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Professional Doctorate in Health and Social Care Disciplines

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Alan CastleDr Alan Castle

Title: Dr
Qualifications: BEd, MA, PhD, TDCR
Department: School of Health Sciences and Social Work
Address: James Watson West, 2 King Richard 1st Road, Portsmouth P01 2FR
Email: alan.castle@port.ac.uk

What is your role on the Professional Doctorate?

Project Supervisor (Medical Imaging), Pathway Lead for Doctorate in Medical Imaging

What is your background?

Radiography

What are your research interests?

Education/Professional Issues in Health Care

How many times have you supervised as:-

Director of Studies (completed supervisions only) - 4
2nd Supervisor (completed supervisions only) - 0

Publications (up to three)

Castle, A (2003), Demonstrating Critical Evaluation Skills using Bloom’s Taxonomy, International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 10(8), pp. 369-373.

Castle, A (2006), Assessment of the critical thinking skills of student radiographers, Radiography, 12(2) pp. 88-95.

Castle, A (2009), Defining and assessing critical thinking skills for student radiographers, Radiography, 15(1) pp. 70-76.

Current projects:

Assessing undergraduate critical thinking skills

Past projects:

Health promotion opportunities for radiographers in clinical practice CPD for radiographers.

Define best research/education experience:

Completing PhD in communication skills

Favourite relevant quote:

There is a belief that ‘PowerPoints with animated slides will harness the unlimited potential of our charges (and) turn metaphorical lead into gold. The more handouts with magic words in boxes joined to other boxes by lines and arrows, then the greater these new prophets' sourcery.’
Guy de la Bedoyere, BBC History Magazine, September 2008.