School of Nursing and Paramedic Science
Londonderry,
BT48 7JL,
Dr Caroline Crawford
Overview
Caroline Crawford is a lecturer in nursing at the School of Nursing and Paramedic Science, Ulster University. Her teaching spans undergraduate, master's, and PhD levels.
Caroline’s research focuses on nursing education, with a particular interest in neurodiversity within the nursing profession. She is a member of the Person-Centred Care and Education Research Stream.
Caroline completed her nursing degree at Ulster University and undertook further education in perioperative nursing at Queen's University, Belfast. Her clinical experience is in theatre, recovery and anaesthetic nursing. She later specialised as a Clinical Research Nurse, coordinating clinical drug trials in stroke, cardiology and respiratory diseases.
Caroline returned to Ulster University to complete a PhD within the School of Nursing and Paramedic Science, focusing on the selection criteria utilised across the United Kingdom for admitting nursing students to undergraduate degree programs.