The Nursing Education Department organized a “Think Tank” for nursing leadership team members to explore innovative ideas to optimize nursing student placements. This led to the development of three themes: optimizing preceptor recognition, enhancing preceptor development and extending student preparation for placement.
Elizabeth McLaney, Med, BA (Honours Psychology), BSc (OT), OT Reg. (Ont), Director of Interprofessional & Academic Education at Sunnybrook Health Sciences
Elizabeth McLaney is the Director of Interprofessional & Academic Education at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Associate Director, Workplace Learning at the Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare and Education (CACHE). She holds an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Queen’s University, a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy from McMaster University, and a Master of Adult Education & Community Development from University of Toronto (Ontario Institute for Secondary Education). Elizabeth has a status appointment as Lecturer with the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. At Sunnybrook Elizabeth’s work focuses on strategic and operational elements of health professions and nursing education (student education, continuing education, corporate educational strategy) as well as designing and delivering an innovative interprofessional collaboration strategy. At CACHE emphases include system level leadership, workplace learning, engagement, and innovation at the practice/education interface. Elizabeth publishes and presents on topics such as: interprofessional team collaboration, leveraging intentionality to advance team-based learning, and optimizing the teacher and learner experience. She is passionate about team-based learning as a way to evolve culture, and about championing teams as being broadly inclusive of clinical and support service professions, regulated and unregulated professions, and patients and their families.
Lauren Cosolo, RN, BScN, MN, CON(C), Interim Nursing Education Lead, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Lauren Cosolo is the Interim Nursing Education Lead at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Lauren graduated with a Master of Nursing from the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto in 2017. Lauren started her nursing career in 2013 at Sunnybrook before moving into oncology as the Advanced Practice Nurse in the Odette Cancer Centre. She holds an academic appointment with the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto. Lauren is interested in nursing education, advancing nursing practice and delivering high quality patient care.
Co-Authors
Lauren Cosolo, RN, BScN, MN, CON(C)
Elizabeth McLaney, Med, BA (Honours Psychology), BSc (OT), OT Reg. (Ont).
Maria Parzanese, RN, MN