Steve Wanless

Teaching interests/activities

• Steve has been involved in looking at moving and handling issues with Andrea Page for the last year. They have developed Virtuar, an interactive 3D e-learning programme which may have commercial viability.
• Nursing management skills and simulation.
• Preceptorship.
• Ventilation management/renal management in intensive care and acute setting.

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Fellow of the Royal College of Medicine
• Royal College of Nursing
• National Back Exchange.

Research and teaching interests/activities

• Posture, movement and handling
• Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention
• Falls Management
• Use of external stimulus for behaviour change in moving and handling training.

Research interests

• Making moving and handling more interesting and memorable.
• Improving the effectiveness of motor skills learning in moving and handling training.
• The use of motion capture and haptic feedback to promote posture and positioning.
• Incidence and management of the falling patient.

Current research projects

• PhD research: improving the effectiveness of motor skills learning in moving and handling training for the health care environment
• European Innovative Programme for VET of Nurses in moving and Handling (2015) Erasmus + funded project (Principal Investigator)
• Creating a sustained culture for moving and handling education in Qatar
• Industrial case studies

Wanless, S. Page, A. (2008) (Poster) Making Moving and Handling more memorable and interesting. Faculty of Health Research Conference Oct

Wanless, S. Adams, M. Turner, P. (2009) Management Simulations: Aiding the Transition. Creating Effective Educational Frameworks Conference for Skills and Simulation. May 2009

Wanless, S. Page, A. (2009) (Poster). Making Moving and Handling more memorable and interesting (1 Prize). Birmingham City University Research Conference

Wanless, S. Page, A. (2009) (Poster). Moving and Handling. Teaching and Learning Festival

Wanless, S. Page, A. (2009) (Plenary session). Rolling a patient: a Motion Capture View. National Back Exchange Conference Sept 2009

Wanless, S. (2009) (Poster)2009. Rolling a patient: a Motion Capture View. Faculty of Health Research Conference Oct

Wanless, S. (2010) (Plenary session).The Next Stage............ National Back Exchange Conference Sept

Wanless, S. (2010) (Poster). A Haptic Approach: Cognitive Behavioural Change in Patient Handling. Faculty of Health Research Conference Oct

Wanless, S. (2011) (Plenary session).Posture and positioning in patient handling. Geront Expo, Paris, France. May

Wanless, S. (2011) (Keynote session). Posture and positioning in patient handling. Linet International Comfort Conference, Prague, Czech Republic. June

Wanless, S. (2011) (Plenary session). Posture and positioning with ITU. BACCN Conference, Newcastle. Sept

Wanless, S. Wiseman, S.A.(2011) (Plenary session). Utilisation of postural awareness in Patient Handling Training. National Back Exchange Conference. Sept

Wanless, S. (2011) (Plenary session).How can patient handling equipment affect the posture of patients and staff; A Latera Approach. National Back Exchange Conference. Sept

Wanless, S. (2012) (Keynote session). Improving the effectiveness of motor skills learning in moving and handling training for the health care environment. Liko Safe Patient Handling Conference, Lulea, Sweden, June

Wanless , S. (2013) (Poster) Sit to stand: A “Lateral” approach. National Back Exchange Conference. Sept

Wanless , S. (2013)(Plenary session) Sit to stand: A “Lateral” approach- A Patients Posture View. National Back  Exchange Conference. Sept

Wanless , S. (2013) (Plenary session) The use of Vertebrate haptic feedback for cognitive behavioural change when moving and handling patients. 4th ASPiH Annual Conference, Harrogate. November

Wanless, S. (2014) Use of haptic feedback for posture assessment with the assessment of moving and handling equipment. European conference on Vocational Education and Training for Nurses, Paris, France. June

Wanless, S. (2014) The use of Vibrations for Behaviour Change. Universites Week, London. June

Wanless , S. (2014) (Poster) Safe use of the lockable castor on a typical hospital bed during a patient transfer. National Back Exchange Conference. Sept

Wanless , S. (2014) (Plenary session) Safe patient transfer on an electric profiling bed. National Back Exchange Conference. Sept

Wanless , S. (2015) (Poster) Postural risk reduction. National Back Exchange Conference. Sept

Articles

Wanless, S. Page, A., (2009) Moving and handling education in the community: Technological innovations to improve practice. British Journal of Community Nursing. 14 (12): 530- 532.

Wanless, S. Page, A., (2010) Rolling a patient: a Motion Capture View. NBE Column. 22.2: 22- 23.

Wanless, S. Adams, M. (2010) Learn through role play. Nursing Standard. 25 (12): 61.

Wanless, S. (2011) Cognitive behaviour change in person handling training. NBE Column. 23.1: 14- 15

Wanless, S. (2011) Technology in Nursing. City Health Journal. 2 (1): 7-9

Wanless, S., Wanless, S.G. (2011) Improving training and education in patient handling. Nursing Times. 107 (23): 17- 19

Wanless, S. Aldridge, M. (2011) Continuous lateral rotation therapy- a review. Nursing in Critical Care. 17 (1): 28- 35

Wanless, S., Wanless, S.G. (2012) Principles and advice for hoisting residents. Nursing and Residential Care. 14 (6): 306- 310

Wanless, S. Hopper, D. (2014) Moving and handling practice: the challenge for educators. Equipment Services Journal. July: 76- 81

Book

Aldridge, M. Wanless, S. (Eds) (2012) Developing Healthcare skills through Simulation. Sage, London