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Jan joined the Faculty in early 2010. She is a Registered Nurse and has worked in nursing for many years building a portfolio as a clinical academic. Her previous experiences range from working with clinical nursing and practice development units, lecturer-practitioner roles, senior management, education and then research. Most of Jan's posts have been joint posts between health service providers and academic organisations. She has also worked with the Royal College of Nursing and held a national post in dementia care. In this new role Jan works between East Sussex Community Health NHS and the university focusing of mutually beneficially ways of working that bring desired outcomes for both organisations and ultimately for the patient 's experience of care and patient safety.
Jan's areas of interest are in person-centred practice, effective workplaces, teams and leaders, skilled facilitiation, evaluation and workplace learning. She also has expertise in re enablement and gerontological practice including dementia care. Her consultancy work has centred on staff development initiatives for early career academics and early career researchers, funded research in inter-professional teaching and learning, and research capacity building in health and education settings.
Jan has a wide range of clinical and research supervision experience. Jan's own research interests include knowledge translation, evaluation of services and practices, workplace culture and patient experience. She leads or is involved in a number of research and development projects. She is also interested in aspects of dementia care especially wandering. Jan has contributed to research and ethics work relevant to older people, for a number of different universities both in the UK and other countries and sits of advisory groups of several major research projects.
She publishes regularly and presents at a variety of national and international peer reviewed conferences. She holds a Visiting Professorship in Australia with the University of Wollongong and is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster /Institute of Nursing Research (INR) .
Current Publications:
Dewing J (2010 in development) Merleau-Pontys inspirations in qualitative research. Higgs J Titchen A Horsfell D and Bridges D(eds) Creative Spaces for Qualitative Researching …
Living Research.
Dewing J and Biley F (2010 in development) Whats the place of the body in qualitative research? Higgs J Titchen A Horsfell D and Bridges D(eds) Creative Spaces for Qualitative Researching ...... Living Research.
Dewing J (2010 in development) Dementia Care. Book chapter in Bullock I McLeod Clarke J Rycroft Malone (eds) Evidence Based Nursing. Adult Nursing Interventions: An Evidence-Based Approach. Oxford University Press.
McCormack B Dewing J Breslin L Coyne-Nevin A Kennedy K Manning M Peelo-Kilroe L Catherine Tobin C & Slater P (2010 in press) Developing Person-centred Practice: Nursing Outcomes arising from changes to the Care Environment in Residential Settings for Older People. International Journal of Older People Nursing. 5
Dewing J (2010) Agitation and older people with dementia: evidence based interventions. Nursing Older People. (In press).
McCormack B Kaarlson B Dewing J and Lerdal A (2010 in press) Exploring person-centredness: a qualitative meta-synthesis of four studies and their contribution to advancing our understanding of person-centred nursing. Scandanavian Journal of Caring Sciences.
Dewing J (2010 in press) Radical reflection: making sense of phenomenological reduction. Journal of Nursing Research
McMillan F Kampers D Traynor V and Dewing J (2010) Editorial: Person-centred caring as caring for country: an Indigenous Australian experience. Dementia The International Journal of Social Research and Practice 9 (2) 1-5
Dewing Jand Wilkinson H (2010) Assistive Technology and Wandering. In: Hughes R (ed) Restraint of Older People. Issues for Practice in Health and Social Care pp148-166. London, Jessica Kingsley.
Current Conference Organisation:
i) Invited Presentations
Sussex Dementia Forum April 2010
Griffith University Brisbane. Practice Development Workshops and Master Classes March 21st -22nd 2010
Ryerson University, Toronto and West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Canada. Practice Development and Facilitation School. January 2010.
Australian Psychogeriatric Nursing Association National Conference Wollongong NSW Australia October 2010
ii) Accepted Peer Reviewed Conference Presentations
RCN International Research Conference Symposoium on person-centred cultures with University of Ulster and University of Fontys May 2010
British Society of Gerontology Outcomes from a 2 year practice development programme in the Republic of Ireland July 2010
International Enhancing Practice Conference 10 October 2010
(i) Symposium: Practice Development Methodologies: Developing Epistemological, Ontological and Methodological Connections
(ii) Symposium: International Practice Development An International Critical Dialogue
National Work:
Member of editorial boards for various journals.
Joint Lead for developing a practice development resource for dementia care homes for the Department of Health National Dementia Care Strategy
International Work:
Founding member of the International Practice Development Collaborative
British Academy Funded International Collaborative Research Network on Risk in Ageing Populations.
