Mrs Karin Gerber is a lecturer at the Department of Nursing Science and has worked in academia for the past 13 years. Her research interest is in the area of nursing education with a specific focus on learning and teaching strategies and e-learning. She is also competent and has a keen interest in matters related to General nursing science, with specialisation in wound care and patient safety as well as Nursing management. Please see and Linkedin Profile for more information on her academic and research interests.
Mrs Karin Gerber enjoys research supervision and is currently supervising 3 Master' candidates and multiple undergraduate projects. Her teaching focus area is General and Comprehensive Nursing Science and Nursing Management and Leadership, which she facilitates in the undergraduate programmes. She uses a student-centred, humanising approach to learning and teaching to encourage not only life-long learning but also a love for the nursing profession and its diversities and was awarded the “Faculty Emerging Excellent Teacher Award in 2019”. She has been involved in the curriculum development and design of the undergraduate programme since before joining academia and has assisted and advised on curriculum and assessment matters for under and graduate programmes in recent years.
Designation:
Lecturer
Email:
karin.gerber@mandela.ac.za
Contact Number:
0415042961
Faculty:
Health Sciences
Department:
Nursing Science
Qualifications:
Nelson Mandela University, currently enrolled for PHD - Nursing Education; Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) – 2016- M Cur (Master of Nursing) : Optimising work-integrated learning for student nurses; Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) – 2010-Nursing Education Diploma (Cum Laude) ; Fundani -2008 Assessor Certificate; Australian Burn Association, Wound Care Academy of Smith & Nephew – 2007 - Burn Care Certificate, Life College of Learning – 2005 - Frontline Management Certificate; University of Hertfordshire (UK) - 2005 Wound Care Certificate; University of Port Elizabeth (UPE) – 1991- Cur (Baccalaureus Curationis).
Professional Memberships:
SANC, NEA, STTI, FPNL, SAAHE
Orcid ID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9827-0142
NRF Rating:
N/A
Research Interests:
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Nursing Education
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Learning and Teaching in HEI
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General nursing and related matters
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Wound care
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Infection control and prevention in nursing
Current non-degree Research Projects:
N/A
Current Final Year Undergraduate/Honours Research Projects:
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Quality improvement projects, x1 Research project related to wound care, title to be confirmed.
Number of currently supervised Masters and PhD candidates (2023 to 2024):
Research Output 2023 to 2024:
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One Article in 2024
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Two Articles and one Conference proceeding in 2023
Current Research Collaborations within your Department or Discipline:
N/A
Current Inter-Disciplinary/Multi-Disciplinary/Trans-Disciplinary Research Collaborations:
N/A