Dr Stuart Porter

Lecturer in Physiotherapy

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I am currently a University Lecturer at Salford University where I teach full time on the Physiotherapy undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses.  I have seventeen years of experience of teaching within Higher Education covering subjects such as biology, physical education, science, psychology, anatomy, physiology, research methods, study skills, and assignment writing.  I complete my PhD in 2009 at the University of Central Lancashire where I undertook research in Rheumatology interviewing local residents over a period of time regarding their health.

Prior to working within education I was a Chartered Physiotherapist within the NHS for 10 years at hospitals in my local area, achieving Senior I grade.  During this time I assumed the role of Clinical Educator for students of Physiotherapy thus beginning my teaching career.  While working within the NHS I was also the Physiotherapist to the England Women’s football team for three years.  This was a unique and memorable experience and I was immensely proud to represent my country, working with such talented individuals both at home and during tours of countries including France, Denmark, Italy, Iceland, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union.

I began teaching in a professional capacity whilst working in a hospital environment where I became a Clinical Educator for undergraduate Physiotherapy students from Universities in the region.  This role involved teaching and training undergraduate students with hospitals.  Eventually my enthusiasm for teaching overtook that of my day job and I began teaching at Salford University on a part time basis, becoming a full time member of staff within the School of Health Sciences in 1996.  I am the longest serving member of staff in the department and enjoy my job, and the interaction with students, as much now as when I first began teaching.

Teaching at a university entails a range of teaching methods including lecturing to hundreds of students, small and large group seminar-based sessions and a mix of theory and practical skills.  Since 1998 I have been the Year One tutor which involves a pastoral element as many students are having their first experience of independence away from friends and family.

In 2009 I won the first ever Teaching Excellence Award at Salford University, and the following year was nominated for the Times Educational Innovative Teacher Award - both nominated by my students, a fact of which I am extremely proud.

PhD – Rheumatology: Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is an incurable, fluctuating, long-term condition for which prescribed exercise is central to management. However, many people with AS do not undertake prescribed exercises, the reasons for which are poorly-understood.  My research sought to develop a grounded understanding of the exercise beliefs of people with AS, the exercise behaviours they adopt, and the decision making processes they undergo when choosing exercise behaviours. 

The study led to the grounding of participant perspectives on exercise in AS, rendering the proposed model both relevant and understandable to people with AS.  From a patient perspective it could help people understand and plan their future exercise behaviour in AS.

For the first time, my PhD has identified and categorised exercise behaviour in the sero-negative spondarthropathy Ankylosing Spondylitis.  In turn this has resulted in the construction of conceptual model.

This research also forms a baseline for future study.

PhD publications and presentations

1. American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting 2003, October 24 – 28, 2003 Orange County Convention Center, Orlando Florida  USA

Factors influencing decisions relating to exercise behaviour in people with Ankylosing Spondylitis

S. Porter(a), J. Smith(a), L. Goodacre(a), C. Chattopadhyay(b), J. Goodacre(a)

a)  University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom

b)  Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust, Wrightington, United Kingdom

Arthritis Rheum  2003  48  supplement 9, abstract 1801).

2. The BSR Annual Meeting and the BHPR Spring Meeting, a joint meeting with The German Society for Rheumatology Annual Meeting 19 - 22 April 2005

Anthropometric Measurement As A Predictor Of Exercise Behaviour In People With Ankylosing Spondylitis.

S. Porter BSc (Hons) MCSP   Lecturer University of Salford (a), J. Smith(a), L. Goodacre(a), C. Chattopadhyay(c), J. Goodacre(a)

(a) Lancashire School of Health and Postgraduate Medicine, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom;

(b) Department of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom and

(c) Department of Rheumatology, Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust, Wigan, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

 3. The Medical Informatics Europe 2009 conference 30 August -2 September 2009 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

A Visualisation Tool for Augmenting Assessment of Ankylosing Spondylitis

Shijuan Li (a, b), Stephen Kay (a, b) Stuart Porter (b)

a) Centre for Applied Health and Psychological Research (CAHPR)

b) School of Health Care Professions, University of Salford, Salford, M6 6PU UK

National keynote speaker invitations:

1. 2nd AStretch Conference on Ankylosing Spondylitis –

19th October 2005

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy  London UK

2. 5th AStretch Conference Ankylosing Spondylitis and Concepts of Exercise MANDEC Conference Centre, Manchester12th November 2010

Invited presentations:

Joint Therapy Research Seminar 30th November 2005, The Conference Centre. Wrightington Hospital

2010-2013: University of East London – External Examiner MSc programme

University of Bradford – External Examiner MSc programme

2009: PhD - Rheumatology - University of Central Lancashire (Doctorate)

2003: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy - HEA (Professional)

1993: BSc (Hons) Health Studies  - University of Salford    (Professional)

1993: Member of Institute of Health Services Management (MHSM)

1987: Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy

I have had seven books published under the Elsevier title; these are now translated into nine languages. These include an anatomy workbook which is designed as an interactive learning tool, I am the editor of one of the core Physiotherapy textbooks and I have recently created the first Dictionary of Physiotherapy outside the USA. For the full list of all publications, including translations, see below.

Author/Editor

1. The Anatomy Workbook” Porter, S. (2002) (reprinted 2004, 2005) ISBN 0750654554 Butterworth Heinemann Publishers Harcourt International

2. “The dictionary of Physiotherapy” Porter, S. (2005) Butterworth Heinemann Publishers Elsevier Science ISBN: 0750688335 Translated into Spanish - 2006

3. “First Steps in Research - A Pocketbook for Healthcare Students” (February 2008) ISBN 0443103984 / 9780443103988 Churchill Livingstone Translated into Japanese - 2009

4. Editorship “Tidy’s Physiotherapy” 13th Edition Porter, S. (Ed.) (2003) (reprinted 2004, 2005, 2006) ISBN: 0750632119 Butterworth Heinemann Ltd Harcourt International

Chapters by S. Porter: I. Osteoarthritis II. Intervertebral disc in Health and disease, Introduction to back pain III. Fractures Translated into Portuguese for South America by Elsevier Brazil - 2004; Translated into Turkish, Chinese and Korean - 2005

5. “Tidy’s physiotherapy” 14th Edition Porter, S. (Ed.) Churchill Livingstone ISBN-10: 0443103925 Spanish translation - 2009

6. “The Anatomy Colouring and Workbook” Porter, S. 2nd edition 2008 ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-7541-3 Butterworth Heinemann

7. “Tidys Physiotherapy” 15th edition Porter, S. (Ed.) ISBN-10: 0702043443 Churchill Livingstone Elsevier

Contributions to books

1. Pathophysiology: An essential text for the Allied Health Professions Editor of chapter on Muscle physiology Shamley (Eds) Butterworth Heinemann; ISBN: 0750652349

2. Leitsymptom Schmerz Differenzierende Untersuchung und Therapie bei Bewegungsstörungen Oberer Abschnitt Robert Pfund;Fritz Zahnd ISBN 3131273410

3. “Teaching pilates for postural faults, illness and injury: a practical guide”, Paterson, J. ISBN 978-0-7506-5647-4 Elsevier - Imprint Churchill Livingstone, 2008

4. "The students' companion to physiotherapy". (2009) Southern, N. (eds) Chapter 1 - Things I wish they told me before I started

10 Grant Applications

co-applicant for the CCGT grant reference 2360.