BA (Newcastle), MA (Newcastle), PhD (Birmingham).

Profile

Sarah is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Research in Medical and Dental Education, where she has worked since October 2000.  She has worked on a range of research projects in the field of postgraduate medical education, and in 2008 she completed a PhD exploring doctors’ views of the doctor-patient relationship.  She is currently working mainly with the NHS National Genetics Education and Development Centre (www.geneticseducation.nhs.uk).  Work with this Centre has included a study of the experiences and preferences of people receiving genetic information from healthcare professionals and the development of a curriculum statement on “Genetics in Primary Care” which has been incorporated into the national curriculum for General Practice training. 

Research interests

• Postgraduate medical education
• Genetics education
• Doctor-patient relationship
• Qualitative research

Teaching and administration responsibilities

Sarah is lead administrative tutor for the PGCert in Education for Health Professionals, and also contributes to the PGDip in Education for Health Professionals.

Publications (selected)

Burke, S., Martyn, M., Thomas, H. and Farndon, P. (2009). The development of core learning outcomes relevant to clinical practice: identifying priority areas for genetics education for non-genetics specialist registrars. Clinical Medicine, 9: 49-52.

Burke, S., Martyn, M., Stone, A., Bennett, C., Thomas, H. and Farndon, P. (2009) Developing a curriculum statement based on clinical practice: Genetics in Primary Care.  British Journal of General Practice, 59, 559: 99-103.

Kirk, M., Tonkin, E. and Burke, S. (2008) Engaging nurses in genetics: the strategic approach of the NHS National Genetics Education and Development Centre. Journal of Genetic Counselling, 17, 2: 180-188.

Burke, S. and Kirk, M. (2006). Genetics Education in the Nursing Professions: a literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 54 (2): 228-237.

Burke, S., Stone, A., Bedward, J., Thomas, H. and Farndon, P. (2006)  A ‘neglected part of the curriculum’ or ‘of limited use’?  Views on genetics training by non-genetics trainees and implications for delivery.  Genetics in Medicine, 8, 2, 109-115.

Burke, S., Davison, I., Brown, C., Bullock, A. and Kelly, S. (2005) The involvement of lay people in selection to GP training schemes. Education for Primary Care, 16, 4: 450-457.

Publications 2001-2010 [complete, 306KB, pdf]