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Strategic Plan - Postgraduate
Nursing
The Centre for Postgraduate Nursing Studies aspires to achieve outstanding
contribution in the field of Nursing Studies fostering a creative and
supportive environment for teaching and learning to deliver innovative
and research informed teaching. Continuous and dynamic improvement, concerned
with professional development and change, will lead to quality outcomes
with positive processes and resources to achieve our aims.
- Achieving Excellence in Postgraduate Nursing
Education
1.1. Nursing Studies will take decisive step to appoint a Professor
in Nursing Studies at University of Otago, such an appointment
would inspire quality academic and research endeavours, lead
in professional development and contribute to the Nursing discipline
in the wider community, locally, nationally and internationally.
1.2. Use of innovative teaching approaches will enhance educational
quality for nursing as an applied practice discipline. Provision
of staff development and leadership training opportunities in
teaching, assessment and curricula innovation, will promote a
leading standard of postgraduate nursing education and research
informed curricula. Cementing of established collaborations with
clinical service will foster interdisciplinary contribution to
enhance teaching excellence.
1.3. Nursing Studies will strengthen relationships with South
Island and national health providers, aligning teaching and learning
programmes to current and future workforce requirements preparing
nurses in advancing practice specialities for a changing health
sector.
1.4. Increasing options within the curriculum in Nursing Studies
will increase student numbers in speciality nursing fields and
resultant growth will lead to recruitment of further high quality
academic nursing staff appropriately.
- Achieving Research Excellence
2.1. Nursing Studies will strengthen its research culture,
ethos and develop its national and international profile toward
research excellence expanding Nursing Studies’ programmatic approach
to research activity will ensure research groups;
- Demonstrate a cohesive strategy with clearly identified
priorities;
- Work in partnership with health providers including being reflexive
to contemporary national research development and delivery;
- Develop sustainable funding (internal and external) to support research
groups.
2.2. Developing research activity to influence the national
and international research and development agenda through:
- Execution of our research dissemination strategy;
- Engagement with NZ and international research collaborations related
to research groups;
- Demonstration of indicators of international esteem.
2.3. Nursing Studies will consolidate our research culture
where student supervision, research training and mentorship are
highly valued and strengthened.
- Ensuring an Outstanding Teaching Environment and Student
Experience
3.1. The Christchurch campus will provide adequate space and
facilities to enhance learning and research potential for nursing
students.
3.2. Nursing Studies will ensure students are integrated into
the community of nursing scholars where the potential contribution
of graduates can be fostered.
- Contributing to Excellence in Health Care
4.1. Nursing Studies will, as an applied practice discipline,
provide curricula innovation, and disperse knowledge to enhance
graduates’ ability to anticipate and reflect progressive professional
dimensions including best practice and leadership for high quality
health care.
4.2. Foster active participation of faculty in advocacy and
leadership on health topics related to the provision of health
care, community health and education.
4.3. Ensure quality provision of programmes in the future and
in our existing and future streams of expertise.
- Contribution to a Healthy Environment, National Good and
International Progress
5.1. We will provide advanced nursing practice education which
equips nursing graduates to deliver safe, appropriate and high
quality health care.
5.2. Nursing Studies will communicate knowledge and expertise
generated from scholarly endeavours that can influence health
outcomes, modes of professional service delivery and contribute
to wellbeing and social justice.
- Building and Sustaining Capability
6.1. Succession strategies will be fostered for emergent leadership,
ongoing curriculum development and sustaining research capability.
6.2. Nursing studies will maintain existing links and build
further collaborative relationships with health service areas
and extend research collaborations to increase research productivity.
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