1 Whei Ming Su Curriculum Vitae EDUCATION Master of Arts Degree. Major in Nursing Education. New York University, 1979. Bachelor of Science Degree. Major in Nursing. National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan. 1969. CERTIFICATION Registered Professional Nurse License in the State of Indiana National Critical Care Nurse Certification (CCRN) EXPERIENCE PURDUE UNIVERSITY NORTH CENTRAL, Westville, Indiana, January 1979 - Present Associate Professor of Nursing 1984-Present Assistant Professor of Nursing 1979- February 1983 Courses Taught: Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing; Introduction to Pathophysiology; Post Graduate Practicum LAPORTE HOSPITAL, LaPorte, Indiana. May 1979 - September, 2009. Registered Nurse (Part-time), Critical Care Unit. SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL, Michigan City, Indiana. July, 1975 - September, 1977. Registered Nurse, Critical Care Unit. WALTERS HOSPITAL, Michigan City, Indiana. October 1975 - July, 1976. Registered Nurse, Surgical Unit. FOO YIN NURSING COLLEGE, Taiwan. August 1973 - January, 1975. Lecturer Courses Taught: Pediatric Nursing and Fundamentals of Nursing. 804 ARMY HOSPITAL. Taiwan. November, 1970 - October, 1973. Registered Nurse, Operating Room and Pediatric Unit. 805 ARMY HOSPITAL, Taiwan. November, 1969 - November, 1970 Registered Nurse, Medical Unit HONOR 1. Purdue University North Central Outstanding Teacher Award in 1992, 1999, 2003, and 2008. 2. Visiting Professor conferred by Suzhou University, China. May, 2007-present. 3. Visiting Professor conferred by Kiang Wu Nursing College, Macau. August, 2006-present. 4. Visiting Professor conferred by Peking Union Medical College. China. June 1996-present. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONON MEMBERSHIP American Association of Critical Care Nurses National League for Nursing REFERRED JOURNAL PUBLICATION 1. Su, W.M., Osisek, P. J. (2011), The Revised Bloom s Taxonomy: Implications for Educating Nurses. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. 42 (7):321-327. 2. Su, W.M., Herron, B. (2011), Using a Competency-based Approach to patient Education Nursing Clinics of North America. 46 (3): 291-298.
2 3. Su, W.M., Juestel, M. (2010), Direct Teaching of Thinking Skills Using Clinical Simulation, Nurse Educator. 35 (5): 197-204. 4. Su,W.M., Osisek, P.J., Montgomery, C., & Pellar, S. (2009) Designing multiple-choice test items at higher cognitive levels. Nurse Educator. 34 (5): 223-227 5. Yang, K., Su, W.M., and Huang, C. (2009) The Effect of meditation on Physical and Mental Health in Junior College Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Journal of Nursing Research. 17 (4): 261-268. 6. Su, W.M., (2007) Writing context-dependent item sets that reflect critical thinking learning outcomes. Nurse Educator. 32(1): 11-15. 7. Su WM, Osisek PJ, Starnes B. (2005) Using the Revised Bloom s Taxonomy in the Clinical laboratory: Thinking skills involved in diagnostic reasoning. Nurse Educator 30(3): 117-122. 8. Su, W.M., Osisek, P.J., & Starnes, B. (2004) Applying the Revised Bloom s Taxonomy to a Medical-Surgical Nursing Lesson. Nurse Educator. 29(3): 116-120. 9. Su, W.M., & Huang, J. M. (2004).The collaborative nursing care plan: integration of the clinical pathway with the traditional nursing care plan. The Journal of Nursing. Taiwan Nurses Association, 51(1):77-80. 10. Su, W.M. (2002), Clinical evaluation of critical thinking skills. The Journal of Nursing. Taiwan Nurses Association, 49(3) 59-62. 11. Su, W.M., & Huang, J. M. (2001). An instructional design for teaching thinking strategies directly. The Journal of Nursing. Taiwan Nurses Association, 48(3), 85-89. 12. Su W.M, Massodi, J, Kopp M. (2000) Teaching critical thinking in the clinical laboratory. Nursing Forum. ; 35(4):30-35. 13. Su, W.M., & Huang, J. M. (2000). Critical thinking strategies involved in clinical reasoning. The Journal of Nursing. Taiwan Nurses Association, 48(3), 85-89. 14. Su, W. M., Masoodi, J., Kopp, M.