UK and Norway Network on Person-Centred Research
National Care Homes Forum Research and Development Network
Recent Research Grants:
Investigator Advancing Knowledge Transfer in Care Through Practice Development: An Intervention Study in Long-term Care Using Action Research. (Canadian project)
Joint Principal InvestigatorThe establishment of a Research and Development Framework: in residential care, with a particular focus on people with dementia. University of Ulster and Care Circle Northern Ireland
Principal Investigator:An Evaluation of a 2 Year Practice Development Programme to Enhance Person-centred Cultures within Aged Care Services in NSW Australia. Uniting Care and the University of Wollongong 2008-2010
Joint Programme Lead and Principal Investigatorfor a National Practice Development Programme in Older Peoples Services in the Republic of Ireland 2007-2009
Recent Knowledge Transfer Grants:
Dewing J and Jackson C (2010) Capacity Building for Future Knowledge Translation with an NHS Partner (East Sussex Community Health)
Jackson C and Dewing J (2010) Collaborative project development to create an International Practice Development School with E Sussex Community Health, University of Ulster, Foundation of Nursing Studies, Stord-Haugesund University College Norway.
Publications 2009
van der ZijppT J and Dewing J (2009) Learning to become a Facilitator in the School Context. Practice Development in Health Care Journal 4 200-215
McCormack B Dewing J Breslin L Coyne-Nevin A Kennedy K Manning M Peelo-Kilroe L and Tobin C (2009). Practice Development: realising active learning for sustainable change. Contemporary Nurse Journal 32 (1-2) 92-104
Dewing J (2009) Caring for Persons with Dementia: Noise and Light. Nursing Older People. Nursing Older People 21 (5) 34-38
Dewing J (2009) Confusion in M Mallik, M Hall & D Howard (eds) Nursing Knowledge and Practice. Foundations for Decision Making(3rd ed). Chapter 17 pp387-405. London, Elseveir.
Dewing J (2009) Moments of Movement: Active Learning and practice development. Nurse Education in Practice 10 (1) 22-26
Dewing J McCormack B and Titchen A (2009) Guest editorial. Practice Development. Nursing Education in Practice 9
Dewing J (2009) Making it work: a model for research and development in care homes. IN: K Froggatt, S Davies and J Meyer (eds) Understanding Care Homes: A Research and Development Perspective. London Jessica Kingsley.
Invited Conference Presentations
Practice Development UTS and Westmead Hospital October
Practice Development Conference Portsmouth PCT October Inuagural Regional Practice Development Conference. NMPDU. Cork Republic of Ireland April Who Am I? Dementia Care Master Class. NMPDU. Cork Republic of Ireland April As well as presentations via peer review process at various national and international conferences
Publications 2008
Dewing J (2008) Invited Editorial: Learn More About Mental Health Care. Nursing Older People 20(10) 3-5.
McCormack B, Dewing J, Breslin E, Tobin C, Manning M, Coyne-Nevin A, Buckey M, Kennedy K and Peelo-Kilroe L (2008) The Implementation of a model of person-centred practice in older person settings in the Republic of Ireland, Year 1 Evaluation Report, October 2008, National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery, Dublin, Ireland.
Dewing J (2008) Process Consent and Research with Older Persons Living with Dementia. Association of Research Ethics Journal. 4(2) 59-64
Shaw T Dewing J Young R Devlin M Boomer C and Leguis M (2008) Chapter 9: Enabling Practice development: delving into the concept of facilitation from a practitioner perspective. In: International Practice Development in Nursing and Healthcare. pp147-169 B McCormack, K Manley and V Wilson (eds) Oxford Blackwells.
Dewing J (2008) Chapter 15 Becoming and Being Active Learners and Creating Active Learning Workplaces: The Value of Active Learning in International Practice Development in Nursing and Healthcare pp 273-294 B McCormack, K Manley and V Wilson (eds) Oxford Blackwells.
McCormack B McCance T Slater P McCormick J McArdle C and Dewing J (2008) Chapter 11Person-centred outcomes and cultural change in International Practice Development in Nursing and Healthcare B McCormack, K Manley and V Wilson (eds) Oxford Blackwells.
Dewing J (2008) Personhood and Dementia: Revisiting Tom Kitwood's Ideas. International Journal of Older People's Nursing (3) 3-13
Dewing J (2008) Invited Guest Editorial The right to walk – an older person's human right. International Journal of Older People's Nursing (3) 1-2 Dewing J (2008) Implications for nurse managers from a systematic review of practice development. Journal of Nursing Management 16 134-140
Invited Presentations in 2008
Master classes for University of Ulster Doctoral Programme. September.
