Watson was elected vice president of the National Conference of University Professors in 2020 and became president in 2022 until 2024.[7] Watson is a First Gulf War veteran having served with 205 General Hospital RAMC(v) (Later 205 Field Hospital now merged with 225 Medical Regiment to form 215 Multirole Medical Regiment).[8]
Watson's clinical area is gerontological nursing with a special interest in mealtime and nutritional difficulties of older people with dementia. His research into the alleviation of mealtime difficulty in people with dementia led to the development of the "Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia Scale".[9] Watson is a proponent of the application of Mokken scaling in nursing research and has also contributed to the understanding of the general application of Mokken scaling and the influence of sample size on Mokken scaling parameters.[10][11][12][13]
Watson has held visiting positions in Slovenia, Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland and Italy.[14][15][16][17][18] He served as a member of the sub-panel for Nursing and Midwifery in the UK Research Assessment Exercise in 2008, and in 2014 on the sub-panel for Dentistry, Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Pharmacy in the UK Research Excellence Framework.[19][20]
Watson delivered the Winifred Raphael Memorial Lecture in 2001.[27] In 2017 Watson was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame.[28] That year, Watson also delivered the annual Elsie Stephenson Memorial Lecture at The University of Edinburgh.[29] In 2022 he was awarded the Margaret Comerford Freda award for Editorial Leadership in Nursing Publication by the International Academy of Nursing Editors.[30] In 2023 Sigma Nursing European Region included Watson in the list celebrating Sigma's centenary by celebrating 100 nurses from the last 100 years in Europe.[31] Watson is included in the Stanford list of top 2% scientists in his field.[32]
Personal life
Born to Margaret McCabe and William Morrison Watson[1] Watson is a former pupil of Banchory Academy. Watson is a haiku poet and a member of the British Haiku Society and former member of the Haiku Society of America with entries in the Living Haiku Anthology, the Living Senryu Anthology and The Haiku Foundation's Haiku Registry.[33][34][35] In 2018, 2019 and 2020, he was selected as one of the European Top 100 most creative haiku authors.[36][37][38][39][40] A Roman Catholic, he is married to Deborah Watson (née Yould) and they have eight children and ten grandchildren [1]
Bibliography
Watson has over 500 publications listed on Web of Science that have been cited more than 7000 times, giving him an h-index of 44. His three most-cited articles are:[41]
^Liu, W.; Watson, R.; Lou, F. L. (2014). "The Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia scale (EdFED): cross-cultural validation of the simplified Chinese version in mainland China". Journal of Clinical Nursing. 23 (1–2): 45–53. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04250.x. PMID23387397.
^Watson, Roger; Van Der Ark, L Andries; Lin, Li-Chan; Fieo, Robert; Deary, Ian J; Meijer, Rob R (2012). "Item response theory: How Mokken scaling can be used in clinical practice". Journal of Clinical Nursing. 21 (19pt20): 2736–2746. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03893.x. PMID21883577.
^Baas, Jeroen (25 October 2023). "Bibliometrics". October 2023 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Vol. 6. Elsevier Data Repository. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.6.
^"Watson, Roger". The Living Haiku Anthology. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^"Watson, Roger". The Living Senryu Anthology. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^"Roger Watson". Poet Profiles. The Haiku Foundation. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
