John Stephens

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Name:

John Stephens

Email address:

John.Stephens@sunderland.ac.uk

Department:

Faculty of Health Sciences & Wellbeing (5NAH)

Organisation:

University of Sunderland

Address:

Darwin Building Science Complex City Campus

Country:

United Kingdom

Biography

Expertise:

Physiotherapy and Interprofessional Education, Public Involvement in Physiotherapy and Healthcare Education, Curriculum Design and Development, Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy, Participatory Research / coproduction

Job title:

Associate Professor in Physiotherapy Education

Biography:

I have a broad background in physiotherapy both clinically and in education and educational research. I have worked clinically in the Royal Navy and the NHS. My work in higher education has involved development, approval and review of a wide range of physiotherapy programmes at BSc(Hons) and MSc pre-registration level within the UK and also internationally. My research profile is mainly within the subject area of education but have outputs in more diverse areas such as pulmonary rehabilitation and robot therapy in stroke rehabilitation.

Qualifications:

PhD (by publication (2019) MA(Ed Res) (2008)  MEd (Professional Learning in Health) (1999) Post Graduate Diploma in Education (Health Care Professionals) (1996)   Diploma in Sports Physiotherapy (1989) Graduate Diploma Physiotherapy / Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (1980)

My Latest

Stephens, John, Hardisty, Jessica, McCabe, Tressa-Marie and Manampan, Julie (2025) Co-production for Practice-based Interprofessional Learning: beyond saying “hello”. In: Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Conference 2025, 21-22 Nov 2025, Newport, Wales.
Stephens, John, Carter, Chris and Scott, Lesley (2024) Healthcare Professional Education: Creativity, dialogue and co-production in an interconnected world. Societal Impacts, 3. p. 211. ISSN 2949-6977
Stephens, John, Carter, Chris, McMahon, Susan, Howard, Bronwen and Scott, Lesley (2023) Participation and co-production for learning and development of identities: wherever I go, I meet myself. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. ISSN 1356-1294
Stephens, John (2023) ‘Not always so’: Embracing process in the development of curricula for contemporary person‐centred healthcare professional education. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. pp. 1-8. ISSN 1365-2753
Stephens, John and Carter, Chris (2021) Physiotherapy Educational implications of Long COVID: a long and winding road? In: Gulf Medical University, World Physiotherapy Day Conference, 8th September 2021, Online. (Unpublished)

My Most Viewed

	Item title
1	Participation and co-production for learning and development of identities: wherever I go, I meet myself	163	88
2	‘Not always so’: Embracing process in the development of curricula for contemporary person‐centred healthcare professional education	144	70
3	Healthcare Professional Education: Creativity, dialogue and co-production in an interconnected world	137	67
4	Physiotherapy Ethical Guidelines Based on UNESCO’s Universal Declaration of Bioethics and Human Rights	136	171
5	44th International Webinar 'Challenges in Physiotherapy Practice and Education in COVID-19 pandemic'	136	0
6	Physiotherapy Educational implications of Long COVID: a long and winding road?	126	0
7	Co-production for collaborative learning through open dialogue across media. 'We dance like this'	115	0
8	UNESCO Chair Webinar 24 Ethical Issues faced by Physiotherapists in responding to COVID 19.	115	0
9	UNESCO Chair Webinar 23 Ethical Issues faced by Physiotherapists in responding to COVID 19.	103	2
10	Co-production for Practice-based Interprofessional Learning: beyond saying “hello”	52	16

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