Dr Leah Macaden (PhD, MSc, BSc, RN, RM, SFHEA, CF, NTF, FAAN)
Senior Lecturer
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Contact details
- Email: lmacaden@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Nursing Studies
School of Health in Social Science
Room 2M10
The Medical School Doorway 6
Teviot Place - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AG
Availability
Mon - Friday [9 a.m to 5 p.m.]
Background
Dr Macaden's senior nurse academic career spans 32 years. Leah was on the Faculty of Nursing as a Professor in India’s highest-ranking College of Nursing and a WHO Collaborating Centre at the Christian Medical College [CMC], Vellore until 2011 with a wide range of academic, clinical, management and research expertise. Her expertise includes pedagogical innovations, curriculum development, consultancy, co design and interdisciplinary collaboration for education and research.
Since moving to Scotland, Leah has successfully navigated two unchartered territories [nurse education for the care of older people and online / blended approaches to education]. Deficiencies in the quality of care for older people and an intensified need for an appropriately educated workforce recognised as a key challenge across the UK were the key drivers behind her curriculum initiatives for workforce development and clinical excellence through education and research. Leah has successfully introduced dementia within the core undergraduate nursing curriculum in two Scottish universities since 2014, five years ahead of cognitive health and core dementia competencies being mandated in the curriculum by the Nursing & Midwifery Council, UK in 2019.
Over the past decade, Leah has harnessed technology, innovation and collaboration with interdisciplinary experts to codesign innovative educational resources to support three key areas in the care of older people: dementia; dignity and sensory impairments with national/international significance, reach and impact.
Leah’s strategic leadership and commitment to dementia workforce development have been endorsed by experts from NHS Education Scotland [NES] & Alzheimer Scotland. Her innovative, unique, sector leading, and award-winning education initiatives have received the following national recognition:
Education Provider of the Year: General Practice Awards, UK, 2014
Finalist - Teaching Innovation of the Year: Student Nursing Times Award, UK 2016
Finalist - Best Educational Initiative, Scotland’s Dementia Awards, 2015
Enhanced Student Learning Award: The Herald Higher Education Awards for Scotland, 2016
Leah’s research interests and expertise include nurse education & pedagogy, sensory and cognitive impairments in older people, workforce development and staff wellbeing in care homes, end of life care and global health. She is a keen investor in building future capacity for nursing research through research mentoring and has secured three externally funded PhD studentships for dementia research competitively since 2016.
Leah is a Senior Fellow of the Advance HE and an alumnus of the Scottish Crucible. She was recognised as a Churchill Fellow [UK] in 2019 for her leadership and expertise with innovative approaches to dementia education for workforce development. During the recent pandemic, Leah designed the first comprehensive dementia education resource for blended learning for staff working in care homes: COVID – 19 Dementia Education Program for Care Homes [CODECH] which will become part of the COVID – 19 Knowledge Bank in the UK.
More recently, Leah was recognised as a National Teaching Fellow by Advance HE in Sept 2022, a high-profile national award that recognises, rewards and celebrates individuals who have made an outstanding impact on student outcomes and higher education in the United Kingdom.
Leah is also one of 250 distinguished nurse leaders from around the world and the only nurse academic from Scotland to be inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 2022 in recognition of her contributions to health and health care in the care of older people with sensory & cognitive impairments through research integrated teaching harnessing technology and innovation for workforce development.
Her leadership roles and external affiliations include:
Vice - Lead of the Northern Nursing Education Network of the University of the Arctic
Invited Member of the International Nursing Advisory Board, Gulf Medical University
Expert Reviewer by the UAE Ministry of Education for their first Professional Practice Framework for the BSc Nursing Graduate
Executive Committee of the Scottish Dementia Research Consortium
Invited Board Member, Dementia Friendly Communities, Sutherland
CV
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Qualifications
PhD, MSc [Medical & Surgical Nursing], BSc Nursing & Midwifery, RN, RM.
