Amanda Pitkethly
Amanda Pitkethly

Dr Amanda Pitkethly

Lecturer

 0131 455 3201

  A.Pitkethly@napier.ac.uk

   

Biography

I am a lecturer and programme lead for the MSc Clinical Exercise Physiology programme (accreditation from Academy of Healthcare Sciences pending). I am also a BASES accredited HCPC registered Sport & Exercise Psychologist, and a practitioner and trainer of Motivational Interviewing and member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). I am a co-founder of the Applied Psychologists in Physical Activity Network (APPAN). My main research interest is in the application of self-regulated learning and behaviour change in health and performance.

I have been our Higher Education partner with CIMSPA since 2018. Working on mapping professional standards to our endorsed BSc Physical Activity for Health programme (The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity). This programme that aims to develop a strong workforce to drive better health and wellbeing in our country.

I have also worked with colleagues on developing the Public Health Scotland Physical Activity Referral Standards to develop more consistency in this area.

We have been collaborating nationally to develop the curriculum framework for accredited MSc Clinical Exercise Physiology programmes, and along with colleagues, I have been developing the psychology module framework to sit in this national curriculum.

As an HCPC registered Sport & Exercise Psychologist, my practitioner experience includes working in physical activity and health with adolescents and adults in the general public and in clinical populations. Additionally, I work with athletes and coaches from many sports including martial arts, triathlon, rugby, touch rugby, field hockey, motor racing (including the WSeries 2022), football, swimming, golf, gymnastics and dressage, GB deaf athletes prior to and at the 2017 Deaflympics and currently on the UK Deaf Sport Performance Advisory Group; as well as business professionals, professional musicians, and dancers.

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Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • Clinical Exercise Physiology Curriculum Framework development group
  • CIMSPA higher education partner panel conversation
  • Performance Advisory Group member - UK Deaf Sport
  • Public Health Scotland - Physical activity referral development group

 

External Examining/Validations

  • A systematic review of physical activity contagion in family networks involving people living with type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • PAUSE… Breathe & Stretch: Creating an Evidence-Based Yoga Resource for Mainstream Schools
  • D.Pych Sport & Exercise Psychology Viva panels (x2) external examiner
  • The Effects of Slow, Paced Breathing on Heart Rate Variability and Affective State of School Children – Psychophysiological Variables at Play
  • Women's motivation to exercise and their sense of well-being An investigation into the lived experiences of women in the United Kingdom

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

 

Invited Speaker

  • Behaviour change communication for BSc Sport & Exercise Science at Liverpool John Moore's University
  • Behaviour change and communication for MSc Sports Medicine at the University of Glasgow
  • Behaviour Change Communication workshop for NHS prehabilitation coordinators
  • Behaviour change communication consulting for NHS anesthetist
  • Invited speaker for CIMSPA webinar - Influencing Positive Behaviour Change
  • W Series talks, training and athlete sport psychology support
  • Motivational Interviewing training for mobile health researchers in Singapore
  • Behaviour change CPD training for Canrehab
  • Motivational Interviewing training for Lothian community link worker network
  • Invited speaker at a Gymnastic and Trampolining expo
  • Triathlon EXPO
  • Sport Psychology for Equestrians
  • R&A - Pace of Play conference
  • Psychology workshop for Cricket Scotland

 

Media Activity

  • Applied Psychologists in Physical Activity Network (APPAN) - Motives for Movement -podcasts
  • Podcast - Weighin and Dunfermline boxing club
  • FoxLake psych support and BBC show

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered Sport & Exercise / Practitioner Psychologist
  • Accredited member of the Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (CASES).

 

Public/Community Engagement

  • BASES Workshop - Motivational Interviewing Refresher CPD workshop
  • Edinburgh Women and Girls’ Physical Activity Inclusion Network
  • Motivational Interviewing Introduction training for BASES sport & exercise psychology members
  • Applied Psychologists in Physical Activity Network (APPAN)
  • Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas at the Edinburgh Festival
  • Soap Box Science

 

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Student engagement and curriculum design within Clinical Exercise Physiology

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leggate, M., Pitkethly, A., & De Klerk, T. (2023, April)
Student engagement and curriculum design within Clinical Exercise Physiology. Paper presented at Innovation and Updates in Teaching and Student Education across Physiology and STEM in the UK, Leeds, UK
This project aims to determine the perceptions of both graduate and current students studying on a MSc programme in Clinical Exercise Science. This project aims to redevelop o...

