Dr Liz Brewster SFHEA
Non-Clinical Senior Lecturer in Medical EducationResearch Overview
- NHS workforce and health inequalities
- Pedagogy and professional training for medical practice, with a focus on mental health and well-being
- Mental health and creativity (reading/ bibliotherapy/ narratives/ photography/ art practices)
Career Details
Liz joined Lancaster Medical School in 2015. She previously worked at the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Leicester and the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield.
Current Teaching
- Problem-based learning facilitator, MBChB
- Contributor to Health, Culture and Society theme, MBChB
- Qualitative research methods, MSc Clinical Research
Qualifications
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education, University of Leicester, 2015
PhD, University of Sheffield, 2012
PhD Supervision Interests
Please contact me if you are interested in undertaking a PhD in the area of workforce. I am particularly interested in supervising students interested in the intersections of mental health, workforce and professional practice and medical education.
Accounting for the experiential complexity of socially-prescribed activities
16/01/2023 → 15/01/2026
Research
Mapping underdoctored areas: the impact of medical training pathways on NHS workforce distribution
01/10/2022 → 30/06/2025
Research
Children's Hospitals Inequalities Research Project (CHIRP)
01/04/2022 → 30/06/2023
Consultancy
Positive mental health literacy: creative strategies for self-care and promotion of good mental health amongst University students – a co-created project
01/04/2022 → 31/07/2022
Research
NWSSDTP: Innovations in ‘therapeutic landscapes’: implications for social prescribing (Annabelle Edwards)
01/10/2021 → 15/01/2023
Research
Where have all the doctors gone? An ethnographic study to explore the retention problem in Emergency Medicine
01/10/2019 → 31/03/2023
Research
Medical Staffing of Emergency Departments: Exploring the Retention Problem
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2021
Research
Graphic Futures
17/10/2017 → 30/06/2018
Research
Military Lives and Transformative Experiences: Exploring narratives and veterans' well-being
01/10/2017 → 31/03/2020
Research
Failure to Learn, Failure to Grow: creating space to ‘fail’ in order to allow real learning to take place
01/03/2017 → 31/03/2018
Other
'It's more than a diary': the ethical issues associated with sharing photographs in digital communities
01/05/2016 → 30/04/2018
Research
The Health Foundation and NHS England - Independent Evaluation of the Patient Activation Measure in the English NHS
01/12/2014 → 28/02/2017
Research
NHS England - Evaluation of NHS Safety Thermometer data collection and use
01/01/2013 → 31/07/2015
Other
The Health Foundation - Spotlight on Healthcare-Associated Infections
01/01/2013 → 30/09/2014
Other
The Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council - Good practice for participants involved in long-term research projects: an interview study
01/01/2013 → 31/07/2014
Other
Department of Health Policy Research Programme - Quality and Safety in the English NHS
01/06/2010 → 30/09/2013
Other
University of Sheffield studentship - An investigation of experiences of reading for mental health and well-being and their relation to models of bibliotherapy
01/10/2008 → 30/09/2011
Research
'Beauty Surrounds, Health Abounds'
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Academic Libraries North: Formal Launch of Mental Health Advocacy Resource
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Healthcare in place (ESRC Festival of Social Sciences)
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Mental health and well-being support in libraries... more than inspirational quotes, lego and houseplant give-aways?
Invited talk
Snap Happy: Photography and Wellbeing
Invited talk
Mental health and wellbeing: student concerns and the policy context
Invited talk
BJGP Open (Journal)
Editorial activity
Mental Health: What can we learn from social futures?
Invited talk
Using a graphic novel in teaching and to support mental health literacy
Invited talk
Academic Libraries North Mental Health and Well-being Advocacy resource
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Academic Libraries: supporting the mental health & well-being agenda
Invited talk
What is the future of digital storytelling?
Invited talk
Experiences, interactions and interpretations: Bibliotherapy in theory and practice.
Invited talk
Academic Libraries: supporting the mental health and well-being agenda
Invited talk
Bibliotherapy and mental health: a quick introduction
Invited talk
Family Practice (Journal)
Editorial activity
Lancaster University Faculty of Health and Medicine Award Dean’s Award
Other distinction
- FHM Mental Health Theme
- Institute for Social Futures Fellow
- Interdisciplinary network in culture, health, ethics and society
- ISF Fellows 2019/20