Davies, K and Jones, B. (2005) “The adult patient, informed consent and the emergency care setting” Accident and Emergency Nursing. Vol 13, pp167-170

Higginson, R and Davies, K (2005) The threat of an avian influenza pandemic” Comment, British Journal of Nursing. Vol 14, No 12, p633.

Davies, K (2005) “Field placement in Disasters: an evaluation of masters students experience”. ICN 23rd Quadrennial Congress, Taiwan. (proceedings).

Davies, K (2005) “An audit of MSc students placement in a disaster area” Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. Vol 20. No 2. March-April. Supplement s17.

Davies, K and Moran, LA. (2005) “Nurses need advanced skills in disaster health care” Comment, British Journal of Nursing. Vol 14. No 4. p190.

Hannigan, CM and Davies, K (2004) “Blended education for Disaster Healthcare Professionals: An Evaluation”. E-Learn 2004: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare and Higher Education. Washington DC. pp308-313.

Davies, K and Higginson, R. (2004) “The imperative for advanced training and education for Nurses in disaster relief” West African Journal of Nursing Vol 15. No1. pp20-27.

Davies, K, Deeny, P and Raikkonnen, M. (2003) “A transcultural ethos underpinning curriculum development: A Masters programme in Disaster Relief Nursing” Journal of Transcultural Nursing. Vol 14. No 4. pp 349-357.

International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education (2003) “Using an Untapped Resource: Educational Competencies for Registered Nurses Related to Mass Casualty Incidents” American Association of Colleges of Nursing. June. (Competency Committee Member, Co-author)

Deeny, PG, Davies, K and Gillespie, M. (2002) International Disaster Nursing (Chapter 23). In. TG Veenema. ed “Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness for Chemical, Biological and Radiological Terrorism and Other Hazards” New York. Springer.

Hill, G and Davies, K. (2002) “Blunt Chest Trauma: A Challenge to Accident and Emergency Nurses” Accident and Emergency Nursing. Vol 10. No 4. pp197-204.

Davies, K and Jones, S. (2002) “Confusion: An ambiguous term in A&E practice” Accident and Emergency Nursing. Vol 10. No2, pp87-91.

Davies, K. Ryall, P & Neale, R. (2001) “An Evaluation of the Personal Safety Training of Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust” The Suzy Lamplugh Trust Research Institute.

Davies, K. (2001) “The Hospital Squadron: Kosovo 2001” The Journal of the United Kingdom Combat Service Support Battalion. Jan-June, pp18-19.

Jones, S. & Davies, K. (1999) “The Extended Role of the Nurse: The UK Perspective” International Journal of Nursing Practice. Vol 5, No 4, pp194-198.

Davies, K. & Edwards, L. (1999) “Domestic Violence: A Challenge to Accident and Emergency Nurses” Accident and Emergency Nursing. Vol 7, No 1, pp26-30.

Davies, K. and Bricknell, MCM. (1997) “After the Battle” Nursing Times. Vol 93, No 29 pp35-37.

Davies, K. and Bricknell, MCM. (1997) “In the Army Now” Welsh National Board: Newyddion. September.

Davies, K. (1994) “A Form of Assessment to determine Student Nurses Attitudes to Health Related Issues”. Unpublished Thesis undertaken as a component of MA.

Davies, K. (1992) “Fitness is not a Single Simple Attribute” Health Promotion Practice in Nursing Award. Health Promotion Authority for Wales. Cardiff.

Davies, K. (1992) “Fitness is not a Single Simple Attribute” Nurse Education News. Autumn. pp10-11.

Davies, K. and Hawley, A. (1989) “A Force for Survival” Nursing Times. Vol 85, No 37, pp48-50

Book: “Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness for Chemical, Biological and Radiological Terrorism and Other Hazards” won the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award for 2003.

Paper: “Domestic Violence: A Challenge to Accident and Emergency Nurses” became a central archive reference for the Bureau of Justice and the Police Executive Research Forum in Washington DC, USA.

