Dr Derek Jones (BA (Hons) Sociology; Diploma of the College of Occupational Therapists; PhD.)
Programme Director: PhD Clinical Education

- Edinburgh Medical School
- Medical Education
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 242 6536
- Email: derek.jones@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Chancellor's Building
- City
- Little France
- Post code
- EH16 4SB
Background
I am the Programme Director for the PhD Clinical Education Programme. I am also Academic Coordinator on the MSc in Clinical Education. This role involves development of an online learning curriculum; as well as teaching, assessment, student support and dissertation supervision of those invoved in undergraduate and post graduate education of health professionals (including doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other allied health professionals).
I have been teaching health and social care professionals since 1993 at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral level. Before joining the MSc Clinical Education in October 2015 I worked at Queen Margaret University, Glasgow Caledonian University, Northumbria University, and as a self employed researcher and academic coach.
Qualifications
1984 BA (Hons) Sociology. University of York
1987 Diploma of the College of Occupational Therapists, Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic
2005 PhD Attitudes and Beliefs about Chronic Non-Cancer Pain and the Role of Education in Preparing Community Based Health and Social Care Professionals to Undertake Pain Management. Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh.
2016 Snr Fellow Higher Education Academy
Responsibilities & affiliations
External Examiner: Kings College (London) MSc Clinical Education
Undergraduate teaching
MBChB Year 1 Health Ethics & Society: Disability, Stigma & Discrimination
Postgraduate teaching
MSc Clinical Education
PG Cert: Principles of Teaching & Learning (Tutor)
PG Cert: The Curriculum (Course Organiser)
PG Dip: Research Methods in Clinical Education (Course Organiser); Policy, Leadership & Management (Course Organiser)
MSc: Dissertation (Supervisor)
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Areas of interest for supervision
I have supervised doctoral researchers who have used a range of qualitative methodologies including classic grounded theory and IPA. I have experience of: examining (Phd and MPhil); convening review panels; and as a non-examining chair for viva-voce.
Current PhD students supervised
2 PhD, 1 MD
Past PhD students supervised
- MPhil: 1
- Professional Doctorate: 1
- PhD: 7
Research summary
- Measurement of attitudes and beliefs.
- Pain education for health professionals.
- Assessment feedback.
- Application of sociological theory to pedagogic research.
Current research interests
Assessment feedback. Experiences of online learning.Past research interests
Older people and self management of persistent pain. Employment and condition management.Project activity
My research has been broadly in the field of persistent pain with a specific focus on pain education for health professionals, and pain self management for older people.
Current project grants
2017-18 Principal's Teaching Award Scheme (PI): How is good feedback expressed? A corpus analysis of feedback provided by EUSA Teaching Awards (Best Feedback) nominees.
Past project grants
2012-2014 Co- applicant: HEA Collaborative Award. Flo’s story: the development of an online interactive learning package about persistent pain in older people.
2010-2014 Co- Principal Investigator: UK Joint Research Council Lifelong Health & Well-being Programme: EOPIC - Engaging with Older People in developing and designing Interventions for the management of Chronic pain.
2008-2010 Co-applicant: ESRC Seminars Series. Pain and Older People.
2008-2009 Local Investigator: British Pain Society. Survey of Undergraduate Education on Pain.
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Brain charts for the human lifespan
In:
Nature
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04554-y
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Participatory alignment: a positive relationship between educators and students during online masters dissertation supervision
In:
Teaching in Higher Education, pp. 1-15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2020.1744129
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Ecological Teaching Evaluation vs the Datafication of Quality: Understanding Education with, and Around, Data
In:
Postdigital Science and Education, vol. 2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-020-00109-4
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Online Learning as Embodied, Socially Meaningful Experience
In:
Postdigital Science and Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-019-00048-9
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Comment/debate (E-pub ahead of print) -
Using Bourdieu to explore graduate attributes in two online Master’s programmes
In:
Advances in Health Sciences Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-019-09885-6
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY
In:
British journal of occupational therapy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022617744510
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Experiences of using a wearable camera to record activity, participation and health-related behaviours: Qualitative reflections of using the Sensecam
In:
Digital Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2055207616682628
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Occupational therapy and emergency departments: A critical review of the literature
In:
British journal of occupational therapy, vol. 79
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022616629168
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Understanding factors that facilitate the inclusion of pain education in undergraduate curricula: Perspectives from a UK survey
(8 pages)
In:
British Journal of Pain, vol. 10, pp. 100-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2049463716634377
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The landscape of UK child protection research between 2010-2014: Disciplines, topics and types of maltreatment
In:
Children and youth services review, vol. 65, pp. 51-61
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.03.021
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The Landscape of UK Child Protection Research 2010 to 2014: A Mapping Review of Substantive Topics, Maltreatment Types and Research Designs
In:
Child Abuse Review, pp. n/a-n/a
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2429
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Protocol-developing meta-ethnography reporting guidelines (eMERGe)
In:
BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-015-0068-0
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Effects of education to facilitate knowledge about chronic pain for adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis
In:
Systematic Reviews, vol. 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-015-0120-5
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Flo's story: the development of a facebook learning object for health and social care students about persistent pain in older people
In:
Pain and Rehabilitation - the Journal of the Physiotherapy Pain Association, vol. 38, pp. 9-17
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Evaluation in everyday occupational therapy practice: Should we be thinking about treatment fidelity?
