Karin L. Page-Cutrara, PhD, RN, CCNE, CCSNE, is Associate Dean, Learning, Teaching and Academic Programs and an Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, at York University School of Nursing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Karin obtained a Bachelor of Nursing Science at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and a Master of Nursing at Athabasca University, Alberta. Her doctoral work, at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, focused on the use of simulation prebriefing in undergraduate nursing education. She has taught as a perioperative clinical nurse educator in the hospital setting and in perioperative nursing programs in various colleges. Karin currently uses simulation in teaching thinking skills and for developing nursing competencies among baccalaureate nursing students. Karin also has an interest in course and curriculum development and revision. She has co-developed and teaches in the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing nurse educator certification program and is co-editor of a textbook for nurse educators in Canada. Karin is committed to addressing the challenges of teaching and learning in the academic setting
in her current role as an associate dean, and to facilitating undergraduate nursing student learning and the development of clinical decision-making skills.