Ms Janet Howard FHEA,PGDip,PGCHETLS,BSc(Hons),Dip DN,RGN.

Lecturer Palliative and End of Life Care Cardiovascular & Metabolic Medicine

    About

    Personal Statement

    Jan joined the NHS in 1977 .
    In 2001 following a varied career in primary and secondary care in both nursing and management, latterly as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care Jan moved into teaching and scholarship. For eight years she was a Marie Curie Lecturer in Cancer and Palliative Care where she developed, taught and led undergraduate modules as part of the BSc (Hons) programmes in collaboration with both Edge Hill and Thames Valley Universities. During this period Jan was also the national lead for the undergraduate Pain Module for Thames Valley University, engaging in post graduate study at Cardiff University.
    For the past 15 years Jan has been a Lecturer in Palliative Care at the University of Liverpool School of Medicine and is the Year 4 Lead in CCP and an accredited facilitator in Advanced Communication Skills Training in healthcare. For this she has received 2 commendations from the University.
    Jan is currently a co-lead for 2 postgraduate modules and is the Lead Facilitator within the Liverpool Education Hub in the Merseyside and Cheshire Clinical Network (Palliative and End of Life Care) and a member of the Education Sub-group. This involves development of new courses in collaboration with key stakeholders, ensuring educational quality and standardisation across the clinical network to meet the needs and development of frontline staff.
    Previous project work has included the educational development in learning and teaching of clinical nurse specialists in palliative care ,facilitation of a national palliative and end of life care education programme into care homes and a regional advance care planning programme.
    Jan is currently studying for an MA Medical Ethics and Law following a PGDHE Medical Ethics and Palliative Care at the University of Keele. Research interests are truth telling linked to hope at the end of life,psychological adjustment and also physician assisted suicide.