Dr Esther Murray, CPsychol

Profile

Esther teaches health psychology on the MBBS and Certificate in Clinical Foundation Studies at QM, and is lead for the iBSc in Medical Education. She also teaches research methods in medical education at undergraduate and postgraduate level.  She is co-lead for Problem Based Learning in the medical school, along with her colleague Dr Nandini Hayes. She is an experienced Senior Tutor and MedPro Supervisor.

Esther has been a health psychologist for 15 years and lead an MSc Health Psychology and was co-director of a Doctorate in Health Psychology at London Metropolitan University from 2007 to 2015. She is on the Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors with the British Psychological Society. Prior to working in academia she worked in cardiac care both in service improvement and psychological interventions for patients.  Her early research was in chronic pain and its effect on doctor-patient communication. Esther has previous experience in psychological intervention in cardiac care and training NHS staff in communication skills.

Her current interest is in moral injury and  the psychological wellbeing of healthcare professionals.  She regularly speaks at national and international conferences and delivers workshops on these topics.

Listen to Dr Murray discuss her work on Moral Injury in Emergency and Pre-hospital Care here.

Teaching

Co-Lead for PBL on MBBS

iBSc Medical Education Course Lead,

TBTL Module lead,

Research Methods in Clinical Education Module Lead,

Practical Skills for Professionals 2 Module Lead,

Human Sciences & Public Health Module Co-lead.  

Intercalated BSc Medical Education – course director

 

Theory Behind Teaching and Learning – module lead (iBSc Medical Education)

 

Issues in Medical Education Research – contributor (iBSc Medical Education

 

IHS7013 Research Methods in Clinical Education – module lead

 

MED3007 Practical Skills for Professionals 2 – module lead

 

Student Selected Component 2 – Behaviour Change Skills for Doctors - lead

 

Student Selected Component 4 – Student led extended dissertation - supervisor

 

PBL Tutor – various modules throughout the academic year

 

Communication Skills Facilitator – years 1-5 MBBS

 

MSc Physician Associate Studies – 2 lectures per year – health promotion and critical appraisal

 

iBSc Pre-hospital Care – 2 lectures per year – moral injury and psychological wellbeing for students in pre-hospital care.

 

Senior Tutor

 

Medpro Tutor

 

iBSc Medical Education dissertation supervisor, MA Education for Clinical Contexts dissertation supervisor

 

Supervision:

Keely Kaluza-Smith – PhD  candidate - From foundation to foundation – the journey and transition of Middle Eastern women through Western medical school – start date 2022. First internal supervisor.

Research

Research Interests:

Esther was the first researcher in the UK to explore the concept of moral injury in medicine, and since being invited to present on the topic of Moral Injury at the Institute of Pre-hospital Care Performance Psychology Symposium in June 2017, Esther has been invited to present at national and international conferences for both healthcare professionals, educators and students. Esther also delivers training on the topic to London Ambulance Service’s Advanced Paramedic Practitioners, the Counter Terrorism Specialist Firearms Officers of the Metropolitan Police and is a regular contributor to London HEMS Clinical Governance Days.

Esther has recorded podcasts for WEM, St Emlyns, The College of Paramedics and for the London Advanced Paramedics and East of England Ambulance Service, she also delivers wellbeing workshops at the Royal London Hospital for staff in theatres and at the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Intensive Care Society.

Publications

Murray E, Kaufman KR, Williams R ( 2021 ) . Let us do better: learning lessons for recovery of healthcare professionals during and after COVID-19 . BJPsych Open vol. 7 , ( 5 )

10.1192/bjo.2021.981

Mackenzie J, Murray E ( 2021 ) . Socially Constructing Healthy Eating: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Healthy Eating Information and Advice . Qual Health Res vol. 31 , ( 11 ) 2135 - 2146 .

10.1177/10497323211023436

Murray E, Brown J ( 2021 ) . The Mental Health and Wellbeing of Healthcare Practitioners Research and Practice . John Wiley & Sons

Walton M, Murray E, Christian MD ( 2020 ) . Mental health care for medical staff and affiliated healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic . Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care vol. 9 , ( 3 ) 241 - 247 .

10.1177/2048872620922795

https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/63858

Williams R, Murray E, Neal A, Kemp V ( 2020 ) . THE TOP TEN MESSAGES FOR SUPPORTING HEALTHCARE STAFF DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC . Royal College of Psychiatrists

10.13140/RG.2.2.13439.76968

Murray E ( 2019 ) . Moral injury and paramedic practice . Journal of Paramedic Practice: the clinical monthly for emergency care professionals vol. 11 , ( 10 ) 424 - 425 .

10.12968/jpar.2019.11.10.424

https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/61122

Constance J, Lusher J, MURRAY EL ( 2019 ) . The Use of Smokeless Tobacco Among UK South Asian Communities . MOJ Addiction Medicine and Therapy vol. 6 , ( 1 )

Murray E, Krahé C, Goodsman D ( 2018 ) . Are medical students in prehospital care at risk of moral injury? . Emerg Med J vol. 35 , ( 10 ) 590 - 594 .

10.1136/emermed-2017-207216

https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/41523

MURRAY EL, Lusher J ( 2018 ) . Contested Pain: Managing the Invisible Symptom . International Journal of Global Health vol. 1 , ( 2 )

10.4172/IJGH.1000105

https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/45123

MURRAY EL, Gidwani S ( 2018 ) . Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Emergency Medicine Residents: A Role for Moral Injury? . Annals of Emergency Medicine vol. 72 , ( 3 ) 322 - 323 .

10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.03.040

https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/49426

CUSHING AM, MURRAY EL, Packham S ( 2018 ) . Importance, Intentions and Behaviour: Predictors of exploring the patient's perspective .

https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/43504

MURRAY EL, Lusher J ( 2018 ) . Leaps, Jumps and Hoops: from evaluating cardiac rehabilitation interventions to identifying causal factors underlying substance dependency . SAGE

https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/41967

Mackenzie J, Murray E, Lusher J ( 2018 ) . Women's experiences of pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain: A systematic review . Midwifery vol. 56 , Article C , 102 - 111 .

10.1016/j.midw.2017.10.011

https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/42404

Lusher J, MURRAY EL, Chapman-Jones D ( 2017 ) . Changing the way we think about wounds: A challenge for 21st century medical practice . International Wound Journal

10.1111/iwj.12866

Murray E, Kutzer Y, Lusher J ( 2016 ) . Dentists’ experiences of dentally anxious patients in a specialist setting: An interpretative phenomenological analysis . Journal of Health Psychology135910531666665 - 135910531666665 .

10.1177/1359105316666655

https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/41083