Mitch Lau

Mitch Lau is a Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, combining his academic role with clinical practice as a registered independent prescriber pharmacist in secondary care. He focuses on advancing healthcare education through technology and ensuring learning aligns with modern healthcare needs. His professional background includes a specialization in acute medicine and a postgraduate clinical diploma, alongside qualification as an independent prescriber in 2014.

Education:

• Completed postgraduate clinical diploma.

Teaching & Research: He delivers courses on pharmacist independent prescribing (level 7), non-medical prescribing (levels 6 and 7), and community practitioner nurse prescribing (levels 6 and 7). He supervises students in the MSc Nursing Dissertation module. His research aims to investigate the role of non-medical prescribers in improving patient care outcomes.

Professional Development: Committed to enhancing teaching skills through a current postgraduate teaching qualification. He emphasizes safeguarding healthcare professional standards by training future practitioners and sharing knowledge.