Emergency and Trauma Nursing

She is currently an Assistant Professor and Faculty Lead for the BScN Accelerated Stream at McMaster University, Canada. Dr. Pratt’s doctoral research focused on the evaluation of unsatisfactory student performance in professional nursing practice courses from the clinical faculty perspective. One of her research recommendations was to develop a multimodal orientation program for novice clinical faculty. She recently completed the Priority Area in Learning and Teaching (PALAT) grant from MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Excellence in Teaching based on this research recommendation. Her other research interests include Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Student Engagement in Large Group PBL and Clinical Lab, and Interprofessional Simulation Learning. Her primary teaching responsibilities are with the undergraduate program. She teaches PBL courses and supervises professional practice students in adult medical-surgical, oncology, and maternal-child practicum settings.

prattm@mcmaster.ca