Senior Lecturer in Physical Activity and Sport

Email: escarle@glos.ac.uk

I contribute to the undergraduate programmes in BSc Sport and Exercise Sciences, BSc Sports Therapy and the Foundation degree in Sport (Fitness). I also teach on the MSc in Physical Activity and Public Health. I coordinate the running and development of the exercise referral programmes within the University and form the contact for the NHS rehabilitation programmes running on campus.

Academic Qualifications

• Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education 2007
• MSc Physical Activity and Health Development (Distinction) 2006
• BSc Physiotherapy First Class 2001 - University of Salford

Additional Qualifications

• Tomahawk Indoor Cycling (2006)
• BACR Phase IV Instructor (2004) and (2007)
• Body Jam Module (2004)
• Body Combat (2003)
• Body Balance (2003)
• Exercise to Music NVQ 2 (2002)

Academic Leadership: Tutor for the following modules:

• Exercise in Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Injuries in Sport and Exercise
• Exercise in Cardiac Rehabilitation in Association with the BACR (Masters module)
• Essential Skills: First Aid

Membership of Professional Bodies

• Health Professions Council (HPC)
• Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
• British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation (BACR) and British Cardiac Society
• Association of Chartered Physiotherapists interested in Cardiac Rehabilitation (ACPICR)
• Register of Exercise Professionals

Research Interests

• Long-term adherence to exercise
• Cardiac Rehabilitation
  

Publications and Presentations

• BACR Annual Conference (2006) Belfast, Oral presentation.
• Outcomes from a Multi-Disciplinary Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme: Are Angioplasty Patients Addressing Lifestyle Changes?
• CSP Annual Congress, poster presentation. Outcomes from a Multi-Disciplinary Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme: Are Angioplasty Patients Addressing Lifestyle Changes?
• Loughborough College (2006)
  Wrote a module on Exercise and Joint Replacements (for the Advanced Exercise Instructor Course).

Presentations

2011: Register of Exercise Professionals Conference 2011, Invited Presentation, Importance of Physical Activity and Exercise in Cardiovascular Disease

2011: NHS Somerset Cutting the Cost of Heart Disease, Invited presentation, Development of the Exercise DVD for Cardiac Rehabilitation

2010: Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) Annual Congress, Poster presentation, Partner Support in Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR): A Pilot Qualitative Investigation into Service Users Experiences

2006: BACR Annual Conference Belfast, Oral presentation, Outcomes from a Multi-Disciplinary Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme: Are Angioplasty Patients Addressing Lifestyle Changes?

2006: Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) Annual Congress, Poster presentation, Outcomes from a Multi-Disciplinary Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme: Are Angioplasty Patients Addressing Lifestyle Changes? 

Publications

Exercise DVD for Cardiac Rehabilitation (2009) Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Bath, J., Scarle, E., Anderson, A., Bohin, G. (2009) Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Workbook for use with Group Programmes, Wiley and Sons: Sussex.

Scarle, E. (2006) Advanced Instructor module in ‘Exercise and Joint Replacements’, Loughborough College.

Consultancy Work

Course director, examiner and assessor for the British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation