Lecturer, Clinical Skills
Lead Convenor Clinical Skills Vertical Module Year 6
BA(Open) PGCertNurs(CPIT) RN
Email john.dean@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 364-3894
John Dean completed his nurse training in Portsmouth, England in 1980.
After several years as Charge Nurse in Lincoln Accident and Emergency Dept he undertook his Cert. Ed (Adult) and registered as a Nurse Tutor with the English National Board for Nursing and Midwifery.
John moved to the York School of Nursing to take up the newly created position of Head of Dept, Post Registration Studies. He was seconded, as project manager, to coordinate the move of nursing and midwifery education into the University of York. John developed a particular interest in open and distance learning, working with the Open University and Macmillan Open Learning on a number of initiatives.
After moving to New Zealand in 2000 John worked for 5 years in the Accident and Emergency Department at Christchurch Public Hospital as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. He went on to work in a number of positions, as Research Coordinator for the Professor of Nephrology and Project Coordinator for the Emergency Department ‘Models of Care’ initiative before moving, in 2007, to South Westland as Rural Nurse Specialist based in Franz Josef.
John has taught on the Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education offered by the then Christchurch College of Education.
He was appointed to the Simulation Centre in January 2011. He remains in clinical practice as a rural nurse in Canterbury.
Publications
Dean, J. (2022, November). Improving debriefing literacy in simulation participants to optimise learning. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Association for Simulation in Healthcare (NASH) Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
Dean, J., & Winder, P. (2021, November). IPE and simulation: A marriage made in heaven? Verbal presentation at the Interprofessional Education for Interprofessional Practice Seminar, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Dillon, C., Lynch, G., Dean, J., Purvis, C., & Beckert, L. (2021). Impact of pharmacist involvement on medication safety in interprofessional transfer of care activity. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1539), 9-20. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Pitama, S., Williman, J., Dean, J., Beckert, L., Lacey, C., & Huria, T. (2018). Evaluation of a cultural competence and clinical skills joint session. Proceedings of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference. (pp. 441). Retrieved from https://www.amee.org/
Pitama, S., Huria, T., Lacey, C., & Dean, J. (2017). How to integrate Indigenous health competencies and clinical skills into a learning session. Proceedings of the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education Conference: LIME Connection VII: The Future of Indigenous Health Education: Leadership, Collaboration, Curriculum. (pp. 74-75). Retrieved from http://www.limenetwork.net.au
Dillon, C., Lynch, G., Dean, J., Purvis, C., & Beckert, L. (2021). Impact of pharmacist involvement on medication safety in interprofessional transfer of care activity. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1539), 9-20. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Pitama, S., Williman, J., Dean, J., Beckert, L., Lacey, C., & Huria, T. (2018). Evaluation of a cultural competence and clinical skills joint session. Proceedings of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference. (pp. 441). Retrieved from https://www.amee.org/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Pitama, S., Huria, T., Lacey, C., & Dean, J. (2017). How to integrate Indigenous health competencies and clinical skills into a learning session. Proceedings of the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education Conference: LIME Connection VII: The Future of Indigenous Health Education: Leadership, Collaboration, Curriculum. (pp. 74-75). Retrieved from http://www.limenetwork.net.au
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Pitama, S., Dean, J., Moore, M., Katene, H., Cuddy, J., Lacey, C., & Huria, T. (2015). Application of hauora Māori and clinical skills in a simulated clinical setting. Proceedings of the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education Conference: LIME Connection VI: Knowledge Systems, Social Justice and Racism in Health Professional Education. (pp. 84-85). Retrieved from http://www.limenetwork.net.au/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Endre, Z. H., Bennett, M., Celi, L., Dastrala, S., Devarajan, P., Dean, J., Frampton, C., Henderson, S., … Shaw, G., Walker, R., & Westhuyzen, J. (2007). Urinary gamma glutamyl transpeptidase-alkaline phosphatase indexed to urinary creatinine (GGT-AP) is correlated with urinary neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) on admission to Intensive Care. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 18, (pp. 576A). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Endre, Z., Moorhead, K., Storer, M., Hu, W.-P., Dean, J., Logan, K., Allardyce, R., … McGregor, D., … Scotter, J., & Chase, J. G. (2007). Breath ammonia reduction ratio (ARR) measures dialysis efficacy. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 18, (pp. 248A). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Dean, J. (2022, November). Improving debriefing literacy in simulation participants to optimise learning. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Association for Simulation in Healthcare (NASH) Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Dean, J., & Winder, P. (2021, November). IPE and simulation: A marriage made in heaven? Verbal presentation at the Interprofessional Education for Interprofessional Practice Seminar, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
