She is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health at Dublin City University, Ireland teaching on the BSc in Children's and General Nursing (BNCG) and Higher Diploma in Children's Nursing. Siobhan completed an MSc in Education in 2002 capturing the challenges facing newly qualified children's nurses communicating with parents of hospitalised children and her doctoral study in 2015 exploring emerging adults experience of living with childhood onset chronic illness. Findings have been presented internationally at the Society for the Study of Emerging Adult Conference, Chicago in 2013 and Miami 2015 and 3rd PNAE congress on Paediatric Nursing, Portugal in 2017.
She previously worked as a critical care nurse in the area of childhood illness for over 15 years in Ireland, the UK and the US and completed several post registration and Higher Diploma programmes in critical care nursing. Siobhan was Chair of the BSc in Children's and General Nursing 2018-2020 Placement Officer for the BSc nursing programme from 2015-to 2018. Her primary research interest is chronic illness in young adults, growing up with childhood onset illness, emerging adulthood and communicating with children and families and healthcare professionals. She is also exploring simulation as a pedagogical learning method for paediatric nurse education in BSc Nursing programmes.Commissioned Report
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| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Ms Siobhan J MacDermott (2013) '6th Conference on Emerging Adulthood The SSEA's 6th Biennial Conference, Chicago, Illinois Conference proceedings'. . | |
| 2013 | Ms Siobhan J MacDermott (2013) 'USING A BLOG AS A TOOL FOR REFLECTIVE LEARNING IN NURSE EDUCATION EDULEARN13 Proceedings'. EDULEARN13 Proceedings Conference name: 5th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies :1431-1434. | |
| 2010 | Clynes M.;Hourican S.;Kilcullen N.;Lawrence S.;MacDermott S.;O'Neill C.;Raftery S.;Stan S. (2010) 'Tackling healthcare associated infections: An exploratory study of cleaners' perceptions of their role'. Journal of Infection Preventions, 11 (1):6-10. [DOI] | |
| 2010 | Mary P. Clynes, Susan Hourican, Nora Kilcullen, Stephanie Lawrence, Siobhan MacDermott, Colleen O'Neill (2010) 'Tackling healthcare associated infections: an exploratory study of cleaners’ perceptions of their role'. JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 11 :6-10. | |
| 2007 | Ms Siobhan J MacDermott (2007) 'Challenges facing newly qualified children's nurses communicating with parents of hospitalised children'. 1 :186-193. |
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Teaching Interests
Online teaching
Problem based learning
Simulation-based nursing education is becoming an increasingly popular pedagogical approach and the gold standard in clinical skills training and education. It is a teaching strategy that compliments traditional training with actual patients and enables students and health professionals to learn in ways that eliminate risks to patients. Simulations can be developed to practice a wide variety of clinical skills and procedures. The goal is to provide nursing students with the cues necessary to suspend disbelief as they immerse themselves in a realistic, dynamic, hands-on, complex situation, requiring critical thinking, problem solving and decision making capabilities. Students thereby increase responsibility towards clinical practice and improving overall quality of care.
Problem based learning
Simulation-based nursing education is becoming an increasingly popular pedagogical approach and the gold standard in clinical skills training and education. It is a teaching strategy that compliments traditional training with actual patients and enables students and health professionals to learn in ways that eliminate risks to patients. Simulations can be developed to practice a wide variety of clinical skills and procedures. The goal is to provide nursing students with the cues necessary to suspend disbelief as they immerse themselves in a realistic, dynamic, hands-on, complex situation, requiring critical thinking, problem solving and decision making capabilities. Students thereby increase responsibility towards clinical practice and improving overall quality of care.