User:Rodw

This user is a blogger at Informaticopia

Just a test - I will mport some of my pages from Wikipedia to try out some of the concepts

Welcome
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About Me
I was born in Ramsgate & brought up in Margate went to the University of Surrey and then trained as a nurse at Frimley Park Hospital before undertaking various courses and jobs in Accident and Emergency in the National Health Service. Qualifications from; Bournemouth University and London South Bank University followed along with jobs for the NHS and University of Sheffield

I am now living in the Chew Valley, south of Bristol I work for the University of the West of England Faculty of Health And Social Care specialising in Health Informatics and E-learning. I'm also a member of the British Computer Society, Royal College of Nursing, Higher Education Academy and various other bodies.

I have 4 kids with very varied ages and interests, who are starting to use Wikipedia for homework! Hobbies include juggling, Real ale and travel.

Subject matter you might find me writing about
Not a complete list - but varied

The Chew Valley & surrounding area including; Chew Valley Lake, Chew Stoke, Chew Magna, Blagdon Lake, Compton Martin, East Harptree, Bishop Sutton, River Chew, Combe Down, Pensford, Stanton Drew & various other local villages, SSSIs etc

Health Informatics & elearning related stuff including; IMIA, Health Informatics, Virtual Learning Environment, National Programme for IT

I'm an A&E nurse by trade and therefore do odd bits on nursing related pages including; Nurse, Nursing, District Nurse, Health Visitor, Royal College of Nursing, Florence Nightingale, Cicely Saunders, Ethel Bedford-Fenwick, Sarah Mullally, Christine Beasley, Betty Kershaw, June Clark etc

Miscellaneous People - for various reasons; Edward Heath, Ralph Allen, Philip Rahtz, Haggis and Charlie, Charlie Dancey, Haggis McLeod, Howard Newby, Nigel Crisp, Ian Carruthers, etc

Others (mostly minor bits): University of the West of England, Glenside, Glastonbury Festival, Air Training Corps, Burton on the Wolds

Miscellaneous stuff & activity
You can find statistics on my editing activity here I made my first edit on 29th Oct 2004 & as of 12th March 206 had made 973 edits, including getting one article, Chew Valley Lake to Featured Article Status

External sites I run

 * RodSpace
 * NMAP - UK gateway to high quality Internet resources for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Professions
 * BCS Nursing Specialist Group
 * Informaticopia Blog