Mrs Gill Jones
BSc MSc
Senior Lecturer
School of Sport, Nutrition and Allied Health Professions
Role
Gill graduated from Oxford Brookes in 2002 and subsequently pursued an extensive career within the NHS and Sports Medicine before returning to the University as a member of the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy teaching team. She began teaching at Oxford Brookes as an Associate Lecturer in 2013 and was appointed as a permanent member of staff in 2018.
Her primary area of expertise is musculoskeletal rehabilitation. In 2010, she completed a Master’s degree in Advanced Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy at King’s College London, after which she worked at Pure Sports Medicine. Gill has extensive experience in clinical education, having led mentoring programmes for both pre- and post-graduate physiotherapists. She is also actively engaged in research, having been awarded a Research Internship at the University of Oxford in 2014. Her collaborations with the University of Oxford remain ongoing.
Alongside her clinical and research interests, Gill has advanced digital innovation in anatomy education at Oxford Brookes, developing new teaching resources and integrating emerging technologies. This work has been delivered in collaboration with the Peer-Assisted Learning Scheme (PALS), enabling students to facilitate and enhance the learning of their peers.
Teaching and supervision
Courses
Modules taught
- Musculoskeletal Health and Physiotherapy
Research
My research interests include management of musculoskeletal conditions, patient activation and shoulder rehabilitation.
Current research focus: Anatomy seminars
Developed as a pedagogic research project, anatomy seminars utilising the Anatomage Table are now part of the Physiotherapy programme. The anatomage table is a digital platform hosting real human cadaver software. It has a 3D touch screen, quiz, gaming and motion capabilities. Under the guidance of PALS and the lecturing team, students can remove layers of anatomical tissue, visualise inside a limb as it performs movements, and observe physiology in motion e.g. inside a beating heart.
I connect with other Anatomage users nationally and internationally, sharing new functionalities and ways to engage students in digital anatomy learning.
Research grants and awards
- Oxford Brookes University/ Health Education England winner of the clinical placement of the year award (2017)
- CLARHC (Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research & Care) funding for extension of Ox MInT Internship (2015- 2016)
- Health Education Thames Valley research Internship funding award (2014)
- Ox MInT internship at The University of Oxford
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP) and MACP grants for MSc studies (2009)
Committee membership
- Council for Allied Health Professions Research (CAHPR) Committee
- Athena Swan committee
Centres and institutes
Groups
Publications
Professional information
Memberships of professional bodies
- Health Professions Council PH62434,
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapists 067078,
- Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists