Jillian Hatch
Biography
Professor Hatch brings over 15 years of nursing and nursing education experience spanning clinical instruction, curriculum design, lecturer, simulation, and skills lab teaching. Dr. Hatch has served in leadership roles in nursing program operations, hospital staff education, and curriculum development, with a focus on evidence-based teaching strategies to promote critical thinking.
Area of Expertise
Medical-surgical nursing education, curriculum design and course development (online and in-person), simulation-based learning and skills lab instruction, experiential learning and evidence-based teaching, active learning strategies, including flipped classroom methodology.
Degrees
PhD in Nursing, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
MSN, Nursing Education, Framingham State University
BSN, Rivier University
Professional Publications & Contributions
- April 2024 – Eastern Nursing Research Society. Poster presentation: Implementation of the Flipped Classroom and the Effect on Students’ Critical Thinking: The Nursing Faculty Perspective
- November 2023 – Dissertation Defense: Nursing Faculty Perceptions on Flipped Classroom Teaching Methodology and Development of Student Critical Thinking
- April 2022 – Sigma Theta Tau International. Poster presentation: The Theory of Thinking and Learning with Self-Determination (TLS): A Theory Synthesis
- November 2021 – KING International Nursing Conference. Podium presentation: The Theory of Thinking and Learning with Self-Determination (TLS): A Theory Synthesis