アドラー ジカン コリンズ

PROF JE KAN ADLER-COLLINS, PH.D., PGCE, REMT, RN

1738 Kaminagono, Phone: 00 81 (0) 947 42 1367
Kikuka Town, Kamoto Gun Email: drjekan54@gmail.com or jekan@uhe.ac.jp
Yamaga City, Kumamoto Perfecture, Japan 861 0404 Skype: Jekan6861 or Facebook: Dr Je Kan


LEADING HEALTHCARE EDUCATOR
Undergraduate – Ph.D. Curricula | Industry Consultation | International Reach
A top-performing healthcare educator credited with combining deep nursing experience, proven approaches to learning and healthcare delivery best practices to formulate advanced international nurse-training programs. Strong expertise in leveraging knowledge and training as industry consultant, lecturer and workshop provider. Highly accomplished researcher, editor and publisher, provoking new dialog and improved patient outcomes.



▪ Higher Education
▪ Nursing Best Practices
▪ Research
▪ Strategic Planning/Analysis
▪ MOOC design ▪ Curricula Development
▪ Project Management
▪ Public Speaking
▪ Writing & Editing
▪ E-learning design ▪ Problem/Resolution Analysis
▪ Team Leadership
▪ Collaboration
▪ Cultural Sensitivity
▪ Digital Classrooms

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

NURSE TRAINING – Produced Japan’s first healing undergraduate and graduate curriculum for nurses, along with the country’s first professional healing holistic touch licensing standards.

Consultant for the Development of Bsn upgrade for Nursing, design, assessment strategies, auditing from school to college. Ministry of health ,Oman.

NURSING PRACTICE – Developed hospice/end-of-life program for Japan-based non-profit, Integrated Care Education Research Association.

RESEARCH –
THE CLASSROOM AS PLACES OF LEARNING. TEACHING STYLES, FLIPPED CLASSROOM, OPEN BOOK LEARNING AND TESTING, STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING. E-PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING

Lead for China, Thailand and Japan-based project researching nursing/health care professionals’ health and safety at point-of-care collection of sputum samples IN MDRTB and XMDRTB.

President Non Profit Organsation: Integrated Care, Education Research Association, Japan. Responding to Fukishima Nuclear disaster, Kumamoto earth quakes with support of trained staff in disaster management and community support.

TECHNOLOGY – Pioneered new form of presenting nursing evidence in multimedia formats, piloting the project in conjunction with Blackwell Publishers and The International Council of Nursing.

Development of e-learning systems, learning management systems, digital classroom development, strategies and assessment.

PUBLISHING – Appointed Associate Editor, International Council of Nursing’s International Nursing Review 2013-2015; Founding member, Editor, Educational Journal of Living Theories; Editorial Board, International Journal of Nursing & Science and Editorial Board, International Journal of Substance Abuse and Mental Health





PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


Professor of International Nursing. Shikoku, Japan. (2017- )
Appointed as Professor of International Nursing nursing using e-learning and blended learning strategies to teach a new cohort the complexities of International nursing issues in a Global context without borders. The digital classroom approach offers unique opportunities and challenges for nurse education , teacher training and the students experience of higher education.
● Instructional design
● Flipped classroom design
● Graphic design
● Assessment strategies
● Portfolio as evidence of learning
● Managing Resistance to change ( faculty)
● Motivating change ( students)
● History of Nursing Politics of the winner .
● Health or Wealth Care? : WHO policies and strategies.




MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MUSCAT, OMAN 2014-2016
SENIOR NURSE TUTOR AND CONSULTANT
▪ Essential advisor assisting in the formation of a new health college, as stipulated in the country’s 40-year health strategic plan, Oman 2050 Allied Health.
▪ Lead for BSC(n) program development to upgrade health college from diploma to Bachelor of Science program.
▪ Responsibilities include quality review and auditing, systems analysis, course development and innovations, teacher training and licensing development.
▪ Served on Ministry’s Curriculum Evaluation Committee, Research Committee and Institute Management Board Oman Nursing Institute.
▪ Current course instruction in Anatomy, Fundamentals of Nursing, First Aid, Research Methodology, Writing for Publication, Health Promotion and Research Strategies. Clinical praxis, ER, trauma.


FUKUOKA PERFECTURAL UNIVERSITY, FUKUOKA, JAPAN 2003-2014
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND COURSE DIRECTOR, HEALTH PROMOTION CENTER (2007-2014)
▪ Devised innovative curriculum and research projects, outreach development and community education programs, including bid design and research governance and peer-reviewed publication plan, growing the research culture throughout the University.
▪ Created and led research themes, strands of inquiry and practice by community therapists in the University’s first healing clinic for end-of-life care.
▪ Taught courses in: Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Master’s level); and Mental Health, Disaster Nursing, Health Theory and Practice (Bachelor level), among others.
▪ Advised best practices for Ph.D. and Master’s thesis candidates, while supervising faculty research and writing.
▪ Appointed Research Fellow to Centre for Research and Training on Gender and Women’s Health, Khon Kean University, Khon Kean, Thailand.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, NURSING, UNDERGRADUATE NURSING SCHOOL (2003-2007)
▪ Leader of academic course development for Bachelor degree programs in nursing, including administrative management responsibilities.
▪ Initiated new community outreach course and related activity, enhancing the University’s community relations and generating additional annual revenue.
▪ Served as academic supervisor to undergraduate and select Master’s and Ph.D. candidates.
▪ Conducted and completed new research projects in critical pedagogy, and the impact on environmental effects (e.g., music therapy) on classroom teaching.
▪ Opened first community healing space for end-of-life care, expanding patient options through local hospitals.
▪ Introduced innovations in Mental Health Holistic and community recovery programs for depression, self harm, addiction and addictive behaviors.
▪ Taught undergraduate Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology Research Skill, Portfolios, Mental Health and Basic Nursing.

