Mike Barker

Lecturer in Adult Nursing

• Mary Seacole MS1.45
• T: 0161 295 7285
• E: m.barker@salford.ac.uk
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Monday  08.30 – 16.00

Tuesday  08.30 – 16.00

Wednesday  08.30 – 16.00

Thursday 08.30 – 16.00

Friday  08.30 – 16.00

I joined the University of Salford in 1996, having previously worked in Nurse Education since 1991 at the former Bolton and Salford School of Nursing and The Northern College of Nursing. Prior to this I worked as a qualified nurse around the Greater Manchester area and in Europe in my chosen specialism of anaesthetic nursing.

I am involved in the planning and delivery of a wide range of subjects in both pre- and post-registration curricula, from Diploma through to Masters level.

My particular academic interests focus upon the provision of care to acutely ill patients, the delivery of evidence-based clinical skills, international nursing and the contemporary teaching and learning methodology of high fidelity patient simulation.

I am also involved in the supervision of postgraduate research students, and manage a flourishing international link with the University of Applied Sciences in Fulda, Germany, where I am also an external examiner.

My professional background is in perioperative anaesthetic care, and the focus of my research to date has been around the provision of learning materials for pre-registration nurses working in an operating theatre recovery area for the first time (for which I won the Blair Collister Memorial Award for Best Dissertation in an Academic Year at the University of Manchester).

For my postgraduate Master of Philosophy degree at Manchester I undertook research into the effects of student nurses returning to operating theatre placements following a prolonged hiatus from this particular area of practice. I have also been involved recently in research into the usage of the SKYPE online communication tool with pre-registration students on worldwide clinical international placements.

• 1986 RGN Registered General Nurse
• 1995 Batchelor of Arts with Honours (BA Hons)  in Nurse Education    
• Victoria University of Manchester
• 2003 Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Victoria University of Manchester
• Member of the North West Simulation and Education Network
• Member of the Association for Perioperative Practice
• Member of the Royal College of Nursing

I have published in the British Journal of Nursing on the subject matter of the necessity of a nursing presence in operating theatre care, and have presented papers on a variety of subjects including the benefits of international pre-registration nursing placements, technology-supported learning and critical care nursing themes at a number of international conferences in Paris, Berlin, Heraklion and Vancouver.