Paper: “Fitness is not a Single Simple Attribute” gained a commendation in the Health Promotion Authority for Wales, Health Promotion Practice in Nursing Award.

Conferencing and seminar activities

12th October 2005: RCN Wales Annual Conference, North Wales Conference Centre Llandudno. “Patient and Public Involvement: The military perspective”.

29th September 2005: International Network for Psychiatric Nursing Conference, Oxford. “Education provision and Disaster Healthcare”.

17th September 2005: RCN Clinical Leadership Programme, Cardiff. “Leadership in a military context”.

19th August 2005: University of Glamorgan, “Disasters: a multi-agency responsibility”. Conference organiser and poster presentation entitled “The Realities of Conflict”

9th August 2005: International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. “Education for Disaster Healthcare”

5th August 2005: Interallied Confederation of Reserve Medical Officers, Congress, Ghent, Belgium. “Joint training for Humanitarian Operations/Military NGO Partnerships”.

25th May 2005: ICN 23rd Quadrennial Congress, Taiwan. (proceedings). Paper accepted “Field placement in Disasters: an evaluation of masters students experience”.

18th May 2005: World congress of Disaster Medicine. Edinburgh. (proceedings). Paper accepted “An audit of MSc students placement in a disaster area”

30th April 2005: RCN Clinical Leadership Programme, Cardiff. “Leadership in a military context”.

26th April 2005. RCN Fringe at Congress, Harrogate. “The reality of working in disaster relief and humanitarian aid”

8th December 2004: RCN Defence Nursing Forum Seminar, Duke of Connaughts Unit, Belfast. “Lessons from Disaster Healthcare placements: informing military nursing practice”

1st – 5th November 2004: Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education. Washington DC. “Blended education for Disaster Healthcare Professionals: An Evaluation”. Best practice category.

20th August 2004. “Healthcare in Conflict: The Challenges are greater than ever”. Glamorgan Business Centre. Conference Organiser.

29th May 2004: RCN Clinical Leadership Programme: Cardiff. “Leadership in a Military context”

28th August 2003: Disaster Relief Field Experts Seminar: Hameenlinna Polytechnic, Finland. “Care delivery in a Field Hospital in Iraq”

7th November 2002: Healthcare Partnership: The Challenges. “Facilitating the Kenyan Extended Immunisation Programme (KEPI): A joint UK/Kenyan initiative”

9th September 2002: RCN, RCM, VSO Conference, RCN Headquarters. “Working in developing countries: The Challenges of Nursing in Conflict”

26th November 2001: Emergency Planning Seminar; Eastern Board, Northern Ireland. “Field Simulation: Joint training in preparation for Disaster Relief Nursing”

30th August 2001: University of Glamorgan/University of Ulster/Hammeenlinna Polytechnic Collaboration. “Disaster Nursing into the 21st Century” Conference organiser.

9-10th July 2001: Seminar Presentation for The Suzy Lamplugh Trust Research Institute; “A Study to Ascertain the Efficacy and Appropriateness of Personal Safety Training at One NHS Trust”

26th June 1997: Royal College of Nursing, Professional Development Conference. “The Role of the Nurse as part of the Implementation Force (IFOR) in Bosnia-Herzegovina 1996-1997”

17-18th November 1988: Commander Medical UK Land Force Study Period. Paper presentation:- “The Role of Nursing in Airborne Forces”

Professional Memberships

Member, International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education INCMCE

Committee Member Wales UNESCO
External Examiner BSc (Hons) Defence Nursing Studies, University of Central England from 2005
External Examiner BSc (Hons) Military Nursing, Portsmouth University until 2005
Committee Member and Newsletter Editor RCN Defence Nursing Forum
Member RCN Accident & Emergency Nursing Association
Member RCN History of Nursing Society
Member Airborne Medical Society
Member Faculty of Catastrophe & Conflict Medicine, Society of Apothecaries of London
Clinical Liaison-Accident and Emergency Service
Served a term as a Member of the Independent Ethics Committee SIMBEC Research
Advisor the Society of Apothecaries of London regarding nursing access to the Diploma in the Medical Care of Catastrophes.