School of Medicine

Mrs Margaret Sneddon

  • Senior University Teacher (Nursing and Health Care School)

telephone: 01413302071
email: Margaret.Sneddon@glasgow.ac.uk


Margaret Sneddon’s clinical career has included experience as a clinical nurse specialist in gynaecology/oncology, palliative care, clinical teaching and lymphoedema. She joined the University as a Research Fellow in Postgraduate Medical Education to develop multi-professional palliative care education.  Margaret has been Head of the Nursing & Health Care School since August 2007.

Margaret’s academic role involves leading a dynamic lymphoedema education and team who offer a comprehensive, flexible programme of multi-professional accredited and non-accredited courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Margaret leads the course on Managing Complex Lymphoedema. Her work in lymphoedema education is well recognised as evidenced by a University of Glasgow Teaching Excellence Award in 2007 and an international award for Outstanding Contribution to Lymphoedema Education in 2009 by the International Lymphoedema Framework. Clinical expertise is maintained as a lymphoedema specialist practitioner in Strathcarron Hospice in Forth Valley NHS Health Board Trust.

Lymphoedema research, led by Margaret, is under development within the School and in collaboration with an international research network led. This incorporates educational and clinical research in partnership with the Glasgow Lymphoedema Service, the Glasgow Clinical Research Facility and industry. She is also collaborating with Macmillan Cancer Support on a government supported project to develop a national plan for lymphoedema management and education.

Other activities include membership of the Macmillan Lymphoedema Academy and Casley-Smith International, involving projects to enhance understanding of lymphoedema in health care professionals and the availability and standard of education nationally and internationally. She is currently a Director for the International Lymphoedema Framework and co-chairs the International Education Committee. She has also served three terms of office as a trustee with the British Lymphology Society.

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2011

Sneddon, M., Mitchell, D. , O'Neill, A. , and Kennedy, S. (2011) Theology at the coal-face of hospitalisation - the development and evaluation of a postgraduate certificate in Healthcare Chaplaincy. Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy, 14 (1). pp. 21-27.

2008

Sneddon, M.C., Franks, P.J. , and Pearson, J. (2008) Lymphoedema: service provision and needs in Scotland. Project Report. University of Glasgow.

2007

Sneddon, M.C. (2007) Education: building on the past and preparing for the future. Journal of Lymphoedema, 2 (1). pp. 66-71.

Sneddon, M.C. (2007) Roles in lymphoedema services. In: MacGregor, L. (ed.) Lymphoedema Framework. Template for Management: Developing a Lymphoedema Service. Medical Education Partnership Ltd..

Sneddon, M.C., and Lewis, M. (2007) Lymphoedema: a female health issue with implications for self care. British Journal of Nursing, 16 (2). pp. 76-81.

2005

Sneddon, M.C. (2005) Lower limb lymphoedema. In: Lancaster, T. and Nattress, K. (eds.) Gynaecological Cancer Care: A Guide to Practice. Ausmed Publications, Melbourne, Australia. ISBN 9780975201800

2004

Sneddon, M.C. (2004) Specialist professional education in palliative care. How did we get here and where are we going? In: Payne, S., Seymour, J. and Ingleton, C. (eds.) Palliative Care Nursing: Principles and Evidence for Practice. Open University Press, Maidenhead, UK, pp. 636-654. ISBN 9780335214921

This list was generated on Sat May 26 17:30:17 2012 BST.
  • Secondment relating to the education elements of the Scottish Diabetes Action Plan 2010 (Joan McDowell).
    NHS Education for Scotland
    2011 - 2012
     
  • Centre for Lymphoedema education and research
    MacMillan Cancer Support
    2010 - 2012
     
  • Centre for Lymphoedema education and research
    NES
    2009 - 2012
     
  • Reliability and validity of the figure-of-eight method of measuring hand size in patients with breast cancer related lymphoedema
    CSP Charitable Trust
    2009 - 2011
     
  • Lymphoedema Project
    NHS Education for Scotland
    2008 - 2010
     
  • British lymphology society audit project
    British Lymphology Society
    2007 - 2007
     
  • Lymphoedema service mapping project (Scotland)
    Macmillan Cancer Relief Scotland
    2006 - 2008
     
  • Support for Programme of Education
    Macmillan Cancer Relief
    2002 - 2005