Dr Catherine Collin
Catherine teaches across both the Optometry and the Medical Education programmes and has a particular interest in patient simulation, problem based learning, assessment and portfolio research. Catherine is Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators and continues to be registered with the General Optical Council as an optometrist with over 20 years of clinical experience.
Catherine joined the university in 2019 to work on the new post graduate blended learning optometry programme. Since then she has developed a keen interest in optometric and medical education and has presented research both at AMEE and university conferences in areas including patient simulation and portfolio. She now splits her time between the new MOptom course where is is module lead and eye clinic lead and the Medical education team, teaching across the Pgcert, PgDip and MSc Medical education programmes.
Catherine has considerable experience with curriculum design and professional body regulation, both as a member of the GOC fitness to practice panel and College of Optometrists appeals. She also acts as an external examiner and CPD reviewer for the GOC. Catherine published an abstract in the ‘Clinical Teacher’ in 2020 on interactive patient simulations and hosted sessions at the university’s teaching and learning conference in 2021 and 2022; presenting a short talk at the Association of Medical Education, Europe (AMEE) Glasgow in July 2023 titled: Optimising e-portfolio marking strategies to improve validity, reliability, fairness and time efficiency. She is passionate about creating engaging learning material for online and face-to-face delivery aligned with current pedologic principles.
- 2014, DOptom (Doctor of optometry), University of Aston
- 2003, MSc (Investigative Ophthalmology), University of Manchester
- 1994, BSc (Hons) Ophthalmic Optics, Class 2:1, University of Cardiff
- 1995, MCOptom College of optometrists professional qualifying examinations
- 2019, ESME course in medical education
- 2020, PgCert Medical Retina: City University
- 2021, PgCert Academic Practice: University of Central Lancashire
- 2022, Medical Education Assessment Course (ESMEA): AMEE (Association of Medical Education in Europe)
- 2023, PgCert Glaucoma: Cardiff University
- 1995, Professional qualifying examinations: Worshipful company of spectacle makers prize for the highest aggregate mark in Pathology, dispensing and refraction
- 2003, Manchester eye hospital award for the highest mark on the taught section of MSc Investigative Ophthalmology
- 2021, Student led Golden Roses award winner for creative teaching: University of central Lancashire
- Glaucoma
- Medical retina
- Assessment and curriculum design in optometric and medical education
- Portfolio, Outcome tracking and Assessment research
- Interactive patient simulation and their role in developing critical thinking skills
- Affiliations:
- 1995 Registered with the General Optical Council
- 1995 Member of College of Optometrists (MBCO)
- 1995 Member of the Association of Optometrists
- Member of ASME: Association for the Study of Medical Education
- Member of AMEE: Association of Medical Education Europe
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
- Fellow of the Academy of Medical Education (FAcadMEd)
- External Roles:
- 2023 – Current: External Examiner for UHI
- 2023 – Current: CPD Reviewer for the General Optical Council
- 2022 – Current: Appeals panel member for the College of Optometrists
- 2015 – 2023: GOC Fitness to Practice Hearings panel member. Experience of GOC regulatory work
- 2019 – 2020: CPD writer for the College or Optometrists
- 2018 – 2019: WOPEC examiner – Glaucoma level 2, MECS.Peer review Facilitator for the College of Optometrists.
MSc Thesis: An audit of glaucoma referrals into Manchester Eye Hospital DOptom Thesis: "The normal optic nerve head – comparison of associated factors including ethnicity, age, gender, refraction, IOP and BP, practice-based research on an optometric population" ASME Abstract ASM2020-087, Instilling reflective practice – The use of an online portfolio in innovative optometric education, in the upcoming The Clinical Teacher (TCT) Journal supplement.
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- Pedagogic research forum: The University of Central Lancashire
- Collin, Catherine, Rupal Lovell-Patel1, Alison Long (2023) Optimising e-portfolio marking strategies to improve validity, reliability, fairness, and time efficiency. Short presentation at: Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference 2013, 26-30 Aug 2013, Glasgow, UK. (Published: MedEdPublish 2023, 13:179 doi: 10.21955/mep.1115363.1)
- Collin, Catherine (2022). Case study: Scaffolding clinical decision-making using interactive patient scenarios. In: University of Central Lancashire Teaching and Learning Conference, 29/09/2022, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, U.K. (Unpublished)
- Collin, Catherine (2021) A novel use of interactive scenarios for combining face to face and remote learning: Thinglink. In: University of Central Lancashire Teaching and Learning Conference, 21/06/2021, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, U.K. (Unpublished)
- Collin, Catherine and Lovell-Patel, Rupal (2020) Instilling reflective practice – The use of an online portfolio in innovative optometric education Accepted as: e‐poster Paper no. 098. In: Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference 2010, 4-8 Sep 2010, Glasgow, UK. https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.13238
- Collin, Catherine, Rupal Lovell-Patel1, Alison Long (2023) Optimising e-portfolio marking strategies to improve validity, reliability, fairness, and time efficiency. Short presentation at: Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference 2013, 26-30 Aug 2013, Glasgow, UK
- Collin, Catherine (2022). Case study: Scaffolding clinical decision-making using interactive patient scenarios. In: University of Central Lancashire Teaching and Learning Conference, 29/09/2022, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, U.K.
- Collin, Catherine (2021) A novel use of interactive scenarios for combining face to face and remote learning: Thinglink. In: University of Central Lancashire Teaching and Learning Conference, 21/06/2021, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, U.K.
- Collin, Catherine and Lovell-Patel, Rupal (2020) Instilling reflective practice – The use of an online portfolio in innovative optometric education Accepted as: e‐poster Paper no. 098. In: Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference 2010, 4-8 Sep 2010, Glasgow, UK. https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.13238
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