Overview
My role encompasses both undergraduate and postgraduate activities within the School of Medicine. Working as a Senior Lecturer I am responsible for delivering the Masters in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair which continues to be held in regard both nationally and internationally. I also provide specialist advice on wound healing for the medical undergraduate MBBCh programme.
Publication
2025
- Holloway, S. 2025. Preventing skin tears in older people in nursing and residential care settings. Nursing and Residential Care 27 (5), pp.1-5. (10.12968/nrec.2025.0023)
- Holloway, S. , da Silva, C. V. B. and Ousey, K. 2025. Principles and practice of skin tear management. WCET Journal 45 (2), pp.36-40. (10.33235/wcet.45.2.36-40)
- Holloway, S. et al. 2025. Development and validation of the international skin tear advisory panel skin tear data collection tool. Advances in Skin & Wound Care 38 (10), pp.527-533. (10.1097/asw.0000000000000372)
- Ingleby, A. and Holloway, S. 2025. Literature review of clinical audits and service evaluations against leg ulcer guidelines and recommendations in the UK. British Journal of Community Nursing 30 (Sup12), pp.S8-S20. (10.12968/bjcn.2025.0048)
- Nokaneng, E. N. and Holloway, S. L. 2025. The prevalence and surveillance of surgical site infections in South Africa: A literature review. International Wound Journal 22 (6) e70690. (10.1111/iwj.70690)
2023
- Holloway, S. and LeBlanc, K. 2023. Reapproximating a skin tear flap. Nursing Made Incredibly Easy 21 (1), pp.44-46. (10.1097/01.NME.0000899424.92230.37)
2022
- Crispin, F. , Holloway, S. and Galazka, A. 2022. Members’ experience of Lindsay Leg Clubs®: a thematic metasynthesis of published narratives in qualitative research. Journal of Wound Management 23 (3), pp.150-159. (10.35279/jowm2022.23.03)
- Haynes, S. and Holloway, S. 2022. A service evaluation to examine the use of compression strapping for the management of patients with retromalleolar leg ulcers in a specialist community setting. International Wound Journal 19 (5), pp.1232-1242. (10.1111/iwj.13718)
- McDonogh, C. et al., 2022. Does in-shoe pressure analysis to assess and modify medical grade footwear improve patient adherence and understanding? A mixed methods study. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 15 (1) 94. (10.1186/s13047-022-00600-0)
2021
- Lim, S. L. X. et al., 2021. Modified compression therapy in mixed arterial–venous leg ulcers: An integrative review. International Wound Journal 18 (6), pp.822-842. (10.1111/iwj.13585)
- Yap, J. and Holloway, S. 2021. Evidence-based review of the effects of nutritional supplementation for pressure ulcer prevention. International Wound Journal 18 (6), pp.805-821. (10.1111/iwj.13584)
2020
- Holloway, S. , Taylor, A. and Tombs, M. 2020. Impact of postgraduate study on healthcare professionals' academic and clinical practice. British Journal of Healthcare Management 27 (7), pp.171-178. (10.12968/bjhc.2019.0058)
2018
- Ousey, K. et al., 2018. Trainee nursing associates: a landmark innovation?. Wounds UK 14 (5), pp.14-22.
- Vestjens, J. J. et al., 2018. The inter-rater reliability between nurse-assessors clinically assessing infection of chronic wounds using the WUWHS criteria. International Wound Journal 15 (1), pp.8-15. (10.1111/iwj.12785)
2017
- Holloway, S. 2017. Pressure ulcers: prevention and management. British Journal of Healthcare Management 23 (4), pp.150-153. (10.12968/bjhc.2017.23.4.150)
- Holloway, S. 2017. The impact of postgraduate studies in wound healing on professional practice and personal development. WoundsUK 13 (3), pp.44-51.
