Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Therapeutics
I graduated from the MPharm course at the University of Sunderland in 2009 and completed my pre-registration year in a community pharmacy in Sunderland.
In 2011, I came back to the University as an Academic Tutor, teaching within my area of expertise as a community pharmacist by leading dispensing and public health seminars to level 2 MPharm and OSPAP students.
In 2015, I took over the running of the Trainee Pharmacist Foundation Programme. This programme supports community pharmacy pre-registration trainees during their training year and provides academic support towards their final GPhC assessment.
I joined the University as a Senior Lecturer at the start of 2019, with a current focus on numeracy teaching and clinical placements.
Teaching and supervision
I teach clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice across MPharm and OSPAP courses. I also run the Trainee Pharmacist Foundation Programme, which supports recent pharmacy graduates through their pre-registration year and associated GPhC assessment.
Research interests for potential research students
- Pharmacy education
- Experiential learning
- Community pharmacy practice
Research
Publications
Article
Hall, Nicola, Bullen, Kathryn, Sherwood, John, Wake, Nicola, Wilkes, Scott and Donovan, Gemma (2022) Exploration of prescribing error reporting across primary care: a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 12 (1). ISSN 2044-6055
Bullen, Kathryn, Hall, Nicola, Sherwood, John, Wake, Nicola and Donovan, Gemma (2020) Prescribing error reporting in primary care: a narrative synthesis systematic review. Integrated Healthcare, 2 (e00002). ISSN 2399-5351
Bullen, Kathryn, Ainsley, Kieran and Davison, Kathryn (2020) Evaluating the numeracy skills of pharmacy students in multiple choice questions and free-text answer assessments and their perception of numeracy in clinical practice. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 12 (6). pp. 648-655. ISSN 1877-1297
Hall, Nicola, Bullen, Kathryn, Wake, Nicola, Sherwood, John, Wilkes, Scott and Donovan, Gemma (2020) Facilitating patient safety: key barriers and facilitators to prescribing error reporting and learning across primary care [Poster Abstract]. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 28 (S1). p. 27. ISSN 2042-7174
Hall, Nicola, Bullen, Kathryn, Wake, Nicola, Sherwood, John, Wilkes, Scott and Donovan, Gemma (2020) Prescribing error reporting: Facilitating learning and patient safety across primary care [Conference abstract]. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 29 (S2). pp. 21-11. ISSN 1099-1557
Bullen, Kathryn, Davison, Kathryn and Hardisty, Jessica (2019) Community pharmacy as an effective teaching and learning environment: Student perspectives from a UK MPharm programme. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. ISSN 1877-1297
Bullen, Kathryn and Davison, Kathryn (2018) Do community pharmacy placements support the new integrated approach to pharmacy education? Students perspectives from the University of Sunderland. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 26 (1). p. 9.
Davison, Kathryn, Bullen, Kathryn and Ling, Jonathan (2018) Pre-registration Pharmacist Tutor Training: A Pilot Study. Clinical Teacher, 15. pp. 1-6. ISSN 1743-4971
Davison, Kathryn, Bullen, Kathryn, Wassef, Christine and Orlandi, Talitha (2013) Stepping into the pharmacy workforce: starting your preregistration training. Tomorrow's Pharmacist.
Conference or Workshop Item
Davison, Kathryn, Bullen, Kathryn, Sturrock, Andrew and Hardisty, Jessica (2020) Multi‐sector pre‐registration training: qualitative analysis of pre‐registration trainees’ perceptions of a pre‐registration training programme in academia and community pharmacy. In: Health Services Research and Pharmacology Practice 2020, 16-17 April 2020, Cardiff.
Donovan, Gemma, Byrne, Tom, Rokib, Tahmina and Bullen, Kathryn (2016) Development of an Experiential Learning Programme for Pharmacy Students. In: Pharmacy Education Conference 2016, 27 Jun 2016, University of Manchester.