Professor Jan Draper

Profile

Following a clinical background in adult nursing, I moved into higher education in the late 1980s, supporting students on both pre-and post-qualifying nursing programmes at a range of different academic levels. Over the last ten years this has been predominantly in the field of distance learning, firstly with the RCN Institute and, since 2007, at The Open University. Here, I am responsible for leading the development and delivery of high quality, flexible, work-based learning solutions for the nursing and healthcare workforce. This includes UK-wide education provision for healthcare support workers (including a unique, part-time pre-registration nursing programme by distance learning) and registered nurses. Central to my approach is a desire that all education should, in some way, make an impact on practice and my education and research activity is predicated on this one, central aim. I have experience of a range of research projects under the broad heading of ‘life course transitions’. My early research interest was in the area of maternity services and, in particular, the experience of service users and their representatives. My PhD (1995-2000) developed this interest and used an ethnographic approach to explore men’s experiences of their transition to fatherhood. This prompted an interest in a number of conceptual frameworks including transition theory and the sociology of the body, both of which I have subsequently used in other empirical and writing projects. A second research theme relates to professional work-based learning including student support in practice, the transition to registered practitioner and beyond and, in particular, the impact of learning on practice.

Please see my link to The Open University Open Research Online repository
www.open.ac.uk/hsc/people/profile.php?name=Jan_Draper
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Qualifications

PhD, BSc (Hons), RGN

Teaching Interests

In the past, I have supported learning on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses including women's health, nursing theory, research and evidence based practice, gerontological nursing, leadership and the promotion of person-centred ways of working with older people.

In terms of learning and teaching processes, I am very interested in flexible and distance learning approaches, recognising the increasing need for nurses to be able to study more flexibly, when and where they can. As a national provider of supported and open distance learning, the OU is well positioned to respond to the education needs of nurses and other healthcare workers. Our current offer includes a part-time, pre-registration nursing programme for sponsored health care assistants, the only one of its kind using distance learning methods, and a post-qualifying education framework.

Research Interests

My research interests can be grouped under the broad heading of 'life course transitions' My previous projects are listed below:

1995 Draper. £2,000 grant from a local NHS Trust to undertake a survey to explore maternity services users’ satisfaction with information received in the antenatal period. Lead applicant and sole researcher.

1996/7 Draper, Newburn, Dodds and Wang. £75,000 grant from the Department of Health as part of the Changing Childbirth Implementation Strategy. This was a collaborative project with the National Childbirth Trust designed to develop, implement and evaluate training for user representatives within the maternity services arena. Lead applicant and joint project manager.

2001 Draper and Watson. Unfunded evaluation of a local NHS cadet scheme. The study employed both quantitative and qualitative methods and explored former cadets’ experiences of a cadet scheme nine months into their pre-registration nurse education. Joint researcher and joint project manager.

2001/2 Draper, Jowett, Norman, Normand (with Watson and Wilson-Barnett). £107,753 grant from the Department of Health to undertake a national evaluation of NHS cadet schemes across England. Employing quantitative and qualitative methods, this was a collaborative project with King’s College London, the Universities of Hull and Luton, the RCNI, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Joint applicant and joint project manager.

2007/9 Draper, Clark and Sparrow. £200,000 from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) as part of the Higher Education Innovation Fund 3 (HEIF3). The remit of the Impact on Practice (ImP) Project was to develop a framework to maximise the impact of continuing professional education on healthcare practice. Co-applicant and joint project manager.

2008/9 Draper, Sparrow and Gallagher. £16,000 from the OU Practice Based Learning Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. This project explored student nurses' experiences of the transition from student to staff nurse. Lead applicant and principle investigator. www.open.ac.uk/pbpl/activities/details/detail.php?itemId=483420a1808e2&themeId=49887a1373845

2009/10 Draper McDonagh and Gallagher. £4,650 from the OU Practice Based Learning Centre for Excellenve in Teaching and Learning to undertake a project to explore Programme Tutor's experiences of tutoring students on the OU pre-registration nursing programme. Lead applicant and co-investigator. www.open.ac.uk/pbpl/activities/details/detail.php?itemId=49903573d2bd8&themeId=49887a1373845

2010/11 Draper and Clark: £75,000 from HEFCE Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) 4 to explore the utility of the impact on practice framework developed in the HEIF 3 project. Secured £50,000 additional funding with East of England Strategic Health Authority (£125,000 in total).

