Duke University School of Nursing and the Office of Global and Community Health Initiatives welcomes international visiting scholar Antoinette Barton-Gooden, MSN, who arrived September 3 for a one-month visit. Barton-Gooden is a lecturer at the University of the West Indies-Mona, in Kingston, Jamaica and will have a mentored and professional development experience working under the guidance of Paula Tanabe, associate dean for Research Development and Data Science; and Valerie Howard, associate dean for Academic Affairs.

While here, Barton-Gooden will:

• Strengthen research skills and explore collaboration opportunities.

• Strengthen leadership skills to enhance teaching in the graduate programme eg. policy, human resource and practice issues in nursing.

• Increase knowledge of diverse teaching and learning methodologies (simulation).

She is located in the postdoctoral suite in the Interprofessional Education Building. Her email is antoinette.bartongooden@duke.edu.