CURRICULUM VITAE

TRACY OOSTERBROEK, PhD(c) RN

PHONE: 403-317-5067
FAX: 403-329-2668
Email: tracy.oosterbroek@uleth.ca
CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITION
UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE
Faculty of Health Sciences
Instructor III
Date of hire: June 2002
EDUCATION
Doctoral Student (Nursing), University of Alberta, January 2013-expected completion
fall 2016
Master of Science (Nursing), University of Lethbridge, 2009
Baccalaureate of Nursing, University of Lethbridge, 1995
Nursing Diploma, Lethbridge Community College, 1990
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Nursing Education Program Approval Board (NEPAB): Chair elect May 2016, board
member
Rural Nurse Organization
Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)
Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)
College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA)
Health Services Quality Institute (HSQI)
Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI)
Western Region Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (WNRCASN)
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Current NESA Committee Membership:
FOHS Nursing Academic Assistant Search Committee
NESA Joint Faculty
NESA Curriculum Development Committee (former Chair, 2012-2014)
NESA International Placements Committee
NESA Practice Stream Committee
NESA Ad hoc NURS 4750 Required Removal from the practice setting
NESA Ad hoc NCLEX Planning Committee
Current community and professional membership/NESA Program Representation
University of Alberta - Faculty of Nursing eLearning Services Committee
University of Alberta Nursing Graduate Student Association (NGSA)
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Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Nursing Education

Advocacy Network
Nursing Education Program Approval Board (NEPAB)
AHS Clinical Liaison
o Student Friendly Practice Environments
AHS South-Zone Clinical Educators Committee
UofL/LC Practice Coordinators Committee
AHS Strategic Clinical Networks/SCN Research Working Group
Previous committee membership:
Alberta Nursing Education Administrators (ANEA) Position: Vice
Chair/Interim Chair
Lethbridge North Family Care Clinic Planning working group
University of Lethbridge Family Care Clinic Planning working group
AHS Pandemic Guidelines for Learners working group
SOHS Academic Assistant Search Committee (2007-2009)
University of Lethbridge General Faculties Council Honorary Degree
Committee (2008-2010)
University of Lethbridge General Faculties Council (2007-2009)
SOHS Search Committee Observer (2004)
SOHS Workload Task Force
NESA/SOHS Marketing Committee
NESA Program Advisory Committee (June 2004-June 2006)
NESA Curriculum Development Committee (September 2004-June 2007)
NESA Theory Stream Committee (2007-2011)
FOHS Strategic Planning Committee (2011-2012)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2003-Current

UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE - FACULTY OF HEALTH

SCIENCES
Faculty Member, Academic Assistant/Instructor III

2002 (Sept-Dec)

UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE - SCHOOL OF HEALTH

SCIENCES
Sessional Clinical Instructor

2000-2003

LETHBRIDGE COLLEGE (NESA)

Sessional Clinical Instructor

1990-2001

LETHBRIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Registered Nurse
1995-2001 Intensive Care Unit
1990-1995 Unit 4C Surgery

1992 (July)

LETHBRIDGE COLLEGE-SCHOOL OF NURSING

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Clinical Nursing Instructor

1991, 92, 93 (July)

LETHBRIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Student Preceptor

1989 (July-August)

EXTENDICARE NURSING HOME (LETHBRIDGE)

HCP: Nursing Aide
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2016-

NEPAB (chair elect)

2015-present

Nursing Education Advocacy Network (CASN)

2015-present

Nursing Leadership Network (Alberta Health)

2014-present

NEPAB Board Member (5 year term)

2014-present

Provincial Nursing Professional Practice Council

2014-present

University of Alberta Nursing Graduate Student Association

member (NGSA)

2013-present

NESA BN Programs Co-Chair: Faculty of Health Sciences NESA

2015-present

ANEA: Interim Chair

2014-present

ANEA Vice-Chair: Alberta Nursing Education Administrators

2013-2014

ANEA Secretary: Alberta Nursing Education Administrators

2010-current

Practice Courses Coordinator: Faculty of Health Sciences NESA

2008-2009

Theory Course Lead: NURS 3135 and 4135 (Professional Seminar

II & III)

2003-2005

Proctor: UVIC baccalaureate student

PRESENTATIONS

2015 (March)

Olive Yonge Teaching and Learning Scholarship Research Day:

Poster Presentation: Critical questions about international
placements in nursing education.
Edmonton, Alberta

2013 (October)

IIQM: 19th Qualitative Health Research Conference:

Poster Presentation: Comparing the assisted living and traditional
long-term care models: The perceptions of facility managers and
assisted living champions. Pamela Loewen, Carla Carnaghan, Tracy
Oosterbroek
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(Halifax, Nova Scotia)

