Karin Page-Cutrara

Faculty & School/Dept.

Faculty of Health - School of Nursing

Degrees

PhD (Nursing) - 2015
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA USA

Master of Nursing - 2006
Athabasca University
Athabasca, AB Canada

BNSc - 1991
Queen's University
Kingston, ON Canada

Biography

The Associate Dean (AD) Teaching Learning and Academic Programs, through collaboration with members of the Faculty of Health executive/leadership team, and engagement with the larger faculty and staff community, provides teaching-learning and academic leadership that enhances the impact and reputation of the Faculty of Health programs as innovators in teaching and learning within the University community and beyond. The areas of activity are in advancing teaching-learning excellence, fostering innovative curricula and programming, facilitating experiential learning through international and community partnerships, and consulting to support the impact of education.

Most activities focus on undergraduate curricular support and relate teaching and learning support in new programs, modifications of current programs, reviews, and other changes related to courses and other program offerings. These include major, and detailed or standard minor modifications, an interprofessional health program, updates to a course’s mode of delivery, etc., so a large range of planning activities. The role collaborates and coordinates on programs with all units and with individuals in administrative roles, to support a variety of initiatives and projects. 

Selected Publications

Book - Author

Page-Cutrara, K. (2026). Thinking It through: Critical thinking, clinical judgement and decision-making in Canadian nursing. Elsevier.

Book - Editor

Bradley, P., & Page-Cutrara, K. (Eds.). (2024). Elsevier’s Canadian comprehensive review for the NCLEX-RN® examination (3rd ed.). Elsevier.

Bradley, P., & Page-Cutrara, K. (Eds.). (2022). Elsevier’s Canadian comprehensive review for the NCLEX-RN® examination (2nd ed.). Elsevier.

Page-Cutrara, K., & Bradley, P. (Eds.). (2020). The role of the nurse educator in Canada. Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing.

Book – Peer-reviewed Chapter, Author/Contributor

Page-Cutrara, K. (2022). Assessing and evaluating students in the clinical setting. In S. Melrose & B. Perry (Eds.), Clinical teaching in Canadian nursing (pp. 115-133). Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing.

Page-Cutrara, K. (2020). Designing and developing a nursing course. In K. Page-Cutrara & P. Bradley (Eds.), The role of the nurse educator in Canada (pp. 81-111). Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing.

Bradley, P., & Page-Cutrara, K. (2017). Canadian preface and appendices. In L. Silvestri, Saunders Canadian comprehensive review for the NCLEX-RN examination. Elsevier.

Open Educational Resources (OER) Non-peer Reviewed

Siekanowicz, M., Delaviz, Y., Jafry, A., Blair-Hamilton, A., van Dreumel, L., Fortune, K., Nairn, B., Page-Cutrara, K., & Richardson, N. S. (2022). Pedagogy that aids transition in higher-ed students. eCampus Ontario. https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/paths/

Papers in Refereed Journals

Page-Cutrara, K., Bradley, P., & Baker, C. (2022). Nurse educator certification: Overview and evaluation of the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing program. Quality Advancement in Nursing Education, 8(4), article 6. doi: https://doi.org/10.17483/2368-6669.1356

Page-Cutrara, K. & Turk, M. (2017). Impact of structured prebriefing on nursing students’ competency performance, clinical judgment and perception of simulation. Nursing Education Today, 48, 78-83. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2016.09.012

Page-Cutrara, K. (2015, July). Prebriefing in nursing simulation: A concept analysis. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 11(7), 335-340. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2015.05.001

Burger, K., Kramlich, D., Malitas, M., Page-Cutrara, K., & Whitfield-Harris, L. (2014). Application of the symphonological approach to faculty-to-faculty incivility in nursing education. Journal of Nursing Education, 53(10), 563-568. 

Page-Cutrara, K. (2014). Use of prebriefing in nursing simulation: A literature review. Journal of Nursing Education, 53(3), 136-141. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20140211-07

 

Awards

Dean’s Award, Service Early Career Category, York University Faculty of Health - 2010

Laura Martin Endowed Scholarship, Duquesne University School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA - 2013

NSAY Faculty Recognition Award (2nd Entry) - 2017

NSAY Faculty Recognition Award (2nd Entry) - 2018

NSAY Faculty Recognition Award (Collaborative) - 2018

NSAY Faculty Recognition Award (IEN) - 2021

Fellow of the Canadian Nurse Educator Institute - 2024

Supervision

Currently available to supervise graduate students: No

Currently taking on work-study students, Graduate Assistants or Volunteers: No

Available to supervise undergraduate thesis projects: Not Indicated