Professor Jan Dewing

RN, RNT, DipNursEd, DipNurs, BSc, MN, PhD

Position

Visiting Professor

Jan is Visiting Professor (in partnership with UnitingCare Ageing, South Eastern Region).

In the UK, Jan is Head of Person-Centred Research & Practice Development / Professor of Practice Development, East Sussex Community Health NHS & Canterbury, Christchurch University, Kent, England. Honorary Research Fellow, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.

Teaching

• Gerontological care, including dementia care.
• Person-centred practice.
• Emancipatory practice development in health care.
• Facilitation and leadership.
• Evaluation research.

Publications

Dewing, J & Wilkins, H 2010, ‘Assistive technology and wandering’, in R Hughes (ed.), Restraint of older people. Issues for practice in health and social care, London, Jessica Kingsley, pp. 148-166.

Van der Zijpp, TJ & Dewing, J 2009 (in press), ‘Learning to become a facilitator in the school context’, Practice Development in Health Care Journal, vol. 4, pp. 200-215.

McCormack, B, Dewing, J, Breslin, L, Coyne-Nevin, A, Kennedy, K, Manning, M, Peelo-Kilroe, L & Tobin, C 2009, ‘Practice development: realising active learning for sustainable change’, Contemporary Nurse Journal, vol. 32, no. 1-2, pp. 92-104.

Dewing, J 2009, ‘Caring for persons with dementia: noise and light’, Nursing Older People, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 34-38.

Dewing, J 2009, ‘Confusion’, in M Mallik, M Hall & D Howard (eds), Nursing knowledge and practice. Foundations for decision making, 3rd edn, London, Elseveir, pp. 387-405, Chapter 17.

More publications

Email: jand@uow.edu.au