2013 (March)

Annual Burkina Faso Nursing Conference

Oral Presentation: Malaria: Etiology, and care of the patient
(Leo, Burkina Faso)

2012 (June)

Caring Connections: 33rd International Association for Human

Caring Conference:
Oral Presentation: Experiences of Caring: Student and Faculty
Perspectives
(Philadelphia, PA)

2012 (Feb)

Western and North Region Canadian Association of Schools of

Nursing:
Poster Presentation: Belonging as a Factor that Influences Clinical
Learning: The Student Perspective (Lethbridge, AB)
Oral Presentation Second Degree Students Sense of Belonging
(co-author)

2009 (Dec)

NESA Professional Development:

Oral Presentation: Engaging Reflection in Health Professional
education and Practice
(London, ON)

2005

Third Annual Nurse Leaders Forum:

Poster Presentation: Masters thesis: Caring Practices in Problem
Based Learning
(Edmonton, AB)
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

2014

Dr. Olive Yonge Teaching and Learning Scholarship - $2500

2009

Dr. Ed McNally Graduate Studies Nursing Scholarship - $4000

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Al-Omari, E., Carnaghan, C., Hunter, K., Kelley, H., Oosterbroek, T.A., & Steinke, C.
(2012). Health Sciences Qualitative Institute (HSQI): Qualitative Assessment of St.
Therese Villa. (A joint initiative between the University of Lethbridge and Covenant
Health).
Sedgwick, M.G., Oosterbroek. T. & Ponomar, V. (2011-2012). A descriptive study of
undergraduate nursing students sense of belonging to the nursing profession during
clinical experiences.

PUBLICATIONS
In Press:
Oosterbroek, T., Yonge, O., Myrick, F. (2016 in press). Rural preceptorship in Canada.
Sedgwick, M.G., Oosterbroek, T.A. & Ponomar, V. (2014). It all depends:
Undergraduate minority nursing students experience of belonging during clinical
experiences. Nursing Education Perspectives, 35(2), 89-93.
Oosterbroek, T. (2009). Caring Practices in Problem Based Learning. Unpublished
Thesis.
REVIEWER
Nurse Education Today: Scholarly Journal review
Pangman, V.C., & Pangman, C. (2010). Nursing leadership from a Canadian
perspective. Philadelphia, PA: LWW.
Stedman's medical dictionary for the health professions and nursing (5th ed.). (2004).
Philadelphia, PA: LWW
McEwen, M. & Willis, E. M. (2003). Theoretical basis for nursing. Philadelphia, PA:
LWW
Lethbridge Undergraduate Research Journal (LURJ)
CONFERENCES AND SCHOLARLY MEETINGS
2016
Jones & Bartlett Learning Webinar: Nursing Leadership and Innovation
April, 2016 (webinar)
SPOR Support Unit, Career Development Platform: Patient Orientation Research
Training Program: Engaging Vulnerable Populations.
April, 2016 (Lethbridge, AB)
CARNA Centennial Conference
March, 2016 (Edmonton, AB)
2015
International Institute for Qualitative Methodology: Annual Qualitative Health
Research Conference
October, 2015 (Toronto, ON)
CASN Leadership Conference: Annual Academic Nursing Leadership Retreat
(Level II)
June, 2015 (Wakefield, QC)
NESA Professional Development: Assessments
May, 2015 (Lethbridge, AB)
Webinar: Simulation or Clinical: The Debate Continues
April, 2015 (Lethbridge, AB)
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CARNA Exploring the Future of Expert Care

April, 2015 (Lethbridge, AB)
Dennis Raphael: Social Determinants of Health
March, 2015 (Lethbridge, AB)
Olive Yonge Teaching and Learning Scholarship Day (presenter)
March, 2015 (Edmonton, AB)
AHS Provincial Nursing Professional Practice Council
January, 2015
ANEA quarterly meetings
NEPAB quarterly meetings

