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Kara Sealock

Positions

Professor (Teaching)

Faculty of Nursing, Faculty

Contact information

Phone number

Office : 403.210.9272

Location

Office: PF3260F

For media enquiries, contact

Lynda Sea, Senior Manager - Communications

Office: +1.403.471-9762
Email: lsea@ucalgary.ca
Twitter: @ucalgarynursing

Background

Educational Background

Ed.D. Adult Learning , University of Calgary, 2019

M.Ed. Educational Contexts, University of Calgary, 2012

Bachelor of Nursing Nursing, University of Calgary, 2000

Biography

Dr. Kara Sealock is a tenured, Professor (Teaching) who joined the Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary in 2009 as a sessional clinical educator. Dr. Sealock completed her Bachelor of Nursing ('00), Masters in Education ('12), and a Doctorate in Education ('19) with a focus in adult education. She has extensive experience teaching students from years 1 to 4 in both clinical and theory. Dr. Sealock is passionate about pathophysiology, assessment, and pharmacology content addressing populations across the lifespan, supporting students transitioning from student to practitioner, and student success on NCLEX-RN and Next Generation Nursing. She brings strong clinical nursing experience in adult critical care (ICU/CCU), medical-surgical, gerontology, and clinical research (cardiovascular and endocrinology) to the educator role. She has presented at the local, provincial, national, and international level. Dr. Sealock is also one of the co-authors of Lilley’s Pharmacology for Canadian Health Care Practice.

Dr. Sealock’s research interests include adult learning with specific attention to cognitive levels of learning in clinical and theoretical environments, student success on NCLEX-RN/NGN and faculty development, clinical judgement, innovation in teaching and learning, relational inquiry, and empathy.

Research

Areas of Research

Adult Learning, Critical thinking/Clinical judgment/NGN, NCLEX-RN, Relational Inquiry, Empathy, Innovation in Teaching and Learning

Projects

CARDs for Undergraduate Nursing Students

WNRCASN Education Innovation Grant 


Clinical Nursing Educators' Understanding and Application of the Clinical Judgment Measurement Model

CASN- The Pat Griffin Research Grant 


Creating and Exploring the Impact of Case Studies Using Augmented Reality

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant, University of Calgary

Awards

  • Teaching Excellence Award (nomination), Students Union . 2020
  • Pursuit of Excellence Award- Committee’s Choice, Faculty of Nursing. 2019
  • 50 Faces of UCalgary Nursing, Faculty of Nursing. 2018
  • Teaching Excellence Award Recipient, Students Union. 2016
  • Teaching Excellence Award (nomination), Students Union . 2015