Dianne Allen

Name Dianne Allen
School School of Health & Life Sciences 
Program Nursing - BScN
Academic and Professional Designations

  • RN since 1980
  • Nursing Diploma (Conestoga College)
  • BScN (McMaster University)
  • MSc (McMaster University)
  • PhD  (University of Western Ontario)
  • RNAO member
  • CNA member
  • Sigma Theta Tau, Iota Micron Chapter - member
  • Canadian Nurses Protective Society - member
  • Canadian Interprofessional Healthcare Collaborative - member 
Title Professor
Courses Taught

BScN Program

  • NSG2A04 Transition to Baccalaureate Nursing 1
  • NSG2AA3 Transition to Baccalaureate Nursing 2
  • NSG2DP2 Health & Wellbeing: Diverse Populations
  • NSG3QQ3 Population Health
  • Nursing 4J07 Guided Nursing Practice V
  • Nursing 4K10 Guided Nursing Practice VI
  • Health Science 4L02
  • Health Science 4NR3
  • Health Science 2RR3

PN Program

  • PNUR 1200 Campus Clinical 2
  • PNUR2450  Professional Nursing 4: Leadership
Areas of Expertise & Interest
  • Interprofessional (IP) education
  • Interprofessional practice including IP role clarification
  • Nursing education
  • Research (Nursing and IP research)
  • Maternal/child nursing
Industry Experience, Professional Currency Activities
  • PhD (nursing program) University of Western Ontario, 2020
    • Clinical practice nurse, 1980-2005
    • St. Mary's General Hospital, 1980-1981
    • Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, 1981-2004
  • Research nurse Mount Sinai Hospital Special Pregnancy Unit, 2000-2001
  • Clinical tutor (BScN)
  • Nursing Preceptor (2012) - Masters Nursing Student in teaching in N2AA3 at Conestoga in BScN program
  • RNAO Best Practice Champion Virtual Learning Series Level 1 (2018)
Major Research Projects, Scholarly Activities, and/or Publications Conference presentations:
  • Collaborating Across Borders VII, Indianapolis, Indiana, October 2019
    • Title: Effective Interprofessional Role Clarification in Health and Social Care Practitioners: Testing of a New Instrument
    • Presenter: Allen, D.
  • Collaborating Across Borders VI, Banff, ON, October 2017
    • Title: Effective Interprofessional Role Clarification in Health and Social Care Practitioners: Testing of a New Instrument
    • Presenter: Allen, D.
  • Altogether Better Health VIII, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, October 2016
    • Title: Interprofessional Role Clarification among Health & Social Care practitioners: Conceptualization, Enactment & Measurement
    • Presenter: Allen, D.
  • CASN Educator Conference, Toronto ON, May 2016
    • symposium presentation
    • Title: Transforming Nursing Practice Education into Interprofessional client-centred Collaborative practice
    • Presenters: Allen, D. with Dr. Orchard (lead), and another UWO PhD student peer
  • Collaborating Across Borders V, Roanoke, Virginia, September 2015
    • workshop presentation
    • Title: Assessing the Value of the Interprofessional Collaborative Team Judgment Process
    • Presenters: Allen, D. with Dr. Carole Orchard (lead), Dr. M. Sexton and another UWO PhD student
  • Altogether Best Health VII conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2014
    • poster presentation
    • Title: Interprofessional Role Clarification
    • Presenters: Allen, D. assisted Dr. C. Orchard as round table discussion facilitator
  • Collaborating Across Borders IV Conference, Vancouver, BC, June 2013
    • Title: Can Preparation of Clinical Teachers in IPC Concepts and Competencies Impact Their Teaching of Students in Clinical Practice?
    • By Dr. Carole Orchard, Mary Beth Bezzina, Dianne Allen, Office of Interprofessional Health Education & Research
    • Presenters: Dr. Carole Orchard, Dianne Allen
    • presented the qualitative findings for this research
  • Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN), Nursing Research Conference, Toronto, ON, May 2012
    • poster presentation
    • Title: Interprofessional Education (IPE) in the BScN Program: Are we preparing our students for collaborative practice?
    • Presenters: Salfi, J., (lead), Mohaupt, J., Allen, D., Rawlin, C., Patterson, C. & Tam, S.
  • Collaborating Across Borders III Conference, Tucson, AZ, November 2011
    • Title: What Are IPE Competencies? Implementing National Guidelines
    • Presenters: Madeline Schmitt, Facilitator, with Dianne Allen, Lesley Bainbridge, Deborah Gardner, Carole Orchard, Margot Rykhoff, Martha Sexton
    • invited keynote speaker and part of a panel discussion with group above
  • Collaborating Across Borders III Conference, Tucson, AZ, November 2011
    • poster presentation
    • Title: The I-4 Curriculum: Response to the Challenge of Incorporating IPE into College and University Programs
    • By: Allen, D., Mohaupt, J., Salfi, J., & Raasok, M.
    • Presenter: Allen, D.
  • Collaborating Across Borders III Conference, Tucson, AZ, November 2011
    • Title: The I-4 Curriculum: Development and Implementation of Interprofessional Education
    • By: Allen, D., Mohaupt, J., Salfi, J., Chornaby, P., & Raasok, M.
    • Presenter: Allen, D.
  • Collaborating Across Borders III Conference, Tucson, AZ, November 2011
    • poster presentation
    • Title: A framework for introducing interprofessional education into a multi-site B.Sc.N. curriculum
    • By: Salfi J., Allen, D., Mohaupt, J., Inouye, D., Rawlin, D. & Solomon, P.
    • Presenter: Allen, D.
  • IPE Ontario 2011, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, January 2011
    • discussion presentation
    • Title: The I-4 curriculum: Development and implementation of interprofessional education
    • By: Allen, D., Raasok ,M., Salfi, J., & Mohaupt, J.
    • Presenter: Allen, D.
  • IPE Ontario 2011, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, January 2011
    • poster presentation
    • Title: A framework for introducing IPE into a multi-site curriculum
    • By: Salfi, J., Allen, D., Mohaupt, J., Inouye, D., Rawlin, D., & Solomon, P.
    • Presenters: Salfi, J., Allen, D.
  • IPE Ontario 2011, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, January 2011
    • Title: 911: What is your emergency? A large scale simulation effort to engage students in interprofessional collaboration
    • By: Mohaupt, J., Allen, D., & Salfi, J.
    • Presenters: Mohaupt, J., Allen, D.
  • CASN, Nursing Research Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 2010
    • poster presentation
    • Title: Health Care Provider and Undergraduate Education: Enhancing Role Clarification and Interprofessional Health Care for the PSW, RPN, and RN in Long Term Care
    • By: Allen, D., Raasok, R., Clark, S., Clarke, K., Flynn, S., Hagerman, L., Peppler-Beechey, L., & Weiss, K.
    • Presenter: Allen, D.
  • CASN, Nursing Research Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 2010
    • poster presentation
    • Title: A framework for introducing interprofessional education into a multi-site B.Sc.N. curriculum
    • By: Salfi J., Allen, D., Mohaupt, J., Inouye, D., Rawlin, D. & Solomon, P.
    • Presenters: Salfi J., Allen, D.