2014
International Institute for Qualitative Methodology: Annual Qualitative Health
Research Conference
October, 2014 (Victoria, BC)
CASN Leadership Conference: Annual Academic Nursing Leadership Retreat
June, 2014 (Wakefield, QC)
Campus Alberta Conference: University of Calgary
May, 2014 (Calgary, AB)
Demystifying Immigration: City of Lethbridge
April, 2014 (Lethbridge, AB)
2013
Bridges of Hope: Annual Nursing Conference (presenter)
March, 2013 (Leo, Burkina Faso)
Elsevier Faculty Development Conference
January, 2013 (Las Vegas, NV)
International Institute for Qualitative Methodology: Annual Qualitative Health
Research Conference (presenter)
October, 2013 (Halifax, NS)
NCLEX Information Seminar
October, 2013 (Calgary, AB)
2012
International Institute for Qualitative Methodology: Research Workshop
June, 2012 (Edmonton, AB)
International Council of Caring: Annual Conference
June, 2012 (Philadelphia, PA)
Philosophy in a Nurses World: Politics of Nursing Practice II
May, 2012 (Banff, AB)
CNA: CRNE Item Writing
April, 2012 (Ottawa, ON)
WNRCASN Annual Conference: The Winds of Change
February, 2012 (Lethbridge, AB)
NESA Professional Development Day: Exposing the Myth of Life Balance/Social
Media Presentation
January, 2012 (NESA University of Lethbridge)
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2011
Collaborating Across Borders III: Interprofessional Collaboration Conference
November, 2011 (Tucson, AZ)
ANEA Alberta Nursing Education Administrators spring meeting and PD
May 2011 (Calgary, AB)
2010
ANEA Alberta Nursing Education Administrators fall meeting
October, 2010 (Edmonton, AB)
CASN Nurse Educators Conference
May, 2010 (Winnipeg, MB)
ANEA Alberta Nursing Education Administrators spring meeting and PD
May, 2010 (Banff, AB)
Faculty of Management/CMA Speaker Series: Meet the Dragon (W. Brett Wilson)
March, 2010 (Lethbridge, AB)
2009
Engaging Reflection in Health Professional education and Practice
May, 2009 (London, ON)
2008
Blackfoot Culture Workshop SPANS NESA Presentation
November, 2008 (Lethbridge, AB)
Where are the Men in Nursing
October, 2008 (Lethbridge, AB)
NESA Professional Development: Coaching Techniques in the Classroom
August, 2008 (Lethbridge, AB)
Grief Lessons: Honoring Through Narratives
April, 2008 (Lethbridge, AB)
Stigma or Scapegoating in Mental Health
March, 2008 (Lethbridge, AB)
Nursing Education for Nursing and Allied Health First Nations Students
January, 2008 (Lethbridge, AB)
2005
3rd Annual Nurse Leaders Forum
November, 2005 (Edmonton, AB)
Power Within: Leadership Conference
October, 2005 (Calgary, AB)
Advances in Qualitative Research Methods
February, 2005 (Edmonton, AB)
2004
Palliative Care Conference
May, 2004 (Lethbridge, AB)
Fourth Annual Leadership Conference, Nursing
May, 2004 (Calgary, AB)
Alberta Association of Registered Nurses - AGM
April, 2004 (Calgary, AB)
2003
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Dealing with Difficult People

May, 2003 (Lethbridge, AB)
WRCASN annual conference
February, 2003 (Lethbridge, AB)
2002 +
Care of the Renal Patient
November, 2002 (Lethbridge, AB)
Singing from the Same Hymn Sheet
November, 2002(Lethbridge, AB)
Women and Children's Annual Conference - Legal Issues in Nursing: Managing
Crisis
November, 2002 (Lethbridge, AB)
Party Program (CHR) - Clinical Educational Activities and Professional
Development:
1995-1998 (Lethbridge, AB)
Central Line Removal/Blood Withdrawal Instructor (CHR)
1993-1995 (Lethbridge, AB)
Surgical Nurse Committee Member (CHR)
1992-1995 (Lethbridge, AB)

AREAS OF INTEREST
Teaching

Research

Practice

Nursing Research
Acute Care Nursing
Community Health Nursing
Professional Issues in Nursing
Nursing history, philosophy and knowledge development
Theoretical nursing models and frameworks
Preceptorship

Health care access and outcomes among vulnerable, underserved

populations
Indigenous and rural health
Patient outcomes
Preceptorship
Global and International Health

Medicine
Surgery
Pediatrics
Intensive Care
CERTIFICATIONS

Current Certifications
CPR/AED Level HCP (May, 2016)
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IV Management (August, 2015)

Anaphylaxis (August, 2015)
EMR (August, 2013)
WHIMS (August, 2015)

Past Certifications
ACLS (February 1998)
Blood Glucose Monitoring (BGM)
Epidural Removal
Swan Ganz Insertion (Assist MD)
Central Line Blood Withdrawal and Line Removal (Instructor)
Intravenous Drug Administration (ICU)
COURSES TAUGHT
Fall 2015

