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Wesley Magee

Foundation Degree Health and Social Care Tutor

I joined Riverside College in August 2020 as a Health and Social Care lecturer. I currently teach on the Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care and also the BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care.

External Experience

I have spent the last 12 years teaching in Further Education and Higher Education on a variety of courses including GCSE, BTEC, Access, Foundation degree, BSc and master’s degree. I have taught across all of the Health Sciences. I have also had additional roles as curriculum manager, head of department, quality assurance lead, module leader and Teaching and learning mentor.

Prior to teaching I worked in a hospital pathology laboratory as a Biomedical Scientist and I am still registered practitioner.

Qualifications

  • Active HCPC registration as a practising Biomedical Scientist (Specialism: Clinical Virology).
  • Degree in Biomedical Sciences with honours in Clinical Biochemistry.
  • Master’s degree in science (Major: Pharmacology).
  • PGCE in Post Compulsory Education and Training.
  • Research interests: Sexual Health Science and Blood borne virology.
  • I am a licentiate member of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences.

Expertise and Interests

I am currently writing a research proposal “An investigation to determine the healthcare implications of accelerated physiological ageing and prolonged pharmacotoxicity amongst the ageing HIV population.”