& Klonowski, E. (1998). Infusing teaching thinking skills into subject-area instruction. Nurse Educator, 23(4), 27-30. BOOK CHAPTER PUBLICATION Su, W.M. (1996) Co-Author of Chapter 8 Intravenous Infusion Rates. In Janney, C.& Flahive, J. Calculation of Drug Dosages (5 th ed.). Penn Valley, CA: T J Designs. RESEARCH As a co-researcher conducted an action research on students development of metacognition (titled Aligning Objectives, Instruction, and Assessment for Metacognitive Thinking: Employing the Revised Bloom s Taxonomy to Promote Accountability in Educational Practices), 2005. SELF STUDY Participated in writing the Purdue University North Central Nursing Program Self- Study Report summited to the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission for accreditation in 2001, 2006, and 2011. INVITED LECTURES/PRESENTATION 1. Presented a 5-day Staff Development Workshop on Critical Thinking Involving in Clinical Reasoning, Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in Clinical Practice, and Providing Safe and Quality Care. Beijing Hospital, Beijing, China. May16-20, 2012. 2. Presented a 3-day Staff Development Workshop on Teaching Critical Thinking Skills Involving in Clinical Reasoning and Providing Safe and Quality Care. Taidung Christian Hospital, Taiwan, May 1-2, and May 9, 2012. 3. Presented a 3-hour workshop on Providing Safe and Quality Care at the Critical Care Nursing Conference sponsored by Peking Union Medical College Teaching Hospital, June 15, 2011. 4. Presented a 3-hour workshop on Bridging Nursing Education to Clinical Practice at the Clinical Nursing Faculty Conference sponsored by Peking Union Medical College Teaching Hospital, Beijing, June 16, 2011.
5. Co-presented with M. Juestel a concurrent session on Strategies for the Design and Implementation of a Simulation Evaluation Tool to Assess Students Critical Thinking Skills at Simulation in Health Care Conference, Orlando, Florida. March 23, 2011. 6. Presented a 6-hour workshop Improving Critical Thinking Skills Involved in Clinical Reasoning at the Staff Development Workshop sponsored by Taipei Nurses Association, Taiwan, December 24, 2010. 7. Present a concurrent session, Writing Multiple-choice Test Items at Higher Cognitive Levels, at NLN Education Summit, Las Vegas, October 1, 2010. 8. As a keynote speakers, presented Challenges of Educating Nurses: Redesigning Nursing Education. at the International Conference, Bridging the Gap between Nursing Education and Nursing Practice held at Tzuchi University, Taiwan. July 23, 2010. 9. Presented a workshop on Clinical Simulation: Frameworks and Designs at the International Conference, Bridging the Gap between Nursing Education and Nursing Practice held at Tzuchi University, Taiwan. July 24, 2010. 10. Presented a workshop on Evidence-based Practice in Critical Care Setting at the Critical Care Nursing Conference sponsored by Peking union Medical College Teaching Hospital, Beijing, June 21, 2010. 11.Presented a workshop on Simulation in Nursing Education at Simulation in Health Care Education Conference sponsored by School of Nursing at Peking Union Medical College, Beijing. June 26, 2010. 12.Presented a workshop on Accountability in Clinical Judgment at the Preceptor Preparation Program, United Family Hospital, Beijing, July 27, 2010. 13. Co-presented with M. Juestel a concurrent session, Direct Teaching of Thinking Skills Using Clinical Simulation, at Simulation in Health Care Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, March 24, 2010. 14. Presented a concurrent session Using the Revised Bloom s Taxonomy in Clinical Teaching at NLN Education Summit, Philadelphia, September 24, 2009. 15. Presented Evidence Based Practice: A Case Study at AACN Northwest Indiana Chapter Meeting. August 18, 2009. 16. Presented Applying Critical Thinking to Nursing Care of Critically Ill Patients: A Case Study Approach at Critical Care Nursing Conference, Beijing, China. June 24, 2009. 