In:
British journal of occupational therapy, vol. 78, pp. 331-333
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022614562583
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
"I Try and Smile, I Try and Be Cheery, I Try Not to Be Pushy. I Try to Say 'I'm Here for Help' but I Leave Feeling... Worried'': A Qualitative Study of Perceptions of Interactions with Health Professionals by Community-Based Older Adults with Chronic Pain
(7 pages)
In:
PLoS ONE, vol. 9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105450
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Systematically searching for and assessing the literature for self-management of chronic pain: a lay users' perspective
(8 pages)
In:
BMC Geriatrics, vol. 14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-86
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
AN EVALUATION OF A COMIC BOOK FOR CHILDREN EXPLAINING CHRONIC PAIN IN OLDER ADULTS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF OLDER PEOPLE'S VIEWS ON THE VALUE OF "MEDIKIDZ EXPLAIN PAIN"
(1 page)
In:
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, vol. 73, pp. 1175-1175
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.3029
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Meeting abstract (Published) -
Understanding Twitter
In:
British journal of occupational therapy, vol. 76, pp. 295-298
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4276/030802213X13706169933021
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Cost-effectiveness of Self-management Methods for the Treatment of Chronic Pain in an Aging Adult Population A Systematic Review of the Literature
(10 pages)
In:
The Clinical Journal of Pain, vol. 29, pp. 366-375
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0b013e318250f539
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Jones D (2013) Social Constructionism. In Davies M (ed.) Blackwell Companion to Social Work (4th ed.) Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell 473-476
Jones D, Schofield P, (2011) Pain and Older People. In Tolson, D, Booth J, Lawrence M, Schofield I (Eds.) Evidence Informed Nursing with Older People. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell p188-207
Jones D, Martin D, (2003) Managing Pain. In Donaghy M, Fever S (Eds.) Interventions for Mental Health: An Evidence Based Approach for Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists. Edinburgh: Butterworth-Heinemann p136-145
Jones D (1998) Deviance. In Jones D, Blair S, Hartery T, Jones RK (Eds) Sociology & Occupational Therapy: An Integrated Approach. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. p93-104
Jones RK, Jones D (1998) Health & Illness. In Jones D, Blair S, Hartery T, Jones RK (Eds) Sociology & Occupational Therapy: An Integrated Approach. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. p105-115
Invited contributions to symposia and conferences
Invited keynote speaker: European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education Annual Meeting 2013 York: Heading Towards Horizon 2020.
Invited speaker: British Pain Society ASM 2012, Liverpool (Workshop Session B4): Using theoretical constructs to interrogate qualitative data.
Invited speaker: Pain Management Programmes Conference 2007, Southampton: Pain and Supported Employment.
Invited speaker: National Association for Colitis and Crohn’s Disease (Young Adults Group) International Meeting 2005, Edinburgh: A Biopsychosocial Perspective on Pain.
Invited speaker: Scottish Society of Rehabilitation Spring Meeting 2004, Dundee: Evaluating Continuing Professional Education on Chronic Pain.
Invited speaker: Pain Management Programmes Conference 1997, Manchester: Becoming a Person with Pain: A Sociological Perspective.
Selected Scientific Posters
Jones D, Aitken G (2016) Tutors' Experience of Delivering Audio Feedback Using GradeMark. 6th Scottish National Medical Educators Conference, Edinburgh
Wilson G, Jones D, Schofield P, & Martin D. (2013). The use of the Sensecam to explore daily functioning of older adults with chronic pain. Proceedings of the 4th International SenseCam & Pervasive Imaging Conference (pp. 76-77). ACM.
Carr E, Briggs E, Briggs M, Allcock N, Jones D, Black P (2013) Undergraduate pain curricula for healthcare professionals in the United Kingdom: challenges and successes EFIC Congress Florence
Jones D, Martin D, Schofield P, McNamee P, Grey D, Anthony G, Clarke A, Smith B (2012) Experiences and Expectations: findings from focus groups of older people attending pain clinics. (Book of Abstracts British Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Liverpool) London: British Pain Society
Graham B J M, Jones D, McMenemy M, Martin D (2007) Does the use of a Patient Held Record Improve Outcomes for Acute Back Pain Patients? (Book of Abstracts British Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Glasgow) London: British Pain Society
Gillespie A, Gordon T Graham K, Jones D, Nairn M, Wilson G (2007) Introducing qualitative evidence into clinical practice guidelines: a pilot project in cancer pain. 4th Guidelines International Network Conference, Toronto
Mortimer CM, Jones D, Martin D, Ziebland S (2005) Development and launch of a module on chronic pain for the DIPEx information website. (CD ROM of Abstracts IASP 11th World Congress on Pain, Sydney) Seattle: IASP, Abstract #P134