Dr Allison Wiseman
Academic and research departments
School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.About
Biography
Allison is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Integrated Care in the School of Health Sciences. She is a qualified nurse with a background in critical care. She works in a local Foundation trust. Allison studied for a Diploma and BSc in Nursing Studies following her nurse registration. Subsequently she has been awarded an MSc Applied Professional Studies in Education and Training. She has recently completed her Doctorate of Clinical Practice at the University of Surrey. She joined the University of Surrey in 2002.
Allison has held a number of external examiner posts in the UK and is currently and External Examiner for Bournmouth University, and has undertaken curriculum review for other institutions Nationally and Internationally
Research interests
Simulated practice learningAssessment of medicines managementDecision makingInter-professional learning
Research collaborations
Research into the impact of MASK-ED ( KRStm)) on students caring skills with Wendy Grosvenor
Teaching
Allison teaches across the undergraduate (professional preparatory and continuing professional development) and postgraduate programmes including:
- Physical assessment
- Clinical skills and simulation
- Decision making
- Physical Health Science
- Medicines management
- Research
Departmental duties
Director of Studies BSc MSc Delivering Quality Healthcare
Additional Learning Support Advisor
Recognition of Prior Learning
Practice Liaison Teacher - Locality 3
Affiliations
Senior Teaching Fellow Higher Education Academy
Member of the
Royal College of Nursing
International Nurses Association for Simulation and Clinical Learning
Publication highlights
Wiseman A & Horton K (2011) Developing clinical scenarios from a European perspective: successes and challenges Nurse Education Today doi:10.1016Wiseman A, Haynes C & Hodge S (2013) Professional integrity and simulation based learning in health & social care: an ethical and legal maze or a professional requirement for high quality simulated practice learning? Clinical Simulation in Nursing e1-7Johnson G, Wiseman A (2013) Assessment of performance IN Westwood OMR, Griffin A, Hay FC How to assess trainees in medicine and healthcare London Balliere Tindall 59-76
Conference presentationsJune 2012- Presentation 6th Simulation in Nursing conference Leeds Metropolitan University“Professional integrity of participants- a legal and ethical dilemma for educators”
November 2012- Poster presentation ASPiH, Oxford. “Professional integrity & simulation”
June 2013-master class in conjunction with Catherine Haynes University of Surrey, 2013 Nursing & simulation conference , Luton UK“Professional integrity in simulation: developing a code for simulated practice learning.”
July 2013- Workshop in Conjunction with Stella Whitley, University of Chester & Jacqueline England, University of Bedford HPSN World, San Francisco, USA“Can simulation improve failure to fail?”
July 2013- Poster in Conjunction with Catherine Haynes, University of Surrey HPSN World, San Francisco, USA- “European nurse adaptation program: evaluation student and staff experiences of learning in a simulated practice environment using the simulation effectiveness tool”
November 2013- ASPiH Presentation, Harrogate UK- “Peer assessed medicines management OSCEs- validity and judgement making”
September 2015- NET conference presentation “Peer-assessed medicines management: Student nurses' perceptions of safe medicines management”
September 2015- HPSN Europe conference presentation Univerity San Vittorio, Madrid, Spain “Experiences of being the educator behind the mask”July 2016 Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences University of Surrey Research Festival Poster presentation “Peer assessed medicines management OSCEs using criterion and global scores- reliability”July 2016 Pan asia pacific global patient safety conference presentation- Brisbane Australia “Peer assessed medicines management OSCE for student nurses- a strategy to enhance safe medicines management practice”
University roles and responsibilities
- Director of Studies for the MSc and BSc Healthcare PracticePractice liaison Teacher Locality 3 (frimley) & HMP
ResearchResearch interests
High Fidelity Silicone Patient Simulation- students perceptions
Safe medicines management using peer assessed OSCEs & video vignettes
Inter-professional learning in critical care
Acute pain assessment
Research interests
High Fidelity Silicone Patient Simulation- students perceptions
Safe medicines management using peer assessed OSCEs & video vignettes
Inter-professional learning in critical care
Acute pain assessment
Supervision
Postgraduate research supervision
Supervisor for the BSc adult nursing
CPD BSc students
MSc students
Postgraduate research supervision
Revalidation a case study approach
Effective decision making in undifferentiated urgent care. A Specialist Paramedic perspective
How does simulation aid in developing clinical decision making (reasoning) for student paramedics?
Teaching
Director of Studies for the MSc and BSc Healthcare Practice
Module leader- continuing professional development
Health assessment
Complex health assessment
Care of the acutely ill
Module leader Professional Preparation
Physical Health Sciences
Specialist areas- physical health assessment and diagnostic reasoning
Pathophysiology of health and disease
Simulation & clinical skills
Research methods
Medicines management and medicines safety
Practice liaison Teacher Locality 3 (frimley) & HMP
Lead for Additional Learning Support
Lead for Recognition of Prior Learning- formerly APEL
Publications
Additional publications
Publications to date
Wiseman A, Haynes C & Hodge S (2013) Professional integrity and simulation based learning in health & social care: an ethical and legal maze or a professional requirement for high quality simulated practice learning? Clinical Simulation in Nursing e1-7
Johnson G, Wiseman A (2013) Assessment of performance IN Westwood OMR, Griffin A, Hay FC How to assess trainees in medicine and healthcare London Balliere Tindall 59-76
Wiseman A & Horton K (2011) Developing clinical scenarios from a European perspective: successes and challenges Nurse Education Today doi:10.1016
Conference presentations
June 2012- Presentation 6th Simulation in Nursing conference Leeds Metropolitan University
“Professional integrity of participants- a legal and ethical dilemma for educators”
November 2012- Poster presentation ASPiH, Oxford. “Professional integrity & simulation”
June 2013-master class in conjunction with Catherine Haynes University of Surrey, 2013 Nursing & simulation conference , Luton UK “Professional integrity in simulation: developing a code for simulated practice learning.”
July 2013- Workshop in Conjunction with Stella Whitley, University of Chester & Jacqueline England, University of Bedford HPSN World, San Francisco, USA “Can simulation improve failure to fail?”
July 2013- Poster in Conjunction with Catherine Haynes, University of Surrey HPSN World, San Francisco, USA- “European nurse adaptation program: evaluation student and staff experiences of learning in a simulated practice environment using the simulation effectiveness tool”
November 2013- ASPiH Presentation, Harrogate UK- “Peer assessed medicines management OSCEs- validity and judgement making”
September 2015- NET conference presentation “Peer-assessed medicines management: Student nurses' perceptions of safe medicines management”
September 2015- HPSN Europe conference presentation Univerity San Vittorio, Madrid, Spain “Experiences of being the educator behind the mask”
July 2016 Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences University of Surrey Research Festival Poster presentation “Peer assessed medicines management OSCEs using criterion and global scores- reliability”
July 2016 Pan asia pacific global patient safety conference presentation- Brisbane Australia “Peer assessed medicines management OSCE for student nurses- a strategy to enhance safe medicines management practice”