Senior Fellow of Advance HE, UK [SFHEA]
Churchill Fellow [CF]
National Teaching Fellow [NTF]
Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing [FAAN]
Responsibilities & affiliations
Vice - Lead of the Northern Nursing Education Network of the University of the Arctic
Invited Member of the International Nursing Advisory Board, Gulf Medical University, UAE
Expert Reviewer by the UAE Ministry of Education for their first Professional Practice Framework for the BSc Nursing Graduate
Elected Member of the Executive Committee of the Scottish Dementia Research Consortium
Invited Member - Advisory Board of the Indian Journal of Continuing Nursing Education
Board of Trustees, Dementia Friendly Communities, Sutherland
Undergraduate teaching
Dissertation - BSc Honours Programme
Postgraduate teaching
MSc Advanced Practice
Nursing and Global Health Policy: Developing your Political Leadership [Online]
Health Research Methods Workshop
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Current PhD students supervised
- Music, movement, and dementia: can imitative movement combined with personalised song provision contribute to communication skills and quality of relationship in dementia caregiving dyads (Started in Sept 2022).
- Facilitating and evaluating the impacts of technology -enabled specialist diabetes service delivery to care homes, Scotland (Due for submission in 2022).
- Technology Enabled Dementia Education and Support (TEDES) for Health Care Professionals in Rural Scotland (On track for submission in Nov 2022).
- How might the deployment of Digital Technologies improve mental health and reduce inequalities for young people in the Highlands and Islands Region? (Due for completion in October 2023).
Past PhD students supervised
- Implementation of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for Low Birth Weight (LBW) Infants along a Facility-Community Continuum in India (Completed in 2021).
- Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in Tayside, Scotland, among people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes treated with insulin (Completed in 2016).
Research summary
- Dementia
- Workforce Development
- Sensory Impairments in Older Adults
- End of Life / Palliative care
- Nursing Education & Pedagogy including Continuing Professional Development
- Technology enabled Care / Education
- Health and Ethnicity
- Health Risk Perceptions
- Global Health
Affiliated research centres
Current project grants
1. Beattie M, Macaden L & Gibb R (2022). Experience-based Modifications of the Bed Band ReAlised through Co-dEsign (EMBRACE). Health Innovation Fund, UHI, £ 31,392.
2.Carolan C, Macaden L, Hines F & Heaney L (2022). Creating Compassionate Virtual Rural Communities to support Palliative / End of Life Care needs in the Highlands: Last Aid 2. Health Innovation Fund, UHI, £ 20,048.
3. Macaden L, Webster E, Munoz, S-A, Angus N, Ellis L, Macmillan J, Cunningham S, Boddie L & Hudson L (2018). Dignity Engagement Space for Nurse Education using a Human Rights based Approach – DESNEHRA Sir Halley Stewart Trust - £ 62,447.
4. Watson M, Smith A, Macaden L etal, SIPA2 (2020): Improving the Pharmaceutical Care of Older People with Sensory Impairments, The Dunhill Medical Trust - £256,545.
Externally Funded PhD Studentship Grants as Principal Supervisor / Co Supervisor
1. Music, movement, and dementia: can imitative movement combined with personalised song provision contribute to communication skills and quality of relationship in dementia caregiving dyads (2022), Alzheimer Society - £78,155: Co Supervisor
2. Technology Enabled Dementia Education and Support (TEDES) for Health Care Professionals in Rural Scotland (2017) – funded by the European Structural and Investment Funds. Jointly supervised by University of the Highlands & Islands & University of Edinburgh - £ 124,157: Principal Supervisor
Past project grants
1. Macaden L & Beattie M (2021). Evaluation of COVID – 19 Dementia Education, The Churchill Fellowship, COVID – 19 Action Fund, £9965.
2. Macaden L & Beattie M (2021). Dementia Education for Home Care, The Churchill Fellowship, COVID – 19 Action Top Up Fund, £7500.
Schoultz M, Dickens G, Beattie M, Macaden L, Carolan C (2021). An evaluation of Psychological First Aid for improving psychological outcomes for care home teams during the COVID-19 pandemic, The RCN Foundation: £30,000.
3. Beattie M, Macaden L, Carolan C, Schoultz M, MacGilleEathain R, Dingwall L & McIver A (2020). Care Home COVID Experience: SFC Research Uplift Monies: £15,000.
