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Mr Keith Ward

Keith Ward is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Human and Health Sciences at the University of Huddersfield, teaching nursing. His work has included the creation of a computer-simulated health care environment, the Penfield Virtual Hospital, and the collection of a comprehensive set of case histories to capture the context of nursing as it applies to patient care. He aims to use these to shift the emphasis in the curriculum towards clinical decision making based on the context of nursing.
Year
2003
Institution
University of Huddersfield
Job Title
Project Director
Keith Ward is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Human and Health Sciences at the University of Huddersfield, teaching nursing. His work has included the creation of a computer-simulated health care environment, the Penfield Virtual Hospital, and the collection of a comprehensive set of case histories to capture the context of nursing as it applies to patient care. He aims to use these to shift the emphasis in the curriculum towards clinical decision making based on the context of nursing. The Incontext website has been sustained through a 'community of users' based on annual subscription fees. The model has been successful with thirty six HE institutions subscriptions and 1950 individual registrants. Keith has developed various pedagogies for the use of the case notes/virtual hospital to inform learning and teaching. These approaches have been generally well received by collaborating institutions but the challenge as always is how to develop the curriculum away from teaching content and its assessment to one of learning through engagement and its recording.

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