
Overview
Background
Marion has several years teaching and learning and leadership experience in the higher education sector. She is also a Board Director for Metro South Hospital and Health Services and Chairs the Metro South Safety & Quality committee. She is also a Council member of a local school. Marion completed a Bachelor of Nursing (Hons) in Sydney and then worked across NSW, Vic and QLD with experience in critical care and acute medical surgical areas, specialising in cardiology and emergency nursing. She completed a Master of Nursing in Women’s Health through QUT and a PhD at Griffith University. Marion has broad experience is leading curriculum design, implementation and review and has been involved in numerous research projects around students’ experiences of university and supporting and assessing students’ learning. Her research interests include nurse education, the student experience of university, assessment of learning, supporting casual academic staff and clinical decision making in practice. Marion also supervises several PhD students across a range of interests and research methodologies.
Availability
- Dr Marion Tower is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework), Queensland University of Technology
- Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University
Research interests
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Nurse education
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Clinical decision-making
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Student education
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Curriculum development
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Assessment of learning
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Safety & quality in health care
Works
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2012
Journal Article
Lecture Capture: first year student nurses' experiences of a web-based lecture technology
Cooke, Marie, Watson, Bernadette, Blacklock, Edward, Mansah, Martha, Howard, Matylda, Johnston, Amy, Tower, Marion and Murfield, Jenny (2012). Lecture Capture: first year student nurses' experiences of a web-based lecture technology. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 29 (3), 14-21.
2012
Journal Article
Registered nurses' decision-making regarding documentation in patients' progress notes
Tower, Maron, Chaboyer, Wendy, Green, Quentine, Dyer, Kirsten and Wallis, Marianne (2012). Registered nurses' decision-making regarding documentation in patients' progress notes. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21 (19-20), 2917-2929. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04135.x
2012
Journal Article
Investigating patients' experiences: methodological usefulness of interpretive interactionism
Tower, Marion, Rowe, Jennifer and Wallis, Marianne (2012). Investigating patients' experiences: methodological usefulness of interpretive interactionism. Nurse Researcher, 20 (1), 39-44.
2011
Journal Article
Normalizing policies of inaction-The case of health care in Australia for women affected by domestic violence
Tower, Maron, Rowe, Jennifer and Wallis, Marianne (2011). Normalizing policies of inaction-The case of health care in Australia for women affected by domestic violence. Health Care for Women International, 32 (9), 855-868. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2011.580406
2007
Journal Article
Gentle interruptions: Transformative approaches to clinical teaching
McAllister, Margaret, Tower, Marion and Walker, Rachel (2007). Gentle interruptions: Transformative approaches to clinical teaching. Journal of Nursing Education, 46 (7), 304-312. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20070701-04
2007
Journal Article
Intimate partner violence and the health care response: a postmodern critique
Tower, Marion (2007). Intimate partner violence and the health care response: a postmodern critique. Health Care for Women International, 28 (5), 438-452. doi: 10.1080/07399330701226404
2006
Journal Article
Solution focused teaching: a transformative approach to teaching nursing
McAllister, Margaret, Venturato, Lorraine, Johnston, Amy, Rowe, Jennifer, Tower, Marion and Moyle, Wendy (2006). Solution focused teaching: a transformative approach to teaching nursing. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 3 (1) 5. doi: 10.2202/1548-923X.1190
2006
Journal Article
Domestic violence, health & health care: women's accounts of their experiences
Rowe, J, Tower, M, McMurray, A and Wallis, M (2006). Domestic violence, health & health care: women's accounts of their experiences. Contemporary Nurse, 21 (2), 186-198.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Marion Tower is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Healthcare Experiences of People Living with Myotonic Dystrophy
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Using social identity and communication accommodation theories to understand the effect of interprofessional education in pre-registration studies on a graduate health professionals' transition to clinical practice.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Bernadette Watson, Associate Professor William Cottrell
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Doctor Philosophy
Competency-based teaching of procedural skills for medical students using an evidenced-based pedagogical framework
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Asaduzzaman Khan, Associate Professor Elizabeth Edwards
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Doctor Philosophy
Competency-based teaching of procedural skills for medical students using an evidenced-based pedagogical framework
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Asaduzzaman Khan, Associate Professor Elizabeth Edwards
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Factors contributing to cardiac rehabilitation uptake among patients with coronary artery disease in Thailand
Principal Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Identification and exploration of nursing competencies required for newly graduated nurses in Korea
Principal Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Factors that influence early career nurse employment outcomes, settings and intention to remain in the workforce: A prospective cohort study
Principal Advisor
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