Biography

I joined the University of Sheffield in 1995 following a career in clinical nursing in the field of acute and critical care, in particular cardiology and coronary care. Initially my role was to deliver clinically focussed education across a range of programmes and disciplines. Since then I have been involved in a broad range of activities in teaching and research. In teaching this has included the development of undergraduate and post graduate programmes in cardiac care and advancing practice; in particular I have developed a range of educational opportunities in the field of heart failure and electrocardiography. My research has been mainly in evaluating new service delivery including CHD secondary prevention services and chest pain units.

Research Interests

My research interests are cardiac care and service development

Teaching Interests

My teaching interests are clinical acute and cardiac care, electrocardiography, heart failure, advanced practice, team working and leadership.

Current Projects

Teaching – With colleagues from STH NHS Trust we have developed a new team focussed course in patient safety; the Sheffield Course for Improvement in Patient Safety (SCIPS)

Research –Reducing time-lag between onset of chest pain that could be due to a heart attack and seeking professional medical help; PI Dr P Allmark Sheffield Hallam University

Professional activities

My professional activities include peer reviewing for the Journal of Nurse Education in Practice and acting as a specialist reviewer for a number of publishers including Hodder Arnold, and Wiley. External examiner for Teesside University
I am currently a member of the University Disciplinary Committee.
I have been involved in a number of international projects to develop post registration nurse education and have been a subject consultant to projects in Pakistan, Egypt, and Dubai.

Key publications

1. Macintosh M & Moore T Eds 2011 Caring for the seriously ill patient: assessment and management of the acutely ill and deteriorating patient. London. Hodder Arnold
2. Macintosh M, Goodacre S, Carter A. 2010 Organisational influences on the activity of chest pain units during the ESCAPE trial: a case study Emerg Med J.27:672-676
3. Brown I and Macintosh M 2006 Involving patients with coronary heart disease in developing e-learning assets for primary care nurses Nurse Education in Practice 6;4,237-242
4. Lacey E A, Kelsi GS, Macintosh M J 2004 Mixed method evaluation of an intervention to improve secondary prevention of CHD in primary care Quality in Primary Care 12; 259-66
5. Macintosh M J, Lacey E A, Tod A M 2003 Secondary prevention for coronary heart disease: a
   qualitative study. British Journal of Nursing 12:8;36-48