National Care Homes Research and Development Forum. Wandering and Older Persons with dementia Living in Care Homes. University of Northumbria February The Association of Research Ethics Committees National Conference. Consent Research and Dementia. Birmingham, March.
As well as presentations via peer review process at various national and international conferences
Publications 2007
McCormack B and Dewing J (2007) Older Person's Services National Practice Development Programme. Celebrating Nursing and Midwifery Contributions to Healthcare through Research. Supplement to National Institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin 4 (2) 2007 35-38
Traynor V and Dewing J (2007) Admiral nursing competency project: practice development and action results. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14 (6) 695-697 Webster J &
Dewing J (2007) Growing a Practice Development strategy for community hospitals. Practice Development in Healthcare 6 (2) 97-106
Dewing J (2007) Values for Working with Older People. in Neno R Aveyard B and Heath H (eds) Older People and Mental Health Nursing. Oxford. Blackwells.
Dewing J (2007) RCN Workplace Resources for Practice Development. London RCN.
Dewing J (2007) Participatory Research: A Method For Process Consent With Persons Who Have Dementia. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research & Practice. 6 (1) 11-25
Dewing J (2007) Relatively free Nursing Older People 18 (12) 15.
Dewing J McCormack B Manning M McGuinness M McCormack G & Devlin R (2007) The Development of Person-Centred Practice in Nursing Across Two Older Peoples Services in Ireland. Final Report. Unpublished Report .
Invited Presentations in 2007
National Association of Care of Older People, On homelines in care settings. Dublin December Eastern Australia Dementia Training & Study Centre University of Wollongong Australia October-November Joint Lead Facilitator for International Practice Development Collaborative Residential Practice Development School England June Invited workshop and lecture on practice development University of Basel Switzerland June Person-centred Symposium and Workshop University of British Columbia Vancouver.May Invited Master class on practice development University of Northumbria March As well as presentations via peer review process at various national and international conferences
Publications 2006
Dewing J (2006) Wandering into the future: reconceptualising wandering? International Journal of Older Peoples Nursing 1 (4) 239-249 Dewing J Brooks J & Riddaway L (2006) Involving Older People in Practice Development Work: An Evaluation of an Intermediate Care Service and it's Multi-disciplinary Practice. Practice Development in Health Care Journal 5 (3) 156-174 Coats E Dewing J & Titchen A (2006) Opening doors on creativity: resources to awaken creative working in practice development. London: RCN.
Invited Presentations in 2006
Facilitation and Consultant Nursing Practice Health Care Events Conference Plenary London Various Regional events on dementia, wandering and person-centred care.
Lead Facilitator for International Practice Development Collaborative Residential Practice Development School England June 2006 Facilitation and Consultant Nursing Practice Plenary. Health Care Events Conference. London Various Regional events on dementia, wandering and person-centred care.
As well as presentations via peer review process at various national and international conferences
Publications 2005
Dewing J (2005) Cognitive capacity and consent in Hazel Heath and Roger Watson (eds) Older People: Assessment for Health and Social Care. pp 90-97 Age Concern London.
Dewing J (2005) Screening for Wandering and Older Persons with Dementia. Journal of Nursing Older People 17 (3) 20-24 Dewing J & Traynor V (2005) Admiral Nursing Competency Project: practice development and action research. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14 695-703
Invited Presentations in 2005
Invited speaker and workshop facilitator Best Practice Guidelines Institute Conference. Toronto Registered Nurses Association of Canada August 2005 Invited presentation on consent and dementia research at the Integrated Trauma Musculoskeletal Conference Belfast 25-27 May 2005 Invited presentation on wandering for the University of Hertfordshire Hatfield Age Net Group May 24 2005 Invited Master Class on Wandering for School of Nursing Masters Programme in Dementia Studies. University of Manchester. April 6 2005 Investigating Wandering in Older Persons with dementia living in a nursing home: An Overview of the Research. Invited Research Seminar School of Nursing University of Nottingham.
Invited Plenary on Practice Development and Older Persons with dementia. 5th International Practice Development Conference. New Zealand Seminar on workplace cultures for Doctorate students University of Wellington New Zealand.
Lead Facilitator for Practice Development School IPDC and University of Wellington Hamilton New Zealand.
As well as presentations via peer review process at various national and international conferences