Dr Ann Donohoe

Senior Lecturer in Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, RCSI Bahrain
Adonohoe@rcsi-mub.com
Office: +97316660191

Area of Expertise

Teaching Interests

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education; Reflective Practice; Research Theory and Practice; Ethics in Research; Primary and Community Nursing; Nurse Education.

Research Interests

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education; Blended Learning; Reflective Practice; Action Research; Nurse Education; Rare Disease Research.

Qualifications

  • 2020- Fellowship of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery (FFNMRCSI); RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences.
  • 2017 -Graduate Diploma for Entrepreneurial Educators; University College Dublin, Ireland.
  • 2012- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Teaching and Learning); University College Dublin, Ireland.
  • 2002- Registered Nurse Tutor (RNT); University College Dublin.
  • 2000- Master of Science (Nursing) (MSc.); Trinity College, Dublin.
  • 1996 -Higher Diploma in Nursing (Public Health) (RPHN); University College Dublin, Ireland.
  • 1995 -Diploma in Safety, Health and Welfare at Work; University College Dublin, Ireland.
  • 1990- Diploma in Midwifery (RM); Registered on the Midwives Division as maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).
  • 1988- Diploma in General Nursing (RGN); Registered on the General Nurses Division as maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).

Professional Affiliations

  • Member of the International Network for Health Workforce Education (INHWE)
  • Member of Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing (STTI)

Current areas of activity

  • Exploring the role of reflective practice in nurse education.
  • Exploring language interpreting in undergraduate medical education: developing a framework for educational practice.

Previous Research

  • The development of European guidelines and reference points for the design and delivery of degree programmes in nursing.
  • The development of a model to facilitate the teaching of reflective practice within a blended learning environment.
  • The development of a framework to guide nursing and midwifery in the community, guided by an evidence review.
  • Identifying the optimum role and function of an outreach service for patients and families with a rare disease.

Current Research

  • Actively researching the benefits and challenges that are associated with reflective practice in nurse education.
  • Students are welcome to contact me for research projects

Publications

  • Kearney, S., Donohoe, A. and McAuliffe, E., (2020). Living with epidermolysis bullosa: Daily challenges and health‐care needs. Health Expectations, 23(2), pp.368-376.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13006.
  • Donohoe, A., (2019). The Blended Reflective Inquiry Educators Framework; origins, development and utilisation. Nurse education in practice, 38, pp.96-104.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2019.06.008.
  • Donohoe, A., Kearney, S., and McAuliffe, E. (2018) Identifying the Optimum Role and Function of an Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) Outreach Nurse. Irish Research Council; Dublin, Ireland. DOI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10147/624130.
  • CALOHEE (2018) Guidelines and Reference Points for the Design and Delivery of Degree Programmes in Nursing.
    https://www.calohee.eu/.
  • Leahy-Warren, P., Mulcahy, H., Benefield, L., Bradley, C., Coffey, A., Donohoe, A., Fitzgerald, S., Frawley, T., Healy, E., Healy, M. and Kelly, M., (2017). Conceptualising a model to guide nursing and midwifery in the community guided by an evidence review. BMC nursing, 16(1), p.35.
  • Leahy-Warren, P., Mulcahy, H., McLoughlin, K., Kelly, M., Phelan, A., Savage, E., Benefield, L., Bradley, C., Coffey, A., Donohoe,, A., Fitzgerald, S., Frawley, T., Healy, M., Meagher, C., McCarthy, B., O’Connell, R., O’Mahony, A., Paul,, G., Stokes, D., Walsh, J. and Healy, L. (2016). An Evidence Review on Current Models of Registered Nursing and Midwifery Practice in the Community to Inform Policy Development. Department of Health; Dublin.
  • Donohoe, A., (2015). Reflective Writing: Articulating an Alternative Pedagogy. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 186, pp.800-804.