Steven Burr, BSc(Hons).MSc.PGDE(FAHE).MMedSci.PhD.

Contact

• workRoom E4 The University of Nottingham Medical School
  Queen's Medical Centre
  Nottingham
  NG7 2UH
  UK
• work0115 82 30158
• fax0115 82 30142
• steven.burr@nottingham.ac.uk

Expertise Summary

I have developed expertise in several areas, primarily revolving around either medical education or neurotoxicology. My neurotoxicology research uses electrophysiological methods to help elucidate mechanisms of action. My interests in medical education include promoting the progressive integration and improvement of Computer Aided Learning and Assessment. I am also a passionate advocate of clinical relevance. My aim is to do all I can to help students fulfil their ambitions to become competent professionals.

Other interests include the philosophy of physiology and the limits of human physiology in extreme environments. Cf. Burr SA (2006) The body in balance: A physio-philosophical view of life. Nottingham University Press, 1st ed. 294 pages.

Teaching Summary

School:

Extensive teaching of human physiology, basic emergency care, and specialist courses in neurotoxicology, along with some anatomy and pharmacology; to medical, pharmacy and science students.

Manage staff and courses to ensure that the school prioritises and meets its teaching and assessment commitments.

Faculty:

Senior Tutor - responsible for pastoral care, student induction, professional portfolio development, tutor training, judging extenuating circumstances, concerns and fitness to practice cases.

Senior OSCE examiner.

Director of medical sciences degree.

Member of medical admissions committee - interviewer training, reviewing applications and interviewing.

Chair of Faculty Teaching and Learning Group - co-ordinate sharing of best practice across all courses leading to professional registration, securing funding for innovative projects, organising conferences, and publishing in areas of expertise.

University:

Member of Senate.

Academic lead for online assessment.

Member of Quality and Standards Committee - lead for deciding university regulations on assessment. Role includes passing judgment on appeals, offences and complaints.

National:

Medical Schools Council - Assessment Alliance representative.

Research Summary

Areas of active research include:

1) Automated individualised feedback following e-assessment.

2) Application of standard setting to non-competency based assessments.

3) In-course summative assessment of groups and the promotion of teamwork.

4) Managing student expectations.

5) Relationships between learning preferences and summative performance.

6) Tutorials as a vehicle for fostering and evaluating professionalism across healthcare courses leading to professional registration.

7) Neurotoxicological consultancy.

Recent Publications

• LEUNG, YL, ADESARA, S and BURR, S, 2011. Learning To Make Better Clinical Decisions. British Journal Of Hospital Medicine. 72(11), 642-645
• FRY JR and BURR SA, 2011. A Double-Blind Atropine Trial For Active Learning Of Autonomic Function. Advances In Physiology Education. 35(4), 438-44
• BURR, S, 2011. Obituary-David Ray
• BAKAR, M. F., MOHAMED, M., RAHMAT, A., BURR, S. A. and FRY, J. R., 2010. Cytotoxicity and polyphenol diversity in selected parts of Mangifera pajang and Artocarpus odoratissimus fruits. VOL 40(NUMBER 1), 29-38

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Past Research

Past projects include:

1) Monitoring axonal function in response to noxious substances, in optic nerve or spinal dorsal root ganglia, via microelectrode recordings of stimulus-evoked compound action potentials.

2) Biophysical characterisation of voltage-gated chloride ion channels (responsible for mediating neuro-inhibition, regulating cell volume etc)

3) Actions of pyrethroids (neurotoxic pesticides) on voltage-gated chloride ion channels.

4) Actions of chlorotoxin (derived from scorpion venom) on voltage-gated chloride ion channels.

5) Development of clinically relevant websites.

• LEUNG, YL, ADESARA, S and BURR, S, 2011. Learning To Make Better Clinical Decisions. British Journal Of Hospital Medicine. 72(11), 642-645
• FRY JR and BURR SA, 2011. A Double-Blind Atropine Trial For Active Learning Of Autonomic Function. Advances In Physiology Education. 35(4), 438-44
• BURR, S, 2011. Obituary-David Ray
• LEUNG YL and BURR SA, 2010. Trapdoor technique for intertransverse process arthrodesis of the lumbar spine. Techniques in Orthopaedics. 25(4), 237-239
• ABU BAKAR, M. F., MOHAMAD, M., RAHMAT, A., BURR, S. A. and FRY, J. R., 2010. Cytotoxicity, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis in breast cancer cell lines exposed to an extract of the seed kernel of Mangifera pajang (bambangan). VOL 48(NUMBER 6), 1688-1697
• BURR, S.A. & BRODIER, E.A., 2010. Integrating feedback into medical education. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 71(11), 646-9 (In Press.)
• BAKAR, M. F., MOHAMED, M., RAHMAT, A., BURR, S. A. and FRY, J. R., 2010. Cytotoxicity and polyphenol diversity in selected parts of Mangifera pajang and Artocarpus odoratissimus fruits. VOL 40(NUMBER 1), 29-38
• BURR, S, 2009. Integrating teaching innovations in medical education. British journal of hospital medicine. 70(2), 104-6
• BURR, S, 2009. Integrating assessment innovations in medical education. British journal of hospital medicine. 70(3), 162-3
• BRECKENRIDGE, CHARLES B, HOLDEN, LARRY, STURGESS, NICHOLAS, WEINER, MYRA, SHEETS, LARRY, SARGENT, DANA, SODERLUND, DAVID M, CHOI, JIN-SUNG, SYMINGTON, STEVE, CLARK, J MARSHALL, BURR, STEVE and RAY, DAVID, 2009. Evidence for a separate mechanism of toxicity for the Type I and the Type II pyrethroid insecticides. Neurotoxicology. 30 Suppl 1, S17-31
• RAY,D.E., BURR,S.A. and LISTER,T, 2006. The effects of combined exposure to the pyrethroids deltamethrin and S-bioallethrin on hippocampal inhibition and skeletal muscle hyperexcitability in rats. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 216(2), 354-362
• BURR S.A., 2006. The body in balance: A physio-philosophical view of life 1st ed, 296page book. Nottingham University Press.
• BURR, S.A. and RAY, D.E., 2004. Structure-activity and interaction effects of 14 different pyrethroids on voltage-gated chloride ion channels. Toxicological Sciences. 77, 341-346
• MULHERAN, M, DEGG, C, BURR, S, MORGAN, D W and STABLEFORTH, D E, 2001. Occurrence and risk of cochleotoxicity in cystic fibrosis patients receiving repeated high-dose aminoglycoside therapy. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 45(9), 2502-9
• HOLTON, J L, NOLAN, C C, BURR, S A, RAY, D E and CAVANAGH, J B, 1997. Increasing or decreasing nervous activity modulates the severity of the glio-vascular lesions of 1,3-dinitrobenzene in the rat: effects of the tremorgenic pyrethroid, Bifenthrin, and of anaesthesia. Acta neuropathologica. 93(2), 159-65