Welcome to my Virtual Memory Box! A memory box is something where people put keepsakes so that they are all in one place and are easy to find. My memory box is virtual and it contains a selection of academic keepsakes that I have created during my career as both a psychiatric nurse and a teacher. I divided my academic keepsakes into three general sections: books (Open Education Resources – or OER e-books that are available for free); journal articles from a variety of refereed publications; and teaching resources.
With a background in both psychiatric mental health nursing and education, I worked on forensic, acute assessment and day hospital pychiatric units; and taught in traditional diploma schools of nursing, community colleges and universities. I have been an Associate Professor at Athabasca University for nearly twenty years, where I authored and instructed in both undergraduate and graduate classes.
During my tenure at Athabasca University, I served as Chair of the Research Ethics Review Board for two terms. I also chaired the Canada-wide Clinical Teaching Interest Group for four terms and served as President of Western and Northern Region Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (WRCASN). I am a winner of the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Award for Excellence in Nursing Education and the WNRCASN Educational Innovation Award.
My research projects have been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council (SSHRC), the Collaborative Research Grant Initiative (CRGI), WNRCASN and Athabasca University. In the community, I am an active volunteer with my local United Church of Canada, community kitchen and animal rescue shelter.
Books
Creative Clinical Teaching in the Health Professions |
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Sherri Melrose, Caroline Park, and Beth Perry
For healthcare professionals, clinical education is foundational to the learning process. However, balancing safe patient care with supportive learning opportunities for students can be challenging for instructors and the complex social context of clinical learning environments makes intentional teaching approaches essential. Clinical instructors require advanced teaching knowledge and skills as learners are often carrying out interventions on real people in unpredictable environments. Creative Clinical Teaching in the Health Professions is an indispensable guide for educators in the health professions. Interspersed with creative strategies and notes from the field by clinical teachers who offer practical suggestions, this volume equips healthcare educators with sound pedagogical theory. The authors focus on the importance of personal philosophies, resilience, and professional socialization while evaluating the current practices in clinical learning environments from technology to assessment and evaluation. This book provides instructors with the tools to influence both student success and the quality of care provided by future practitioners. Melrose, S., Park, C., & Perry, B. (2021). Creative clinical teaching in the health professions. AU PRESS. https://www.aupress.ca/books/creative-clinical-teaching-in-the-health-professions/ CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
Centring Human Connections in the Education of Health Professionals |
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Sherri Melrose, Caroline Park, and Beth Perry
Many of today’s learning environments are dominated by technology or procedure-driven approaches that leave learners feeling alone and disconnected. The authors of Centring Human Connections in the Education of Health Professionals argue that educational processes in the health disciplines should model, integrate, and celebrate human connections because it is these connections that will foster the development of competent and caring health professionals. Centring Human Connections in the Education of Health Professionals equips educators working in clinical, classroom, and online settings with a variety of teaching strategies that facilitate essential human connections. Included is an overview of the educational theory that grounds the authors’ thinking, enabling the educators who employ the strategies included in the book to assess their fit within curriculum requirements and personal teaching philosophies and understand how and why they work. Melrose, S., Park, C., & Perry, B. (2020). Centring human connections in the education of health professionals. AU PRESS. https://www.aupress.ca/books/120289-centring-human-connections-in-the-education-of-health-professionals/ CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
Creative Clinical Teaching in the Health Professions |
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Melrose, Sherri, Park, Caroline, Perry, Beth
This peer reviewed e-book is a must-read for nurses and other health professionals who strive to teach with creativity and excellence in clinical settings. Each chapter presents current evidence informed educational practice knowledge. Each topic is also presented with text boxes describing ‘Creative Strategies’ that clinical teachers from across Canada have successfully implemented. For those who are interested in background knowledge, the authors provided a comprehensive literature base. And, for those interested mainly in ‘what to do,’ the text box summaries offer step-by-step directions for creative, challenging activities that both new and experienced instructors can begin using immediately. Melrose, S., Park, C. & Perry, B. (2015). Creative clinical teaching in the health professions. Retrieved from https://clinicalteaching.pressbooks.com Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike |
Teaching Health Professionals OnlineFrameworks and Strategies |
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Sherri Melrose, Caroline Park, and Beth Perry
Teaching Health Professionals Online is a must-read for professionals in the health care field who strive to deliver excellence in their online classes. Intended for a wide range of professionals, including nurses, social workers, occupational and radiation therapists, chiropractors, dietitians, and dental hygienists, this compendium of teaching strategies will inspire both new and experienced instructors in the health professions. In addition to outlining creative, challenging activities with step-by-step directions and explanations of why they work, each chapter in the text situates practice within the context of contemporary educational theories such as instructional immediacy, invitational theory, constructivism, connectivism, transformative learning, and quantum learning theory. The authors also address other issues familiar to those who have taught online courses. How can a distance instructor build teacher-student relationships? How does one transform the assumptions often held by students in the health fields from the confines of the virtual classroom? Most importantly, how can the instructor support his or her students in their future pursuits of knowledge and their development as competent professionals? By considering these and other concerns, this handbook aims to help instructors increase student success and satisfaction, which, the authors hope, will ultimately produce the best possible patient care. Melrose, S., Park, C. L., & Perry, B. (2013). Teaching health professionals online: Frameworks and strategies. AU Press. https://www.aupress.ca/books/120234-teaching-health-professionals-online/ CC BY-NC-ND 2.5 CA |
Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Mental IllnessWhat Caregivers Need to Know |
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Sherri Melrose, Ph.D. and Melrose, S., Dusome, D., Simpson, J., Crocker, C., Athens, E.
This multidisciplinary resource develops topics of interest to all those who care about and for individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and mental illness. Each chapter presents current evidence informed practice knowledge. Each topic is also presented with audio enabled text boxes emphasizing ‘Key Points for Caregivers.’ For those who are interested in background knowledge, we provided the comprehensive literature base. And, for those interested mainly in ‘what to do,’ we provided text box summaries for reading and listening. Melrose, S., Dusome, D., Simpson, J., Crocker, C., Athens, E. (2015). Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Mental Illness: What Caregivers Need to Know. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: BCcampus. Retrieved from http://opentextbc.ca/caregivers/ CC-BY 4.0 |
Journal Articles
Education
Mental Health
Addictions |
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Developmental Disabilities |
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GENERAL ISSUES
Topics of Interest |
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Teaching Resources
Open Educational Resources |
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Melrose, Sherri, Swettenham, Steve
This collection of Open Educational Resources (OERs) was created for deployment in a graduate course at Athabasca University. They are available free of charge and can be repurposed as per the Creative Commons license. This project/resource was Funded by the Alberta Open Educational Resources (ABOER) Initiative, which is made possible through an investment from the Alberta government. Melrose, S., & Swettenham, S. (2016). Open Educational Resources. Retrieved from http://epub-fhd.athabascau.ca/oer/ Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike |
Welcoming Students to a Graduate Course ‘Dissemination‘
Welcoming Students to a Graduate Course ‘Clinical Teaching & Learning‘
Welcoming Students to a Graduate Course ‘Teaching in Health Disciplines‘
Lesson on ‘Collaborative Relationships and Group Dynamics‘
Lesson on ‘Creating a Teaching Toolbox‘
Lesson on ‘Reflection in Teaching‘
Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Mental Illness
https://opentextbc.ca/caregivers/
Sirius Radio Interview on ‘Seasonal Depression‘
