Innovations in Education: Curriculum Strategies to Prepare Nurses Utilizing Technology
Webinar Details & Objectives
Join the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, 2019 winner for 础础颁狈鈥檚 Innovations in Professional Nursing Education Award for schools with academic health centers and learn the strategies implemented by faculty and staff to incorporate innovation and technology into the nursing curriculum.
Objectives:
- Describe the technological considerations for implementing an iPad 1:1 initiative
- Explain the instructional design and faculty collaboration processes for curriculum redesign.
- Explain how the creative leveraging of technology can be used to promote active inclusion in interprofessional simulation-based activities.
- Discuss the benefits and barriers encountered when infusing simulation-based activities throughout a curriculum
础础颁狈鈥檚 Innovations in Professional Nursing Education Award recognizes the outstanding work of 黑料吃瓜王 member schools to re-envision traditional models for nursing education and lead programmatic change.
Register for additional webinars that highlight our 2019 Innovations in Professional Nursing Education Award Winners:
- March 17, 2020 at 2:00 pm (ET)
Innovative Post-Graduate Mentoring - April 8, 2020 at 2:00 pm (ET)
Innovations in Professional Nursing Education: Competency Based Education & UWM鈥檚 Flexible Option - April 29, 2020 at 2:00 pm (ET)
Innovative Primary Care Nursing Academic Practice Partnership
Speakers

Assistant Professor and Director
University of Cincinnati
Dr. Green is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program at the University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing. She has over 20 years of experience in the area of obstetrical and neonatal nursing. For the last 15 years she has worked in academia and possesses experience in clinical nursing education, curriculum design, development, and instruction. Within these roles Dr. Green collaborates with faculty and instructional design colleagues in the implementation of curriculum and adherence to program guidelines.
Dr. Green has focused her research on the professional development of students and health care professionals through simulation and standardization in the areas of low frequency, high crisis events and also in the area of post cesarean, opioid reduction utilizing multimodal analgesia guidelines. During her career she has held several memberships and leadership positions within professional nursing organizations and has presented her research and projects locally, nationally, and internationally

Assistant Dean
University of Cincinnati
Dr. Matt Rota is the Assistant Dean for Technology for the College of Nursing. In his role, the College of Nursing, he is responsible for innovation, the instructional design department and college IT department, known as CATER, report to him. In this role, he provides leadership oversight, to ensure the departments align with the college鈥檚 vision of 鈥淭hrough the creative leveraging of technology, we will transform health care.鈥 His department also provides a community of practice, supported by ongoing professional development and faculty partnership, as well as innovative pedagogical approaches - online and face-to-face.
Before joining UC College of Nursing, he spent 10 years in the corporate arena as a senior instructional designer, designing eLearning courses for Cincinnati Public Schools, Microsoft, P&G, Best Western, Novartis, and other fortune 500 companies.
His PhD is in Education. He focused he studies and research on Instructional Design for Online Learning, specifically in Virtual Clinical Experiences and Augmented Reality.

University of Cincinnati
Dr. Wagner has more than 35 years of experience as an RN. She has practiced in a variety of settings including acute care, long term care, and in the community. This variety has provided her with a sound understanding of the practice of nursing not only across the life span and across settings, but also the models of care delivery necessary to ensure quality patient care in those populations. Dr. Wagner holds an MSN and APRN-CNS license in Community Health Nursing and has completed her post masters Doctor of Nursing Practice degree May of 2019. She has been teaching at the University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing since 2000 and currently focuses her teaching efforts in the Skills and Simulation Lab. She is passionate about simulation in nursing education and as the Director of the Skills and Simulation Labs is involved in development and delivery of a variety of simulation based education experiences for all levels of students as well as provide her expertise in consultation with faculty and college of nursing committees. As the Director of the Skills and Simulation Labs her vision and leadership skills in the creative leveraging of innovation in well- designed immersive simulation scenarios and the strength of simulation based education augments the strong academic outcomes at the University of Cincinnati鈥檚 College of Nursing.

Associate Professor, Program Director
University of Cincinnati
Eileen Werdman, DNP, APRN, CNS, is an Associate Professor and Accelerated Direct Entry MSN Program Director at the University Of Cincinnati College Of Nursing. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from College of Mount St. Joseph and her Master of Science in Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice from University of Cincinnati.
As Accelerated Direct Entry MSN Program Director, she is responsible for daily operations of the college鈥檚 accelerated program designed to help students holding a bachelor鈥檚 degree in an area outside of nursing become a registered nurse and earn a generalist master鈥檚 degree.
With more than 32 years of involvement in the realm of nursing, Dr. Werdman possesses vast experience in clinical nursing education and practice. While having held several leadership positions within various professional nursing organizations, she has also given more than 20 presentations locally, nationally and internationally.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff and students from . All non-member audiences will be required to pay a $59 webinar fee.
Continuing Education Credits

Eligible attendees may receive one continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hour for participating in this webinar. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (黑料吃瓜王) is an accredited CNE-provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.