4. Munoz SA, Grindle M, Bradley S, Heaton J, Zubala A, De Kock H, Macaden L etal (2020). Understanding the experience of the covid-19 pandemic for residents with LTCs, their families, carers and community support organisations in remote and rural areas of the Highlands and Islands: UHI COVID – 19 Call: £ 28000.
5. Macaden L, Beattie M & Mantle R (2020). Training of trainers [ToT]: COVID – 19 Dementia Education for Care Homes [CODECH] Churchill Trust, COVID – 19 Action Fund, £10,000.
6. Macaden L, Carolan C & Broadfoot K (2020). Creating Compassionate Virtual Rural Communities to support Palliative / End of Life Care needs in the Highlands: Last Aid 1. The Highland Hospice - £11,117.
7. Tracey A, Macaden L & Smith A (2019). Does simulation of sensory and cognitive impairment in nurse education influence student nurses’ clinical practice? – Funded by the Learning & Teaching Academy Scholarship Fund - £8178.
8. Mantle R, Macaden L, Webster E, Munoz, S-A, Angus N, Ellis L, Macmillan J & Hudson L (2019). Co-production of an Online Dignity Engagement Space for Nurse Education (ODESNE) - Funded by NHS Highland Research, Development & Innovation Endowment Fund - £3000.
9. Macaden L, Melchiorre G, Muirhead K, Mantle R, Ditta G, Smith A & Giangreco A. (2019). Person and Relationship Centered CogniCare within the Dementia Care Triad – Funded by the Interface Standard Innovation Voucher Scheme on 15 Jan 2019 - £4993.
10. Macaden L, Washington M, Smith A & Mony P (2015). Development of Continuing Professional Development Programme for Registered Nurses. Healthcare Partnership Scheme between UoS & St John’s Research Institute, Bangalore India. Tropical Health & Education Trust (THET) - £6770
11. T Kroll T, Watson M, Macaden L, Smith A & Stoddart K (2015). Sensory impaired person’s access to pharmaceutical care services, Chief Scientist Office, Scotland - £161,047
12. Smith A, Macaden L, T Kroll T, Watson M & Stoddart K (2015). A scoping literature review: pharmaceutical care and older people with sensory impairment/s receiving polypharmacy, Alliance for Self-Care Research - £2,500
13. Macaden L, Webster E, Munoz S-A & Kyle R (2013). Human Dignity Narratives and Nurse Education: Promoting Dignity within the Co-produced Care of Older Adults, Scottish Crucible Interdisciplinary Project Fund - £4000
14. Macaden L, Smith A & Scott J (2013). Health and Wellbeing of the Older Person - Part evaluation of a new Master’s Programme University of Stirling, Stirling Enhancement of Learning Fund - £1000.
Consultancy
1. Carolan C, Macaden L, Tracey, A. and Gbakinro F. (2022) Audience of the Future – Bringing accessible, low-cost VR to Health and Social Care, VR Hive, £4,104 [4 months].
2. Macaden L (2014). Consultancy Services for a project – “Chinnikum” with Diabetes UK, Scotland - Alliance for Health & Social Care, Scotland - £ 8042 [6 months].
Externally Funded PhD Studentship Grants as Principal Supervisor / Co Supervisor
Operational Research on Uptake of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for Low Birth Weight (LBW) Infants along a Facility-Community Continuum in a selected Sub District of Northern Karnataka, India (2016) funded by the University of Stirling International Impact Fellowship - £55,000: Principal Supervisor
Invited speaker
- Macaden L, Tracey A, Jessiman W & Muirhead K (2022). Best Practice in Nurse Education & Research during COVID – 19, International Webinar, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman,
- Macaden L, Smith A. Tracey A. & Walters R (2020). Low Fidelity Simulation on Sensory Impairments in Older Adults: Invited Webinar Presentation at the World Healthcare Simulation Week hosted by the Deanship of Postgraduate Education, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Macaden L (2020). Dementia Enhanced Nurse Education to Promote Excellence: Invited Webinar Presentation at the International Day of Older Persons on NurseS: Caring for Older Persons [N – SCOPE], hosted by The Department of Nursing & Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India, 03 October 2020
- Macaden L (2020). Transforming Nurse Education. The Asian Institute of Nursing Education, Assam, Guwahati, India.
