Luisa Saiani

Curriculum

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2016 - Full Professor in Nursing Science, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

2001 - 2015  Associate Professor in Nursing Science,  University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Main responsibilities

• Education: (a) leading the development of health care professionals education and students’ learning experience both at under and post graduate levels; (a) designing and developing a range of study programs at different levels; (b) developing, promoting and assessing of innovative teaching and assessment methods in order to increase the effectiveness of university education; (c) supervising students from undergraduate to Doctorate levels, and (d) mentoring newly appointed researchers and professors in the field of health care science education.
• Research, Enterprise and Scholarship: (a) leading and coordinating research projects on nursing-sensitive outcomes, primary nursing care, advanced nursing practice, and nursing/health care professional education; (b) managing research and other collaborative partnerships with different educational institutions and external bodies (e.g. professional) at National and International levels; (c) leading research funds, consultancy; and (d) disseminating research findings to promote an evidence-based practice.
• Third mission: (a) liaison and networking developing by implementing an effective cooperation in relevant internal and external networks, bodies, institutions especially with partners of the National Health System (Health care trusts, Regions, Professional bodies of health care workers); (b) contributing to the enhancement of research quality and thinking in the field of nursing and health care sciences by being involved in quality assurance, external decision-making bodies, research councils, groups and subject associations; (c) promoting relevant internal and external networks, both locally and nationally, with healthcare providers (e.g. IRCSS Istituto Oncologico Veneto)

Other Responsibilities at the university level

Vice – President of the Bachelor in Nursing Degree, > 1700 students

Vice – President of the Master in Nursing and Midwifery Degree,

Director of 3 Masters  involving150 health care professional

Internal Member of the Nucleo di Valutazione (Evaluation Board)

Other Responsibilities at the National level

President of the National Conference of Bachelor's and Master's Degree Courses of Health Professions aimed at (a) promoting policies and guidelines to improve the quality of education among health care professionals, (b) collaborating with national bodies and institutions (Minister of Health and Minister of University)

Member of the National Observatory for Healthcare Professions

Member of the Council of the Doctoral Program in Nursing Sciences and Public Health, Tor Vergata University, Rome

Previous Responsibilities

2001- 2016 - Associate Professor in Nursing, University of Verona, Verona, Italy Director

2001 Director of the Centre of Higher Education for Health Sciences, Trento, Italy

Translation research lines in the field of health promotion, digital health, and models of care delivery in collaboration with regional and national health care institutions and systems (last five years)

(a) Developing and assessing the effectiveness of organisational models in primary health care to manage chronic conditions (partner of the research project);

(b) assessing the effectiveness of the E-Health in the context of advanced home palliative care (leader of the research project);

(c) measuring missed nursing care in the medical and surgical contexts and detecting in cooperation with health care stakeholders’ strategies to prevent and/or minimize missed nursing care (leader of the research project);

(d) advancing the knowledge regarding the nursing sensitive outcomes: longitudinal studies at the national level (12 hospitals, in different regions) aimed at discovering the relationship between nursing care and patient outcomes and at designing policies promoting the best care (leader of the research project);

(e) deepening reasons triggering the decision making of health care professionals, possible alternatives and outcomes of physical restrains as applied in large acute and long-term settings (leader of the research project).

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Chairperson

• Comitato Scientifico del Corso di aggiornamento professionale in modelli organizzativi per la pratica infermieristica e ostetrica avanzata
• Comitato Scientifico del Corso di Perfezionamento in La cultura della tutorship quale strumento di sviluppo per le professioni sanitarie (Bolzano)
• Comitato Scientifico del Corso di Perfezionamento in La cultura della tutorship quale strumento di sviluppo per le professioni sanitarie (Bolzano)
• Comitato Scientifico del Corso di perfezionamento in Metodologie avanzate di educazione alla salute e terapeutica (Trento)
• Comitato Scientifico del Corso di Perfezionamento in Nursing assessment avanzato in situazioni assistenziali complesse e di criticità (Sede di Trento)
• Comitato Scientifico del Corso di perfezionamento Nursing assessment avanzato in situazioni assistenziali complesse e di criticità
• Comitato Scientifico del Master in Direzione delle professioni sanitarie
• Comitato Scientifico del Master in Direzione delle Professioni Sanitarie
• Comitato Scientifico del Master in Management per funzioni di coordinamento delle professioni sanitarie e coordinamento di case di comunità, ospedali di comunità e servizi di cure primarie
• Comitato scientifico del Master in Management per funzioni di coordinamento delle professioni sanitarie ( Sede Verona - I livello)
• Comitato Scientifico del Master in Management per funzioni di coordinamento delle professioni sanitarie (sede Vicenza)
• Comitato scientifico del Master Universitario in Management per funzioni di coordinamento delle professioni sanitarie (I livello - Sede Verona)
• Comitato Scientifico del Master Universitario in Management per funzioni di coordinamento delle professioni sanitarie (Sede di Verona)
• Comitato scientifico del Master Universitario in Management per funzioni di coordinamento delle professioni sanitarie (Sede Verona)
• Comitato Scientifico del Master Universitario in Metodologie tutoriali e di coordinamento dell’insegnamento clinico nelle professioni sanitarie e sociali
• Comitato Scientifico del Master Universitario in Nursing Assessment e decision making avanzati per la gestione di situazioni assistenziali complesse (Sede di Trento)
• Comitato Tecnico del Corso di perfezionamento in Metodologie avanzate di educazione alla salute e terapeutica
• Comitato Tecnico del Corso di perfezionamento in Nursing assessment avanzato in situazioni assistenziali complesse e di criticità
• Comitato Tecnico del Master in Direzione delle Professioni Sanitarie

Istitutional duties

• member - Evaluation group

Other positions held

• Research Assistants from 10/1/23 to 10/15/24 Department Diagnostics and Public Health
• Full Professor from 10/1/16 to 9/30/23 Department Diagnostics and Public Health
• Associate Professor from 8/1/15 to 9/30/16 Department Diagnostics and Public Health
• Associate Professor from 11/1/01 to 2/28/10 Department in Medicine and Public Health [Department deactivate from 5/24/10. Confluito nel nuovo dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Medicina di Comunità]
• Associate Professor from 3/1/10 to 7/31/15 Department Sanita Pubblica e Medicina di Comunita (in dismissione dal 01/08/2015) [Department deactivate from 7/31/15. ]
• Full Professor from 10/1/16 to 12/31/19 Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
• Associate Professor from 1/1/03 to 9/30/16 Faculty of Medicine and Surgery