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Dr. Cicely Roche

Associate Professor (Pharmacy)
Academic Developer (TEP) (Academic Practice)
25/6/7 WESTLAND ROW
      
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Dr. Cicely Roche

Associate Professor (Pharmacy)
25/6/7 WESTLAND ROW

 rocheci@tcd.ie

 3531896 2827

Academic Developer (TEP) (Academic Practice)


Cicely Roche joined the TCD Education for Sustainable Development project, as a Fellow in ESD, in May 2023, and is currently on secondment (September 2023) from both her Associate Professor position at the School of Pharmacy and from her TCD Education Fellow/Academic Developer position with the Centre for Academic Practice. Cicely's key interests are in the areas of development of ethical/moral reasoning competencies, ePortfolio for experiential learning, use of curriculum design to drive competencies development, reflective practice and Programme-Focused approaches to assessment. Her PhD (2016) explored the development and evaluation of moral reasoning competencies in pharmacists, i.e. abilities underpinning decision-making through the ambiguity inherent in moral dilemmas (Roche & Thoma, 2017). She continues to research approaches to curriculum design that scaffold participants' development of competencies that support ethically defensible decision-making through ambiguity. Dr Roche's current research explores the adaptation of this approach for use in Academic Online Modules associated with in-service placements for 4th year pharmacy students (Roche et al, 2019) and in Interprofessional Learning (FHS Dean's Innovation in Teaching Award 2018 and 2022). Cicely joined the School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences as an Associate Professor in the Practice of Pharmacy in 2009 (Half-time). Cicely has also worked as a Trinity Education Fellow/Academic Developer with the Centre for Academic practice (part-time) since 2016, during which time she has led on e.g.: (a) a multi-institution development of digital badges in Programme-Focussed Assessment, (b) TCD staff development initiatives on 'Reflecting on and evaluating teaching in Higher Education' and 'Embedding Reflection in the Curriculum' and (c) TCD profiling of assessment practices. Cicely was awarded a Provost's Teaching Award in 2015, and holds an MEd in Higher Education Teaching & Learning (Roche, 2014). She also holds MSc Degrees in both Healthcare Ethics and Law (Roche & Kelliher, 2009), and in Community Pharmacy. She continues to work part-time as an employee Community Pharmacist. She is a past President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) (2001 to 2003), chair of the PSI Fitness to Practice Committee (Health)(2009 to 2019),founding chair and member of the Pharmacy Law and Ethics Association (Ireland) and a past member of the Boards of the Irish Medicines Board (IMB now HPRA)(2006-2011) and the Irish Centre for Continuing Pharmaceutical Education (ICCPE) (2004-2012).
  Education for Sustainable Development   Education research   Moral reasoning competencies development   Neo-Kohlbergian theory   Pharmacy   Professional Development and Reflective Practice   professional Identity Formation   Professionalism and Ethics   Programme Focussed Assessment
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 ePortfolio for experiential learning
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Ethics Advisory Group Member, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) - current 2023 - ongoing
MPharm Integrated Programme Academic Online Module year 4 Implementation Group Lead (TCD/ UCC/ RCSI Collaboration) 2018-2025
Irish Institute of Pharmacy Peer Support Pharmacist and variously programme accreditation Committee Chair and member (e.g. Vaccination Services training Programmes for Pharmacists, Care of the Elderly) 2013 - ongoing
MPharm integrated Programme Academic Online Module Development group (TCD/ UCC/ RCSI collaboration): TCD representative 2016-2018
Chair, Fitness to Practice - Committee of Inquiry (Health), Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland 2009 to December 2018
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland: Accreditation Standards development (Level 8, Level 9 and 5-year integrated programmes)... Joint TCD-UCC-RCSI nominee to the Expert group. 2010-2015
Chair, Pharmacy Law and Ethics Association 2010-2013
Chair, Joint working group PSI/ICCPE/HSE/DoH, Engagement of pharmacists in Joint Continuing Education initiatives 2008-2012
Irish Centre for Continuing Pharmaceutical Education (Board Member) 2004-2012
Irish Medicines Board (Board Member) 2006 -2011
President, Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland 2001-2003
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland - Core Competency Framework Development Group 2011
President, Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Benevolent Fund (Reg. CHY) 2004-2012
Asthma Society of Ireland Medical Committee 2002-2016
Director, Pharmacy Bevenvolent Fund (Reg CHY) 2012-2013
Director, Gorey Educational Trust Ltd (Reg. CHY) 2003 to current
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FIP (International Pharmaceutical Federation) Ethics Advisory Group. Established 2023. 2023 current
Reviewer, Currents in Pharmacy Teaching & Learning 2024 current
Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland 1984 current
Reviewer, Journal of Business Ethics 2011 current
Member of the Pharmacy Law and Ethics Association (Ireland) 2010 current
Member of the Pharmacy Law and Ethics Association (UK) 2008 current
Reviewer: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy 2017 current
Learning and Teaching - The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, (2027), Andrew Gibson, Cicely Roche, [Lead-editor of special issue], Journal, ACCEPTED
Ní Shé, C., McAvinia, C., Gallagher, J., Forde, C., Roche, C., & Hodgers, J., Trinity"s ESD framework as a design tool to support teaching staff embed ESD in the curriculum, Educational Developments, 27, (1), 2026, p21 - 27, Notes: [Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA). https://www.seda.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EdDevs-27.1_APRIL_2026.pdf], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Sviatlana Anishchuk, Bahman Honari, Cicely Roche, and Seán Phelan, Is there a place for group learning in dental undergraduate students when writing reflectively?, British Dental Journal Open, 2026, Journal Article, ACCEPTED
O'Connell, J., Strugaru, A.-M., Medina Martin, C., Santos-Martinez, M., Grimes, T., O'Dwyer, M., Roche, C., & Ryan, C., Description of a practice-focused research skills curriculum for a master's in pharmacy programme., Pharmacy Education, 25, (1), 2025, p255 - 263, Notes: [doi.org/10.46542/pe.2025.251.255263], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Sviatlana Anishchuk, Caoimhin MacGiolla Phadraig, Cicely Roche, Angela Kubacki, Derek Sullivan, Yvonne Howell, ResiliDents: Development and Evaluation of Resilience Module in Dental Undergraduate Curriculum, European Journal of Dental Education, 2025, Notes: [Accepted - 2nd April 2025 DOI: 10.1111/eje.13094], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Roche, Cicely, Enacting Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Trinity, Ninth National Forum on Education for Sustainable Development, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2, 22nd November 2024, 2024, Government of Ireland :Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, the Department of Education and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Sci, 1-14pp, Notes: [Official Report and presentation is available at: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/publications/education-for-sustainable-development/#22-november-2024-ninth-national-forum-on-education-for-sustainable-development], Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Roche, Cicely, Ethical challenges for the pharmacist: `Off-label' medicines, pressure to supply and rationing, The Oxempic® Pandemic: time to review our ethical obligations. An examination of drug shortages, off-label prescribing and patient needs, FIP: International Pharmaceutical Federation - Online webinar, 3rd October 2024, 2024, FIP: International Pharmaceutical Federation, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED  URL  URL
Roche, Cicely, What is sustainability anyway? An introduction to the three pillars of sustainable healthcare., Ethics of Sustainable Healthcare, Webinar, 7th February 2024, 2024, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), Notes: [link to FIP webinar recording: https://events.fip.org/previous-fip-digital-events/?event=1196], Invited Talk, PUBLISHED  URL  Other
Roche, Cicely, Health Professions sharing their career journey 'How do you get there?, How did we got there?, and if I were you, I wouldn't start from here., Building Relationships in Health Professions Education, Dublin, 25th January 2024, 2024, INHED (Irish Network of Health Educators), Notes: [Conference closing session - One representative from each of 5 healthcare professions discussing Health Professions Education (Medicine, veterinary, Nursing, Psychology and Pharmacy)], Invited Talk, PUBLISHED  URL
Grimes T, McGowan E, Chipika R, Roche C., Designing an innovative and interprofessional elective module on moral reasoning, ethical practice and sustainability in healthcare, Not applicable - conference proceedings., INHED 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting. Building Relationships in Health Professions Education., Dublin, Ireland, 25th January 2024, edited by Irish Network of Healthcare Educators (INHED) , 2024, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  Handle
  

