I am Frank Kiwanuka, a BSN graduate class of 2016. I chose CIU because I wanted smaller class sizes that could give me a chance to establish close relationships with other students and my teachers. During the course of my studies, I got a full scholarship from the Rose’s Journey Scholarship Fund which enabled me to perform better and complete the program. This was really outstanding.
In addition, CIU provided me with high-quality lectures and amazing lecturers who were able to help me integrate into university life. The kind of teaching methods I was exposed to at CIU was really awesome; we used a mixture of research, presentations, problem-based learning and group discussions. The most amazing part of it all to me was the problem-based learning approach because it gave us an opportunity to learn how to research and organize data for presentation on specific topics of interest.
The research component of my studies really helped me develop my research interests. I am currently contributing to knowledge generation and dissemination (ResearcherID: Y-1911-2018, Orchid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8178-3120, Number of publications 20). I am a practicing nurse and a reviewer for several refereed journals such as BMJ open and Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science. My current research scholarship is focused on critical care, patient and family-centered care and Artificial Intelligence in intensive care settings.
CIU extended my career journey, I went on to undertake the mandatory internship required for licensure and obtained my practicing license. Afterward, I pursued a postgraduate degree in MSc. Critical Care Nursing which I successfully completed.
Currently, I am a PhD student at the University of Eastern Finland and I have successfully finished published a book titled “Informed- Shared Decision Making: The Capstone of Patient and Family-Centered Care”
About the Book
This book brings together philosophies about informed-shared decision making in self-understanding and in one’s situation and situated possibilities. The author begins with conceptualizing patient and family-centered care but soon expands to focus on the process of informed-shared decision making, theorizes and contextualizes on many aspects of the decision- making process.
Decision making in health care is a complex and often a challenging precinct in routine practice. Indeed, despite remarkable evidence that informed shared decision making can reduce overuse of options not associated with benefits for all and its respect for patients’ rights, it has not yet been widely adopted in routine practice.
This textbook succinctly presents essential information about how best to approach informed-shared decision making to safely and competently engage patients and their families in decision making. We purposely adopted the term “Informed-Shared Decision Making.” We conceived Informed-Shared Decision Making to be a broader term that encompasses other similar concepts such as shared decision making and informed decision making; which are reflective of patient or patient’s family involvement in decision making in healthcare services and research. Before attempting to indulge in understanding and theorizing about informed shared decision making, we began by defining what informed shared decision making is and what it is not.
The Author reaffirms this book’s importance to healthcare professionals, policy makers, students, patients and their families in fostering informed shared decision making. The book carries the title “Informed- Shared Decision Making: The Lifeblood of Patient and Family-Centered Care” owing to the fact that Informed- Shared Decision Making is the gist of achieving Patient and Family-Centered Care. This book delineates from the traditional way in which most scientific books are written because the author:(1) Comprehensively reviewed and presented published critical literature from qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods study designs. (2) Staged introductory concepts to Informed shared decision making that can be used to master the essential concepts and highlighted areas for research.
To prospective and current students, if you’re looking for a good career, picking the right university with good course content and mentors is vital and I recommend to you CIU. To my fellow alumni and alumnae; the sky is the limit.
