Dr Mairghread Ellis
Programme Leader BSc (BSc Honours) Podiatry

Mairghread Ellis qualified in 1975 with a diploma in Chiropody, and gained her teaching qualification from Jordanhill College in 1978. After a long spell combining part time teaching and running a busy private practice, Mairghread gained her BSc in 1999, and MSc in Podiatry in 2002.

Mairghread’s role in the subject area of Podiatry is as Programme Leader for BSc/BSc (Hons) Podiatry. She is level 3 year tutor, with specific responsibility for Clinical Practice 3 in this important year of study leading students to their professional registration. Her great experience in a private practice focussed on care of the frail elderly, supports and enriches the student’s experience at this crucial period of their education.

She also teaches across the post graduate programmes, and is especially interested in supporting students who undertake work based learning to develop their personal professional practice. The supervision of postgraduate research in the area of podiatry is also an enjoyable aspect of Mairghread’s role as lecturer, as the profession strives to develop a robust knowledge and evidence base for effective practice..

Mairghread leads a module on the multidisciplinary BSc (Conversion) programme for podiatrists, physiotherapists, radiographers and occupational therapists, and very much enjoys delivering this by distance elearning to students spread far and wide across the globe.

She is the Podiatry member of the programme team for the innovative Professional Doctorate in Health and Social Science, a taught doctoral programme for those practitioners who wish to develop their professional role, and undertake practice based research through doctoral level study.

She has completed a doctoral study into the nature of the patient podiatrist relationship, and the valuable experience gained in utilising a qualitative approach to her research has proved invaluable in supporting students, both at undergraduate and post graduate levels.

Mairghread’s philosophy is that at QMU, we are indeed a community of learners; that students and staff have many experiences to share educationally, professionally and individually, and that everyone has something unique to offer the community that is Podiatry at QMU.