Dr Lisa Burrows
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Dr Lisa Burrows

Associate Lecturer

School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health)

Biography

Biography

Associate Lecturer in Nursing (Mental Health) 


I am a registered mental health nurse specialising in dementia care. I have worked in both community and long-term settings and for the NHS and private sector, including; acute in-patient, recovery, dementia care nursing homes, continuing healthcare, dementia care community and mental health/dementia research. I have spent most of my career in Cornwall other than six months in New Zealand, where I worked in an acute in-patient unit in the South Island. 

I completed a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) funded PhD through PenCLAHRC (now PenARC) May 2020, as part of the Research Capacity in Dementia Care Programme (RCDCP). My project explored how and why memory cafes work for people with dementia and their carers, using a realist approach. This was inspired by my personal experience of co-developing and running a memory cafe in Cornwall. 


Qualifications

PhD, University of Plymouth, 2015-2020 'More than tea and cake: a realist evaluation of memory cafes in Cornwall'
MSc Dementia Studies, University of Stirling, 2012 -2015
BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care,Cornwall College/Plymouth University, 2009-2011
FdSc Forensic Science, Cornwall College/Plymouth University, 2007-2009
Diploma in Higher Education - Nursing (Mental Health), Plymouth University, 1996-1999

Professional membership

Nursing and Midwifery Council

Teaching

Teaching

Teaching interests

  • Mental health
  • Dementia
  • Older persons mental health
  • Pharmacology and medicines management
  • Communication skills
  • Research
  • Cognitive behavioural therapy interventions for mental health professionals

Research

Research

Research interests

Realist approaches

Dementia

Honorary Clinical Fellow - The South West Clinical School in Cornwall

Member of the Realist Group in Community and Primary Care Research 

Publications

Publications

Journals

Gabrielsson, A., Tromans, S., Watkins, L., Burrows, L., Laugharne, R., and Shankar, R. (2023) 'Poo Matters! A scoping review of impact of constipation on epilepsy'. Seizure. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2023.03.023

Newman, H., Rudra, S., Burrows, L., Tromans, S., Watkins, L., Triantafyllopoulou, P., Hassiotis, A., Gabrielsson, A. and Shankar, R. (2023) Who cares? A scoping review on intellectual disability, epilepsy and social care. Seizure. 9;107:35-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2023.03.002

Underwood, F., Lyndon, H., Burrows, L. and Shaw, J. (2022) 'Our Chief Nurse Research Fellowship Programme'. South West Clinical School Journal. 2 (1). https://doi.org/10.24382/vzat-jm62 

Bishop, R,. Underwood, F,. Burrows, L., Fraser, F. and Shawe, J. (2022) 'Characteristics of natural environment use by occupational therapists working in mental health: a scoping review protocol'. JBI Evidence Synthesis. DOI: 10.11124/JBIES-22-00075

Burrows, L., Page, G., Plugaru, E., Kent, B., Odiyoor, M., Jaydeokar, S., Williams, J., Elliot, K., Laugharne, R. and Shankar, R (2022) 'Ideal models of good inpatient care for adults with intellectual disability: Lessons from England'. Int J Soc Psychiatry.  0(0). doi:10.1177/00207640221140290


Burrows, L., Lennard, S., Hudson, S., McLean, B., Jadav, M., Henley, W., Sander, J.W. and Shankar, R. (2020) ‘Exploring epilepsy attendance at the emergency department and interventions which may reduce unnecessary attendances: A scoping review’. Seizure. 76, 39-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2020.01.012 

Hall, A.J., Burrows, L., Lang, I.A., Endacott, R. and Goodwin, V. (2018) ‘Are physiotherapists employing person-centred care for people with dementia? An exploratory qualitative study examining the experiences of people with dementia and their carers’. BMC Geriatrics. 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0756-9

Underwood F., Burrows L., Gegg R., Latour J M. & Kent B. (2017) The meaning of confidence for older people living with frailty: a qualitative systematic review. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 15, 1316-1349. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBISRIR-2016-002951



Conference Papers

Burrows, L. (2018) ‘More than tea and cake: a realist evaluation of memory cafes in Cornwall’ (Oral Presentation), Annual Research Event for Postgraduate Researchers, Plymouth, United Kingdom.

Hardwick, R. and Burrows, L. (2017) ‘Applying realism to ethnographic research methods' (Facilitated workshop), From Promise to Practice 2017 International Conference for Realist Research, Evaluation and Synthesis, Brisbane, Australia. 

Burrows, L. (2017) ‘More than tea and cake: using ethnographic methods to uncover how and why memory cafes work’ (Oral Presentation), From Promise to Practice 2017 International Conference for Realist Research, Evaluation and Synthesis, Brisbane, Australia. 

Burrows, L. (2017) ‘Exploring the impact of memory cafes for people with dementia and their carers: a realist review’ (Poster), From Promise to Practice 2017 International Conference for Realist Research, Evaluation and Synthesis, Brisbane, Australia. 

Personal

Personal

Additional information

I co-founded and remain actively involved in the running of a memory cafe in Cornwall.