Debra Morgan

Transcultural nursing and transcultural education: Comprising the development of cultural competence and humility, culture and health, globalisation and health. Development of healthcare education in low and middle income countries. Virtual approaches to transcultural education and pedagogy of study abroad. Learning and teaching methodologies and concepts such as transformative learning, internationalisation, global citizenship, threshold concepts in nursing, virtual exchange.

I have over 20 years of experience as a senior lecturer / assistant professor in the field of nurse education. I have also served terms as Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Director of International Development and Recruitment (Principal Lecturer), and also Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Director of Transnational Education.

My area of expertise is framed as ‘transcultural nursing, education and research’. I have generated, published and implemented evidence-based pedagogy to develop, lead and teach programmes and modules that impact on nursing practice in the UK and globally, including low and middle income countries (LMIC’s). I have also led on projects to investigate and develop cultural competence and global citizenship in nursing, with an overarching aim to develop healthcare education globally and to reduce global health inequality.

More specifcially, my research is situated within the qualitative paradigm, in particular hermeneutic phenomenology (HP). I developed a modified approach to data analysis suitable for multiple context HP research, I provide PhD supervision and I am a PhD examiner. My educational expertise includes design and leadership of international programmes, transcultural teaching expertise, international student well-being and support and international educational consultancy work, including design of novel virtual consultancy models for low and middle income countries. I have expertise in the pedagogy of student and staff mobility, including virtual exchange, and I  lead the departments mobility programme which seeks to support students to develop cultural competence and humility, to progress as global graduates and as global citizens. I am also an active member of a global community of practitioners and I co-lead the Advance HE network 'Authentic Learning for Global Citizenship'.