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Dr Cuisle Forde is an Assistant Professor in the Discipline of Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin. She graduated with a BSc in Physiotherapy from Trinity College Dublin in 2008. Having been awarded a Trinity scholarship during her undergraduate career, and an Irish Research Council scholarship to carry out a PhD, she began work on her doctoral thesis the following autumn, which she completed in 2012. During her doctoral studies, Cuisle investigated the efficacy of active video games as a form of exercise for children who have cystic fibrosis and those attending weight management clinics. She also examined the capability of an active video game to be used as a tool to estimate cardiorespiratory fitness. She completed a Diploma in Statistics and was also involved in research projects investigating arterial stiffness and physical activity in adults. After spending some time working clinically and lecturing in critical thinking in Kosovo, Cuisle returned to Dublin in September 2013 to begin a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Discipline of Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin. With an interest in technology and innovative teaching methods, Cuisle helped develop the Online Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma in Clinical Exercise and is now coordinator for this course. Her latest publications investigate the efficacy of e-learning for the acquisition of clinical competencies.

Research Tags

Computer & Video Games Exercise Exercise Medicine Exercise physiology EXERCISE TEST EXERCISE TESTING HEPATITIS C HIV HIV DISEASE HIV in Ireland HOME-BASED EXERCISE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) MAXIMAL EXERCISE PAEDIATRICS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PATTERNS PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY RESISTANCE EXERCISE

Research Projects

Project Title

DEPTH -Digitally Enhanced Practical Teaching in Health science

From

Aug 2021

April 2022

Summary

Teaching and learning practical skills is an area which many would not traditionally consider to be suited to online or distance learning methods. Restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic required those who teach and those who learn to adapt and to demonstrate innovation in methods of practical skill acquisition. This initiative aims to consolidate some positive disturbances that occurred in relation to practical teaching during 2020 in partnership with students. Specific aims are to; " Examine opportunities and barriers to digitally enhanced practical teaching. " Analyse student, academic, clinical professional and patient perspectives on digitally enhanced practical teaching. " Examine the feasibility and efficacy of digitally enhanced practical teaching (in skill acquisition and assessment) in partnership with students. " Develop an open educational resource informed by results of this research to include resources outlining: " Opportunities, barriers and considerations related to the acquisition of practical skills using technology. " An analysis of the attributes of practical skills and their suitability to being taught and assessed using technology. " Recommendations on digitally enhanced practical teaching and assessment for both those who teach and those who learn. " Case studies on the acquisition of practical skills using technology.

Funding Agency

National Teaching and Learning Forum

Programme

SATEL

Project Type

Research

Project Title

CANDI Viral Hepatitis C Associated Neurocognitive Dysfunction in Ireland in the DAA era.

From

2016

2020

Summary

Approximately 30,000-50,000 people in Ireland have hepatitis C. Although the virus mainly affects the liver, in up to 30% of infected people the virus also affects the brain causing poor concentration, difficulties in concentrating, poor memory. This is often described as a "brain fog". These symptoms may lead to forgetting to attend hospital appointments and forgetting to take tablets, which may cause poor quality of life. In the past, doctors thought that poor brain function in people with hepatitis C- was because the liver had developed cirrhosis but new information suggests that the "brain fog" happens even when there is no cirrhosis. Researchers now think the "brain fog" is due to the virus infecting the brain or the virus causing inflammation in the brain. The researchers doing this study think that if drug treatment to clear virus from the liver may also clear virus from the brain - this would improve or reverse the brain fog symptoms, either because the virus is also cleared from the brain (as well as the liver) or because the inflammation due to the virus is controlled. The research team will invite people with hepatitis C to do some brain function tests before and after the HCV drug treatment. Some patients receiving the drugs will also be invited to have MRI Xrays of their brains before and after the drug treatment. The research team also know that exercise can improve brain function in healthy people as well as patients with chronic diseases due to inflammation who have brain fog symptoms. To study the effect of exercise in helping to control or improve brain fog in hepatitis C, the research team will ask hepatitis C patients to do a 12 week exercise plan and study brain function before and after the course of exercise

Funding Agency

Health Research Board

Representations

Details	Date
Director of Online Education, School of Medicine, TCD	2020
Dr Forde was a committee member of the Chartered Physiotherapists in Paediatrics group of the Irish Society of Physiotherapists. She was previously a treasurer for this group.	2019-2022
Dr Forde was a member of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapy Student Council	2006
Dr Forde was a member of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists Working Party	2008

Languages

Language	Skill Reading	Skill Writing	Skill Speaking
English	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
French	Medium	Medium	Medium
Irish	Fluent	Medium	Fluent

