Dinah Makuba Kassaman

Senior Instructor

Telephone: 254 20 3661119

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, University of Salford, Manchester, UK, Ongoing
Pre-doc Short Course, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, 2017
Masters in Nursing, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK, 2013
Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Healthcare Management, Strathmore Business School, 2008
Bachelor Of Science In Nursing, Aga Khan University, 2006
Diploma in Midwifery, Pumwani School of Midwifery, 1996
Diploma in General Nursing, The Cicely McDonnell School of Nursing, Nairobi Hospital, 1994

Current areas of teaching

Medical Surgical Nursing
Management and Leadership
Oncology Nursing

Research interests

Health Literacy
Nursing Education
Curriculum Development

Experience

Senior Instructor, Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery, 2014 – Present
Nursing Education Services Instructor, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, 2009 – 2014
Clinical Nurse, Nursing Education Services, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, 2005 – 2008
Clinical Nurse Instructor, Medical/Surgical Unit, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, 2002 – 2005
Practice Development Nurse, Male Surgical Ward, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, I997 – 2000
Kenya Registered Nurse/Midwife, Male Surgical Ward, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, I997 – 2000
Nurse in Charge, (Male and female surgical units), St Elizabeth’s Mukumu Mission Hospital,1994 –1995

Professional associations

Member, National Nurses Association of Kenya
Alumni, Aga Khan University
Member, East Central and South African College of Nurses
Alumni, Dundee University
Commonwealth Scholar

Awards and honours

Principal Investigator, BIG CAT (Beginning Investigator Grant for Catalytic Research) Project, 2016
IPRI Summer School Scholarship, UK, 2012
Online Global Health Course Scholarship, University of Nairobi, 2011
GTZ Scholarship for Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Healthcare Management, Strathmore Business School, 2008
Commonwealth Scholarship for Master’s Degree, Dundee University, 2007
Best Student in Academics Award, Aga Khan University, 2006

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