External Reviewer Details

Huda Abu Hamdeh

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Dr Huda is the Associate Dean of Oman College of Health Sciences (OCHS) – Nursing Program. Before that she was the associate Dean of OCHS North Sharqiyah Branch and was the Dean of Ibra nursing Institute during. Before joining Ibra Nursing Institute in 1994, she worked as the Dean of the Institute of Specialized Nursing Studies and the Executive Director of Primary Health Care Nursing Development Project (Jordan) from 1988 to 1994. She started her career as a nursing tutor at the Jordan College of Nursing in 1976, She received her PhD in Educational Administration in 2000. She also has to her credit an MPH degree in 1988. As the Associate Dean of the Nursing Program at OCHS, Dr. Huda has been providing administrative and academic leadership, and she has been responsible for planning, implementation and evaluation of the program. She is a member of the first five-year OCHS Strategic Plan (2021- 2025) Committee. She served as the Academic Director for the Health Academic management System project (HAMS) from Sept 2015 -Sept 2019. She is a member of the Curriculum Evaluation Committee of the nursing program in the MoH.  She is involved in evaluating the nursing program and restructuring processes. She served in the Central Examination Committee of the nursing institutes for about 12 years in addition to being a member of many other national and regional committees. She served the faculty of Nursing at Sultan Qaboos University as an external examiner from 2008 to 2015. Dr. Huda participated in three institutional audit panels, two Institutional Standards assessment and two as a Review Director with OAAA besides being a member of the review team of the nursing programs offered by private higher education institutions in Oman. She also chaired and participated in the program reviewing teams (nursing) in Bahrain. Dr.Huda is a member of the MoH Research and Ethical Review and Approve Committee. She served as a facilitator of research training programs for Medical Doctors organized by the Oman Medical Specialty Board in 2014 and 2015. She organized research-training programs for health care professionals in the North Sharqiyah governorate. She served as a member of the editorial committee and a manuscript reviewer of the DGET nursing periodical “Nursing Education Oman from 2003 to 2008. Dr. Huda’s specific areas of research are Nursing Education, Curriculum Design & Evaluation, and Nursing Informatics.