Mrs Jen Carroll

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