Associate Professor
Joanne Ramsbotham
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Biography
Jo has coordinated the undergraduate program and led the postgraduate paediatric /child health subject area within the Masters of Nursing program at QUT. Jo has expertise and a range of experience in employing and evaluating the impact of learning and teaching approaches in these areas.Jo’s research interests include
- how nursing students’ transfer prior learning from theoretical contexts into the practice environment
- how past theoretical experiences inform students’ development of dimensions of competence
- factors that influence this dynamic process.
Jo has a clinical background in variety of rural and metropolitan settings, most recently in paediatric acute services.
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Keywords
curriculum, transfer of learning, students as partners, student centred learning, peer learning, nursing, education
Research field
Curriculum and Pedagogy, Nursing
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
- Masters of Clinical Nursing (Paediatric/Child Health) (Australian Catholic Uni)
Professional memberships and associations
- Member - Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
- Member - QUT Higher Education Research Network
Teaching
- nurse practitioner
- postgraduate - paediatric, child and youth health nursing
- undergraduate nursing.
A strong focus of Jo's teaching is her commitment to student-centred learning, which is supported by her ability to create a collaborative learning environment that engenders student interest and curiosity, and is authentic to ‘real world’ nursing contexts where students develop valued capabilities such as problem solving and clinical judgment.
Publications
- Mitchell, A., Fraser, J., Ramsbotham, J., Morawska, A. & Yates, P. (2015). Childhood atopic dermatitis: A cross-sectional study of relationships between child and parent factors, atopic dermatitis management, and disease severity. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 52(1), 216–228. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/81754
- Wright-St Clair, V., Reid, D., Shaw, S. & Ramsbotham, J. (2014). Evidence-based health practice. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/70302
- Ramsbotham, J., (2014). Linking research and practice. Evidence-based health practice, 226–237. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/70303
- Anderson, D., Gardner, G., Ramsbotham, J. & Tones, M. (2009). E-portfolios: developing nurse practitioner competence and capability. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 26(4), 70–76. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/47211
- Coyer, F. & Ramsbotham, J. (2006). Respiratory health breakdown. In J. Daly, E. Chang & D. Elliott (Eds.), Pathophysiology Applied to Nursing (pp. 138–168). Elsevier. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/21447
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Joanne, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).