Kate Fletcher

Since qualifying as a pharmacist in 1995, I have worked in hospital pharmacy, including 4 years in a London teaching NHS trust and 3 years at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, where I specialised in neurosurgery, neuro-intensive care and geratology. At the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading I had a number of roles including Lead Pharmacist for General Surgery, Lead Pharmacist for Head & Neck Surgery (including Ear, Nose and Throat, and Ophthalmology), and Gynaecology.

Over my 20 year career in the NHS I was involved with teaching nurses, doctors and junior pharmacists and was a pre-registration pharmacist tutor for 8 years, tutoring individual trainees and taking part in delivery of the Thames Valley Regional Programme for Pre-Registration Pharmacists.

I joined Reading School of Pharmacy in the Autumn of 2005 as a part time Teacher Practitioner and have been involved in the development and delivery of pharmacy programmes ever since. During this time I introduced Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and Interprofessional Education (IPE) activities to the School's range of innovative teaching, learning and assessment methods.

In 2007 I was involved in writing several chapters of a textbook, "Foundation in Pharmacy Practice", along with 4 of my colleagues; the book was published in June 2008 and is one of the core text books for the first year of the Pharmacy Practice course.

In 2008 I became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and in 2017 I achieved Senior Fellow status. In the same year I became a University of Reading Teaching Fellow, and completed my Master of Education degree with the Open University.

In 2015 I became a full time lecturer in Pharmacy and was seconded to the University of Reading's Malaysian campus to join the Pharmacy section there, fulfilling a number of roles including MPharm 2+2 Programme Lead and Admissions Tutor. In 2017 I became the Head of Section, leading a team of 8 academic staff. My secondment ended in 2019 and I returned to the UK campus to become Programme Director of a new international MSc in Clinical Pharmacy Practice.