Dr Christopher Wagstaff BA, RMN/ DIP, Msc, PG Cert Ed.

Dr Christopher Wagstaff

School of Nursing and Midwifery
Senior Lecturer
Programme Director for MSc in Nursing

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 415 8589
Email
c.wagstaff@bham.ac.uk
Address
Institute of Clinical Sciences
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Chris Wagstaff is a Senior Lecturer at the University 麻豆精选. He worked for the NHS for 14 years before entering Higher Education.  He is a clinical nurse specialist in mental health and brings this experience to his role.

Chris’ responsibilities as the program director for the MSc in nursing are to ensure the design and delivery of high-quality learning opportunities for students on the programme. He provides strategic oversight and direction of the programme.  As the programme director, he provides the ‘glue’ between modules by supporting and bringing together module leaders to facilitate the design and delivery of a cohesive programme.  He is also the admissions lead for the programme.

He is a tutor and lecturer to a range of students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, training nurses in all fields of practice.

Chris helped develop and launch the first programme for mental health nursing in Guyana, at the University of Guyana.  He delivers a few lectures there every year and also has dissertation students.

He is currently exploring the possibility of developing a shared postgraduate teaching program with Universidade de São Paulo. 

Qualifications

  • PhD in Nursing Research in 2015
  • PG Cert Ed in 2009
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist in 2004
  • Msc in Health Science in 2003
  • RMN/ Dip in 1995
  • BA in Philosophy in 1990

Teaching

Research

2009: Virtual Presentation - on CLI at the 4th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of Athens, Greece

Other activities

  • 2021 Contributed to the Consultation on Triple Zero City Strategy Birmingham 2020-2030- identified and evidenced alcohol prevalence in the Punjabi Sikh Community that  required address.
  • 2017 onwards active member of Mental Health Nurse Academics UK (MHNAUK).
  • 2015 - 18:  Joint developer/ Contributor on the Dementia: Managing challenging behaviours MOOC.  Available on Futurelearn.
  • 2013: Shortlisted for Nursing Times Nurse Lecturer of the year.
  • 2012:  Invited to submit to NICE Good Practice guidelines - {cited: 13-2-17}.
  • 2011 - Present  Fitness to Practice coordinator for nursing.
  • 2007-Present:  Over 20 national and international conferences.
  • 2006-2010: Development of a Self Harm training website (ILaSH).
  • 2006- 2007: Development of an On-Line Assessment workbook.
  • 2005-2007:  mental health lead in the rewriting of the Bnurs curriculum.
  • 2004/2005: involved in writing the NICE guidelines for the Treatment of Bi-Polar affective disorder.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Haig, S & Wagstaff, C 2024, '', Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care.

dos SAntos, KC, Magalh茫es, LS, Caetano, KAA, Stacciarini, J-MR, Rezende, LP, Vilac, VDSC, Wagstaff, C, Pillon, SC & Teles, SAT 2024, '', International Journal of Transgender Health.

Foster, S, Priolli, N, Wagstaff, C, Adjei, R, Sekandi, P & Pillon, SC 2024, '', Journal of Psychosexual Health, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 315-327.

Wagstaff, C 2024, '', Nursing Standard, vol. 39, no. 4, e12269.

Bertolo, M, Tirapelli, CR, Miasso, AI, Pegoraro, N, Zanetti, M, Wagstaff, C & Pillon, SC 2024, '', Health, vol. 16, no. 11, pp. 1130-1146.

Wagstaff, C, Davis, A, Jackson-McConnell, E, MacDonald, M, Medlyn, A & Pillon, SC 2023, '', Drugs, Habits & Social Policy.

Trettel, ACPT, Muraro, AP, Nascimento, VFD, Andrade, ACDS, Espinosa, MM, Oliveira, ECD, Wagstaff, C & Pillon , SC 2023, '', Revista Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Sa煤de Mental, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 36-48.

Deering, K, Wagstaff, C, williams, J, Bermingham, I & Pawson, C 2023, '', International Journal of Mental Health Nursing.

Wagstaff, C, Kaur-Aujla, H, Ghoorun, M, Arat, S, Simbani, N & Ramtohul, A 2023, '' Mental Health Nursing, vol. February/ March 2023, pp. 10-12.

Junqueira, MADB, Pereira, NM, Diehl , A, Perruci , LG, dos Santos , RA, dos Santos , MA, Pillon, SC & Wagstaff, C 2023, '', Annals of Psychology, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 384-394.

Chapter

Kaur, H & Wagstaff, C 2024, . in J Siebert (ed.), Abuse in World Religions: Articulating the Problem: Rape Culture, Religion and the Bible. vol. 2, Routledge, New York.

Kaur, H & Wagstaff, C 2024, . in J Siebert (ed.), Abuse in World Religions: Articulating the Problem: Rape Culture, Religion and the Bible. vol. 1, Routledge, New York.

Editorial

Wagstaff, C & Fernandes, MA 2024, '', Revista Enfermagem Atual In Derme , vol. 98, no. 2, e024342.

Wagstaff, C, Deering, K, Lawson, SM & Colwell, L 2023, '', Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.

Review article

Masih, M, Wagstaff, C & Kaur-Aujla, H 2024, '', Frontiers in Global Women鈥檚 Health, vol. 5, 1365883.