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Name: Carmel Keller

Academic position: Acting Head of the Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Principal Lecturer

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Tel 01273 644743

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Carmel Keller is a founding member, and now Acting Head, of the Institute of Postgraduate Medicine. 

Carmel’s current role is focused on working with the Dean, other Heads of Divisions in BSMS, the Faculty of Health, the NHS and private health sector to build a strong academic base for medical education and training on the South East Coast. Carmel will lead the Institute into full integration into BSMS to enable seamless education from medical student to experience consultants and GPs, underpinned by developing programme in pedagogic research.

Carmel’s teaching expertise is based around innovative curriculum design, predominately based on specialist registrar training needs, providing robust learning, academic skills and theoretical underpinning to day-to-day clinical and professional activity. Having previously been a Lead R&D Officer in acute trust and expanding the cardiology research unit, she continues to enjoy teaching academic and research skills across all courses in the Institute.  Carmel currently advises on methodology and  methods for a range of masters level research, as well as recently supervising a PhD student using mixed methodologies.

Carmel’s masters degree is in Evidence Based Practice from the University of Oxford which she puts to full use in the Institute by supporting students in using – as well as doing – research in practice.

Carmel’s recent supervision includes:

“Culture and the Management of Diabetes in Malta” (PhD supervision).

Also Masters’ dissertations, namely:

Time, practice and accuracy – an assessment of South African Emergency Care Practitioner ability to initiate thrombolysis in acute coronary syndromes using the 12 lead ECG for decision making. 

Intra-operative peri-prosthetic fracture rates of modern cemented versus hydroxyapatite coated (HAC) uncemented hip hemi-arthroplasty stems used for the treatment of elderly patients with displaced intracapsular femoral neck fractures.

 

Risk Stratification tools used to accurately predict mortality in high-risk patients for Trans-catheter aortic valve implantation.

 

The influence of dental health promotion has on parental decisions when introducing a cup.

 

The relationship between healthcare staff height and the ability to perform effective chest compressions in adults.

 

Left ventricular (LV) functional reserve assessed by exercise echocardiography predicts timing for surgery in patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation – Systematic review

 

The development and validation of a questionnaire to explore if working as a health professional in genitourinary medicine impacts on personal sexual behaviour.

Systematic review of the evidence regarding pancreatic transplantation in Type 1 Diabetes

Level of patient’s knowledge regarding diabetes in Syria

Recent publications

  • Keller C, Hankins M, Louw G. (in press 2009)  Academic Outcomes for Graduates and non-Graduates Undertaking Masters’ Courses

 

  • Newport S, Keller C, Saltman D. (in preparation 2009) Internal Inspection in preparation for Benchmarking in Postgraduate Medical Education. An International Association for Medical Education (AMEE) conference Spain Sept 2009.
  • Keller C, Saltman D, Price J. (in preparation 2009) Benchmarking for Postgraduate Medical Education in Primary Care.  World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians (WONCA) South Africa October 2009.

 

  • Louw G, Keller C. (2008) Undertaking systematic reviews for Masters’ dissertations. AMEE Prague
  • Keller C, Louw G, Price J, Saltman D. (2008) To Group or To Team? Finding the right teaching format for postgraduate medical and multiprofessional education. AMSEE, Barcelona

 

  • Saltman D, Louw G, Keller C, Price J. (2008) Benchmarking in postgraduate medical education.
  • Formosa C, Lucas K, Mandy A, Keller C. (2007) The influence of national culture on diabetes education outcomes: The short term effects of diabetes education on specific metabolic parameters in Maltese patients (in press)

 

  • Louw G, Keller C, and  Baker DL (2007) An Investigation into Experiences of Non-Graduates on Health Related Masters Courses. The International Journal of Learning, Volume 14, Issue 9, pp.13-22.
  • Keller C, Turner P. (2003) Brighton and Hove Catholic Deanery Review.

 

  • Keller C, Turner P. (2002) The Role of the Pastoral Assistant
  • Mayne L, Chin C, Biggart S, et al.  (1998) ACE/ ApoE Genotype Data in Early Onset Ischaemic Heart Disease.  Clinical Cardiology: 21 (11); p831-6

 

  • Keller C. (1997) Planning for Change - preparation for the introduction of a strategy and operational procedures in the Cardiology Research Unit of Brighton Health Care NHS Trust.
  • Norris N, Keller C, and Vincent R.(1996) An Audit of Response Times in Acute Cardiac Care

 

  • ATACS. Combination antithrombotic therapy in unstable rest angina and non-Q-wave infarction in non-prior aspirin users. Primary end points analysis from the ATACS trial.

Grey literature includes School reports and validation documents for a number of higher award academic courses.