Publications:

  • Allen, D. (2020). Interprofessional Role Clarification Among Licensed Health Care Practitioners in Rural and Smaller Community Hospitals. Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 7029.
  • Orchard, C., Pederson, L., Allen, D. & Lam, H. (2017). Can preparation of clinical teachers in IPC Concepts and competencies impact their approach to teaching students in clinical practice? A promising approach. International Journal of Practice-Based Learning in Health and Social Care, 5(1), p. 98-115.
  • Salfi, J., Solomon, P., Allen, D., Mohaupt, J., & Patterson, C. (2012). Overcoming all obstacles: a framework for embedding interprofessional education into a large, multisite bachelor of science nursing program. The Journal of Nursing Education 51(2), 106-110.
  • Allen, D., Ploeg, J., & Kaasalainen, S. (2012). The relationship between emotional intelligence and clinical teaching effectiveness in nursing faculty. Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 28(4), 231–240.
  • Salfi, J., Mohaupt, J., Patterson, C., & Allen, D. (2015). Reality Check : Are We Truly Preparing Our Students for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice? Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 47(2), 41–61.

Scholarships and awards:

  • Interprofessional Education (IPE) in the BScN Curriculum: Are We Preparing Our Students for Collaborative Practice? (Nursing Education Research Unit Scholarship (NERU) from McMaster University for study at all 3 sites (COMOMAC) Investigators: Jenn Salfi, Jen Mohaupt, Nancy Matthew-Maich, Dianne Allen, Susan Tam $2000.00, May 2012
  • Are We Preparing Our Students for Collaborative Practice? Investigators: Jenn Salfi, Dianne Allen, Jen Mohaupt, Patty Solomon. (Niemeier Award, from McMaster University for study at all 3 sites (CO-MO-MAC), May 2011
  • Vivien Wood Scholarship, McMaster University, 2007-2008

Peer review of scholarship writing:

  • Fundamentals of Canadian Nursing Chapter: Psychosocial Health and Illness-11 - Canadianized version of Wilkinson and Treas's Fundamentals of Nursing (2012) - Editor: F.A Davis
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