Current Research Projects

In August 2009 Liz Clark and I received further funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) as part of the Higher Education Innovation Fund 4 (HEIF4) to undertake a second phase of the the ImP project (see above). This phase is also supported by East of England Strategic Health Authority and has involved exploring with a range of key stakeholders, the utility of the ImP framework developed in the first phase of the project (2007/9). This project is approaching its conclusion and the final report will be submitted on 31st October 2011.

I am also currently leading on a project with a number of colleagues, sponsored by the OU’s Pro-Vice Chancellor for Learning and Teaching, to explore the impact of the OU's pre-registration nursing programme on nursing workforce development, employability and career progression.

Publications

Other Interests

Publications cut across a range of journals. Publications since 2000:

Draper, J. (2002) ‘It’s the first scientific evidence’: Men’s experience of pregnancy confirmation – some findings from a longitudinal ethnographic study of transition to fatherhood, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 39 (6), pp.563-70.

Draper, J. (2002) ‘It was a real good show’: the ultrasound scan, fathers and the power of visual knowledge, Sociology of Health and Illness, 24 (6), pp.771-95.

Draper, J. (2002) Learning by degrees: A flexible approach to getting a degree in gerontological nursing, Nursing Older People, 14 (2), pp.30-1. 

Wright, J. and Draper, J. (2002) Learning at work: Work-based learning and expert gerontological practice, Nursing Older People, 14 (4), pp.34-5.

Draper, J. and Watson, R. (2002) Cadets and nursing students: same destination – different route, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 40 (4), pp.449-56.

Draper, J. (2003) Men’s passage to fatherhood: an analysis of the contemporary relevance of transition theory, Nursing Inquiry, 10 (1), pp.66-78.

Draper, J. (2003) Blurring, moving and broken boundaries: men’s encounters with the pregnant body, Sociology of Health and Illness, 25 (7), pp.743-67.

Draper, J. and Draper, P. (2003) Response to Watson’s editorial ‘Scientific methods are the only credible way forward for nursing research’ [Journal of Advanced Nursing, 43 (3) pp.217-18], Journal of Advanced Nursing, 44 (5), pp.546-47.

Norman, I., Watson, R., Draper, J., Jowett, S., Normand, C. and Wilson-Barnett, J. (2003) Networth, Health Services Journal, 113 (5882), pp.34-5.

Draper, J. (2004) The evidence base for gerontological nursing practice (Part 1): What do we mean by evidence? Nursing Older People, 16 (6), pp.28-33.

Draper, J. (2004) The evidence base for gerontological nursing practice (Part 2): Making sense of the evidence, Nursing Older People, 17 (7), pp.28-33.

Draper, J., Halliday, D., Jowett, S., Norman, I., Watson, R., Wilson-Barnett, J., Normand, C. and O’Brien, K. (2004) NHS cadet schemes: student’s experience, commitment, job satisfaction and job stress, Nurse Education Today, 24 (3), pp.219-28.

Watson, R., Norman, I. J., Draper, J., Halliday, D., Jowett, S., Wilson-Barnett, J. and Normand, C. (2005) NHS Cadet Schemes: do they widen access to the healthcare workforce?, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 49 (3), pp.276-82.

Draper, J. and Hockey, J. (2005) From the womb to the tomb: towards a new model of the life course, Body and Society, 11 (2), pp.41-57.

Draper, J. (2006) Nurse education: time to get it right, Editorial in Journal of Clinical Nursing, 15 (9), pp.1069-1670.

Ward, L. and Draper, J. (2007) The factors involved in older people’s decision making with regard to influenza vaccination: a literature review, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17 (1), pp.5-16.

Draper, J. and Clark, E. (2007) Evaluating the impact of continuing professional education on healthcare practice: the rhetoric and the reality, Editorial in Nurse Education Today, 27 (6), pp.515-517.

Birch, D. and Draper, J. (2008) Exploring the challenges of delivering effective palliative care to older people with dementia in the acute hospital setting: a critical literature review, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17 (9), pp.1144-1163.

