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Biography
Sonya is Director of Postgraduate Taught Education and CPD, and Faculty Director of Higher Degree Apprenticeships for the faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Sonya is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in cardiac intensive care and holds membership with the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine. Sonya's clinical lead roles have included ACP lead for organ donation in the Wessex region, and paediatric critical care lead in a non-paediatric centre.
Sonya represents the University of Nottingham at the Association of Advanced Practice Educators UK, the Council of Deans Advanced Practice working group, and the Health Education England regional Higher Education Institute group. Sonya has built strong links with Advanced Clinical Practitioner stakeholders and sits on regional and national committees driving the national ACP agenda.
Sonya is clinical lead for eICM at FICM, and co-founder of the Advanced Clinical Practice Academic Network (ACPAN).
Sonya has a range of Advanced Practice publications including journal articles, book chapters, and recently co-edited the first Advanced Clinical Practice core text with Wiley and Sons publishers, which is due for release in 2023.
Expertise Summary
Critical care medicine with specialist interests in obstetric and maternal critical illness, stabilisation of the critically ill paediatric patient in non-paediatric centres, post cardiac arrest management in the ICU.
Additional interests in advanced clinical practice, advanced practice role development, advanced practice education, and consultant level practice
Teaching Summary
Advanced Clinical Practice
Decision making theory in advanced clinical practice
Critical/Intensive Care Medicine
Advanced history taking and clinical assessment
Anatomy and Physiology
Pathophysiology of critical illness
Maternal and Obstetric critical care
Stabilisation of the critically unwell paediatric patient
Post cardiac arrest management in critical care