Nursing & Midwifery
Ron Kerr
Registered Nurse
Bachelor of Arts
Postgraduate Diploma in
Education
Diploma of Applied Science (Nursing)
Master in Education (Honours)
Position Senior Lecturer in Nursing
Campus Wagga
Office Building 2 - Room 312
Phone (02) 6933 2871
Fax (02) 6933 2866
EMAIL RON KERR 
General Introduction
Qualifications
- Master of Education (Honours),The University of Wollongong.
- Bachelor of Arts,University of New South Wales
- Graduate Diploma in Education, University of New South Wales.
- Diploma of Applied Science (Nursing), Riverina College of Advanced Education.
- Registered Nurse,Nurses and Midwives Board of New South Wales
- Teachers Certificate,New South Wales Department of Education
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
- All facets of clinical education and how to better prepare students for professional practice
- Patient education
- Environment and human health, especially the impact on communities of industrial development
- Transcultural nursing with particular interest in indigenous and migrant health
Memberships
Professional Activities
Career Highlights
Publications
- Kerr, R J (2006) Chest Auscultation; easy to learn hard to say.Learning auscultation through multimedia. Reprinted in CAL-laborate. A collaborative publication on the use of Information Technology in tertiary teaching and learning for the sciences. The Higher Education Academy United Kingdom/UniServe Science Australia, August 2006, P 8-12
- Kerr, R J (2005) Chest Auscultation; easy to learn hard to say. UniServe Science Blended Learning Symposium Proceedings, UniServe Science Oct 2005, P 146-150
- Kerr, R J (2003) Leading Opinion- Issues in Postgraduate Education. In Collegian, Vol 10 No 4 October 2003, Royal College of Nursing Australia
- Kerr, R J. Messing, J. and Hadler, D. (2003) Teaching Chest Auscultation through Multimedia. In proceedings of VIEWDET 2004: Working conference on eLearning, eSupport, and eMedicine. 26-28 November 2003, Vienna
- Kerr, R J (2005) Physical Assessment: Practical Chest Auscultation (CD-ROM), Insight Media Inc: New York
- Kerr, R J (1997) Professional actors really do enhance nursing skills development: A comparative study of three clinical teaching strategies. The Australian Electronic Journal of Nursing Education. September 1997
- Some Learning Materials/ Mail Packages written and compiled:
- Kerr, R J (2002) HLT404 Clinical Education Planning. Learning Materials Centre, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga. Revised May 2007
- Kerr, R J (2001) HLT402 Learning in Health Contexts. Learning Materials Centre, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga. Revised May 2007
- Kerr R J (1999) NRS520 Transcultural Nursing. Learning Materials Centre, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga. Revised May 2006
- Recent Dissertation and Project Supervision completions:
- Reilly, A. (2006) The perceptions of undergraduate student nurses of ‘High Fidelity Simulation’ as a teaching and learning strategy. (Completed April 2006)
- Attwood, A (2006) Cancer Nurse Specialists as Nurse Case Managers. (Completed April 2006)