Amanda Upton

  • Ultrasound Clinical Co-ordinator (full-time MSc pathway)
  • Institute of Health
  • Centre for Research in Health and Society
 Amanda Upton

Biography

Amanda is the Clinical Co-ordinator for the Graduate Entry to MSc in Medical Imaging (Ultrasound) programme.  She is based at the Department of Medical Sciences in Lancaster.  

 

Qualifications and memberships

MSc Medical Ultrasound 

PgCert Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 

BSc Diagnostic Radiography (Hons) 

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 

HCPC registered 

Academic and research interests

Clinical education in medical ultrasound, specifically, the clinical learning environment.  

Patient-centred care and health promotion.  

Publications

Hoelterhoff M, Sloane C, Miller PK, Marland A, Barclay M and De Witt J  (2020)  “Looking back at my student years now…”: Recently qualified radiographers’ retroactive understandings of key resilience sources  @UK Imaging and Oncology Congress 2020

Hyde E, Hardy M, Strudwick R, Upton A (2023) Evaluating the impact of a massive open online course designed to increase awareness of patient centred care in diagnostic radiographers @ UK Imaging & Oncology congress. Liverpool, UK, 6th June 2023

De Witt J, Sloane C, Marland A, Miller PK* and Hoelterhoff M  (2020)  Managing the initial transition from student to professional radiographer: Making induction and preceptorship count  @UK Imaging and Oncology Congress 2020