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Volume 5, Issue 8(Suppl) J Nurs Care 2016
ISSN: 2167-1168 JNC, an open access journal
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Euro Nursing 2016
October 17-19, 2016
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15th Euro Nursing & Medicare Summit
October 17-19, 2016 Rome, Italy
Peer evaluation ideas, thoughts and opinions related to leadership of large teaching teams
Stephen McNally
Western Sydney University, Australia
Apart from anecdotal experiences, little is known about the qualities required from unit coordinator’s to effectively lead and
manage a large teaching team within a Bachelor of Nursing course. Much of the research literature related to leadership
in university education tends to be non-discipline specific. This is probably because it focuses on senior and not on lower end
management levels. Historically, nurse academics have developed the leadership and management skills inherent in the unit
coordination role “on the job”. Ad hoc skill development is unreliable and inefficient and may have been responsible for the
many anecdotal experiences where poor team leadership and management skills have been exhibited by unit coordinators. Peer
evaluation is a valuable resource that has been used as a strategy to inform academics about their teaching practices. However,
a recent search of the literature did not reveal studies specific to using peer evaluation as a strategy to develop teaching team
leadership and management skills. Consequently, a peer evaluation survey was developed to encourage all members of the
teaching team to provide their ideas; thoughts and opinions related to the unit leadership, management and the teaching and
learning activities associated with the unit. This paper will present the results from the peer evaluation survey that has provided
unit coordinators with empirical evidence related to their leadership and management abilities, which can be used for their
personal self-development. In addition, an overview of the workshop that was developed from the peer evaluation survey to
enhance the leadership and management skills for unit coordinators will be presented.
Biography
Stephen McNally is a registered nurse and has extensive experience as an Academic and is the Director of the Undergraduate Nursing Program at Western Sydney
University. He was awarded a PhD in 2007, and his thesis was titled: Triage education: From experience to practice standards.
Stephen McNally, J Nurs Care 2016, 5:8(Suppl)