- Wijlens, A. M. et al., 2017. An explorative study on the validity of various definitions of a 2·2°C temperature threshold as warning signal for impending diabetic foot ulceration. International Wound Journal 14 (6), pp.1346-1351. (10.1111/iwj.12811)
2016
- LeBlanc, K. et al., 2016. The Art of Dressing Selection. Advances in Skin & Wound Care 29 (1), pp.32-46. (10.1097/01.ASW.0000475308.06130.df)
- Przybylski, M. M. et al., 2016. Diagnosing osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot: a pilot study to examine the sensitivity and specificity of Tc99mwhite blood cell-labelled single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography. International Wound Journal 13 (3), pp.382-389. (10.1111/iwj.12316)
- Varga, M. A. and Holloway, S. 2016. The lived experience of the wound care nurse in caring for patients with pressure ulcers. International Wound Journal 13 (2), pp.243-251. (10.1111/iwj.12279)
2015
- Holloway, S. et al. 2015. Acute and chronic wound healing. In: Baranoski, S. and Ayello, E. A. eds. Wound Care Essentials - Practice Principles 4th Edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. , pp.82-98.
- Stavrou, D. et al., 2015. Validation of the Hebrew version of the Burn Specific Health scale-brief questionnaire. Burns 41 (1), pp.188-195. (10.1016/j.burns.2014.05.006)
2014
- LeBlanc, K. et al., 2014. A descriptive cross-sectional international study to explore current practices in the assessment, prevention and treatment of skin tears. International Wound Journal 11 (4), pp.424-430. (10.1111/iwj.12203)
2006
- Mudge, E. J. et al. 2006. Living with venous leg ulceration: issues concerning adherence. British Journal of Nursing 15 (21), pp.1166-1171.
- Nokaneng, E. and Holloway, S. L. null. A clinical audit of surgical site infection surveillance in a Maxillo-facial and Oral Surgery unit in an academic hospital complex in South Africa. International Wound Journal 25 (5) e70196. (10.1111/iwj.70196)
Articles
- Crispin, F. , Holloway, S. and Galazka, A. 2022. Members’ experience of Lindsay Leg Clubs®: a thematic metasynthesis of published narratives in qualitative research. Journal of Wound Management 23 (3), pp.150-159. (10.35279/jowm2022.23.03)
- Haynes, S. and Holloway, S. 2022. A service evaluation to examine the use of compression strapping for the management of patients with retromalleolar leg ulcers in a specialist community setting. International Wound Journal 19 (5), pp.1232-1242. (10.1111/iwj.13718)
- Holloway, S. 2017. Pressure ulcers: prevention and management. British Journal of Healthcare Management 23 (4), pp.150-153. (10.12968/bjhc.2017.23.4.150)
- Holloway, S. 2025. Preventing skin tears in older people in nursing and residential care settings. Nursing and Residential Care 27 (5), pp.1-5. (10.12968/nrec.2025.0023)
- Holloway, S. 2017. The impact of postgraduate studies in wound healing on professional practice and personal development. WoundsUK 13 (3), pp.44-51.
- Holloway, S. , da Silva, C. V. B. and Ousey, K. 2025. Principles and practice of skin tear management. WCET Journal 45 (2), pp.36-40. (10.33235/wcet.45.2.36-40)
- Holloway, S. et al. 2025. Development and validation of the international skin tear advisory panel skin tear data collection tool. Advances in Skin & Wound Care 38 (10), pp.527-533. (10.1097/asw.0000000000000372)
- Holloway, S. and LeBlanc, K. 2023. Reapproximating a skin tear flap. Nursing Made Incredibly Easy 21 (1), pp.44-46. (10.1097/01.NME.0000899424.92230.37)
- Holloway, S. , Taylor, A. and Tombs, M. 2020. Impact of postgraduate study on healthcare professionals' academic and clinical practice. British Journal of Healthcare Management 27 (7), pp.171-178. (10.12968/bjhc.2019.0058)
- Ingleby, A. and Holloway, S. 2025. Literature review of clinical audits and service evaluations against leg ulcer guidelines and recommendations in the UK. British Journal of Community Nursing 30 (Sup12), pp.S8-S20. (10.12968/bjcn.2025.0048)
- LeBlanc, K. et al., 2016. The Art of Dressing Selection. Advances in Skin & Wound Care 29 (1), pp.32-46. (10.1097/01.ASW.0000475308.06130.df)
- LeBlanc, K. et al., 2014. A descriptive cross-sectional international study to explore current practices in the assessment, prevention and treatment of skin tears. International Wound Journal 11 (4), pp.424-430. (10.1111/iwj.12203)
- Lim, S. L. X. et al., 2021. Modified compression therapy in mixed arterial–venous leg ulcers: An integrative review. International Wound Journal 18 (6), pp.822-842. (10.1111/iwj.13585)
- McDonogh, C. et al., 2022. Does in-shoe pressure analysis to assess and modify medical grade footwear improve patient adherence and understanding? A mixed methods study. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 15 (1) 94. (10.1186/s13047-022-00600-0)
- Mudge, E. J. et al. 2006. Living with venous leg ulceration: issues concerning adherence. British Journal of Nursing 15 (21), pp.1166-1171.
