Biography:
Kimberley’s expertise in undergraduate psychiatric nursing education spans close to four decades. Areas of research interest include suicide in rural populations, equine assisted psychotherapy/learning, undergraduate and graduate psychiatric nursing education, curriculum development, teaching and learning, mental health psychiatric nursing, mental health of rural and isolated populations, dementia, distance education, and ongoing continuing competency. Kimberley’s strength lies in qualitative research. She has disseminated research findings in 30 publications and presented at 44 National and International conferences. In addition to working in academia, Kimberley offers Equine Assisted Psychotherapy services through not-for-profit, private practice.
Title : Use of student evaluations to measure post-secondary education teaching effectiveness: Are they reliable and valid measures? If not, what alternative evaluation strategies should be considered?