Dr. Agnes Shiel

Head of Discipline
Tel:  353-91-495470
Email:  agnes.shielnuigalway.ie

Clinical Background

Occupational Therapy: Acute neuroscience and neurorehabilitation.

Academic Qualifications

PhD (University of Southampton) (Title: Recovery of Cognitive Behaviours and Cognitive Impairments after Severe Head Injury).
MSc.,(awarded with distinction) University of Southampton.
Dip C.O.T. St Joseph’s College of Occupational Therapy, Dublin.

Research Interest

• Acquired Brain Injury in adults.
• Acquired disorders of consciousness: coma, the vegetative state and the minimally conscious state.
  Neuro rehabilitation.
• Cognitive and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.

Teaching Interest

• Clinical Neuroscience
• Research
• Evidence Based Practice
• Standardised Testing

Publications

Peer Reviewed Papers

Coleman, M.R., Boniface, S.J., Shiel, A., Gelling. L., Fryer, T.D., Wilson, B.A., Menon, D.K., Pickard, J.D. Emergence from coma assessed using EEG, PET and behavioural measures. Clinical Neurophysiology, 2007; 118 (5) e152.

Shiel, A; Wilson, BA. (2005) Can behaviours observed in the early stages of recovery after traumatic brain injury predict poor outcome. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.2005; 15(3-4) 2005, 494-502.

Elliott L. Coleman M. Shiel A. Wilson BA. Badwan D. Menon D. Pickard J. Effect of posture on levels of arousal and awareness in vegetative and minimally conscious state patients: a preliminary investigation. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.2005; 76(2):298-9.

Crossley, Margaret; Shiel, A; Wilson, B; Coleman, M. R; Gelling, L; Fryer, T; Boniface, S; Pickard, J.  Monitoring emergence from coma following severe brain injury in an octogenarian using behavioural indicators, electrophysiological measures and metabolic studies: A demonstration of the potential for good recovery in older adults. Brain Injury.2005; 19(9), 729-737.

Page M, Wilson BA, Shiel A, Carter G and Norris D (2005) What is the locus of the errorless-learning advantage? Neuropsychologia: 44 (1) 90-100.

Shiel A. Gelling L. Wilson B. Coleman M. Pickard JD.  Difficulties in diagnosing the vegetative state. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2004;. 18(1):5-7.

Gelling L. Shiel A. Elliott L. Owen A. Wilson B. Menon D. Pickard J.  Commentary on Oh H. and Seo W. (2003) Sensory stimulation programme to improve recovery in comatose patients. Journal of Clinical Nursing 12, 394-404. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2004 Jan; 13(1): 125-7.

Wilson BA, Shiel A, McLellan DL, Horn S, Watson M. Monitoring recovery of cognitive function following brain injury. Brain Impairment, 2002;  2(1): 22-28.

Shiel A. Burn JPS. Henry D. Clark J. Wilson BA. Burnett ME. McLellan DL. The effects of increased rehabilitation therapy after brain injury: results of a prospective controlled trial. Clinical Rehabilitation. 2001; 15(5): 501-14. 

Watanabe Y. Shiel A. McLellan DL. Kurihara M. Hayashi K.  The impact of traumatic brain injury on family members living with patients: a preliminary study in Japan and the UK. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2001; 23(9): 370-8. 

Watanabe Y. Shiel A. Asami T. Taki K. Tabuchi K. An evaluation of neurobehavioural problems as perceived by family members and levels of family stress 1-3 years following traumatic brain injury in Japan. Clinical Rehabilitation. 2000; 14(2): 172-7.

Wills P. Clare L. Shiel A. Wilson BA.  Assessing subtle memory impairments in the everyday memory performance of brain injured people: exploring the potential of the extended Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test. Brain Injury. 2000;14(8):693-70.

Shiel A. Horn SA. Wilson BA. Watson MJ. Campbell MJ. McLellan DL.  The Wessex Head Injury Matrix (WHIM) main scale: a preliminary report on a scale to assess and monitor patient recovery after severe head injury. Clinical Rehabilitation. 2000; 14(4):408-16.

Shiel A. Wilson BA.  Assessment after extremely severe head injury in a case of life or death: further support for McMillan. Brain Injury.1998; 12(10):809-16. 

Robertson IH. Manly T. Beschin N. Daini R. Haeske-Dewick H. Homberg V. Jehkonen M. Pizzamiglio G. Shiel A. Weber E.  Auditory sustained attention is a marker of unilateral spatial neglect. Neuropsychologia. 1997; 35(12):1527-32.

