I am a committed nurse educationalist with qualifications, experience and expertise in nursing, education and research having contributed through my career in nursing in the acute and primary health care contexts, in higher education and in professional regulation.

I hold particular interest in the quality of nursing education and its translation to performance outcomes of competence and scholarship.

Areas of Teaching

• Primary health care
• Maternal, child & family health
• Infant, child & youth health
• Nursing foundations
• Clinical, professional & regulatory governance
• Leadership, peer review & mentorship
• Adult learning principles & practices
• Educational theory, evaluation & standards
• Evidence based practice & inquiry based learning
• Research approaches in health care

Research Interests

• Teaching and learning
• Curricula development and accreditation
• Educational governance and evaluative practice
• Primary health care
• Maternal, child & family health
• Specialist practice in nursing
• Professional and regulatory governance
• Peer review and mentorship

Recent Publications

McQuellin, C. (2008). The Governance of Specialist Nursing Education and Professional Practice. Submitted for fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Deakin University. June.

Reports

2009. A Review of the Queen Elizabeth 11 Family Centre Clinical and Operational Guidelines. A Report to the Canberra Mothercraft Society Inc. January.

2006. ‘ACT Newborn Retrieval Service – Project Scoping Report’. Women and Children’s Health, ACT Health. September.