Kath MacDonald

Dr Kath MacDonald is Honorary Lecturer in the Nursing, Occupational and Arts Therapies Division of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Her nursing background is in long term conditions (respiratory nursing) and particularly working with adolescets and young adults. Her research interests include patient and student experience and arts-informed research, including poetry and storytelling. In 2019 she founded ListenUpStorytelling, a social enterprise that supports professionals who care for others to care for themselves. Recent projects include Stories of Covid and SEEDS (Supporting and Enhancing Empowerment and Development through Storytelling) with Community nurses.