Outputs (38)

Advocating for Change - Enabling Authentic Assessment at Scale (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Mahoney, C., Bastow, F., & Finnan, G. (2024, June). Advocating for Change - Enabling Authentic Assessment at Scale. Presented at International AHE Conference 2024, Manchester

Background: Authentic assessment aims to connect learning to real-world issues which are meaningful to the learner (Villarroel et al 2018; Gillard-Cook; West 2014; Rule 2007). This paper reports an evidence-based authentic assessment on a Bachelor of... Read More about Advocating for Change - Enabling Authentic Assessment at Scale.

Live streaming of simulation-based learning to assist in clinical skills development (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Mahoney, C., & Breen, C. (2024, June). Live streaming of simulation-based learning to assist in clinical skills development. Poster presented at 29th Annual Meeting of Society for Simulation in Europe (SESAM), Prague

Introduction: Background, Context and Aims Simulation-based learning allows students to practice clinical scenarios in a controlled and safe environment, making it a valuable tool for healthcare education. Accounts of stress are common among student... Read More about Live streaming of simulation-based learning to assist in clinical skills development.

Using applied drama in nursing and healthcare education: A handbook for educators (2023)
Book
Kyle, R., Mermikides, A., Tizzard-Kleister, K., Mahoney, C., Dinetto, S., & Richardson, S. (in press). Using applied drama in nursing and healthcare education: A handbook for educators. United Kingdom: Routledge

In recent years there has been increasing interest in the interconnection between the performing arts and the performance of care. Applied drama has been used by educators to enable students to engage with concepts such as person centredness, compass... Read More about Using applied drama in nursing and healthcare education: A handbook for educators.

Wearable activity trackers for nurses' health: A qualitative acceptability study (2023)
Journal Article
Mahoney, C., Hoyle, L., Van Splunter, C., & Kyle, R. G. (2023). Wearable activity trackers for nurses' health: A qualitative acceptability study. Nursing Open, 10(9), 5777-6614. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1884

Aim: To assess the practical, social and ethical acceptability of the use of a POLAR® H7 chest‐strap wearable device to influence health behaviours among pre‐registered nurses. Design: Qualitative acceptability study including a simulated test of use... Read More about Wearable activity trackers for nurses' health: A qualitative acceptability study.

Competencies and standards in nurse education: The irresolvable tensions (2023)
Journal Article
Collier-Sewell, F., Atherton, I., Mahoney, C., Kyle, R. G., Hughes, E., & Lasater, K. (2023). Competencies and standards in nurse education: The irresolvable tensions. Nurse Education Today, 125, Article 105782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2023.105782

This paper explores the inherent contradiction between the purpose of nurse education – to produce critical thinking, autonomous and accountable future nurses – and the prescription of standards and competencies to realize this goal. Drawing on examp... Read More about Competencies and standards in nurse education: The irresolvable tensions.

Effects of student-led drama on nursing students' attitudes to interprofessional working and nursing advocacy: A pre-test post-test educational intervention study (2023)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Bastow, F., Harper-Mcdonald, B., Jeram, T., Zahid, Z., Nizamuddin, M., & Mahoney, C. (2023). Effects of student-led drama on nursing students' attitudes to interprofessional working and nursing advocacy: A pre-test post-test educational inter

Nursing educators need to equip students to work in interprofessional teams and advocate for patients in increasingly integrated health and social care settings. Drama-based education has been used in nursing to help students understand complex conce... Read More about Effects of student-led drama on nursing students' attitudes to interprofessional working and nursing advocacy: A pre-test post-test educational intervention study.

Drama-based education improves student nurses’ attitudes to interprofessional working and nursing advocacy: a pre-test post-test study (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Kyle, R., Bastow, F., Harper McDonald, B., & Mahoney, C. (2022, September). Drama-based education improves student nurses’ attitudes to interprofessional working and nursing advocacy: a pre-test post-test study. Paper presented at NET Conference 2022, Lancaster

In this session we share findings from our study examining the impact of the use of drama-based education on student nurses’ attitudes towards interprofessional working and nursing advocacy. We discuss the development and evaluation of two plays crea... Read More about Drama-based education improves student nurses’ attitudes to interprofessional working and nursing advocacy: a pre-test post-test study.

BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home - No.7 (2021)
Digital Artefact
Mahoney, C., & García-López, Y. (2021). BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home - No.7. [Blog]

Excess deaths at home: engagement with service providers (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Mahoney, C., Garcia-Lopez, Y., & Atherton, I. (2021, August). Excess deaths at home: engagement with service providers. Presented at Scottish Bereavement Steering Group 2021, Glasgow, UK

Performance for Care (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mahoney, C., & Mermikedes, A. (2020, November). Performance for Care. Presented at Performance for Care, Online

As the use of drama in the education of healthcare professionals becomes more widely accepted, its relationship to the more established practice of simulation based learning merits further examination. Though these two pedagogic approaches stem from... Read More about Performance for Care.