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Dr Lauren Hardie-Bick

Lauren Hardie-Bick pictured in a floral dress in front of a pink wall

Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
E: l.hardie-bick@bsms.ac.uk
Location: Room 320, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Watson House, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9PH

Areas of expertise: Social science

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Biography

Lauren has a background in social science and medical education. Whilst studying for her PhD at Durham University she started teaching social science to undergraduate medical students. After completing her doctorate, she then continued this interest and was appointed as a Lecturer in Medical Sociology at Keele medical school, where she was involved in developing and delivering the new undergraduate curriculum. She joined BSMS in 2017 and is Deputy Lead for Clinical and Community Practice 201 and lead for the Inequality and Inclusion in Healthcare strand in year 1 and 2.

Research

Sociology of health and illness, social science teaching in medical education.

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Teaching

Lauren’s teaching interests relate to medical sociology and inequality and inclusion in healthcare. She has worked with colleagues from the Behavioural and Social Science Teachers (BeSST) in medicine network to produce a core curriculum for Sociology in medicine. At both Keele Medical School and BSMS, she has worked with local Third sector organisations from the health and social care field to develop placement experiences for medical students. In addition to her teaching commitments as part of 101 and 201, Lauren is an Academic Tutor.

Selected publications

Collett T, Brooks L, Forrest S, Harden J, Kelly M, Kendall K, MacBride Stewart S, Sbaiti M & Stevenson F (2016) A Core Curriculum for Sociology in UK Undergraduate Medical Education. BeSST, UK Cardiff Cardiff University Publisher Site Open access

Brooks L, Collett T & Forrest S (2016) 'It’s just common sense! Why do negative perceptions of sociology teaching in medical education persist and is there any change in sight?' MedEdPublish 2016; https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2016.000156

Collett T, Brooks L & Forrest S (2016) 'The history of sociology teaching in United Kingdom (UK) undergraduate medical education: an introduction and rallying call!', MedEdPublish 5(3). https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2016.000152

Morden A, Ong BN, Brooks L, Jinks C, Porcheret M, Edwards JJ, Dziedzic K (2015) Introducing evidence through research “push”: Using theory and qualitative methods, Qualitative Health Research, 25: 1560-75.

Morden A, Brooks L, Jinks C, Porcheret M, Ong BN, Dziedzic K (2015) Research “push”, long term change and general practice. J. Health. Org. Manage. 29 (7): 798-821

Ong BN, Morden A, Brooks L, Porcheret M, Edwards JJ, Sanders T, Jinks C, Dziedzic K (2014) Changing policy and practice: making sense of national guidelines for osteoarthritis, Social Science and Medicine, 106: 101-9.

Brooks L, Shaw A, Sharp D & Hay AD, (2008) Towards a better understanding of patients’ perspectives of antibiotic resistance and MRSA: A qualitative study, Family Practice, 25 (5): 341-348.

Brooks L, (2005) Looking for alternatives risk, reflexivity and complementary therapies. Unpublished PhD thesis.