• Bio

Hi,

My journey as a Nurse Educator began soon after I graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the College of Nursing, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India (1992-1996). Subsequently, I graduated with a Master’s degree in Nursing Education (online) from Saint Joseph College, Connecticut, USA, in May 2010. I also completed a Certificate program on, ‘Renewal of Primary Health Care in Americas’ (online) from PAHO/ WHO, Georgetown, Guyana in 2012. I went on to complete a ‘Basic introduction course to Portuguese language’ from the Brazilian Embassy, Georgetown in July 2017.  In December 2017, I successfully completed the massive Open Online Course on, ‘Introduction to Technology-Enabled Learning’ offered jointly by the Commonwealth of Learning and Athabasca University, Canada.

Working Experience:

In India:

I worked as a Nurse Educator in two different professional nursing training Institutions and as a Nurse Manager in a Maternity Hospital in India for six years (1996 to 2002). During this tenure, I taught several nursing courses and supervised professional nursing students in a wide range of clinical settings. Courses taught were: Medical and Surgical Nursing; Community Health Nursing; Maternal and Child Health Nursing; Pediatric Nursing; Psychiatric Nursing; Fundamentals of Nursing and Ward Management.

In Guyana:

School of Nursing, Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital, Georgetown:

I worked in the capacity of a Nurse Educator, Assistant Director and the Director of School of Nursing, at Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital for six years (2003 to 2009). During this period, I was actively engaged in teaching various nursing courses and carried out administrative functions of the School of Nursing. Courses taught were: Medical and Surgical Nursing; Community Health Nursing; Maternal and Child Health Nursing; Pediatric Nursing; Psychiatric Nursing; Fundamentals of Nursing and Ward Management.

University of Guyana:

Since 2009, I have been working as a Lecturer, BSc Nursing Programme, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Guyana. I have taught several nursing courses in the previous curriculum of BSc nursing programme (2009 to 2011), including Innovation in Nursing; Current professional issues in Nursing; Reflective Practice; Home based care; Primary Health Care; Nutrition, Nursing Research and Health Promotion and Education.

I functioned in the capacity of Nursing Coordinator for the BSc nursing programme during the academic years, 2010/11; 2011/12 and 2014/15. During my tenure as Nursing Coordinator (2010/11), I played a key role in coordinating a Curriculum Committee and upgrading the BSc Nursing Curriculum (post RN) to the regional BSc Nursing Curriculum (post RN). I have represented BSc Nursing programme, University of Guyana at several national, regional and international professional and research conferences.

Presently I’m teaching the following courses for the BSc Nursing programme:

NUR 4101 - Leadership and Management Roles in Nursing (5 credits);

NUR 4104 - Teaching Strategies in Nursing (4 credits);

NUR 3204 - Nursing Process and Advanced Health Care Assessment (4
credits).

Each academic year, I also supervise several undergraduate students in their Research Projects (NUR 4100 - Nursing Research) as well as in Clinical Settings (NUR 4201 - Nursing Practicum).

My areas of expertise include: 

Curriculum Development in Nursing Education; Teaching Methodologies in Nursing Education; Leadership and Management roles in Nursing - Leading a Change Process; Nursing Professionalism; Evidence Based Nursing Practice.

Research areas interested:

Diabetes Mellitus; Non-Communicable Diseases; Nursing Education; Communicable Diseases

Research conducted:

• Mallampati, T. (2021). Risk Factors, Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Type 2 Diabetics Attending Industry, Campbellville Health Centers and West Demerara Hospital, Guyana.
• Mallampati, T. (2016). Perceptions of Final year Professional nursing students, Registered nurses and Nurse educators regarding Challenges and Strategies in Nursing Education and Nursing Practice in Guyana and in India, 2016. A Quantitative study.
• Mallampati, T. (2016). Perceptions of Nurse educators regarding Challenges and Strategies in Nursing Education and Nursing Practice in Guyana and in India, 2016. A Qualitative Study Approach.
• Mallampati, T. (2014). A comparative study on lifestyle assessment of patients with type 2 diabetes in Georgetown, Guyana and in South India, May to August 2012.
• Mallampati, T. (2010). Assessing knowledge, attitudes and practices of first year professional nursing students regarding prevention of HIV/AIDS transmission in Guyana, 2010.

Research papers published in Peer-Reviewed Journals :

• Mallampati, T. (2021). Risk Factors, Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Type 2 Diabetics Attending Industry, Campbellville Health Centers and West Demerara Hospital, Guyana. Universal Journal of Public Health, 9(3), 131 - 139. DOI: 10.13189/ujph.2021.090304.
• Mallampati, T. (2010). HIV/AIDS Awareness among First year Nursing Students in Four Nursing Schools in Guyana. Virginia Henderson Sigma Repository, http://hdl.handle.net/10755/17067.

Published Oral Presentations:

• Mallampati, T. (2013). A comparative study on lifestyle assessment of patients with type 2 diabetes in Georgetown, Guyana and in South India, May to August 2012. Presented at the Biannual conference of Caribbean Nurses Organization, Saint Lucia, October 2014.
• Mallampati, T. (2016). Perceptions of Final year Professional nursing students, Registered nurses and Nurse educators regarding Challenges and Strategies in Nursing Education and Nursing Practice in Guyana and in India, 2016. A Mixed study. Oral presentation was done at the 4th Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Conference held in London United Kingdom 10-11 March 2018.
• Mallampati, T. (2016). Nurse Educators' Perspectives on Challenges and Strategies of Nursing Education and Practice, Guyana and India – Qualitative study. Oral presentation was done at the at the conference, “Creating Healthy Work Environments 2019” hosted by the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA in February, 2019.

Published Poster Presentations and Abstracts:

• Mallampati, T. (2019). Risk Factors, Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Type 2 Diabetics Attending Industry, Campbellville Health Centers and West Demerara Hospital, Guyana, 2019. West Indian Medical Journal 69(Suppl.2):36
• Rodrigues, S., Ferguson, L., & Mallampati, T. (2018). A catastrophic cost of tuberculosis on infected patients and their affected households in Regions 2, 4 and 8 in Guyana. West Indian Medical Journal 68(Suppl.1):24
• Mallampati, T. (2016). Perceptions of final year professional nursing students, registered nurses and nurse educators regarding challenges and strategies of nursing education and nursing practice in Guyana and in India, 2015–2016: A mixed study. West Indian Medical Journal 67(Suppl.2):24
• Mallampati, T. (2016). Perceptions of Registered nurses, Nurse educators and Final year Professional nursing students regarding Challenges and Strategies in Nursing Education and Nursing Practice in Guyana and in India, 2015. A Mixed study.  The 4th Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Conference Abstracts, Leading the way: Nurses and Midwives for a safe, healthy and peaceful world. https://docplayer.net/89862356-Conference-abstracts leading-the-way-nurses-and-midwives-for-a-safe-healthy-and-peaceful-world.html
• Mallampati, T. (2014). A comparative study on lifestyle assessment of patients with type 2 diabetes in Georgetown, Guyana and in South India, May to August 2012. The 4th Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Conference Abstracts, Leading the way: Nurses and Midwives for a safe, healthy and peaceful world. https://docplayer.net/89862356-Conference-abstracts-leading-the-way- nurses-and-midwives-for-a-safe-healthy-and-peaceful-world.html
• Mallampati, T. (2016). Perceptions of Final year Professional nursing students, Registered nurses and Nurse educators regarding Challenges and Strategies in Nursing Education and Nursing Practice in Guyana and in India, 2015. Sigma Nursing Repository Abstracts, Creating Healthy Work Environments 2019. https://sigma.nursingrepository.org/bitstream/handle/10755/16907/Mallam…