Dr Lyn Middleton
Person | Dr Lyn Middleton |
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Telephone | +27 (0) 714751016 | |
Campus | Westville | |
Research Interests | Human resources for health; mental health; programme evaluation | |
Designation | Honorary Lecturer | |
| Biosketch | Lyn Middleton is Regional Nurse Advisor for ICAP at Columbia University’s multi-country Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI). She has served in ICAP since 2012 where, through the PEFAR-funded and HRSA-managed NEPI, she plays a leading role in ICAP’s sub-Saharan Africa efforts to strengthen pre-service nursing and midwifery education for improved health systems. Lyn has authored and co-authored journal articles, books and training materials in the areas of nursing education, and, mental health and policy. Lyn is a member of the World Health Organization’s Technical Working Group on Health Workforce Education Assessment Tools. She participated as a member of the WHO Core Guidelines Development Group to the development of the guidelines for the transformative scale-up of health professional education. Lyn worked previously at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Nursing and Public Health, South Africa, where she taught, mentored and supervised students from across the African continent. She has a PhD in Nursing, holds an honorary position in the School of Health Sciences (Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and is a member of the Association of Nurses in Aids Care and the International Nursing Honors Society, Sigma Theta Tau. | |
List of Publications | Middleton, L., Howard, A., Dohrn, J., Von Zinkernagel, D., Aranda-Naranjo, B., Hall, C., Malata, A., Byumbwe, T., Chabela, A., Molise, N., El-Sadr, W. (2014) The Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI): innovations in nursing and midwifery. Academic Medicine, Vol. 89, No. 8 / August Supplement 2014. Tokpah, M.M., Middleton, L. (2013) Psychiatric nurses’ understanding of the spiritual dimension of holistic psychiatric nursing practice in South Africa: a phenomenological study. Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. 15 (1), 81-94. http://reference.sabinet.co.za/document/EJC136701 Jack-Ide, I.O., Uys, LR., Middleton, L. (2013) Mental health care policy environment in rivers state: experiences of mental health nurses providing mental health care services in neuro-psychiatric hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 7(1):8. doi:10.1186/1752-4458-7-8 Holland, K.E., Middleton, L., & Uys, L. (2013) Professional Confidence: Conceptions held by novice occupational therapists in South Africa. Occupational Therapy International, 20, 105-113 Middleton, L., Nicolson, G., O’Neill, V. (2012). Juta’s Nursing Psychology: Applying Psychological Concepts to Nursing Practice. Juta:CapeTown Duma, S., Dippenaar, J., Bhengu, B., Oosthuizen, A., Middleton, L., Phillips, M., Naude, S. (2012) Specialist and advanced specialist nursing and midwifery practice. FUNDISA Trends in Nursing 2012. FUNDISA:Pretoria Jack-Ide, I., Uys, L., Middleton, L. (2012) A comparative study of mental health services in two African countries: South Africa and Nigeria. International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, May, 4(4), pp. 50–57, DOI: 10.5897/IJNM12.002 Holland, K.E., Middleton, L., & Uys, L. (2012) The sources of professional confidence in occupational therapy students. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 42(3), 19-25 Holland, K.; Middleton, L.,Uys, L.R. (2012) Professional confidence: A concept analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 19(2):214-24. Epub 2011 Jul 5. PMID: 21728746 Uys, L.R. & Middleton, L.(2011) Internationalizing university nursing schools in Southern Africa through a Community of Practice. International Nursing Review, Mar;58(1):115-22. PMID:21281303
Middleton, L. & Uys, L. (2009). A social constructionist analysis of episodes of talk in episodes of psychiatric student nurses conversations with clients in community clinics. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(3), 576–586. PMID: 19222655 Nascimento, L., Rodrigues, R., Middleton, L. & Buckner, E. (2008). Teaching Writing to Undergraduate Nursing Students: An International Dialogue. Southern On-Line Journal of Nursing Research. Peer-reviewed electronic research. Journal of the Southern Nursing Research Society http://snrs.org/publications/SOJNR_articles2/Vol08Num01Art04.html Books: Uys, L. & Middleton, L. (1992/1994-/1998/2001/2004/2010/2013). Mental health nursing: A South African perspective. Juta:Cape Town
Mtshali, N.G., & Middleton, L. (October 2010) The Triple Jump Assessment: Aligning Learning and Assessment, In New Approaches to problem-based learning: Revitalizing your practices in Higher Education. T. Barret and S. Moore (eds). UK: Routledge.http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415871495/
Richmond, D., Middleton, L. & Caliri, M. (2007). An international writing collaborative. In Nursing without Borders. STTI: USA. ISBN – 10:1-93053870-7 Middleton, L. (1993/2007). Mental illness in pregnancy and the postpartum. In Sellers, P. Midwifery. Complications in Childbirth. A text-book and reference book for midwives in Southern Africa. Pages 1637- 1674, Volume II. Juta: Cape Town | |