Dr Amy Hancock

About me:

Amy qualified as a Therapeutic Radiographer in 2006. She is the Director of Medical Imaging for the Department of Health and Care Professions Diagnostic Radiography programmes. Prior to this Amy was employed as the Principal Therapeutic Radiographer for Research and Development at Weston Park Cancer Centre and previously worked at Sheffield Hallam University as a Senior Lecturer on the Radiotherapy and Oncology programmes.

Amy was awarded the College of Radiographers Doctoral Fellowship, completing her PhD, which employed co-production to develop a shared definition of compassion and a conceptual framework of compassionate display in radiotherapy.

She is passionate about research that improves the care and services for patients and is an advocate for patient and public involvement in research.

Interests:

Qualitative research, Mixed methods research, Co-production, Cancer experience, Compassion, Patient management, Living with and beyond cancer, Late effects, Patient and public involvement and engagement, Impact of technical development upon patients and services and Radiography workforce development.

Qualifications:

• PhD Social Sciences.
• Postgraduate Award in Mixed Methods for Health Research
• Qualitative Research Methods 1&2 (30 Credits)
• PgCert Ed: Teaching in Higher Education
• MSc (Merit) Radiotherapy & Oncology
• BSc (Hons) Radiotherapy & Oncology