Biography
He is currently Associate Dean Medical Education and Head of the Educational Unit at the Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. He is a practising paediatrician and Assoc Prof in The Department of Children’s and Women’s Health, Dunedin School of Medicine.
Research Interest
Ralph has an interest in teaching clinical reasoning in the clinical setting and by using virtual patients. He designed undergraduate paediatric curricula using a presenting complaints format at the University of Auckland and James Cook University. He has presented workshops on teaching clinical reasoning at international conferences. His research interests include clinical reasoning, curriculum development, e-learning, teaching clinical skills, the clinical learning environment.
Biography
Rose E. Constantino, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN, FACFE, is Associate Professor and Fulbright Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Department of Health and Community Systems. She teaches Forensic Nursing based on the content of a book she co-authored “Forensic Nursing: Evidence-based Principles and Practice†published by F. A. Davis in 2013. Her pro bono family law practice representing clients in court is founded on her research on the consequences of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) on the health, safety and well-being of women, men and children worldwide. Her current research is in evaluating the effectiveness of online and mobile delivery of health interventions to survivors of IPV as a disruptive innovation (HELPP Zone app) in building healthy relationships and preventing intimate partner violence. She is a 2016 Fulbright Scholar, 2016 Sigma Theta Tau International GNLA Mentor and 2016 ANA Jessie M. Scott awardee.
Research Interest
I started to teach public health nursing and psychiatric-mental health nursing as soon as I completed my Bachelors of Science in Nursing degree in 1962 at the Adventist University of the Philippines (formerly Philippine Union College). I then taught psychiatric mental health nursing at Spring Grove State Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and at Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh. In 1971, I taught psychiatric mental health nursing at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing after receiving my Master’s (1971) and PhD (1979) degrees. I completed my law degree in1984 (evening program) while teaching psychiatric mental health nursing. I continued to teach undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing since 1971 up to the present. My teaching experience relates to my psychiatric mental health nursing experience, family law practice and research studies on health outcomes of women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) and women whose spouse committed suicide. I guest lecture on the ethical and legal issues in nursing practice and in the role of nurses, family health nursing, continuing education for nurses, lawyers and physicians in caring for women and girls in IPV. Currently, I teach several courses in the undergraduate and graduate programs: Fundamentals of Legal Nurse Consulting and Forensic Nursing; Advanced Forensic Nursing; Legal Nurse Consulting and Forensic Nursing Practicum; Forensic Psychiatric Mental Health, Correctional Nursing; and Independent Study. These are all Web-Based/Web-Supported courses, conducive to students’ learning and work scheduling needs. I have developed a Certificate Program in Forensic Nursing as a global project.
Biography
Sawsan H. Ezzeddine is Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the Makassed University of Beirut. She was President of the Federation of National Nursing Associations for 8 years (1992-2000). She has drafted the current Nursing Order Bylaws submitted to the Ministry of Health and approved in 2002. She has received the Nurse of the Year Award offered by the WHO and the Order of Nurses in 2007. She has participated in many national research projects by the MOH and WHO to promote the nursing profession in Lebanon, and member in many professional associations. She completed BS in Nursing from American University of Beirut in 1980, Masters in 1983 and PhD in Education from the Lebanese University in 2014.
Research Interest
Nursing and Health Sciences