Imperial College London

DrAlexandraCope

Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Surgery & Cancer

Honorary Clinical Research Fellow
 
 
 
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Contact

 

alexandra.cope07

 
 
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Location

 

Room 48Paterson WingSt Mary's Campus

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Summary

 

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

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Royal College of Surgeons of England - Research Fellow

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

Publications

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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' Shared understanding in surgical activity

Symbolic Interaction 2011 Vol.34 (3) 398 - 414

Bezemer J, Murtagh G, Cope A, Kress G, Kneebone R

 

œ'Blowing up the barriers' 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

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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

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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