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Molly Courtenay

Professor Molly Courtenay

Professor of Health Sciences

School of Healthcare Sciences

Overview

Molly is a nurse by background who specialised in intensive care. Prior to taking up her post at Cardiff University, she worked as a Professor at Reading University and the University of Surrey. Molly was the Royal College of Nursing national prescribing adviser between 2003 and 2008, and has roles on various international and national working groups and project advisory committees concerned with the development of the education and research agenda in the area of prescribing and medicines management by nurses. Molly’s area of research is concerned with the impact of prescribing by nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals on service delivery. Molly lived in the United States between 2012 and 2014, and during this time, held a Visiting Professor post at the University of California, Davis.

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My area of research is concerned with the impact of new roles (specifically the adoption of prescribing by nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals) on service delivery. Much of my work has been undertaken in primary care and has involved diabetes service delivery, dermatology and pain services. I have also undertaken some work which has examined interprofessional education and interprofessional collaborative practice in healthcare teams. Current research studies include research with community nurse prescribers and the support required to expand their scope of prescribing practice, antimicrobial stewardship competencies for undergraduate healthcare professional education, and the development of an intervention for nurse and pharmacist prescribers that will support the choice and use of antibiotics.

Research

Quality-Assured Follow up of quiEscent Neovascular agE-relaTed maculaR dEgeneration by non-medical practitioners: a randomised controlled trial The FENETRE study funded by the HTA (17/85/05) led by Dr Konstantinos Balaskas, Moorfields Eye Hospital. In this large, multi-site prospective study funded by the NIHR, we will look at how care for patients with stable AMD can be devolved to community optometry practices. We will explore the role of digital technologies and artificial intelligence decision support to facilitate the process of monitoring patients with stable AMD closer to home, reducing the pressures on busy hospital-based eye clinics. Cardiff University are leading on the mixed-methods qualitative process evaluation phase of this trial, focussing on the workforce adaptations related to the intervention. For further information see https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/17/85/05

 Courtenay M, Gillespire D, Ferriday R, Hawker C, Thomas N (2022) Theory-based electronic learning intervention to support appropriate antibiotic prescribing by nurse and pharmacist prescribers: an acceptability and feasibility experimental study (£2,150)

Watson, MC, Payne, R, Britten, N, Courtenay, M. A multi-stakeholder approach to medicines optimization. GW4 Initiator Funding, 2018-2019 (£20,000)

Snell, H, Budge, C, Courtenay, M. Nurse prescribing in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The New Zealand Society of the Study of Diabetes, 2018-2019 ($20,000 NZD)

Courtenay, M, Reid, N, Hodgson, K, Gillespie, D, Hodson, K, Deslandes, R, Thomas, N. An intervention for primary care prescribers to support the choice and use of antibiotics. ESRC IAA Funding, 2017-2018 (£19, 865)

Sakellariou, D, Anstey, S, Courtenay, M, Knight, G, Polack, S .The Challenges of Cancer and Disability Study (CoCaDS). Tenovus Cancer Care i Grant. 2017-2018 (£26,342.)

Courtenay, M Khanfer, R. The prescribing needs of community nurse prescribers. Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 2017-2018 (£36,000)

Carey, N, Stenner, K, Gage, H, Courtenay, M, Moore, A, Otter,S, , Brown, J: Evaluation of Physiotherapist and Podiatrist Independent Prescribing, Mixing of Medicines, and Prescribing of Controlled Drugs Policy Research Programme, Department of Health, 2014-2016 (£229,343)

Courtenay, M, Carter, S, Peters, S., Rowbotham, S. The prescription of antibiotics for acute respiratory tract symptoms: Patient expectations, management by non medical prescribers and patient satisfaction, Industrial grant, 2015-2016 (£38,791).

Courtenay, M, Carey, N, Stenner, K. The value of nurse prescribing in chronic disease management, Industrial grant, 2010-2014 (£210,000)

Courtenay, M., Anderson, G., La Ragione, R., MCcarthy, D., John, M., Warburton, S. Feasibility Study: Recognising the links between human and animal. abuse: A One Health approach, Collaboration Surrey 2014 (£3,072)

Courtenay, M., Carey, N., Stenner, K: Developing multi-professional prescribing East of England SHA, 2009-2012 (£150,00).

Stewart, D, McLay, J, Hughes, C, Courtenay, M: Pharmacovigilance and non medical prescribers: Are they fulfilling their potential? Medicines and Healthcare product Regulatory Agency, 2010-2011 (£40,000)

Courtenay, M., Carey, N., Stenner, K. A national evaluation of nurse prescribing in dermatology, Industrial grant , 2005-2010 (£400,000)

Courtenay, M., Carey, N., Stenner, K: The role of the non medical prescribing lead, South East Coast Strategic Health Authority (SHA), 2010 (£20,10)

Courtenay, M., Carey, N., Stenner, K: A national evaluation of nurse prescribing in diabetes, Industrial grant, 2006-2009 (£300,000)

Courtenay, M., Carey, N., Stenner, K: An evaluation of nurse prescribing in acute and chronic pain, Industrial grant, 2009-2011 (£90,000).

Courtenay, M, Carey, N: The educational preparation of paediatric nurse prescribers, Great Ormond Street Hospital, 2005-2006 (£15,000)

Courtenay, M, Carey, N. An evaluation of the role of the diabetes specialist nurse prescriber in secondary care, Association for Nurse Prescribing, 2005-2006 (£20,000)

Latter, S., Courtenay, M, Maben, J., Myall, M., Young, A., Dunn: N A national evaluation of extended independent nurse prescribing, Department of Health, 2003-2005 (£175,000)

Courtenay, M: The administration and prescription of medicines (by nurses) in dermatology, Hope Charitable Trust, 2003-2004 (£20,000)

Courtenay, M. & Castro-Sanchez, E. eds.  (2020). Antimicrobial stewardship for nursing practice. UK: CABI

Biography

I am nurse by background who specialised in intensive care. Prior to coming to Cardiff University, I worked as a Professor at Reading University and the University of Surrey. I was the Royal College of Nursing national prescribing adviser between 2003 and 2008, and I have roles on various international and national working groups and project advisory committees concerned with the development of the education and research agenda in the area of prescribing and medicines management by non-medical healthcare professionals. I lived in the United States between 2012 and 2014; during this time I held a visiting professor post at the University of California, Davis.