Norman, I. J., Normand. C., Watson, R., Draper, J., Borg-Longhurst, J., Jowett, S. and Coster, S. (2008) Calculating the costs of work-based training: the case of NHS Cadet Schemes, International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45 (9), pp.1310-1318

Sparrow, S. and Draper, J. (2009) The (silent) voice of Nursing, Editorial, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 19, pp.603-604

Please also see the link to my inaugural lecture on the 14th June 2010  'The body in question': presence, paradox and the practice of nursing

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Conference presentations since 2005

 Draper, J. (2005) Promoting person-centred care: Education and its impact on practice, Celebrating Person-centred Care in Older Person Services, 8 September, Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Unit, Dublin.

Draper, J. (2006) The BSc (Hons) in Gerontological Nursing: A distance learning programme, Geriatriedagen, Dutch Geriatrics Society, 9–10 February, Eindhoven, Holland.

Draper, J. and Clark, E. (2006) The impact of continuing professional education on professional practice: A call for urgent action, NET/NEP 1^st Nurse Education International Conference, 14–16 May, Vancouver, Canada.

Draper, J. (2006) How does the physical environment shape responses to loss? Invited discussion panel member, Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement Symposium, British Sociological Association, 24 November, University of Sheffield.

Draper, J., Clark, E. and Attree, M. (2007) Evaluating the impact of healthcare education: Approaches and challenges, Symposium at the RCN International Nursing Research Conference, 1–4 May, University of Dundee.

Clark, E., Draper, J. and Sparrow, S. (2008) The Impact on Practice (ImP) Project: A project to develop a framework to evaluate the impact of continuing professional education on practice, Nurse Education Tomorrow Conference, 2–4 September, Cambridge.

Draper, J. and Gallagher, D. (2008) Crossing the threshold: The transition from student to staff nurse, CETL conference, 24–25 September, The Open University.

Clark, E. and Draper, J. (2009) Maximising the impact of continuing professional education on practice, International New Types of Workers in Health and Social Care Conference, 22–23 January, Skills for Health and Skills for Care, London.

Draper, J. (2009) The OU–RCN Strategic Alliance: Developing a modern, flexible, responsive and skilled workforce(Keynote presentation), 3^rd Annual Future of Nursing Summit, 10 February, London.

Draper, J. and Clark, E. (2009) The Impact on Practice Project, workshop at the Higher Education Academic Festival of Learning, 11 March, University of Wolverhampton.

Clark, E. and Draper, J. (2009) The Impact on Practice Project (Keynote presentation), Stepping Up: Meeting the challenge of education and research today Conference, 7 April, University of Chester.

Draper, J., Sparrow, S. and Gallagher, D. (2009) Crossing the threshold: Student’s experiences of the transition from student to staff nurse (Core paper), Nurse Education Today Conference, 8–10 September, Cambridge.

Draper, J. (2009) How to write an abstract, Interactive workshop, Nurse Education Today Conference, 8–10 September, Cambridge.

Draper, J. (2010) ‘The body in question’: presence, paradox and the practice of nursing, Inaugural lecture, 14 June, The Open University.

Draper, J., Bottoms, R., Counihan, S., Holland, L., Kenward, L., McDonagh, L., Messenger, J. and Waights, V. (2010) Recognising the potential: Maximising meaningful learning in practice settings (Symposium), Networking for Education in Healthcare Conference, 7–9 September, Cambridge.

McDonagh, L., Draper, J., Davies, G., Mowbray, W. and Gallagher, D. (2010) Working at the coal face: The contribution of Programme Tutors in supporting practice-based learning in nursing, Conference, 7–9 September, Cambridge.

Draper, J. and Halton, T. (2010) Spreading nursing innovation, The Future of Nursing 2010, 23 September, London.

Clark, E. and Draper, J. (2010) Grow your own: Investing in your healthcare support workforce, NHS Employers, 17 November, Liverpool.

Draper, J. and Clark, E. (2011) Whose role is it anyway? Maximising the impact of continuing professonal development on practice (Symposium), Networking for Education in Healthcare Conference, 6-8 September, Cambridge.