- Macaden L (2020). Scope of Nursing. D Y Patil University, Mumbai, India.
- Macaden L (2019). Dementia Enhanced Education to Promote Excellence. Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, USA.
- Macaden L (2019). Dementia Enhanced Education to Promote Excellence. Penn Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
- Macaden L (2016). Nurses as Ambassadors and Legacy Makers, International Consultation on Nurse Education, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
- Macaden L (2015). An overview on the differences between Quantitative & Qualitative Research, Research in Nursing Education & Practice (RiPEN), SJRI, Bangalore, India.
- Macaden L (2015). Enhancing rigour in Qualitative Research, Research, Research in Nursing Education & Practice (RiPEN), SJRI, Bangalore, India.
- Macaden L (2015). Assessment in Dementia- Cognition, function and behaviour: Dementia Care – Deriving Nursing Solutions – an International Seminar, Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai.
- Macaden L (2015). Stress and Distress in Dementia: Dementia Care – Deriving Nursing Solutions – an International Seminar, Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai.
- Macaden L (2015). An Acorn for building Capacity & Capability for Clinical Nursing Leadership: Workshop on Clinical Leadership in Nursing, Global City Health, Chennai, India.
Papers delivered
- Beattie M, Carolan C, Macaden L, MacIver A, Dingwall L, MacGilleEathain R & Schoultz M (2022).Care Home Workers’ Experience of Stress and Coping during the COVID 19 Pandemic, Poster Presentation: NHS Highland RD&I Conference, Inverness, Scotland.
- Fuzesi P, Broadfoot K, Lennon M, Welsh T , Jacob SA , Macaden L, Smith2 & Watson M (2022). Unseen and Unheard - Polypharmacy, 50th European Society of Clinical Pharmacy Symposium: Polypharmacy & Ageing, Prague.
- Watson M & Macaden L (2022). Workshop on Older Adults and Sensory Impairment Older people with sensory impairment and their medicine management needs - 50th European Society of Clinical Pharmacy Symposium: Polypharmacy & Ageing, Prague.
- Beattie M, Schoultz M, Macaden L & Carolan C (2021). Exploring the Stress and Coping Experiences of Nurses and Care Workers in a Care Home Setting During the Covid-19 Pandemic. International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference (Virtual) Royal College of Nursing, UK.
- Macaden L, Mantle R & Andrews L (2020). Building Cognitive Bridges on Dementia for Undergraduate Nurse Education: Empowering future agents of change for Dementia Care Excellence, Alzheimer’s Disease International Conference, 2020, Singapore.
- Macaden L, Muirhead K, Melchiorre G, Mantle R, Ditta G & Giangreco A (2020), Relationship-centred CogniCare: an academic–digital–dementia care experts interface, Alzheimer’s Disease International Conference, 2020, Singapore.
- Macaden L (2020). Igniting the Spark: Dementia Enhanced Nurse Education to Promote Excellence: Invited Presentation at Nightingale 2020, International Year of the Nurse & Midwife, Oct 2020- Chosen as one of the top 10 abstracts out of 900 submissions.
- Smith A, Macleod K, Shepherd A & Macaden L. Raising awareness of sensory impairment among community nurses: a brief intervention in a remote island setting. The 7th International NETNEP Conference, Banff, Canada, May 2018.
- Alhusein N, Killick K, Macaden L, Smith A, Stoddart K, Taylor A, Kroll T & Watson MA multiple methods study on the pharmaceutical care needs of older people with sensory impairment and polypharmacy The International Social Pharmacy workshop, Leuven, July 2018.
- Macaden L., Smith A, Croy S & Law S. Simulated Learning for Sensory and Cognitive impairment (SCI) in older adults: A Pedagogical innovation for nurse education in Scotland, NETNEP - April 2016: 6th International Nurse Education Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
- Smith A, Macaden L, Washington M & Mony PK. Poster with an oral presentation on Achieving Consensus for Continuing Professional Education Programmes for Nurses in Rural and Remote India: Application and Critique of Nominal Group Technique, NETNEP - April 2016: 6th International Nurse Education Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
- Macaden L, Smith A & Croy S. Workshop on Simulated Learning for Sensory and Cognitive impairment (SCI) in older adults: A Pedagogical innovation for nurse education in Scotland, ENTER (Enhancing Nursing through Educational Research) Conference, Edinburgh, November 2015.
