Miss Helen Orton

I qualified as an Orthoptist and worked clinically before moving into education. I have around 25 years' experience working with postgraduate health care professionals in Advanced Clinical Practice (and other postgraduate programmes at my previous university).

I am the programme lead for the MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (traditional and apprenticeship routes) and a staff tutor for ACP and K102 (Introducing Health and Social Care). I am also a practice tutor for the ACP apprentices and have been an associate lecturer initially for K805, KXY806 and KXY807 but due to teach-out of the MSc, now for KXY807. 

Research group

The Open Nursing and Allied Health Professions Group

OU Care Ethics Group

Professional membership:

Heath and Care Professions Council 

Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy

Member of the Association of Advanced Practice Educators UK (AAPE UK) End Point Assessment Officers Working Group and Independent Assessors' Group.

Qualifications:

PG Diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (Merit) - University of Liverpool

PG Cert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Distinction) - University of Liverpool 

MSc Health Care Ethics - University of Liverpool 

Teacher's and Demonstrator's Certificates, British (and Irish) Orthoptic Society, Sheffield

City and Guilds Teaching Certificate (Credit), Chichester College

Diploma in Orthoptics, British Orthoptic Soceity (Moorfields Eye Hospital, London)

External Collaborations

External examiner for Msc Advanced Clinical Practice programmes, University of Birmingham

Independent Assessor for the End Point Assessment for the MSc Advanced Practice Apprenticeship programmes at Canterbury Christchurch University and Northumbria University.

Publications:

Experiences of physiotherapy and occupational therapy undergraduates and placement educators of

blended practice-based learning. International Journal of Practice-based Learning in Health and Social

Care  Vol.12, No. 2 Dec 2024, pages 49-71. Helen Orton, Amanda Deaves, Vikki Barnes-Brown, Chris

Edge, and Anna Rees.

ACP-supported redeployment in response to the COVPD-19 pandemic: a service evaluation of staff

experience. Paul Scott, Helen Orton, and Rachael Daw. British Journal of Nursing 2022 Oct 13; 31(18):

940-946.  Doi: 10.12968/bjon.2022.31.18.940