Charlotte Carter-Lang

Charlotte graduated with a 1st class honours degree in Physiotherapy from Coventry University. She completed her junior rotations before starting a senior post in community practice treating patients with neurological and respiratory conditions.  She then went on to become a Clinical Specialist in Cardiorespiratory physiotherapy. Charlotte is a member of the CSP and ACPRC and has a specialist interest in the management of patients with COPD and Heart Failure. Charlotte is also the Principal physiotherapist of a private community practice.

Charlotte began lecturing at the University of Leicester in 2012. She is the Head of the Jo Williams Clinic, Practice Education Lead for the School of Healthcare, Citizens Lead and Chair of the Placement Committee for the School.  She is also Year 2 lead tutor for the physiotherapy degree. Charlotte has completed her PGCAPP, Master of Education and is a SFHEA.

Charlotte had a lead role in the design and implementation of the new Physiotherapy degree at Leicester, receiving a teaching and research merit award in June 2018 for her contribution. Charlotte introduced the use of flipped classroom teaching with colleagues across the course and presented her research at the Discovering Teaching Excellence at Leicester: Achieving Student Engagement Conference 2019 and the Advance HE’s Annual Teaching and Learning Conference 2020. Charlotte has been an invited speaker at several webinars and talks nationally and has had abstracts accepted at international conferences including WCPT, to present her innovations in Practice Education including the student electric car hire scheme and student led placement clinic. 

Charlotte has developed new innovative placements for students that have been featured as models of innovation by the CSP and Council of Deans. Charlotte was instrumental in the design and development of the new CSP Common Placement Assessment Form currently being used across the country, which was awarded a Chief Allied Health Professions Merit Award. She has led on the development and implementation of a new online assessment platform for student placements and has imbedded the CPAF in this. Charlotte has supported students in new research placements to present their research at both Physiotherapy UK and ESR international Congress. In 2022, Charlotte was awarded a £300K grant from HEE to set up an onsite student led placement clinic at the University. The Jo Williams Clinic was opened in August 2024 by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Nishan Canagarajah and has welcomed physiotherapy students from UoL and external HEIs. 

Charlotte is the external examiner for the University of Ulster. She is chair of the Midlands placement initiative (MIPPI), is a reviewer for the ACPRC Journal and peer reviewer for the British Journal of Healthcare Management. Charlotte is also a PEERs assessor for the University.

Charlotte is a contributing author for a study skills book for physiotherapy students and new graduates, alongside other respiratory specialists, due to be published by Elsevier in 2025. 

Areas of research, invited talks, publications and conferences:

• Practice Education

• Models of supervision in Practice Education

• Research and leadership placements

• Student and Educator placement experience

• Flipped Classroom Teaching

• Simulation

• Respiratory Physiotherapy

• Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation

• Named Author - The Student Physiotherapist's Companion: a Case-Based Test-Your-Knowledge Guide –Elsevier (due to be published 2025)
• Abstract accepted for WCPT in Japan – June 2025 – Development and Evaluation of a new student-led Physiotherapy clinic in a UK university.
• Invited talk – NHSE – webinar – Student Led Placement clinic – Feb 2025
• Invited talk about car hire scheme and placement clinic - BSOL dietetic practice placement group – March 24
• Invited talk about car hire scheme and placement clinic – BSOL ICS group March 2024
• Invited talk about car hire scheme  –University of Brighton School of Sports & Healthcare – Jan 24
• Invited talk about Car hire scheme - REPAIR workshop – HEE funded workshop south of England – Jan 24
• Invited talk about car hire scheme – University of Bournemouth faculty of Health and Social science – Dec 23
• Invited talk about Car hire scheme - REPAIR workshop – HEE funded workshop south of England – Nov 23
• CSP conference – November 2023 – Abstract accepted and presented for Student led walking aid clinic placement
• Invited talk – Car hire scheme – webinar to look at Exploring retention of pre registration AHP students – October 23
• https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/pulmonary-rehabilitation-workforce/   Publication outcome from NHS 5 year vision for Pulmonary Rehab workforce Group September 2022-June 2023
• WCPT - Abstract presentation -June 2023 - Development and evaluation of a bespoke, integrated, whole cohort approach to placement provision for physiotherapy students in a UK university
• ERS Barcelona- Abstract presentation - September 2022
• CSP – Research Innovation in placements – featured BLOG – Jan 2021
• CSP – Innovation in Placements – invited talk at national webinar 9^th March 2021
• Practice Based learning and student mental health – CSP Frontline publication – June 2021
• Council of Deans – Research Placement Innovation – Becoming research confident, Research placements in pre-registration nursing, midwifery and allied health programmes – June 2021
• Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference – 2020 – Flipped classroom presentation
• Discovering Teaching Excellence Conference – June 2019 – Flipped classroom presentation
• CSP – Frontline article - Student Research in Action – November 2018

Physiotherapy BSc(Hons) Degree - Teaching across all three years

Practice Education Lead, School of Healthcare

Module lead for clinical modules

Year 2 Lead Tutor

Specialist teaching areas:

• Practice Education

• COPD and HF

• Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation

• Advanced Clinical Skills (CR strand)

• Simulation

• Physiotherapy assessment and rehabilitation (CR Strand)

• Applying clinical reasoning in practice (CR Strand)

• Enhancing Learning from Practice Experience/Reflective Practice

• Flipped learning

• Problem based learning 

Physiotherapy clinical placements and Practice Education

COPD and Heart Failure - Physiotherapy management 

• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (MCSP)
• Member of the ACPRC (Association of Chartered Physiotherapy in Respiratory Care)
• Member of the ACPRC Higher Education institution (HEI) specialist interest group
• Member of the ACPICR (Association of Chartered Physiotherapy in Cardiac Rehabilitation)
• Member of the LLR AHP Council and Faculty
• Chair of Midlands Integrated Practice Placement Initiative (MIPPI)
• Chair of the Placements Committee for the School of Healthcare
• Chair of the Citizens Committee for the School of Healthcare

Teaching and Research Merit Award 2019

Nominated for the University Citizen’s award - above and beyond during Covid 2021

Covid change maker - Alice Mann photography project 2022

Merit award - December 2022 

BSc(Hons) Physiotherapy - Coventry University

Master of Education (MEd) - University of Leicester

Post Graduate Certificate in Academic and Professional Practice (PGCAPP) - University of Leicester

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

Covey Leadership Programme