Dr Amy Hancock
Senior Lecturer in Medical Imaging
a.hancock@exeter.ac.uk
South Cloisters 1.46
South Cloisters, University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK
Overview
Amy qualified as a Therapeutic Radiographer in 2006. She is a Senior Lecturer for on the Medical Imaging (Diagnostic Radiography) programmes. Prior to this Amy was employed as the Principal Therapeutic Radiographer for Research and Development at Weston Park Cancer Centre and previously worked at Sheffield Hallam University as a Senior Lecturer on the Radiotherapy and Oncology programmes.
Amy was awarded the College of Radiographers Doctoral Fellowship, completing her PhD, which employed co-production to develop a shared definition of compassion and a conceptual framework of compassionate display in radiotherapy.
She is passionate about research that improves the care and services for patients and is an advocate for patient and public involvement in research.
Qualifications
- PhD Social Sciences.
- Postgraduate Award in Mixed Methods for Health Research
- Qualitative Research Methods 1&2 (30 Credits)
- PgCert Ed: Teaching in Higher Education
- MSc (Merit) Radiotherapy & Oncology
- BSc (Hons) Radiotherapy & Oncology
Research
Research interests
Qualitative research, Mixed methods research, Co-production, Cancer experience, Compassion, Patient management, Living with and beyond cancer, Late effects, Patient and public involvement and engagement, Impact of technical development upon patients and services and Radiography workforce development.
Research projects
ThOracic Umbrella RadIotherapy STudy in stage IV NSCLC (TOURIST)
NCRI Living with and Beyond Cancer Late consequences: Heart4Health
Improving capacity and delivery of Radiotherapy Clinical Trials
A personalised and integrated Smoking Cessation programme to improve tobacco abstinence rates and management outcomes in active smokers receiving curative treatment for Head and Neck or Lung cancer (SCHNeL)
Publications
Journal articles
Conferences
External Engagement and Impact
Awards
- Finalist in the 2021 HSJ Patient Safety Awards: Service user engagement and co-production award category -The Sheffield Long Covid Programme
- Leadership award - Formal Radiography Research Mentoring (FoRRM2)
Committee/panel activities
- United Kingdom Imaging and Oncology (UKIO)
- Society and College of Radiographers Research group member
- National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Living with and Beyond Cancer: late consequences work stream scientific member
- Accredited lead academic visitor and assessor for the Health and Care Professions Council
- Chair of the Research and Clinical Trial Therapeutic Radiographers (RaCTTR) Society and College of Radiographers Specialist interest group
- Committee member on the Qualitative Research Society and College of Radiographers Specialist interest group
- CTRad General Member
Editorial responsibilities
- Guest Editor "Radiography" Patient Voice Special Edition
- Associate Editor Radiography Journal
Teaching
Amy teaches and supports students on the BSc Medical Imaging (Diagnostic Radiography) programme, the BSc Diagnostic Radiography and Imaging Degree Apprenticeship and the MSc Diagnostic Radiography & Imaging Degree Apprenticeship (Pre-registration). She is module lead for Medical Imaging – Professional Skills for Radiographers (PAM3020), Foundations of Patient Care (PAM1018) and Practice Placement 3 (RAD3004DA).She is co-module lead Professional Practice module (RADM102DA) for the MSc Diagnostic Radiography & Imaging Degree Apprenticeship. Amy is a PhD/MPhil supervisor.
Modules
2023/24
- PAM1018 - Foundations of Patient Care
- PAM2007 - Project Studies 1
- PAM3004 - Project Studies 2
- PAM3020 - Professional Skills for Radiographers