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Roche C., Grimes T., Conscientious Objection by Pharmacists: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act, 2013, IPU Review, September 2013., 2013, p20 - 22, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Roche, Cicely, Online assessment incorporating reflective practice and teamwork: Technology-Enhanced Learning in the final semester., EdTech 2013, University College Cork, May, 2013, Notes: [Invited speaker URL to video: http://ilta.ie/edtech/edtech-2013/conference-videos/], Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Roche, Cicely., Challenging the 21st Century Learner:Supporting the development of reasoning competencies, Dublin eLearning Summer School, Dublin DIT, June, 2011, Notes: [Invited speaker], Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Roche, Cicely., Is Irish Pharmacy ready for MURs? , IPU Review, September, 2008, p32 - 35, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Roche, Cicely., Cholesterol testing in Demand? , Counterintelligence online, February, 2008, p4 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
CHARM-ED - Joint Educational Activities Award for: Enacting Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Higher Education: Guided by Theory, Grounded in Teaching Practice development. Partnership between TCD, ELTE Budapest and University of Barcelona October 2025
FHS Deans Award 2024. Centre for Sustainable Healthcare - Nuala Hampson: i) Principles of Sustainable Healthcare and (ii) Embedding Sustainability in the Curriculum. [Webinars on March 27th/ April 17th 2024 Jan 2024
Sustainablity Leadership Award 2024, Trinity College Dublin 2024
Best Conference Paper, Irish Academy of Management (and Best paper in IAM Teaching and Learning strand). [The role of ChatGPT in business ethics education: friend or foe., ] 2023
TCD Fellow in Education for Sustainable Development May 2023- current
FHS Visiting Professor Award 2023. Collaboration with Dr Maria Allinson, Keele University: Using creativity in teaching to build resilience in future healthcare professionals (June 2023) 2023
Dean's Innovation in Teaching Award: ePortfolio for experiential reflection: student-led competence assessment. Showcase event May 2023 St James Hospital. Student-led focus groups, Prof Yancey, May-June 2023. [Lead Dr Cicely Roche - Schools of Pharmacy, Medicine and Dentistry, faculty-student partnership collaboration)] 2022
Dean's Innovation in Teaching Award: Interprofessional education - development of a module suitable as an elective [Lead: Dr Emer McGowan] 2022
FHS Visiting Professor award 2022. Collaboration with Prof Steve Thoma, University of Alabama: The Four Component Model of Moral Functioning - implications for Professional Development (Lecture and meetings, 22nd & 23rd September 2022) September 2022
Teaching Hero Award 2021 [National Forum for the enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education] https://openbadgefactory.com/v1/assertion/a800a6a9618ac15e0fdb2336ceee1a606c48c69c 2021
Deans Innovation in Teaching Award: eLearning package for development of healthcare student' resilience [Lead applicant Dr Louise Gallagher] 2019
FHS Visiting Professor award 2018 Collaboration with Prof Zubin Austin, University of Toronto: Professional identity: who do you/ they think you/they are? (Two-day masterclass, 20th and 21st June 2019) June 2019
Royal Irish Academy Charlemont Scholar: University of Toronto, May-June 2017 (Sponsor Prof Zubin Austin] 2017
Dean's Teaching Innovation Award, Faculty of Health Sciences: A multidisciplinary approach to moral reasoning competencies development. (Lead: Dr Cicely Roche - Faculty-student partnership with Dr Tamasine Grimes, Dr Emer Guinan and Mr Jack Kavanagh) June 2017
Trinity Education Project Fellow [Trinity Education Project] 2016-2017
Provost's teaching award, Trinity College Dublin. 2015
Best Conference Paper, Irish Academy of Management (and Best paper in IAM Teaching and Learning strand). I wish I was there: Emulating the sense of 'being' in an eClassroom. 2014
Irish Academy of Management Conference 'Best Poster Presentation'. In Pursuit of Excellence: Facilitating 'Right Advice' in Retail Pharmacy Practice. [Irish Management Institute (IMI) Awardf] 2013
Elected to serve as President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Oct 2001 & Oct 2002
Roches Pharmacy Gorey won the Excellence Ireland Foundation Mark National Award. (Integrated QA & continuous improvement system.) Sept 2004
Education for Sustainable Development, Trinity College Dublin ESD Project 2023-current. Moral reasoning Competencies Development in Community Pharmacists in Ireland. (PhD thesis). Professional ethics education as proposed in 'Moral Development in the Professions: Psychology and Applied Ethics' (Rest & Narvaez, 1994) incorporates the Four Component Model (FCM) of morality, namely moral sensitivity, reasoning , motivation and implementation, as interactive elements in the development of a professional (Bebeau & Monson, 2008; Bebeau, 2002; Bebeau & Thoma, 1999). Moral reasoning, which reviews the development of moral reasoning competencies, as measured by a psychometric measure known as the DIT2 (Rest et al, 1999a, 1999b), following educational intervention(s) incorporating profession-specific dilemmas, is a key area of interest for both research and teaching/mentoring student development. Research in other professions, e.g. dentistry (Bebeau, 2002) and business (Jones, 2008), indicates that even relatively short profession-specific educational programmes (referred to as an intervention for the purposes of this research) can lead to significant improvements in moral reasoning competencies, especially when the design, development and delivery of the intervention is context-appropriate. The Professional Role Orientation Inventory, a measure of professional Identity formation, has been adapted for the pharmacy profession and is being investigated as a potential tool for use by practicing pharmacists and for evaluation of student development. ePortfolio for experiential learning is a further area of research currently being progressed - with the support of a FHS teaching innovation award Cicely leads a multidisciplinary team, involving students and staff/preceptors in Pharmacy, Medicine and Dentistry, the project explores how ePortfolio for experiential learning might further address competence assessment challenges in Sophister health professional curriculums.