1. Arts and Humanities The Robert Gordon University Overview

2. Teaching School of Nursing and Midwifery 2002-2009: The Expressive Arts in the Caring Context 3 rd year module, Bachelor of Nursing arts route from 2 nd year broad range – art, literature, poetry, film, photography, care environments

3. Teaching 2009-present: Critical Perspectives in Mental Health/Adult/Children and Young Peoples Nursing exploring humanities amongst attention to: science, topical issues impact on practice

4. Teaching School of Health Sciences BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy 2 nd year – film – ageing, ethics, culture 3 rd year - film – Shawshank Redemption chaos, complexity, environmental influences on health

5. Teaching School of Health Sciences BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy (contd) 4 th year – broad range application to students practice e.g. elderly, war veterans, mental health assessed: seminar presentation literature review

6. Teaching Inter-Professional Education plans to offer The Expressive Arts in the Caring Context module as IPE module, late 2010

7. Research School of Nursing and Midwifery School research theme on evidence- informed wisdom in health care practice Nature of wisdom Academic staff reading group exploring wisdom in literary fiction academic papers in progress

8. Research PhD Andrew McKie: 2005-present: A narrative exploration of the relationship between reading literature and poetry and ethical practice: Narratives of student nurses and nurse educators

9. Research Making Sense of Well Being – Arts, Health and Pedagogic Research 2009 - multidisciplinary research team: Grays School of Art, Faculty of Health and Social Care, independent consultants

10. Publications C. Macduff 2007. In Wards, Out Wards: Poems and Stories from Nursing and Beyond. The Joanna Briggs Institute, Adelaide

11. Publications Gallagher, A. & McKie, A. 2010. The potential of literature and poetry. In: T. Warne & S. McAndrew eds. Creative Approaches to Health and Social Care Education. Palgrave MacMillan, Basingstoke