Roger Watson (born 20 November 1955) is a British academic. He is Academic Dean in the

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, China and until 2022 was the

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Nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...

at the

University of Hull , mottoeng = Bearing the Torch f learning, established = 1927 – University College Hull1954 – university status , type = Public , endowment = £18.8 million (2016) , budget = £190 millio ...

. He is the

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of ''

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'' and an Editorial Board Member of the
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'. Watson was the Founding Chair of the Lancet Commission on Nursing, and a founding member of the Global Advisory Group for the Future of Nursing. Watson was elected Vice President of the

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in 2020 and became President in 2022 until 2024.

Education

Watson is a Registered Nurse (

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London), holds a BSc in biological sciences from the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...

, and a

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from the

University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Firth C ...

Professional life

Watson's clinical area is gerontological nursing with a special interest in mealtime and nutritional difficulties of older people with

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. His research into the alleviation of mealtime difficulty in people with dementia led to the development of the "

Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia Scale The Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) Scale is a psychometric screening tool to assess difficulty with self-feeding in older people with dementia. It was developed at The University of Edinburgh by Roger Watson and Ian Deary. T ...

". Watson is a proponent of the application of Mokken scaling in nursing research and has also contributed to the understanding of the general application of Mokken scaling and the influence of sample size on Mokken scaling parameters. Watson has visiting positions in Slovenia, Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland and Italy. He served as a member of the sub-panel for Nursing and Midwifery in the UK Research Assessment Exercise in 2008, and in 2014 on the sub-panel for Dentistry, Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Pharmacy in the UK

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. Previously, he was the

of the
Journal of Clinical Nursing
', the ''

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'' and the

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of
Nursing Open
'. Watson is a frequent contributor to ''

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'', ''The Conversation'', '' The Salisbury Review'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Awards and recognition

Watson is a fellow of the

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(2009), the American Academy of Nursing (2007), the

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) is a medical royal college in Scotland. It is one of three organisations that sets the specialty training standards for physicians in the United Kingdom. It was established by Royal charter ...

(2014), a Fellow of the

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(2007), a Fellow of the

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is a medical professional and educational institution, which is also known as RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland's first private university. It was established in 1784 ...

Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery ''

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'' (2009) and the

(2018). Watson is a Member of the

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(2019). Watson was formerly a Fellow of the

Royal Society of Biology The Royal Society of Biology (RSB), previously called the Society of Biology, is a learned society and professional association in the United Kingdom created to advance the interests of biology in academia, industry, education, and research. Fo ...

(2001-2019; formerly the Institute of Biology), and a

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(2001-2019). In 2021 Watson was awarded the

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of ''Doctor Honoris Causa'' by the

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. Watson delivered the Winifred Raphael Memorial Lecture in 2001. In 2017 Watson was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. That year, Watson also delivered the annual

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Memorial Lecture at The

. In 2022 he was awarded the Margaret Comerford Freda award for Editorial Leadership in Nursing Publication by the International Academy of Nursing Editors. Following military service as a

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(v) in the

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with 205 Scottish General Hospital RAMC(v) (now 205 Field Hospital) Watson was awarded the Gulf Medal, the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait).

Personal life

Born to Margaret McCabe and William Morrison Watson Watson is a former pupil of Banchory Academy. Watson is a

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poet and a member of the British Haiku Society and former member of the Haiku Society of America with entries in the ''Living Haiku Anthology'', the ''Living Senryu Anthology'' and The Haiku Foundations ''Haiku Registry''. In 2018, 2019 and 2020, he was selected as one of the European Top 100 most creative haiku authors. A

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, he is married to Deborah Watson (née Yould) and they have eight children and nine grandchildren

Bibliography

Watson has over 500 publications listed o
Web of Science
that have been cited more than 5500 times, giving him an

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of 40. His three most-cited articles are: * * *

References

External links

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Entry
on

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