Kapur N, Scholey K,  Moore E, ; Barker S, Brice J, Thompson S, Shiel A, Carn R, Abbott P, ; Fleming J (1996)  Long-term retention deficits in two cases of disproportionate retrograde amnesia. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 8(5) 416-434.

Kaschel R. Zaiser-Kaschel H. Shiel A. Mayer K. (1995) Reality orientation training in an amnesic: a controlled single-case study (n = 572 days) . Brain Injury 1995 9(6):619-33.

Majerus, S; Van der Linden, M; Shiel, A.  Wessex Head Injury Matrix and Glasgow/Glasgow-Liege Coma Scale: A validation and comparison study. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 2000; 10(2), 320-31. 

Watson, MJ; Horn, S; Wilson, BA; Shiel, A; McLellan, L. The application of a paired comparisons technique to identify sequence of recovery after severe head injury. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.1997; 7(4)  441-458.

Wilson, BA; Baddeley, A; Evans, J; Shiel, A.  Errorless learning in the rehabilitation of memory impaired people. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.1994; 4(3) 307-326.

Shiel, A; Wilson, BA; Horn, S; Watson, M; et al. Can patients in coma following traumatic head injury learn simple tasks? Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 1993; 3(2) 161-175. 

Horn, S; Shiel, A; McLellan, L; Campbell,; et al. A review of behavioural assessment scales for monitoring recovery in and after coma with pilot data on a new scale of visual awareness. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.1993; 3(2) 1993, 121-137.

Wilson, BA; Baddeley, A; Shiel, A; Patton, G.  How does post-traumatic amnesia differ from the amnesic syndrome and from chronic memory impairment? Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.1992; 2(3) 231-243. 

Shiel A; Wilson, B. A.  Performance of stroke patients on the Middlesex Elderly Assessment of Mental State. Clinical Rehabilitation. 1992; 6(4), 283-289.

Reports

Murphy K, O’Shea E, Cooney A , Shiel A, Hodgins M (2006). Improving Quality of Life for Older People in Long-Stay Care Settings in Ireland. National Council on Ageing and Older People. Report No. 93.

Horn S, Watson M, Wilson BA, Shiel A, McLellan DL, Campbell M. The Southampton Head Injury Project: The Development of New Scales to Monitor Recovery after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. University of Southampton, Rehabilitation Research Unit, Technical Report 3.

Pestridge S, Shiel A, McLellan DL, Wilson BA (1997 ).  Development of Assessment Scales for Severely Head Injured Children.  University of Southampton, Rehabilitation Research Unit, Technical Report 7. 

Shiel A, Henry D, Clark J, McLellan DL, Wilson BA, Burn JPS. A controlled evaluation of intensive therapy after head injury. University of Southampton Technical Report. 

Monographs

Wilson BA, Herbert C, Shiel A (2003) Behavioural Approaches to Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Optimising Rehabilitation Procedures. Psychology Press.

Book Chapters

Shiel A. Rehabilitation of people in reduced states of awareness. Chapter 12 in Wilson BA  (ed) Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. Pp 253-271 Swets and Zeitlinger, Ann Arbor. 2003.

Shiel A (1993) Rehabilitation of memory: single case results.  in F.J. Stachowiak, R De Blesser, G Deloche, R Kaschel, R. Kremin, P North, L. Pizzamiglio, I Robertson & B.A Wilson (Eds).  Developments in the assessment and rehabilitation of brain damaged patients: Perspectives form a European Concerted Action.  (pp 159-168) Tubingen: Gunter Narr Verlag.

Wilson BA, Shiel A, Watson M, Horn S, McLellan DL (1994) Monitoring behaviour during coma and post traumatic amnesia.  in B Uzell and AL Christensen (Eds), Progress in the rehabilitation of brain injured people.  Boston: Kluwer Academic Press.

Shiel A, Horn S, Watson M, McLellan DL, Wilson BA (1995).  How many ways can you score zero?  Assessment of functional skills in severely head injured patients.  in MA Chamberlain, VC Neumann and A Tennant (Eds) Traumatic Brain Injury: Initiatives in service delivery, treatment and measuring outcome.  Chapman and Hall.

Tests

Shiel A, Wilson BA, Horn S, Watson M, McLellan DL. (2000) The Wessex Head Injury Matrix. 2000. Pearson Assessment. (Formerly the Psychological Corporation).

Wilson BA, Shiel A, FoleyJ, Emslie H, Groot Y, Hawkins K. (2005) The Cambridge Assessment of Prospective Memory (CAMPROMPT). 2005 Pearson Assessment (Formerly the Psychological Corporation).

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