Instructor II
College of Nursing
Helen Glass Centre for Nursing
Room 489 - 89 Curry Place
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2
Phone: 204-474-9315
Fax: 204-474-7682
jamie.penner@umanitoba.ca
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University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, R3T 2N2
College of Nursing
Helen Glass Centre for Nursing
Room 489 - 89 Curry Place
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2
Phone: 204-474-9315
Fax: 204-474-7682
jamie.penner@umanitoba.ca
I am passionate about excellence in nursing education. As an educator, I am mindful of the importance of both evidence-based instructional strategies and role modeling to support students as they develop their nursing knowledge, practice, and identity.
In the courses I teach, I emphatically guide students to get to know those we care for in our nursing practice as unique individuals and prioritize care that is relational and upholds each person’s dignity. I strive to bring this same personal approach to my teaching by creating a safe, open space in which students feel free to express different ideas, opinions, worldviews, and experiences and feel valued as we learn from each others' perspectives.
Benjamin Franklin wisely said, "Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn." I am committed to working alongside students and creating experiential learning environments that are engaging, interactive, supportive, and sprinkled with humor. My goal is always to foster a spirit of curiosity, growth, and confidence in students as I help them succeed.
Jamie Penner is an instructor in the College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba.
Her clinical experience began as a registered nurse on the Head and Neck Oncology Inpatient Unit at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. Following her Master of Nursing degree she worked as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Head & Neck Oncology at CancerCare Manitoba supporting patients and families across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings.
During her doctoral studies, Jamie held a research fellowship in the Psychosocial Oncology Research Training program through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research. Her doctoral work focused on the development and pilot randomized controlled trial of a home-based physical activity intervention as one means with which to promote the health of family caregivers of people with advanced cancer.
Jamie teaches undergraduate nursing courses in Supportive and Palliative Care, and Family Health, as well as the novel interdisciplinary undergraduate course in Family Caregiving Across the Lifespan that she co-developed.
Jamie's current scholarly work is focused on collaborating with communities and family caregivers to improve the caregiving experience and promote the health and wellbeing of family caregivers. At the heart of this work, is the ongoing development and evaluation of community-based experiential learning initiatives to increase family caregiving literacy among healthcare students, healthcare educators, family caregivers, and members of the broader community. Additionally, her work informs educational interventions for clinical nurse educators to enhance their integration of a palliative approach to care, including support of family caregivers, in clinical education of nursing students across settings.
Jamie has expertise in intervention development and evaluation and mixed methods research. Her work has been funded by various sources including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Manitoba Medical Services Foundation, and she has presented and published her work at the local, national, and international levels.
Faculty of Arts, UM Today
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources, UM Today
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
College of Nursing
Helen Glass Centre for Nursing
89 Curry Place
University of Manitoba (Fort Garry Campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada