Effective Supervision

Postdoctoral Fellows are invited to participate in this half-day workshop, which will briefly cover elements of effective supervision, including the importance of supervision, approaches to strong supervision, how to mentor students, how to deal with conflict, and maintaining supervisory momentum.

Registration:

Registration is required. Please sign up online. Those successfully registered will receive a confirmation email from the PDFO one week prior to the workshop. 

About the Presenter:

Dr. Wendy Hall

Dr. Wendy Hall is a Professor in the UBC School of Nursing. She received her Bachelor of Nursing degree from the University of Manitoba (1974), her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of British Columbia (1986), and her PhD in 1999 from the University of Manchester. Wendy has taught in the undergraduate and graduate programs at UBC for over 20 years and served as the Coordinator for PhD program for 4 years. She is one of the Steering Committee Members for the Collaboration for Maternal and Newborn Health, which is an interdisciplinary group fostering inter-professional education and capacity building of care providers in maternity care. Wendy is also part of a team to develop case-based learning for health sciences students at UBC. She is a member of the Canadian Sleep Society, the Canadian Association of Perinatal and Women’s Health Nurses, and Sigma Theta Tau International. Her research area focuses on the transition to parenting, with her primary research areas focusing on infant and child sleep and its effects on their growth and development and psychological outcomes for parents. She is also examining mothers’ psychological influences, sleep deprivation and fatigue during pregnancy and their potential relationships and effects on birth outcomes. Wendy has published extensively and maintains international collaborations with researchers in Australia and Israel. She has also consulted with over 600 families to assist with their infants’ and children’s behavioral sleep problems. Wendy has also served as a sleep consultant for the Vancouver Coastal Health Community group. She has been awarded two Killam Prizes for Teaching, the RNABC Award for Nursing Education, the CRNBC Award for Nursing Research, and the Canadian Association for Nursing Research Award as an Outstanding New Investigator. Dr. Hall has over 50 peer-reviewed publications and over 40 first-authored oral and poster presentations.