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Profiles
Mrs Jen Carroll
Lecturer in Dietetic Practice
School of Health Professions (Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences)
Role
Programme lead for MSc Advanced Professional Practice in Dietetics and MSc Advanced Professional Practice in Pediatric Dietetics.
Lecturer on BSc (hons) Dietetics where my clinical experience informs my approach to teaching, preparing students to bridge the gap between their academic background and a career in clinical practice. I coordinate our undergraduate clinical placements and deliver clinical supervisory skills training to practice educators across the South West.
Qualifications
I completed my honours degree in Nutritional Sciences at University College Cork, Ireland and undertook a MSc in Dietetics at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh graduating in 2008. I went on to work as a dietitian in the NHS specialising in paediatric dietetics, developing expertise in a wide range of areas including neonatal medicine, gastroenterology, metabolic disorders and neurology, faltering growth, obesity, allergies, and respiratory. While working as a senior specialist paediatric dietitian at The University Hospitals of Leicester; I redesigned and led the dietetic ketogenic diet service providing a bespoke service for children with intractable epilepsy and metabolic disorders.
2018 present PhD entitled 'Core Outcomes for Refractory childhood Epilepsy treated with Ketogenic Diet Therapy'. The CORE-KDT study.
2016 PgCert in Higher Education, University of Nottingham
2013 PgCert Behaviour Change, University of Nottingham
2008 MSc Dietetics RD, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
2006 BSc (Hons) Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork Ireland
Professional membership
Member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA)
Registered with The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Member of The Ketogenic Professional Advisory Group (KetoPAG)
Member of the Ketogenic Dietitians Research Network (KDRN)
Roles on external bodies
2015 - Practice based Evidence in Nutrition (PEN) Advisory Group
2016 - Member of thePractice Education Working Group for the British Dietetic Association (BDA)
Teaching interests
I teach a range of clinical dietetics on the undergraduate dietetics programme and my specialist areas are;
- Paediatrics
- Neurology (use of ketogenic diet therapy)
- Communication skills and behaviour change
- Nutritional support
Research interests
My research area of interest is the use of ketogenic diet therapy for neurological conditions but predominantly childhood epilepsy.
I am leading a study to develop a set of 'Core Outcomes for Refractory childhood Epilepsy treated with Ketogenic Diet Therapy (CORE-KDT). The study will identify core outcomes to be measured in clinical effectiveness trials but will also guide health care professionals when undertaking audit or service evaluation in clinical practice. Parents, health care professionals and relevant charities will be consulted to ensure the core outcome set reflects the interests of all and facilitates future decision making.
Find out more here: http://www.comet-initiative.org/studies/details/1116