Associate Professor Jacqueline Bloomfield
RN, BN MN PGDip(Midwifery) UTS PGDip(Healthcare Ed) PhD Lond
Associate Professor- Nursing
Director of International Strategy
M02A - 88 Mallett Street - Building A
The University of Sydney
Telephone | +61 2 9351 0936 |
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Biographical details
Associate Professor Jacqueline Bloomfield is Director of International Strategy at Sydney Nursing School. Prior to commencing this appointment, Dr Bloomfield held the position of Associate Dean (Education). She is a registered nurse and experienced academic and has worked at universities in Australia and the United Kingdom. Prior to returning to Sydney in 2013, to take up the appointment of Director of Pre-registration programs at Sydney Nursing School, Jacqueline was Head of Pre-registration studies at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London, where she retains links as an Honorary Senior lecturer.
Dr Bloomfield's nursing background is in haematology, oncology and palliative care nursing, in which she has extensive clinical and teaching experience and relevant post-graduate qualifications. She is also a qualified midwife. She was awarded a PhD from the University of London in 2008 for which she undertook a study that investigated the effectiveness of e-learning for clinical skills acquisition in first year nursing students.
Jacqueline has a very strong educational background and extensive academic leadership experience at a senior level with expertise in curriculum design and development, innovative educational delivery, undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and research supervision, quality assurance and educational policy development.
Research interests
Associate Professor Bloomfield's research background and interests focus on two major areas: supportive care for patients with cancer; and nursing education and workforce development. She is particularly interested in how nurses can be educated and supported to care for patients in the cancer and palliative care setting. Jacqueline is a fellow in the Cancer Nursing Research Unit (CNRU) and is currently part of a team conducting a study entitled ” Understanding the experience of healthcare professionals in supporting adolescent and young adult cancer patients transitioning to palliative care: insights from Australian and UK specialists”.
She is also a member of a research team who is currently evaluating innovative nursing workforce development models within primary care including a transition to professional practice program for graduate nurses entering practice nursing and a similar program within the community nursing setting.
Forthcoming Publications
Bloomfield J, Roberts J & While A. (2017) Evaluating e-learning as a method of teaching hand washing to nursing students using a Randomised Controlled Trial: Issues to Consider when employing students as participants in educational research. Sage Research Methods Cases Part http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473956025 (Accepted)
Aggar C, Bloomfield JG, Frotjold A, Thomas TH, Koo F (2017) A time management intervention using simulation to improve nursing students’ preparedness for medication administration in the clinical setting: A quasi-experimental study. Collegian. IN PRESS
Thomas TH , Bloomfield JG, Gordon CJ and Aggar C (2017) Australia’s first Transition to Professional Practice in Primary Care Program: Qualitative findings from a mixed-method evaluation. Collegian doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2017.03.009
Teaching and supervision
Associate Professor Bloomfield has extensive teaching experience in cancer, haematology and palliative care subjects as well as clinical skills, evidence-based practice and research methods.
She is Director of the Bachelor of Nursing (post registration) in Singapore and is Unit of Study coordinator for:
- SNGP3009 Nursing Knowledge & Practice
- SNGP3007 Inquiry & Research in Nursing
Jacqueline has supervised/ co-supervised PhD (1), Masters (3) and Honours (14) students to completion including:
2014: An exploratory trial exploring the use of a multiple intelligences approach for teaching clinical skills to first year undergraduate nursing students.
Linda Sheahan, Doctorate of Healthcare, King’s College London, United Kingdom.
Current research students
Project title | Research student |
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Undergraduate Nursing Students� Experiences of Caring for Individuals with Cancer | Ahmed ALMANSOUR |
Current projects
Using simulation to enhance the skills and confidence of nursing and medical students when communicating with dying patients and their families: a pilot study
Associations
Australian College of Nursing
Cancer Nursing Society of Australia
Royal College of Nursing, United Kingdom
Greater Metropolitan (Sydney) Interdisciplinary Clinical Training Network
Northern Sydney Interdisciplinary Clinical Training Network
International links
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London
Oxford International Learning Collaborative: Leadership for Practical Action around the Fundamentals of Care
Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing, UK): advisory panel member
Awards and honours
Selected grants and scholarships
2017: The University of Sydney Strategic Education Grant 2017 ($12000) “Preparing disability awareness aware graduates- evaluating the impact of a shared disability training program for students within The University of Sydney”. Saini B, Camp A, Bloomfield J, Brand-Miller J, Currie W & Stuart-Smith W.
2017: The University of Sydney Strategic Education Grant 2017 ($11900) “Healthcare students as educators: linking theory to practice”. Burgess A, Mellis C, Fox G, Bleasel J, Nesbit G, Roberts C, Chen T & Bloomfield J.
2017: The University of Sydney Strategic Education Grant 2017 ($11980) “Clinicians as teachers: a blended learning, inter-professional Clinical Teacher Training (CTT) program”. Burgess A, Mellis C, Bleasel J, Haq I, Nisbet G, Kenny B, Roberts C, Chen T, Schneider C, Bloomfield J, Gordon C & Black K.
2017: The University of Sydney Strategic Education Grant 2017 ($30,500) . “Development of a clinically authentic e-portfolio using PebblePad to improve assessment and feedback in the clinical setting for health professionals”. Haq I, Bleasel J, Weeks R, Lane S & Bloomfield J
2016: The University of Sydney Strategic Education Grant 2016 ($35, 000) “Development of the University of Sydney Interprofessional Student-led Clinical Model”. Schneider C, Bleasel J, Bloomfield J, Cook D, Fairbrother M, Gunton J, Lane S, McKenzie H, Nisbet G, Phelps M, Rangan A, Smith L, Spallek H, Usherwood T.
2015: The University of Sydney Strategic Education Grant 2015 ($6140) “Improving the first year experience and student achievement through the implementation of a short online course and peer-mentoring program”. Hughes V, Bloomfield J.
2015: Northern Sydney Medicare Local ($30000) for evaluation of HealthOne program. Dr J Bloomfield, Dr C Aggar and Dr C Gordon: “Report of the Evaluation of HealthOne Northern Sydney 2015”.
2014: Transition program for new graduates into general practice; Christopher Gordon, Christina Aggar, Jacqueline Bloomfield. Northern Sydney Medicare Local Research Support.
2010/11: University of London: Centre for Distance Education Teaching and Research Award (£3100.00) for study entitled; "Graduate Nursing Students perceptions and experiences of e-learning for the acquisition and development of clinical skills". Principal investigator: Dr Jacqueline Bloomfield. Co-investigator: Dr Anne Jones.
2002/2003: King's College London Teaching Fund Grant for "Clinical Skills for Health Professionals" Principal investigators: Jacqueline Bloomfield and Diane Tofts (£10,000).
International links
United Kingdom |
(King's College London )
Speaking into the void: using voice in podcasts and mobile learning". Principal investigator: Dr Ann Wilkinson. Co- investigators/project team: Dr Jacqueline Bloomfield, B Quinn, Dr S Zschalier, I Barrett, R Toorabally and N McGregor. |
Selected grants
2018
- Developing international educational nursing collaborations with Toronto University.; Green J, Bloomfield J, Conlon L; DVC Education/Small Educational Innovation Grant.
- Electronic medical record simulation; preparing healthcare students for the workforce.; Frotjold A, Bloomfield J, Conlon L, Maw M; DVC Education/Large Educational Innovation Grant.
- Recognising culture and developing academic potential in Singapore nursing students.; Bloomfield J, James B, Green J, Ridgway G, Harvey A, Garcia A; DVC Education/Small Educational Innovation Grant.
2017
- Clinicians as teachers: a blended learning, inter-professional Clinical Teacher Training (CTT) program; Burgess A, Mellis C, Bleasel J, Haq I, Fox G, Nisbet G, Kenny B, Roberts C, Chen T, Schneider C, Bloomfield J, Gordon C, Black K; DVC Education/Small Educational Innovation Grant.
- Preparing disability aware health graduates - evaluating the impact of an online shared disability awareness training program for students within the health care disciplines at Sydney University; Saini B, Camp A, Bloomfield J, Brand-Miller J, Currie W, Stuart-Smith W; DVC Education/Small Educational Innovation Grant.
- Healthcare students as educators: linking theory to practice; Burgess A, Mellis C, Bleasel J, Haq I, Roberts C, Nisbet G, Kenny B, Chen T, Schneider C, Gordon C, Bloomfield J; DVC Education/Small Educational Innovation Grant.
- Development of a clinically authentic e-portfolio using PebblePad to improve assessment and feedback in the clinical setting for health professionals; Haq I, Bleasel J, Lane A, Caillaud C, Bloomfield J, Smith L, Martin E, Kalman E; DVC Education/Large Educational Innovation Grant.
2016
- Development of the University of Sydney interprofessional student-led health clinic model; Schneider C, Bleasel J, Bloomfield J, Cook D, Fairbrother M, Gunton J, Haq I, Lane A, McKenzie H, Nisbet G, Phelps M, Rangan A, Rohrlach B, Smith L, Spallek H, Usherwood T; DVC Education/Large Educational Innovation Grant.
2015
- Improving the first year experience and student achievement through the implementation of a short online course and peer-mentoring program.; Hughes V, Bloomfield J; DVC Education/Small Educational Innovation Grant.
- Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Transition to Professional Practice Program; Gordon C, Aggar C, Bloomfield J; Northern Sydney Local Health District/Research Support.
- Report of the Evaluation of HealthOne Northern Sydney 2015; Bloomfield J, Aggar C, Gordon C; Northern Sydney Medicare Local Ltd/Commissioned Research.
2014
- Developing a Graduate Nurse Transition Program to Primary Health Care; Gordon C, Bloomfield J, Aggar C; Northern Sydney Medicare Local Ltd/Research Grant.
2012
- hapTELX - Haptics to enhance the teaching and learning of healthcare courses and robotics; Cox M, Bloomfield J; Kings College London/Teaching Innovation Fund.
- Speaking into the void: using voice in podcasts and mobile learning; Wilkinson A, Bloomfield J, Quinn B, Zschalier S, Barrett I, Toorabally R, McGregor N; Kings College London/Teaching Innovation Fund.
2011
- Using simulation to enhance the skills and confidence of nursing and medical students when communication with dying patients and their families; Bloomfield J, Gillett K; Kings College London/Teaching Innovation Fund.
2010
- Graduate Nursing Students perceptions and experiences of e-learning for the acquisition and development of clinical skills; Bloomfield J, Jones A; Kings College London/Centre for Distance Education Teaching and Research Award.
- A feasibility study assessing methods for evaluating an end of cancer treatment consultation; Moore J, Bloomfield J, Armes J, Ream E; Guys and Saint Thomas NHS Foundation Trust/Grant.
- Exploring the use of simulation and e-learning for clinical skills education in nursing: insights from the USA; Bloomfield J; Florence Nightingale Foundation/Travel Scholarship Award.
Selected publications & creative works
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Clinical Nursing Skills: An Australian Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2017)
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How to pass your OSCE: a guide to success in nursing and midwifery (Routledge, 2010)
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