Overview
Alexandra is interested in postgraduate surgical education research and has experience of both quantitative research and qualitative research techniques. Her PhD thesis used mixed methods and is entitled 'The Pedagogy Of The Operating Theatre'.
AWARDS AND GRANTS

Royal College of Surgeons of England - Research Fellow
Royal College of Surgeons of England - Harry Morton Travelling Research Fellowship
Publications

Learning in the Operating Theatre: A Social Semiotic Perspective
Jeff Bezemer, Gunther Kress, Alexandra Cope and Roger Kneebone
Chapter for: V. Cook, C. Daly, M. Newman. Innovative Approaches to Exploring Learning in and through Clinical Practice. London: Radcliffe Medical
Simulation: human factors scenario training
ENT and Audiology 2014 22 (6) 66 - 68
Cope A, Hettige R
A growing abdominal problem - End Games
British Medical Journal 2013; 347; 4547
Kulkarni K, Lakhani N, Cope A, McGrath D
Holding the scalpel: achieving surgical care in a learning environment
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 0891241613485905, first published on April 30, 2013 doi:10.1177/0891241613485905
Bezemer J, Cope A, Kress G, Kneebone R
Participation of surgical residents in operations
World Journal Of Surgery 2012 36 (9) 2011 - 4
Bezemer J, Cope A, Faiz O, Kneebone R
What is learnt by general surgical trainees in the operating theatre
British Journal of Surgery 2012 99 (Suppl 4) 6 40 Abstract 062
Cope AC, Mavroveli S, Bezemer J, Kneebone R
Do you have another Johan? Negotiating meaning in the operating theatre
Applied Linguistics Review 2011 (2) 313 - 334
Bezemer J, Cope A, Kress G, Kneebone R
'Scissors, please'ÃÂÂÂ Shared understanding in surgical activity
Symbolic Interaction 2011 Vol.34 (3) 398 - 414
Bezemer J, Murtagh G, Cope A, Kress G, Kneebone R
ÃÂÂÂ'Blowing up the barriers'Â exploring and validating a new approach to simulation
Annals of Surgery Dec 254 (6) 1059 - 65
Kassab E, Kyaw Tun J, Arora S, King D, Ahmed K, Miskovic D, Cope A, Vadhwana B, Bello F, Sevdalis N, Kneebone R
Raised BMI is an independent risk factor for groin surgical site infectons in patients undergoing varicose vein surgery
American Journal of Infection Control 2008 March Letters to the Editor
Yeung TM, Cope AC, Whittome N, Lintott P
Cervical fracture and cervical cord injury during anger management course
Spinal Cord 2005 Jun; 43(6): 392 -3
R. Mobasheri, A Cope
Age is not a risk factor for complications or increased length of stay after elective colorectal surgery within an enhanced recovery programme
Disease of Colon and Rectum (Abstract)
Cope AC, Yeung TM, Alder N, Reece-Smith H, Middleton S
BMI is an independent risk factor for complications and increased length of stay after elective colorectal surgery within an enhanced recovery programme
Diseases of Colon and Rectum (Abstract)
Cope AC, Yeung TM, Alder N, Reece-Smith H, Middleton S
Collaborators

Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford
Professor Ashok Handa
Institute of Education, London
Dr. Jeff Bezemer, Professor Gunther Kress
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Professor Lorelei Lingard
University of Toronto (Wilson Centre), Toronto, Canada
Associate Professor Carol-Anne Moulton
Arnold and Bleema Steinberg Centre, McGill University, Montreal Canada.
Dr. Kevin Lachapelle
University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre, Ottawa, Canada.
Professor Stan Hamstra, Dr. Viren Naik, Dr. Isobelle Raiche
Qualifications

MB BS University of London 2001
MRCS Royal College of Surgeons of England 2004
M.Ed in Surgical Education (Merit) Imperial College London 2009
PhD Surgical Education Imperial College London 2012