Sam Targett
Course Lead BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy & Senior Lecturer
Department of Allied Health
email: s.targett@worc.ac.uk
tel: 01905 542773
Sam is the Course Leader for the BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy programme and Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy. Sam has been a Chartered Physiotherapist since 2007 and her clinical background is focused on people with Cardiorespiratory conditions. Sam has worked in a range of secondary care settings in the UK specialising in Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy for Adults and Children, including the UK's largest Cardiothoracic specialist centre. Prior to her role at Worcester, Sam was part of the teaching team on the MSc Physiotherapy (pre-registration) programme at the University of Lincoln. She also has experience of supporting and managing students in clinical practice for several Allied Health professions, having been clinical practice and placement lead for a large NHS trust. Sam loves working with and supporting AHP students both academically and in practice and feels privileged to be part of such an innovative and supportive team here at Worcester.
Qualifications:
PGCE Medical & Healthcare Education - Anglia Ruskin University 2016
MSc (Pre-reg) Physiotherapy - Queen Margaret University 2007
BSc (hons) Sports Science - University of Surrey 2002
Teaching Interests
Sam teaches across all years of the Physiotherapy degree and on both BSc and MSc (Pre-registration) programmes. She teaches Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy for Adults and Children across all year groups as well as Foundation Sciences for Physiotherapy (Pathophysiology) in year 1 of the BSc programme and Essential Physiotherapy Practice 1 on the MSc Physiotherapy (pre-registration) programme. She is involved in Practice Placement education and the Coaching for Practice sessions that support it across first and second year on both Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy degrees. She is also a Personal Academic Tutor to Physiotherapy students.
Research Interests
Sam's research interests include exercise in people with Chronic Lung Disease and the use of Simulation in Undergraduate Physiotherapy Education.
Membership of Professional Bodies
Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (MCSP)
Health and Care Professions Council Registered (HCPC)
Member of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care (ACPRC)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Recent Publications
Taylor D, Jenkins AR, Parrott K Benham, A, Targett, S and Jones, A. 2021.
Efficacy of unsupervised exercise in adults with obstructive lung disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Thorax Published Online First: 08 March 2021. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216007
Presentation on the use of Simulation Technology as part of Cardiorespiratory Teaching, TAMK University, Tampere, Finland, October 2019.
Poster Presentation at The Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care (ACPRC) Conference, April 2019, titled: A Tool-Box Approach: A new way of delivering an MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-Registration) Cardiorespiratory Curriculum.