Woo | School of Nursing | Queen's University

Dr. Kevin Woo PhD, RN, NSWOC WOCC(C)

Position(s)

Professor

Contact Information

(613) 533-6000 ext. 74747

Graduate Student Supervision

I am currently accepting MNSc and PhD students in the area of chronic disease management, wound care, and gerontological nursing.

Teaching

My philosophy of teaching is shaped by my previous experiences as a learner, an educator, a preceptor/mentor, an advanced practice nurse and a nursing leader. I encourage student-centered learning by allowing students to share in decisions, believing in their capacity to lead, and remembering how it feels to learn. Recognizing nursing as a practice discipline that is founded upon empirical, personal, ethical, and aesthetic ways of knowing, one of my primary roles as an educator is to instill a spirit of inquiry, cultivate problem-solving skills, demonstrate how knowledge is translated into practice, and provide learning experiences that are interactive and contextual based. What I consider to be a key outcome of effective nursing education is the students’ ability to apply critical thinking skills and draw on a wide breadth of knowledge to problem solve.

Research

My research interests focus on people living with chronic Conditions and Health Care Quality. I am particularly interested in using innovative technologies to enhance chronic disease self-management, developing quality benchmarks for wound management, and implementing best practices for the care older persons.

Service

I am an adjunct research professor at the Western University teaching for their Masters of Clinical Science in Wound Healing program.

I am the founder member and past president of the Canadian Pressure Injury Advisory Panel. I am an affiliate Scientist at the Institute for Education Research (TIER), University Health Network and a co-chair for the research committee of the Nurses Specializes in Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Canada

Publications

You can access my publications here.

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