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Professor Katherine Curtis

Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education
Kingston Hill

Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor

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Professor

About

I am the Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education. As an accomplished educator, researcher and a member of Kingston University's Senior Leadership Team, I am responsible for the financial and operational management of the Faculty in line with the University's Town House Strategy priorities, leading the faculty's senior team.

I joined Kingston University in 2018 as the Associate Dean External Engagement and Professor of Professional Development. Prior to this role, I held senior academic, leadership, and faculty executive positions in two other universities, including leadership of a large School of Nursing and Health Sciences providing a diverse range of programmes including post-graduate medical education. Before my academic career, I worked in senior roles within healthcare services, such as NHS Intensive Care provision.

Since joining Kingston University, I have attracted substantial external grants to undertake research and innovation in areas of healthcare and education and been actively involved in implementation of Town House Strategy for Kingston University. I have a broad sphere of external influence including Chair of strategic pan-London groups with key business partners and representing Kingston University at the Council of Deans of Health.

I have an extensive portfolio of pedagogic and clinical research activity with many peer-reviewed publications in the fields of professional development, co-design for leadership of ethical and compassionate practice, digital innovations within care settings, and professional socialisation. My research has had significant impact on professional practice and policy in healthcare; such as personal recognition as an expert advisor in Lord Willis (2015) Raising the Bar, Shape of Caring Report. I am currently supervising several PhD and Ed.D students and have had 6 students successfully complete their doctoral studies in the last 5 years. I provide internal and external Chair and Examiner activity for Doctoral Vivas.

Qualifications

PhD (University of Surrey)
MSc Behavioural Biology and Healthcare
PG Diploma in Education
BSc Psychology and Social Biology
Registered General Nurse
Intensive Care Nurse
Higher Education Academy Senior Fellow
National Certificate in Workplace Mediation

Domains

Publications

Hermeneutic phenomenological research on how nurse educators make meaning of compassion and understand its role in their professional practice

Curtis, Katherine, Hammond, John and Hurley, Gemma, 2022, Nurse Education Today (119), Published

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Moral resilience through harmonised connectedness in intensive care nursing: a grounded theory study

Sala Defilippis, T., Curtis, K. and Gallagher, A., 2020, Intensive and Critical Care Nursing (57), Published

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Digital health technology: factors affecting implementation in nursing homes

Curtis, Katherine and Brooks, Sheila, 2020, Nursing Older People (32), 2 pp 14-21, Published

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Conceptualising moral resilience for nursing practice

Sala Defilippis, Tiziana M. L., Curtis, Katherine and Gallagher, Ann, 2019, Nursing Inquiry (26), 3, Published

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Academic misconduct: helping students retain their moral compass

Tee, Stephen and Curtis, Kathy, 2018, Nurse Education Today (61) pp 153-154, Published

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Putting knowledge to work in clinical practice: understanding experiences of preceptorship as outcomes of interconnected domains of learning

Allan, Helen Therese, Magnusson, Carin, Evans, Karen, Horton, Khim, Curtis, Kathy, Ball, Elaine and Johnson, Martin, 2018, Journal of Clinical Nursing (27), 1-2 pp 123-131, Published

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Factors that influence older people's engagement with digital health technology

Curtis, Katherine and Price, Kyle, 2017, Nursing Older People (29), 10 pp 27-30, Published

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Developing and using a toolkit for cultivating compassion in healthcare: an appreciative inquiry approach

Ramage, Charlotte, Curtis, Kathy, Glynn, Angela, Montgomery, Julia, Hoover, Elona, Leng, Jane, Martin, Claire, Theodosius, Catherine and Gallagher, Ann, 2017, International Journal of Practice-Based Learning in Health and Social Care (5), 1 pp 42-64, Published

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Realising dignity in care home practice: an action research project

Gallagher, Ann, Curtis, Katherine, Dunn, Michael and Baillie, Lesley, 2017, International Journal of Older People Nursing (12), 2, Published

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Using Appreciative Inquiry to develop, implement and evaluate a multi-organisation 'Cultivating Compassion' programme for health professionals and support staff

Curtis, Katherine, Gallagher, Ann, Ramage, Charlotte, Montgomery, Julia, Martin, Claire, Leng, Jane, Theodoisus, Catherine, Glynn, Angela, Anderson, John and Wrigley, Martha, 2017, Journal of Research in Nursing (22), 1 pp 150-165, Published

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Using iterative cycles of discovery within a Glasarian grounded theory of socialisation in compassion

Curtis, Katherine, 2017, SAGE Research Methods Cases, Published

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Delegation and supervision of healthcare assistants' work in the daily management of uncertainty and the unexpected in clinical practice: invisible learning among newly qualified nurses

Allan, Helen T., Magnusson, Carin, Evans, Karen, Ball, Elaine, Westwood, Sue, Curtis, Kathy, Horton, Khim and Johnson, Martin, 2016, Nursing Inquiry (23), 4 pp 377-385, Published