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details	Date From	Date To
Member of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (ID 10725)	2008	to date
Member of the Chartered Physiotherapists in Paediatrics Clinical Interest Group	2015	to date
Certified and Registered as a Physiotherapist with CORU (PT039841)	2019	to date
Member of Trinity Research in Childhood Centre (TRiCC)	2019	to date
Children's Resaerch Network	2019	to date
Canada International HIV and Rehabilitation Research Collaborative	2015	to date

Publications and other Research Outputs

Annie O'Brien, Cuisle Forde, Health science staff and student experiences of teaching and assessing clinical skills using digital tools: a qualitative study, Medical Education, 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED DOI URL Other

Forde C; O'Brien A., Digitally Enhanced Practical Teaching in Health Science: DEPTH, EdTech, Cork, 26-27 May 2022, 2022, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED URL

Forde C; O'Brien A., Digitally Enhanced Practical Teaching in Health Science: DEPTH, Transform MedEd, London, 2022, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED URL

Croitoru O, Amisano C, Brennan I, McInerney A, Molloy N, O'Brien A, Forde C., Differences in skill acquisition of medical clinical skills and analysis of student perception between traditional teaching and e-learning. , Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland Student Research Awards, Dublin, Nov 30th 2022, 2022, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED

Forde C, OBrien A., A Literature Review of Barriers and Opportunities Presented by Digitally Enhanced Practical Skill Teaching and Learning in Health Science Education., Medical education online, 27, (1), 2022, p2068210 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text DOI

Barrett EM, Wyse J, Forde C., Did physical activity and associated barriers change during COVID-19 restrictions in Ireland? Repeated cross-sectional study, Health Promotion International, 37, (4), 2022, pdaac127-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED DOI

Barrett EM., Forde C and Wyse J, . Barriers and enablers to physical activity during COVID-19 restrictions in Ireland(ed.), , The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) Congress, Vancouver Online, 2021, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED URL

Philip O'Gorman; Orla Strahan; Damien Ferguson; Ann Monaghan; Megan Kennedy; Cuisle Forde; Ashanty M. Melo; Derek G. Doherty; Kelly K. O'Brien; Susan McKiernan; Rose Anne Kenny; Robert Coen; Colin Doherty; Colm Bergin; John Gormley; Suzanne Norris. , Improvement in cognitive impairment following a 12-week aerobic exercise intervention in individuals with non-cirrhotic chronic hepatitis C in Journal of Viral Hepatitis, Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 28, (4), 2021, p637 - 650, Journal Article, PUBLISHED URL

Forde C, Wyse J. Barrett EM, Time and belief in exercise importance predict increased activity during initial COVID-19 restrictions in Ireland, Health Promotion International, 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text DOI

Tyndall L, Roche C, Forde C, Barrett E, Physical Activity of Irish Adults During COVID-19 Restrictions, Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists Conference, Online , 2021, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED URL

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Cuisle Forde, Exercise prescription for cardiac patients " The present and the Future, Irish Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation (IACR) Cardiac Rehabilitation: Multifaceted Care in a Changing Landscape, The Richmond Education Centre, North Brunswicke Street, November 10th 2023, 2023, Irish Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

Cuisle Forde, Diversification of roles within established Clinical Research Facilities, UK Clinical Research Facilities Network 10th Annual Conference, Sheffield , 2014, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

O'Donovan C, Response to: Video games: increasing activity in sedentary individuals, Physiotherapy, 2013, Notes: [This is a response / commentary rather than a piece of original research.], Journal Article, PUBLISHED

O'Donovan C, Hirsch E, Holohan E, McBride I, McManus R, Hussey J., To study the effects of human versus computer opponents on energy expenditure playing active video games., Trinity Medical Student Research Poster Symposium, Trinity College Dublin, 2011, Poster, PUBLISHED

Brazil J, Donaghy J, McCullough R, Swift C, Varini R, O'Donovan C, Mahmud A, Hussey J. , Acute Cardiovascular Response to Active and Sedentary and Computer Games, Trinity Medical Student Research Poster Symposium Conference Proceedings , Trinity College Dublin, 2010, Poster, PRESENTED

O'Donovan C, McGowan M, Gormley , Between subject and within subject variability in energy expenditure, Trinity School of Medicine Postgraduate Research Day Conference Proceedings, 2008, Poster, PRESENTED

O'Donovan C, McGowan M, Gormley J. , Determination of the relationship between body composition and energy expenditure at three exercise intensities, Trinity School of Medicine Postgraduate Research Day Conference Proceedings, 2008, Poster, PUBLISHED

Awards and Honours

Award	Date
Trinity Foundation Scholarship	2006
Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology Postgraduate Fellowship	2008
Best oral presentation at Trinity School of Medicine Postgraduate Research Day	2010
Highly commended for Hans Strober Award - Pediatric Work Physiology Conference	2011
Trinity College Dublin Dean of Students' Roll of Honour	2012
Gaisce The President's Gold Award	2014

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Dr. Cuisle Forde

Assistant Professor (Physiotherapy)

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