- Nokaneng, E. and Holloway, S. L. null. A clinical audit of surgical site infection surveillance in a Maxillo-facial and Oral Surgery unit in an academic hospital complex in South Africa. International Wound Journal 25 (5) e70196. (10.1111/iwj.70196)
- Nokaneng, E. N. and Holloway, S. L. 2025. The prevalence and surveillance of surgical site infections in South Africa: A literature review. International Wound Journal 22 (6) e70690. (10.1111/iwj.70690)
- Ousey, K. et al., 2018. Trainee nursing associates: a landmark innovation?. Wounds UK 14 (5), pp.14-22.
- Przybylski, M. M. et al., 2016. Diagnosing osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot: a pilot study to examine the sensitivity and specificity of Tc99mwhite blood cell-labelled single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography. International Wound Journal 13 (3), pp.382-389. (10.1111/iwj.12316)
- Stavrou, D. et al., 2015. Validation of the Hebrew version of the Burn Specific Health scale-brief questionnaire. Burns 41 (1), pp.188-195. (10.1016/j.burns.2014.05.006)
- Varga, M. A. and Holloway, S. 2016. The lived experience of the wound care nurse in caring for patients with pressure ulcers. International Wound Journal 13 (2), pp.243-251. (10.1111/iwj.12279)
- Vestjens, J. J. et al., 2018. The inter-rater reliability between nurse-assessors clinically assessing infection of chronic wounds using the WUWHS criteria. International Wound Journal 15 (1), pp.8-15. (10.1111/iwj.12785)
- Wijlens, A. M. et al., 2017. An explorative study on the validity of various definitions of a 2·2°C temperature threshold as warning signal for impending diabetic foot ulceration. International Wound Journal 14 (6), pp.1346-1351. (10.1111/iwj.12811)
- Yap, J. and Holloway, S. 2021. Evidence-based review of the effects of nutritional supplementation for pressure ulcer prevention. International Wound Journal 18 (6), pp.805-821. (10.1111/iwj.13584)
Book sections
- Holloway, S. et al. 2015. Acute and chronic wound healing. In: Baranoski, S. and Ayello, E. A. eds. Wound Care Essentials - Practice Principles 4th Edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. , pp.82-98.
Research
Current Projects
- Proposed project with the European Wound Management Association to identify the current provision of Skin Health and Wound Management within the Pre-Registration Nursing Curriculum in the UK and Europe.
- Proposed project with the European Wound Management Association to establish a syllabus for the provision of Postgraduate education in relation to acute and chronic wounds.
Teaching
ROLE IN COURSES / MODULES
Masters in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair
- Programme Director
Wound Healing Sessional Programme
- Programme Director
Masters in Advanced Surgical Practice
- Internal Marker
Masters in Ageing, Health and Disease
- Lecturer
Clinical Dermatology
- Lecturer
MBBCh
- Year 2 and 3 SSC Tutor
- Lecturer - Year 4 (Pressure Ulcers)
- Academic Mentor
Biography
Education and qualifications
- 2007: MSc Social Science Research, University of Glamorgan
- 2000: PGCE, University of Wales College, Newport
Career Overview
- 2008 - present: Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University, School of Medicine, Wound Healing Research Unit
- 2002 - 2008: Lecturer, Cardiff University, School of Medicine, Wound Healing Research Unit
- 1997 - 2002: Education Assistant, Cardiff University, School of Medicine, Wound Healing Research Unit
- 1991 - 1997: Registered General Nurse, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Honours and awards
- School of Medcine, Teaching Excellence (Postgraduate Taught) Award, 2014
Professional memberships
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2007)
- Member of the Institute of Teaching and Learning (2002)
- Member of the Education Committee of the European Wound Management Association (2014)
Committees and reviewing
- 2013 - present: Member of the Honorary Titles Awards Committee, School of Medicine
- 2007 - present: Member of the Postgraduate Board of Studies Committee