Dr Teresa Wills is a college lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork. She holds a BSc (Honours) Degree from Dublin City University, MSc in Nursing from the RCN Manchester and Doctorate in Nursing from University College Cork. Additionally, she holds a Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma in Teaching and Learning from University College Cork. Dr Wills is involved in the delivery and development of both undergraduate and postgraduate nurse education in the school. She is module leader and teaches on a number of undergraduate and postgraduate modules, with a focus on infection prevention and control, academic writing, fundamental nursing practice, simulation, venepuncture and cannulation, physical assessment, basic life support, visual thinking strategies and gerontological nursing. Dr Wills has practice development links to the Bon Secours Hospital, Mount Desert Hospital and Bandon Community Hospital. She currently serves as a member of the Irish Heart Foundation, Ireland and recertifies BLS instructors within the College of Medicine and Health, UCC and HSE. She has held many senior leadership roles within the School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC. These have included Director of the BSc Undergraduate Education Programme (2019 - 2022), Co-ordinator of Technology Enhanced Learning (2014 - 2019) and Programme Coordinator of the Postgraduate Diploma in Gerontological Nursing Programme (2005 – 2019). She has led, engaged and collaborated on numerous initiatives within the school and university. Dr Wills laid the foundation for the generation of new academic programmes and held significant departmental responsibility in developing and implementing a model for online and blended learning. She led the growth and development of 2 new online programmes, the first within the school and described as pioneering in novel

Dr Wills is research active in four key areas: Academic Writing: Evaluating the impact of a writing intervention with BSc undergraduate nursing and midwifery students and reporting on student experience and insight into the benefits of incorporating academic skills within designated course content Nursing Education: Using iPads to assess clinical practice competency in pre-registration nursing programmes. Interdisciplinary Learning: Interdisciplinary education and collaborative practice in Healthcare – College of Medicine and Health Research Visual Thinking Strategies: Comparative study on the Experience of VTS amongst US and Irish Nursing and Midwifery students.

Dr Wills has extensive experience in undergraduate and postgraduate education in the School of Nursing and Midwifery as previous Director of Undergraduate Education (2019-2022) and currently Year 1 coordinator. She has taught and supervised students in nursing and midwifery and has served on, or chaired undergraduate, postgraduate committees and steering groups at School level. She has experience in teaching and assessment in general and older adult nursing and has actively contributed across a number of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes in and outside her area of specialisation. These include: infection prevention and control, academic writing, fundamental nursing practice, simulation, venepuncture and cannulation, physical assessment, basic life support, visual thinking strategies and gerontological nursing. She is also experienced in module and curriculum development as Director of Undergraduate education and coordinated the recent reform of the undergraduate curriculum. Dr Wills has supervised 26 MSc students to completion and is currently supervising 1 MSc by Research and 2 PhD students.