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Professional Doctorate in Health and Social Care Disciplines

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chris-markham  Dr Chris Markham

Title: Dr
Qualifications:

BSc (Hons) Speech Language and Communication Sciences

MSc Health Research and Development

Ph.D Health Psychology


Department: School of Health Sciences & Social Work
Address: James Watson West, 2 King Richard 1st
Road, Portsmouth P01 2FR

Email: chris.markham@port.ac.uk

Telephone: 023 92 844 427

What is your role on the Professional Doctorate?

Guest lecturer, ethical advisor and supervisor.

What is your background?

Paediatric speech and language therapist, Research Fellow and Senior Lecture in Health Service Research.

What are your research interests?

Just about anything interests me! Specifically though, mixed methods research, health psychology, outcome measures and clinical trials. 

How many times have you supervised as:-

Director of Studies(completed supervisions only) - 1
2nd Supervisor(completed supervisions only) - many times

Publications (up to three)

Harper, Mick, Markham, Chris and Eales-Reynolds, Lesley-Jane (2011) Clinical simulation: exploring its history and evolution. Technic: The Journal of Operating Department Practice, 2 (2). pp. 11-14. ISSN 1756-1132

Markham, Chris, Van Laar, Darren, Gibbard, D. and Dean, Tara (2008) Children with speech, language and communication needs: Their perceptions of their quality of life. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 44 (5). pp. 748-768. ISSN 1460-6984

Current Projects

  • Predicting quality of life for children with communication needs.
  • The experience of clozapine treatment for patients with schizophrenia.
  • Clinical Simulation in the Education of Allied Health Professionals.
  • The effectiveness of individualised communication interventions for carers of people with dementia.
  • Electropalatography and treatment of speech sound disorders in Cleft Palate.

Past Projects

  • Development of a quality of life measure for children and young people with communication needs.
  • Health Inequality and cardiovascular disease on the Isle of Wight
  • Parents and professionals perceptions of communication impaired children’s quality of life
  • Service evaluation in a secure mental health setting:  The DREEM Tool.

Define best research/education experience

My best Project to date was my Doctoral Fellowship awarded by the National Institute for Health Research and leading to a thesis on the quality of life for children with communication needs.

Favourite relevant quote:

The wisest mind has something yet to learn. George Santayana