Olivia Revitt

Olivia is a lecturer in Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy at the University of Leicester. Having gained a BSc (hons) in Sport & Exercise Science with Psychology from the University of Gloucestershire in 2003 she embarked on a MSc in Physiotherapy at University of East Anglia. She joined the Pulmonary Rehabilitation department at Glenfield Hospital Leicester in 2006. Olivia has been involved in developing the clinical department and was involved with the development and implementation The National Asthma & COPD Audit programme and the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services Accreditation Scheme (PRSAS). In conjunction with Loughborough College she has designed and developed the Level 4 Chronic Respiratory Disease Exercise Instructor Course. Olivia is a member of the ACPRC/ BTS and an assessor for the PRSAS. She has presented at the BTS conference and also delivered sessions on ‘The Fundamentals of Pulmonary Rehabilitation’ short course and 'The Advanced Course in Pulmonary Rehabilitation for the Centre for Exercise and Rehabilitation Science' at Glenfield Hospital Leicester.  Olivia has also been a subject matter expert for Health Education England.  She currently holds an External Examiner position at Bangor University.  Since joining the University of Leicester, Olivia has completed her PG Certificate in Clinical Education in 2023.  She is now the Practice based learning lead for Physiotherapy and IPE lead for the School of Healthcare.

I have conducted a number of research trials within my employment at UHL and this was centred around Pulmonary Rehabilitation.  This involved investigating the efficacy of providing Pulmonary Rehabilitation post exacerbation.

Revitt, O., Sewell, L., Morgan, M., Singh, S. A Short Out- Patient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme Reduces Readmission Following a Hospitalisation for an Exacerbation of Copd; Respirology; October 2013

Revitt, O., Sewell, L., Singh, S. Early versus delayed pulmonary rehabilitation: A randomized controlled trial - Can we do it?; Chronic Respiratory Disease; January 2018

Jones, A. Evans, R. Revitt, O. Outcome measures in a combined exercise rehabilitation programme for adults with COPD and chronic heart failure: A preliminary stakeholder consensus event; Chronic Respiratory Disease; September 2019

Thomas, V. Revitt, O, Ward, S, Singh, S. To explore the prevalence and impact of hip and/or knee in patients presenting for pulmonary rehabilitation; British Thoracic Society Conference Paper; December 2018

BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Covid Recovery & Rehabilitation HEE

Health Education England Subject Matter Expert Member of Association of Respiratory Physiotherapists (ACPRC) British Thoracic Society Member Assessor for the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services Accreditation Scheme (PRSAS)

Article in Frontline Magazine

Masters in Physiotherapy 2006

BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Psychology 2003