An experimental COVID‐19 messaging study in a representative sample of the Scottish population: Increasing physical distancing intentions through self‐efficacy

Journal Article
Den Daas, C., Johnston, M., Hubbard, G., Dixon, D., Cristea, M., Davis, A., …Wyke, S. (2023)
An experimental COVID‐19 messaging study in a representative sample of the Scottish population: Increasing physical distancing intentions through self‐efficacy. British Journal of Health Psychology, 28(2), 439-450. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12632
Objectives Self-efficacy is important for adherence to transmission-reducing behaviours (e.g., physical distancing) as also shown in the CHARIS project. We aimed to show that ...

Nursing and physiotherapy students’ engagement in an online physical activity promotion education programme: A mixed methods pilot study

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Forrest, B., Neubeck, L., Dawkes, S., Pitkethly, A., & Hanson, C. (2022, October)
Nursing and physiotherapy students’ engagement in an online physical activity promotion education programme: A mixed methods pilot study. Poster presented at NETNEP 2022: 8th International Nurse Education Conference, Sitges, Spain
Introduction: Regular physical activity (PA) reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and some cancers (Lee et al., 2012), but worldwide 25% of adults do not meet ...

MSc CEP Curriculum Framework

Other
Jones, P. H., Green, . P. D., Whyte, P. G., Askew, A. P. C., Tolfrey, D. K., Scott, D. A., …Crozier, A. (2022)
MSc CEP Curriculum Framework. [Curriculum Framework]
The Academy of Healthcare Science (AHCS) approve education programmes to ensure that they allow students to meet Standards of Proficiency and principles of Good Clinical Pract...

Addressing concerns between curricula and employability: Can we do more?

Presentation / Conference
Leggate, M., & Pitkethly, A. (2022, June)
Addressing concerns between curricula and employability: Can we do more?. Paper presented at Advance HE's Curriculum Symposium, Leeds

Physical activity referral standards

Report
(2022)
Physical activity referral standards. Public Health Scotland

Elena+ Care for COVID-19, A Pandemic Lifestyle Care Intervention: Intervention Design and Study Protocol

Journal Article
Ollier, J., Neff, S., Dworschak, C., Sejdiji, A., Santhanam, P., Keller, R., …Kowatsch, T. (2021)
Elena+ Care for COVID-19, A Pandemic Lifestyle Care Intervention: Intervention Design and Study Protocol. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.625640
Background: The current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is an emergency on a global scale, with huge swathes of the population required to remain indoors for prolonged periods t...

Foresee the glory and train better: Narcissism, goal-setting and athlete training

Journal Article
Zhang, S., Roberts, R., Woodman, T., Pitkethly, A., English, C., & Nightingale, D. (2021)
Foresee the glory and train better: Narcissism, goal-setting and athlete training. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 10(3), 381-393. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000264
Grandiose narcissism may be debilitative to athlete training because the opportunity for self-enhancement that motivates narcissists to strive is normally absent in training e...

Task-efficacy predicts perceived enjoyment and subsequently barrier-efficacy: investigating a psychological process underpinning schoolchildren's physical activity

Journal Article
Zhang, S., Wang, J., & Pitkethly, A. (2021)
Task-efficacy predicts perceived enjoyment and subsequently barrier-efficacy: investigating a psychological process underpinning schoolchildren's physical activity. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 19(6), 943-956. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2020.1849352
Self-efficacy and perceived enjoyment have been recognised as important psychological correlates of children’s physical activity (PA). However, research investigating the psyc...

Performance strategies’ moderation of the interaction between adaptive and maladaptive narcissism on athlete training

Presentation / Conference
Zhang, S., Roberts, R., Pitkethly, A., & English, C. (2019, November)
Performance strategies’ moderation of the interaction between adaptive and maladaptive narcissism on athlete training. Presented at BASES Conference 2019, Leicester
Literature suggests that grandiose narcissism may be debilitative to athlete training because the opportunity for self-enhancement that motivates grandiose narcissists to stri...

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