NURS 3360 Nursing Research

Spring 2014

NURS 4750 Senior Clinical Consolidation

Fall 2013

NURS 4750 Senior Clinical Consolidation

Spring 2013

NURS 4750 Senior Clinical Consolidation

Fall 2012

NURS 4750 Senior Clinical Consolidation

NURS 4015 Post-Diploma Practicum
NURS 4015 Post-Diploma Practicum

Spring 2012
Fall 2011
Spring 2011

Nursing 4750 Senior Clinical Consolidation

Nursing 4015 Post-Diploma Practicum
Nursing 4750 Senior Clinical Consolidation

Fall 2011

Nursing 4750 Senior Clinical Consolidation

Summer 2010

Nursing 3230 Health, Illness and Healing (Acute)

Spring 2010

Nursing 4750 Senior Nursing Practice

Nursing 3135 Professional Seminar II Section B
Nursing 3135 Professional Seminar II Section C
Nursing 4750 Senior Nursing Practice
Nursing 4350 Acute Clinical Practice
Nursing 4750 Senior Nursing Practice
Nursing 3135 Professional Seminar II - Section B
Nursing 3135 Professional Seminar II - Section C
Nursing 3255 Rural Acute Clinical

Fall 2009
Spring 2009
Fall 2008

Summer 2008
Spring 2008

Nursing 4135 Professional Seminar III - Section C

Nursing 3230 Health, Illness and Healing (Acute)

Fall 2004

Nursing 3135 Professional Seminar II - Section C

Nursing 4750 Senior Nursing Practice VIII
Nursing 3135 Professional Seminar II - Section A
Nursing 3135 Professional Seminar II - Section E
Nursing 4700 Senior Nursing Practice VIII
Nursing 4135 Professional Seminar III -Section A
Nursing 4135 Professional Seminar III - Section B
Nursing 4125 Nursing Management (Faculty Advisor)
Nursing 4250 Senior Clinical Preceptorship
Nursing 3011 Clinical Practice II (Post-diploma BN)
Nursing 4005 Clinical Practice III (Post-diploma BN)
Nursing 4240 Senior Clinical Practicum

Summer 2004

Nursing 3255/361 Nursing Practice V

Spring 2004
Fall 2003

Nursing 4125 Nursing Management (Faculty Advisor)

Nursing 2135/279 Professional Seminar I
Nursing 1320/173 Nursing Practice II
Nursing 4240 Senior Nursing Practice

Spring 2003

Nursing 1320/173 Nursing Practice II

Fall 2002

Nursing 4240 Senior Nursing Practice

Spring 2002

Nursing 1220/163 Nursing Practice I

Fall 2000 Spring 2003

Nursing 2255/293 Nursing Practice IV

Nursing 3255/361 Nursing Practice V
Nursing 2150/263 Nursing Practice III

Spring 2006
Fall 2005
Spring 2005

COMMUNITY SERVICE

July 2014-present: Bridges of Hope: Annual fundraising activities ongoing for

medical missions and nursing conferences in Burkina Faso, West Africa

October 2013: Lethbridge Homeless Census

September 2013: Lethbridge Lost Souls Ultra Race: Medical Volunteer

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June 2013: CARNA Jurisprudence Online Survey: I completed this survey and
was later invited to participate in item writing for CARNA Jurisprudence Continuing
Competence.

June 2013: Canada Wide Science Fair: Discovery Day volunteer. I was a planning
committee member, attended all planning meetings, and made the suggestion to
use a Zombie scenario to explain viral transmission, protection, prevention and
treatment to middle/high school aged participants. I participated throughout the
Discovery Day activities assisting where need and facilitating simulation activities.

March 2013: Bridges of Hope Medical Mission, Burkina Faso. I was invited to
assist Public Health nurses and LPNs in Southern Alberta that are involved with
BOH to plan and coordinate a nursing conference for community and facility nurses
in Burkina Faso. These nurses invited our team of nurses to prepare the
information and delivery it at the local hospital. We also were involved in
community health teaching in a small village clinic and in a small village school.

Spring 2013-present: Lethbridge North Family Care Clinic Planning Working

Group: I was invited to sit on this committee to participate in the planning and
development of a proposal for an AHS Family Care Clinic (FCC). This project is inprocess

April 2012: CRNE Item Writing Participant: Participated in the week-long CRNE
item writing session of a three-year term (Ottawa, ON)

May 2012-September 2013: Oldman River Health Advisory Council (AHS):

Board member. Attend quarterly meetings and involved in planning seasonal
events, fund-raising and other community events.

Annual: Supporting Our Students Campaign. Since I began employment with the
UofL, I contributed to the SOS campaign each year. However, several years ago I
created the Bob, Carolyn and Jeff Neilson Memorial Bursary in Nursing as a way to
honor my family and give back to the University Community by assisting a student
in financial need. Monthly contribution.

Annual: Alberta Registered Nurses Educational Trust (ARNET). Monthly

contribution.

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