- Smith A, Macmillan C & Macaden L. Research for Improving Practice: Student-led Action Research for Older Person Care, ENTER (Enhancing Nursing through Educational Research) Conference, Aberdeen, November 2014.
- Kyle RG, Blundell J, Webster E, Munoz S-A & Macaden L. Can dignity be taught? Student nurses’ opinions on pedagogy to promote dignified care of older adults; ENTER Conference, Aberdeen, November 2014.
- Webster E, McNair R, Cunningham S, Munoz S-A, Kyle RG & Macaden L. Experiencing dignity: realising the potential of human rights narratives in nurse education, ENTER Conference, Aberdeen, November 2014.
- Munoz S-A, Caitlin Thomson, Medford W, Webster E, Kyle RG & Macaden L. Poster Presentation on Co-designing dignity education with student nurses: a participatory storyboard, ENTER Conference, Aberdeen, November 2014.
- Seneviratne P, Macaden L, Imran A, Saubia S & Abbasi S. Chinikum at Home – A Family Centred Model of Diabetes Support, 15th Annual South Asian Health Foundation Diabetes Conference, Birmingham, October 2014.
- Munoz S-A, Kyle RG, Macaden L & Webster E. Human Dignity Narratives and Serious Game Play in Nursing Education, RGS-IBG Annual International Conference August 2014, London.
- Smith A, Macaden L & Scott J. Research for improving practice: Student-led action research for older person care. NETNEP 2014: 5th International Nurse Education Conference, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands.
- Cameron D, Evans J & Macaden L. Poster Presentation on Patterns of self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in Tayside, Scotland, among people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes treated with insulin, Diabetes UK Conference, Liverpool, UK, March 2014.
- Macaden L. Higher Education in Dementia: Capacity Building in Scotland as the Dementia Clock continues to tick 2nd Commonwealth Nurses’ Conference, London, UK, March 2014.
- Schoultz M, McGrogan C, Beattie M, Macaden L, Carolan C, Dickens GL (2022) Uptake and effects of psychological first aid training for healthcare workers’ wellbeing in nursing homes: A UK national survey. PLoS ONE 17(11): e0277062.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277062
- Beattie M, Carolan C, Macaden L, Maciver A, Dingwall L, Macgilleeathain R, Schoultz M (2022). Care home workers experiences of stress and coping during COVID‐19 pandemic: A mixed methods study. Nursing Open, https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1335
- Macaden L, Broadfoot K, Carolan C, Muirhead K, Neylon S, Keen J. (2022) Last Aid Training Online: Participants’ and Facilitators’ Perceptions from a Mixed-Methods Study in Rural Scotland. Healthcare 10, 918. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050918
- Schoultz M, McGrogan C, Beattie M, Macaden L, Carolan C, Dickens G. (2022) Psychological First Aid for workers in care and nursing homes: Systematic review, BMC Nursing, 21, 96. https://bmcnurs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12912-022-00866-6
- Muirhead K, Macaden L, Smyth K, Chandler C, Clarke CL, Polson R, O’Malley CT (2022). The Characteristics of Effective Technology-enabled Dementia Education: A Systematic Review and Mixed Research Synthesis https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-01866-4
- Muirhead K, Macaden L, Smyth K, Chandler C, Clarke CL, Polson R, O’Malley CT (2021). Establishing the Effectiveness of Technology-enabled Dementia Education for Health and Social Care Practitioners. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-01781-8.
- Walters R, Macaden L, Tracey A & Smith, A. (2021) Low Fidelity Simulation on Sensory Impairments in Older Adults: Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Self-Reported Perceptions on Learning. Open Journal of Nursing, 11, 89-103. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2021.113009.
- Macaden L (2020). Nursing Research in India: Keeping Pace or Time to Catch up? The Indian Journal of Continuing Nursing Education 21(1), p.6.
