PhotoCarole Orchard

MEd, EdD (UBC)

Associate Professor & Coordinator of Interprofessional Education Initiatives
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing

Office: Room G22 - Siebens Drake Research Institute
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 519-661-2111 ext. 81010

corchard@uwo.ca


Research Interests

  • Knowledge development of collaborative client-centred teamwork
  • The process students, faculty and health practitioners adopt to transform from multidisciplinary to interprofessional collaborative practice
  • Linking research to other countries

Research Affiliations

Teaching Areas

  • Foundations of Nursing Science
  • Leadership in Nursing and Health Services
  • Interprofessional Education

Graduate Student Supervision

  • Master's
  • PhD

Students Currently Under Supervision

Supervisor

  • Macdougall, Linda Jean (PhD)
  • Allen Dianne  (PhD)- Interprofessional collaboration and role clarification
  • Khalili, Hossein (PhD)
  • Powell, Jason Ryan Walter (PhD)
  • Rykhoff, Margot (PhD)
  • Schiller, Catharine (PhD) - Legal Education of BScN Students
  • Morrow, Jean (MScN) - Acute Care Nurses Experiences in Participating in Knowledge Transfer/Continued Professional Development While in the Workplace

Thesis Advisory Committee Member

  • Hurlock-Chorostecki, Christina (PhD)
  • O’Neil, Peggy (PhD) -  Education
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