Teresa qualified as general nurse in 1981 and started her career as a theatre nurse working in surgery at Booth Hall Children’s Hospital. In 1990 she qualified as a Registered Sick Children’s Nurse and in 1998 studied for her surgical and anaesthetic qualification. In 1999 she transferred to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital working mainly in anaesthetics. In 2003 she joined Edge Hill University as a Senior Lecturer for pre-registration Operating Department Practice (ODP) programmes and CPD perioperative modules. In 2015 Teresa completed her Surgical First Assistant (SFA) training and became module leader for the SFA module at Edge Hill University. She then became involved with the MSc Surgical Care Practice (SCP) programme which commenced in 2015 after approval from the Royal College of Surgeons. In 2016 Teresa became programme leader for both the pre-registration BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice programme and MSc Surgical Care Practice. In January 2018 she retired from full time work as a programme leader but continued to work as an associate tutor for the MSc SCP programme and SFA modules. Teresa is particularly interested in the recognition, future training and regulation of all advanced practitioners. She has also had a number of publications over the years.