Special Feature: Our Dean Professor Steven Ersser

Professor Steve Ersser has recently been:

...appointed as an Affiliate Director (International: Europe) of the National Academy of Dermatology Nurse Practitioners  (in the USA), and was an invited speaker at their recent meeting in Tampa, Florida, organised by Dr Debra Shelby, who leads the  Doctorate of Nursing Practice – dermatology programme at the University of South Florida...




...invited as a speaker at the first integrated nursing meeting at the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology in Istanbul in October 2013.  Steve will be speaking on the issue of patient adherence - presenting work undertaken with Dr Fiona Cowdell on the Person-Centred Dermatology Self-Care Index which has also been published:


Cowdell F & Ersser SJ (2012) The development, validity, reliability and field testing of the Person-Centred Dermatology Self-Care Index Archives of Dermatology 62, 192-193

Further recent publications by Steve include:

Bewley A, Burrage DM, Ersser SJ, Hansen M, Ward C (2013) Identifying individual  psychosocial and adherence support needs in patients with psoriasis: a multinational two stage qualitative and quantitative study Journal of European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology doi: 10.1111/jdv.12174

Ersser S, Farassat H, Jackson K, Dennis H, Sheppard Z, More A (2013) A service evaluation of the Eczema Education Programme: an analysis of child, parent, and service impact outcomes British Journal of Dermatology doi: 10.111/bjd.12414

Santer M, Burgess H, Yardley L, Ersser SJ, Lewis-Jones S, Muller I, Hugh C (2013) Managing childhood eczema: qualitative study exploring carers' experiences of barriers and facilitators to treatment adherence Journal of Advanced Nursing doi:10.1111/jan.12133


Hean S, Worswick L, Fenge L, Wilkinson C, Fearnley S, Ersser SJ (2012) The impact of the economic recession on well-being and quality of life of older people Health and Social Care in the Community 20, 617-624

Jackson K,  Ersser SJ, Dennis H, Farasat H, More A (in press) The Eczema Education Programme: Intervention development and model feasibility Journal of European Academy of Dermatology Venereology

In addition, Steve has published a report:

Hean S, Worswick L, Fenge L, Wilkinson C, Fearnley S, Ersser S (2013) Asset rich cash poor in the economic downturn: the financial challenges facing retired older people Institute of Chartered Accountants of  Scotland, Edinburgh