- Macaden L, Muirhead K, Melchiorre G, Mantle R, Ditta G & Giangreco A. (2020), "Relationship-centred CogniCare: an academic–digital–dementia care experts interface", Working with Older People, Vol. 25 No. 1, pp. 73-83. https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-05-2020-0016
- Smith A, Macaden L, Kroll T, Alhusein N, Taylor A, Killick K, Stoddart K, Watson M (2019). A qualitative exploration of the experiences of older people with sensory impairment on their pharmaceutical care journey. Age and Ageing, https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz092
- Muirhead K, Macaden L, Clarke CL, Smyth K, Polson R, O’Malley CT (2019). The characteristics of effective technology enabled dementia education for health and social care practitioners: Protocol for a mixed studies systematic review. Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-1212-4
- Mathews R, O'Malley C, Hall JM, Macaden L & MacRury S (2019). Diabetes, Care Homes, and the Influence of Technology on Practice and Care Delivery in Care Homes: Systematic Review and Qualitative Synthesis. JMIR Diabetes 4(2): https://diabetes.jmir.org/2019/2/e11526. DOI: 10.2196/11526; PMID: 31008705
- Smith A, Macaden L, Washington M, Mony P, John V and Dias F. (2018). Achieving Consensus on Continuing Professional Development Priorities for Registered Nurses in Rural and Remote India through Nominal Group Technique. Open Journal of Nursing, 8, 848-859. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2018.811064.
- Alhusein N, Killick K, Macaden L, Smith A, Stoddart K, Taylor A, Kroll T & Watson M (2018). “We’re really not ready for this”: A Qualitative Exploration of Community Pharmacy Personnel’s Perspectives on the Pharmaceutical Care of Older People with Sensory Impairment, Disability and Health Journal. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2018.10.006.
- Alhusein N, Killick K, Macaden L, Smith A, Stoddart K, Taylor A, Kroll T & Watson M (2018). “Has she seen me?” A multiple methods study of the pharmaceutical care needs of older people with Sensory impairment. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/8/e023198
- Smith A, Shepherd A, Macaden L & Macleod K (2018). Raising awareness of sensory impairment among community nurses: a brief intervention in a remote island setting. Rural and Remote Health Journal.
- Killick K, Macaden L, Smith A, Kroll T, Stoddart K. & Watson MC (2018). A scoping review of the pharmaceutical care needs of people with sensory loss. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. https://doi:10.1111/ijpp.12456
- Macaden L, Smith A & Croy S (2017). Simulation on Sensory Impairments in Older Adults: A Pedagogical Initiative in Nursing Education. British Journal of Nursing, 26 (19), 1057 – 64. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2017.26.19.1057
- Macaden L, Washington M, Smith A, Thooya V, Selvam SP, George N & Mony PK (2017) Continuing Professional Development: Needs, Facilitators and Barriers of Registered Nurses in India in Rural and Remote Settings: Findings from a Cross Sectional Survey. Open Journal of Nursing, 7:8. http://www.scirp.org/journal/OJN/
- Jamieson J & Macaden L (2017). Using the Six Senses to enrich care – Australian Journal of Dementia Care, 6 (2), 31 – 34.
- Macaden L, Kyle R, Medford W, Blundell J, Munoz S – A & Webster E (2017). Student nurses' perceptions of dignity in the care of older people. British Journal of Nursing, 26 (5), 274 -80.
- Kyle RG, Medford W, Blundell J, Webster E, Munoz S - A & Macaden L (2017). Learning and unlearning dignity in care: Experiential and experimental educational approaches. Nurse Education in Practice, 25, 50-56.
- Munoz S - A, Macaden L, Kyle R, & Webster E (2016). Revealing student nurses' perceptions of human dignity through curriculum co-design. Social Science & Medicine. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.12.011
- Schoultz M, Macaden L & Watson A. (2016). Co – Designing inflammatory Bowel Disease Services in Scotland: Findings from a nationwide survey, BMC Health Services Research 16(231). DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1490-7.
- Macaden L (2016). Being Dementia Smart (BDS): A Dementia Nurse Education Journey in Scotland. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship. Volume 13, Issue 1, ISSN (Online) 1548-923X, ISSN (Print) 2194-5772, DOI: 10.1515/ijnes-2015-0019.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the Indian Journal of Continuing Nursing Education
- Member of the Editorial Board – Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health
- Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Advanced Nursing
- Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Nursing