BRITISH NURSING ASSOCIATION, Guilford, United Kingdom 1990-1999
BANK NURSE

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, Adlershot, United Kingdom 1985-1990
CHARGE NURSE

CAMBRIDGE MILITARY HOSPITAL, Cambridge, United Kingdom 1978-1985
STAFF/ CHARGE NURSE


EDUCATION


Ph.D., Education, University of Bath, Bath City, Avon, United Kingdom
Master of Arts, Education, University of Bath, Bath City, Avon, United Kingdom
Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Higher Education), University College of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
Teacher Training Certificate (Higher Education) Radstock College, Bath, United Kingdom
Registered Emergency Medical Technician, British Military, Royal Army Medical Corps, United Kingdom
Registered Nurse, British Military, Royal Army Medical Corps, United Kingdom

AFFILIATIONS


Asian International Conference on Humanized Health Care | Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | British Complementary Medical Association | British Education Research Association | British Royal College of Nursing | Integrative Care and Research Association | International Counsel of Nursing | Japanese Holistic Nursing Association | Karolinska Institute | Khon Kaen University

ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALS (SELECTED)

RESEARCH LEADERSHIP (12 PROJECTS)

Holistic Touch: A joint project between Fukuoka Prefecture Health Promotion Centre (Japan) and Khon Kaen University (Thailand) to measure stressing factors in human saliva pre-and-post mediation in end-of-life care.
Community Narratives: The study of middle-aged Japanese women returning to higher education to train as therapists, and their education journeys shared through work in an end-of-life clinic.
Holistic Touch Therapy in End of Life Care: A joint research program with scholars from Khon Kaen University and Fukuoka Prefectural University to produce a health promotion program in holistic touch for community members to volunteer as therapists in Buddhist hospice care. The three-year project includes training/training protocol and extensive community outreach.
Working with Solar Energy: A series of health promotion workshops aimed at teaching community members Fukuoka how to build solar panels. The purpose is to provide greater access to solar energy, thereby enhancing individual’s quality of life through electricity to generate heat, expand cooking options, etc.

PUBLISHED SCHOLARLY WORKS (33)

Complementary and Alternative Therapies in mental health care and treatment: Magic, Myth or Fact? Care in Mental Health Substance Use, Book 5, (2010)

A narrative of my ontological transformation as I developed, piloted, and evaluated a curriculum for the healing and reflective nurse in a Japanese nursing faculty. Action Research in the Educational Workplace, (2010)

Commanding Insights in a Survey of Psychiatrists’ and Registered Nurses’ Levels of Mental Health Literacy in a Chinese General Hospital. International Nursing Review, (2011)

Plagiarism or Differing Ways of Representing Knowledge? International Nursing Review, (2011)

Palliative Care in Severe Mental Illness. Palliative Care within Mental Health, (2012)

How Am I Contributing to Sustaining Educational Conversations for the New Scholarship Across Cultural Boundaries and Differences? Education-line, British Academic Database, University of Leeds, (2012)

Nurses as Innovators in Health Education. International Nursing Review, (2012)

Courage and Selflessness in Professional Actions; But is it Enough?" International Nursing Review, (2013)

We Must Take a Critical Look at Nursing Education. International Nursing Review, (2013)

Transcending Colonising Influences Across Cultural Boundaries: A Continuing Journey of Lifelong Learning. Educational Journal of Living Theories, (2014)

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS 2014

Writing for Publication, International Council of Nursing Conference, Melbourne, Australia

Communication, Oman Nursing Institute, Muscat, Oman

Data Collection Methods, Strengths and Weaknesses, Oman Medical Specialist Board, Muscat, Oman

Leadership and Going Green in Nursing, Ministry of Health, Dubai

Global Citizenship Leadership and Education in Nursing, 1st International Students Conference, Oman Nursing Institute, Muscat, Oman

Pathways to Licensure in Pain Control, Ministry Of Health, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman

Future Educational Pathways, Ministry of Health, Rustag, Oman

Dissemination of research Strategies, Ministry of Health, Sohar, Oman

Data Types and Usage; Writing for Publication, Ministry of Health, Dubai

WORKSHOPS LEADER (157)

Home & Community Healing Workshop for Home Nurses, Fukuoka, Japan (2013)

Stress and Mental Health Workshop for Public Nurses, Fukuoka, Japan 2013)

MDR-TB Workshop, Fukuoka, Japan (2013)

Action Research as a Methodology, Master Classes, Beijing China (2013)

Food for Healing: Cooking for Post Radiation and Chemo Treatment, Fukuoka, Japan (2014)