17. Presented Accountability in Clinical Judgment: Evaluating Critical Thinking Involved in Clinical Reasoning at the North East China Nursing Conference, Jining, China. June 27, 2009. 18.Presented Critical Thinking Skills Involved in Clinical Reasoning at the Nursing Staff Development Conference sponsored by Tzuchi University, Taiwan. December 27, 2008 19. Presented a concurrent session, Using Case Method for Step-wise Development of Critical Thinking, at 2008 Quest for Excellence: Nursing Staff Development Conference, the Ohio State University Medical Center. September 23, 2008. 20. Presented Evaluating Critical thinking Skills Involved in Clinical Reasoning at the Critical Thinking Conference sponsored by Taiwan Nurses Association, Taiwan. September 5, 2008. 21. Presented a concurrent session on Using Context-dependent Item Sets to Evaluate Critical Thinking Learning Outcomes at NLN Nursing Education Summit, Phoenix. September 28, 2007. 22. Presented a concurrent session, Teaching Critical thinking Skills Involved in Clinical Reasoning, at Quest for Excellence Conference, Ohio State University Medical Center, September 26, 2007. 23. Presented a concurrent session on Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Clinical Laboratory at the 18 th Annual International Educators Conference. Breckinridge, Colorado. July 19, 2007. 24. Presented Applying Critical Thinking Skills to Critically Ill Patients at the Staff Development Workshop sponsored by Jingning Medical College Teaching Hospital, China. July 7, 2007. 25. Presented Critical Thinking Skills Involved In Clinical reasoning and Implications for Nursing Education at the Clinical Faculty Development Workshop sponsored by Peking Union Medical College Teaching Hospital. Beijing, China. July 3, 2007. 26. Presented a concurrent session on Accountability in Clinical Judgment: Evaluating Critical Thinking Skills involved in clinical Reasoning at Quest for Excellence: Nursing and Staff Development Conference sponsored by The Oho State University Medical Center. September 27, 2006. 27. Co-presented a paper with B. Starnes on An Action Research Study: Designing Instruction Based on the Revised Bloom s Taxonomy to Promote Development of Thinking Skills Involved in Clinical Reasoning at the 17 Th international Nursing Research Congress Focus on Evidence Based Practice sponsored by Sigma Theta Tau International. Montreal, July 20, 2006. 3
4 28. Presented Faculty Development Workshops on Teaching and Evaluating Critical Thinking in Nursing Education at Kiang Wu Nursing College, Macau. July 4-8, 2005. 29. Presented Writing Test Items: Evaluating Learning Outcomes and Teaching and Evaluating Critical Thinking Skills in the Clinical Laboratory, at National Faculty Development Workshop Sponsored by Peking Union Medical College. Beijing, China. July 12-14. 2005. 30. Co-presented with Starnes, B. on Using the Revised Bloom Taxonomy in the Clinical Laboratory at the 9 th National Conference for Nurse Educator. Indianapolis, October 13, 2004. 31. Co presented with Starnes, B. Presented a concurrent session on Using the Revised Bloom Taxonomy to Achieve Congruence among Intended Learning, Instructional Activities and Assessment Methods at the 8 th National Conference for Nurse Educator. Indianapolis, November 5, 2003. TZU-CHI UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, TAIWAN, December 20-30, 2008. Provided consultation on Staff Development. Assessed nursing shift reports, case studies and documentation in a number of units and made recommendations. KIANG WU NURSING COLLEGE, MACAU. Jan. 10 - March 12, 2007 Served as a mentor for 2 Kiang Wu Nursing faculty members visiting PNC. Mentoring activities included: modeling classroom and clinical teaching strategies. PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE, CHINA. January 5 - May 2, 2005. Served as a mentor for a Peking Union Medical College nursing faculty (Liang Xiaokun) visiting PNC. Mentoring activities included: modeling classroom and clinical teaching strategies. TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE THROUGH EXPATRIATE NATIONALS (TOKTEN) PROJECT, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, December 18, 2001 - January 4, 2002 Served as a Short-term Nursing Consultant, assessed the needs for improving clinical education for nursing students and nurses at Peking Union Medical College Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Science. Based on the assessment data, Coordinated and implemented a Clinical Faculty Preparation Program. TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE THROUGH EXPATRIATE NATIONALS (TOKTEN) PROJECT, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, June 1 - June 30, 2002. Served as a Short-term Nursing Consultant, designed and implemented two structured staff development programs, Critical Care Nursing Course and Preceptor Training Program. LAPORTE HOSPITAL& HEALTH SERVICES. August 2001- December 2002. Provided consultation for the Professional Development Program. The consultation involved development of an evaluation tool and plan for competency assessment of critical thinking skills in clinical practitioners. PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE, CHINA. February 20 - May 4, 1997 Served as a mentor for 2 Peking Union Medical College nursing faculty members visiting PNC. Mentoring activities included: modeling classroom and clinical teaching strategies. PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE, CHINA. June 3-11, 1996. Provided consultation for curriculum revision of the BS Nursing Program at Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) in China. The curriculum was revised from a traditional medical model to a nursing model adapted from Gordon s Functional Health Pattern. PUMC was the first nursing program in mainland China to adopt a nursing model curriculum. Facilitated group discussion among nursing faculty to revised program objectives, and develop course objectives, content outlines, and learning activities for the following nursing core courses: Nursing Foundations, Nursing Therapeutics Related to Oxygenation, Nursing Therapeutics Related to Nutrition/Elimination, Nursing Therapeutics Related to Cognition/Perception, and Nursing Therapeutics Related to Sexuality/Reproduction. PROJECT HOPE, THE PEOPLE TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION, June 3-August 12, 1988. With 3 other American nurse educators, coordinated and implemented a 2 month Faculty Preparation Program for Baccalaureate Nursing Program sponsored by The Project Hope, The People to People Health Foundation,
Inc. The program was held at the Beijing Medical University. Faculty from 11 newly established BS nursing programs attended. These programs were the first professional nursing programs established in China since the Culture Revolution ended in 1975. A series of workshops were conducted on the following topics: Nursing Research; Nursing Theory; Curriculum Development; Program Evaluation; and Teaching Strategies in Nursing Education. FOOYIN JUNIOR NURSING COLLEGE, TAIWAN. August 20, 1985 - January 4, 1986. (Sabbatical Leave from PNC) Provided consultation for curriculum development and program evaluation. Developed and taught a new course, Physical Assessment. PROJECT HOPE, THE PEOPLE -TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION, INC. February 20-June 30, 1985. (Sabbatical Leave from PNC) With 2 other American nurse educators, coordinated and implemented a 4 month Nursing Faculty Preparation Program for Professional Nursing Education at Xian Medical College in China sponsored by Project Hope, The People to People Health Foundation, Inc. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IN TAIWAN, July 1 - August 3, 1982. With 8 other American nurse educators, coordinated and implemented a one month Faculty Preparation Program for Professional Nursing Education sponsored by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. Sixty faculty from different regions of Taiwan attended. A series of workshops covered the following topics: Nursing Theory; Curriculum Building; and Teaching Strategies. 5