Elizabeth Brodie
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Biography
Elizabeth Brodie attained an Honours degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Glasgow before embarking on Mental Health Nurse Training. She worked in various areas of Mental Health but the main focus of her career has been in Acute Mental Health and Substance Misuse. She completed her PGDip in Drug and Alcohol Studies at Imperial College, London and attained a PG Cert. in teaching and learning in Higher Education from Edinburgh Napier University. Her Master’s dissertation is related to the overprescribing of benzodiazepines in primary care. She currently contributes to the undergraduate nursing curriculum and post-graduate curriculum planning at Edinburgh Napier University and is a Director of CREW 2000 a peer and volunteer lead agency which specialises in education and harm reduction for people who use substances and their families. Her current subject interests are the role of new psychoactive substances in pregnancy, the effects of NPS on young people with type 1 diabetes and the role of substances among university students. Her educational interests include enquiry based learning and meaningfully involving people with lived experience in the development and delivery of student nurse education; and the role of substance misuse education on nursing students
Abstract
Abstract : Coming full circle: A reflection on two innovative teaching methods for mental health nurses