| Sub-Committee on Clinical Education | | | Mandate
To develop a CASN position and strategies to expand and improve clinical education of nursing students.
Terms of Reference
To review the status of clinical education for nursing students across Canada by surveying CASN member schools and regions.
To identify issues, problems, barriers to providing clinical experiences to undergraduate and graduate nursing students.
To identify innovative approaches and new opportunities which CASN member schools are utilizing to provide clinical experience to nursing students.
To plan and organize a national forum on clinical education. (SD-1.1)
To develop a national strategy to expand and improve clinical education of nursing students, including recommendations regarding policies and priorities. The strategy should include CASN, partners and potential funders for a national forum on clinical education. (SD-1.1, 1.3, 2.2.4)
To develop CASN’s national position on clinical education. (SD-1.1, 1.3)
To advocate for funding for clinical education. (SD-2.2.4, 5.1)
To report to the Board of Directors annually. (SD-2.2.4)
There shall be regular communications between the Chair of this Sub-Committee and the Chair of the Standing Committee on Education through the CASN National Office staff.
To provide a final report to the Board of Directors and Council by November 2005.
Term of Office and Membership
The term of appointment will be at the discretion of the CASN Executive Committee. Voting members of the Committee are:
The Chair of the Sub-Committee will be selected from among the membership
CASN members with expertise in clinical education representing the Atlantic, Western, Ontario, and Quebec regions
A member of the CASN Board of Directors will be appointed to serve as a communication linkage between the Sub-Committee and the Board of Directors
Meetings
The Sub-Committee will normally meet by teleconference, a minimum of twice per year and at other times, at the call of the Chair, to fulfill its mandate. Support for meetings and work will be provided by an assigned National Office staff member.
Current Membership
Jane Milliken, University of Victoria (Chair)
Barbara Foulds, (Board Liaison)
Nicole Harder, University of Manitoba
Ellen MacFarlane, St-Francis Xavier University
Katherine Stevenson, Camosun College
Christine Thrasher, University of Windsor
Colleen Ferris, Staff Liaison | | |
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