Over 700 nurse educators from around the world descended on Singapore this past October for the International Nurse Education Conference NETNEP 2024, including several from the School of Nursing at UBC-V.
December 4, 2024
Ashley Scott presented his poster Revolutionizing Online Clinical Education: Enhancing Advanced Remote Clinical Assessment Skills through a Blended-Learning, Flipped Classroom Approach. This poster detailed some of his work at the University of Huddersfield, where he developed an innovative “Advanced Remote Clinical Assessment Skills” course, blending a flipped classroom approach with gamified learning and online simulated practice. Designed to address challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, early feedback highlighted the course’s success in fostering high engagement and satisfaction, and it has become mandatory training at a number of large NHS ambulance trusts in the UK.
Ranjit Kaur Dhari gave an oral presentation entitled Teaching and learning about anti-racism/anti-oppression: Building capacity through professional development on behalf of the authors of this study: Ranjit, Jill Mahy, Natalie Chambers, Nassim Adhami, Julie Tipping and Sabrina Wong. This work centres on training modules developed for Nursing Practice Educators who mentor students during their practicum.
Dr. Lydia Wytenbroek employs history as a means of learning about nursing, using storytelling from the past as a way to a better informed future. Partnering with Ranjit, who stepped in for Debbie Mann, Lydia presented Developing cultural humility in undergraduate nursing students using history.
Sabrina Gill and Ranjit gave a “Rapid 5” presentation on barriers to promotion and career success for nurses of colour with Make Space for a Black, Indigenous, People of Colour Executive Leadership Seat: Open the door, on behalf of co-authors: Ranjit Sabrina, Deljit Bains, Adrian Juric, Heather McKay-Maddox, and Balbir Gurm.
Alum Balbir Gurm and Ranjit demonstrated that telling stories of personal experience can be used in the classroom to teach about racism and the importance of creating inclusive spaces. They co-authored and co-presented Unveiling systemic racism: narrative of courage and advocacy in education, featuring the video Unseen: Ranjit’s Story (by filmmaker Adrian Juric). In addition, they shared student feedback from the highly successful nursing elective open to all students on campus “NURS 180: Stress and Strategies to Promote Wellbeing.”
Dr. Suzanne Campbell and first author of the study Arleigh Bell experienced issues that unfortunately kept them from attending NETNEP to present their poster, Developing communication skills of pre-licensure interprofessionals. Ranjit, who is named among the authors of this poster, once again stepped in on their behalf. Other authors include Kymberley Bontinen, Lee-Ann Stephen, Barbara Lee, Yujin Lim, Ana Erhardt, and Thayanthi Tharmaratnam.