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Charting the elements of pedagogic frailty

Alpay, E., Curtis, K., Franklin, J., Rivers, C., Winstone, N.E. and Kinchin, I.M., 2016, Education Research (58), 1 pp 1-23, E-pub ahead of print

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Compassionate care: the student nurse perspective

Curtis, Katherine, 2015, Nursing and Residential Care (17), 11 pp 641-642, E-pub ahead of print

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People, liminal spaces and experience: understanding recontextualisation of knowledge for newly qualified nurses

Allan, Helen Therese, Magnusson, Carin, Horton, Khim, Evans, Karen, Ball, Elaine, Curtis, Kathy and Johnson, Martin, 2015, Nurse Education Today (35), 2 pp 78-83, Published

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Compassion is an essential component of good nursing care and can be conveyed through the smallest actions

Curtis, Katherine, 2015, Evidence-Based Nursing (18), 3, Published

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'Doing the writing' and 'working in parallel': how 'distal nursing' affects delegation and supervision in the emerging role of the newly qualified nurse.

Magnusson, Carin, Allan, Helen, Johnson, Martin, Evans, Karen, Ball, Elaine, Horton, Khim, Curtis, Kathy and Westwood, Sue, 2015, Nurse Education Today (35), 2 pp 29-33, Published

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Learning the requirements for compassionate practice: student vulnerability and courage

Curtis, Katherine, 2014, Nursing Ethics (21), 2 pp 210-223, Published

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21st century challenges faced by nursing faculty in educating for compassionate practice: embodied interpretation of phenomenological data

Curtis, Katherine, 2013, Nurse Education Today (33), 7 pp 746-750, E-pub ahead of print

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Student nurse socialisation in compassionate practice: a grounded theory study

Curtis, Katherine, Horton, Khim and Smith, Pam, 2012, Nurse Education Today (32), 7 pp 790-795, E-pub ahead of print

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Developing AI and wearable technologies for autistic residents in care homes: carer’s perceptions and experiences

Blyth, James, Andersonine, Zoe, Tasiemska, Hania, Curtis, Katherine and Philip, Nada(2026). [Published]

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When Heidegger meets Freire

Buckley, Aga, Calestani, Melania and Curtis, Katherine(2023). [Published]

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Hermeneutic phenomenological research on how nurse educators make meaning of compassion and understand its role in their professional practice in an HEI in the UK

Hurley, Gemma, Hammond, John and Curtis, Katherine(2022). [Published]

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Developing professional leadership for innovation and improvement in nursing home care: the LAUNCH project

Curtis, Katherine(2022). [Published]

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The LAUNCH Project: enabling practice and leadership development for digital health technology innovation

Curtis, Katherine and Brooks, Sheila(2019). [Published]

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Enabling engagement with Digital Health Technology (DHT) in nursing home communities: using appreciative inquiry methodology to create a nurse leadership strategy to launch, sustain and transform care through DHT

Curtis, Katherine and Brooks, Sheila(2019). [Published]

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A mixed methods investigation into the impact of ICCI (Intentional Compassionate Communication Interventions) for older people in A&E

Paglioni, Marta, Curtis, Katherine, Branney, Jonny and Valentine, Janine(2018). [Published]

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Using appreciative inquiry to support and develop nursing leadership and co-create an innovative online CPD toolkit for cultivating compassion

Curtis, K. and Martin, C.(2018). [Published]

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The context of healthcare education in 2017 - the future professional

Curtis, Katherine(2017). [Published]

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Context of healthcare education 2017 - the future professional

Curtis, Katherine(2017). [Published]

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The process of re-harmonising connectedness as an ethical challenging experience

Sala Defilippis, Tiziana ML, Gallagher, Ann and Curtis, Katherine(2017). [Published]

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The changing UK nursing workforce: supporting the successful introduction of new roles and apprenticeship education

Curtis, Kathy(2017). [Published]

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Compassionate practice: personal expectation, professional duty & real world challenges

Curtis, Katherine(2016). [Published]

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Moral resilience among intensive care nurses in Switzerland: a grounded theory study

Sala Defilippis, Tiziana ML, Gallagher, Ann and Curtis, Katherine(2016). [Published]

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Happiness, eudaimonia and moral resilience

Sala, T, Gallagher, A and Curtis, K(2016). [Published]

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ENACT: Empowering nurses to provide ethical leadership in care homes

Curtis, Katherine(2015). [Published]

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Conceptualising moral resilience

Defilippis, Tiziana, Gallagher, Ann and Curtis, Katherine(2015). [Published]

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Delegation as a newly qualified nurse: early findings from an intervention study

Curtis, Katherine(2014). [Published]

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Nursing's got talent: nurturing students' intentions to provide compassionate care

Curtis, K(2012). [Published]

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The student experience of socialisation in compassionate care

Horton, Khim, Smith, Pam and Curtis, Kathy(2011). [Published]

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