THE UWI SCHOOL OF NURSING (UWISON), MONA
Dr Dawn A. Munroe, PhD, M.A., RN, RM – Head of Department
WORK OF THE UWI SCHOOL OF NURSING, MONA (UWISON) The activities of the UWI School of Nursing, Mona (UWISON) during the 2022/2023 period were guided by its continued mission to prepare market-ready graduates through the provision of quality graduate and nursing education in response to global health priorities. The UWI’s Triple “A” Strategy provided the strategic frame- work for the School’s operations.
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STUDENT ENROLMENT The operations of the school placed emphasis on increasing enrolment in grad- uate, and micro-credentialing courses, and achieving the regulatory cap of 180 undergraduate students. Several strategies were initiated to increase enrolment in the graduate programme. First, we sought to understand the factors contributing to deferrals among eligible applicants to the Master of Science in Nursing (MScN) programme. The major factor identified was the barrier posed by the requirement for nurses to reside in physical proximity to the Mona Campus to access in-person learning experiences. Subsequently, revisions to the curriculum were initiated to align teaching and assessment methodology with distance learning modality. The second strategy was leveraging regional and international partnerships to advertise the programme and engage in an aggressive recruitment drive. Resulting from this drive, a memorandum of understanding is being drafted with collaborators within and external to the Caribbean to train and educated Mental Health Nurse Practitioners and Family Nurse Practitioners. Deliverables from these MOUs will be actualized in the 2024/2025 academic year. An important spinoff from the pending MOUs is the opportunity to diversify graduate student experiences by including partially funded international clinical experience. 244
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