Staff profile: Dr Maria Ponto

Maria PontoPosition: Principal Lecturer
School: Nursing
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8417 5712
Email: m.ponto@sgul.kingston.ac.uk

Biography

Maria is a registered nurse and midwife as well as health psychologist. In the past, she has worked as ITU nurse and a night sister as well as hospital and community midwife. Currently Maria is a principal lecturer and MSc course director at the school of nursing and a visiting professor to Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences in Finland. Maria teaches applied psychology to students of nursing, radiography, midwifery and physiotherapy.

In 2005, Maria was successful in winning a bid for £69,000 from the British Council for a Bridge 1 Project. There were only seven projects awarded nationally, and only one involving healthcare. The project involved writing a curriculum for an MSc in Healthcare Education and Management course. Since successful validation in St Petersburg, Russia in September 2006 there are now two courses running, one at Kingston University and one in Pavlov State Medical University, St Petersburg, Russia with 20 students enrolled on both courses.

Maria has given a series of lectures to international social work and nursing students in Kemi, Finland, Poland and Russia which include the following:

  • Psychology of Human Ageing. Kemi-Tornio University, Finland, September 2005
  • Nursing in the new Millennium. Keynote Lecture at the Inauguration of the New Faculty of Nursing, Lomza,  Poland, October 2005
  • Psychology of Human Ageing. Pomor State University, Archangel, Russia, February 2006
  • Images of Ageing. Pomor State University, Archangel, Russia, September, 2006

Working closely with the staff from Kemi-Tornio University and their collaborators, Maria is now writing a bid for joint research under Framework Programme 7 to EU. The aim is to research the experience of older people in the seven countries involved, in order to improve the quality of life of this age group.

Interests

Interested in research in Locus of control, learning styles, personality, stress, stroke, diabetes as well as psychological aspects of oncology.

Publications

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Number of items: 12.

Article

Ponto, Maria (2009) Book review of: Evidence-based nursing: an introduction edited by Nicky Cullum et. al. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 23(3), p. 314. ISSN (print) 1356-1820

Ponto, Maria (2009) Drawing Arctic circles. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 23(5), pp. 511-513. ISSN (print) 1356-1820

Ponto, Maria (2008) Book review of: Building the reflective healthcare organisation by Tony Ghaye. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 22(5), pp. 562-563. ISSN (print) 1356-1820

Watt, B. and Ponto, M. (2008) Challenges of empowering older people with type 2 diabetes: a review. Journal of Diabetes Nursing, 12(2), pp. 74-78. ISSN (print) 1368-1109

Ponto, Maria (2006) Using quantitative and qualitative methods within one study. Polskie Forum Psychologiczne, 11(2), pp. 153-163. ISSN (print) 1642-1043

Ponto, Maria T. (1999) Relationship between students' locus of control and satisfaction. British Journal of Nursing, 8(3), pp. 176-181. ISSN (print) 0966-0461

Book Section

Ponto, Maria T. (2006) The psychology of human ageing. In: Redfern, Sally J. and Ross, Fiona M., (eds.) Nursing older people. 4th ed. Edinburgh, U.K. : Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. pp. 39-56. ISBN 0443074593

Conference or Workshop Item

Ponto, Maria T. (2007) Health promotion and health education by the learning contract. In: 19th IUHPE world conference on health promotion and health education; 10 - 15 Jun 2007, Vancouver, Canada. (Unpublished)

Lucas, Marilyn , Damianova, Maria , Burney, Sue and Ponto, Maria (2006) Globalization and cultural specificity in stress and coping among female and male students studying in South Africa and Australia. In: International Education, A Matter of Heart; 13-16 Feb 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Lucas, Marilyn , Damianova, Maria , Burney, Sue and Ponto, Maria (2006) Stress and coping in students exposed to crime and violence: a comparative study of students studying at campuses in South Africa, Australia and England. In: 27th STAR Society Conference; 13 - 15 July 2006, Rethymnon, Crete.

Start, Kath and Ponto, Maria (2005) Building and sustaining capacity in healthcare education through the development of dual masters' programmes between the UK and Russian institutions. In: AMEE 2005; 29 Aug - 03 Sep 2005, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Unpublished)

Monograph

Marshall-Lucette, Sylvie , Ponto, Maria and Akroyd, Karen (2008) A widening participation project: evaluating academic tutor support models for the development of practice guidance within the Faculty of Health & Social Care Sciences. (Project Report) London, UK : Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, Kingston University and St George's, University of London. 64 p. ISBN 9780954989095

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Grants

  • Ponto M (2006). To identify potential partner for a Bridge 3 project. Russia. The British Council. Bridge – Travel Bursary. £2,000: 2006
  • Marshall-Lucette S; Ponto M (2006). An Evaluation of Academic Tutor Support for the Development of Practice Guidance within the Faculty. Kingston University Teaching and Learning Committee. £10,000: 2006–2007
  • Ponto M (2005). To design MSc curriculum and deliver MSc Course in St. Petersburg, Russia. The British Council. Bridge – British Degrees in Russia. £69,000: 2005–2008
  • Monro P; Ponto M (1999). Training for doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and administrators to allow extension of MDT led services to include patients with multiple sclerosis, and to set up district services for care of neurologically disabled patients at home.  To provide up-to-date information on MS, by translation and publication of a text on this subject in St. Petersburg. The Know How Fund, SPS-176 £32,000
  • Monro P; Ponto M (1999). To improve medical knowledge of evidence based stroke care, and, by involving senior administrators facilitate the introduction of MDT led stroke care into city hospitals, and extension of such care into the community in St. Petersburg. The Know How Fund, SPS-182 £15,140
  • Monro P; Pittilo M; Ponto M (1997). Training of teachers, doctors and nurses in principles and practice of basic nursing care of stroke patients to allow the opening of a new multidisciplinary team led Stroke Unit in Department of Neurology in Pavlov’s St Petersburg City Medical University (Pavlov's MU). The Know How Fund, SPS-131 £11,500
  • Monro P; Ponto M (1997). Training of nurses in principles of assessment of patients with disabled by neurological disorders  in order that these skills could be included into pre- and postgraduate nursing courses and put into practice on neurological ward in hospital No. 2 and No.3 in St. Petersburg.  The Know How Fund, SPS-142 £13,232