I am a self-motivated individual with a wide range of experiences in Nursing and Midwifery practices and great competencies in teaching, student supervision, and diverse research methodologies. My career objective is to attend to the healthcare needs of people and contribute to healthy lives and the general well-being of humanity through innovative research and academic excellence.
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Dr. Theodora Dedo Azu
Lecturer - ( Senior Member ) Department of Maternal and Child HealthDepartmental Registration & Exams Officer
Department of Mental HealthField(s) of Academic Interest
About
Teaching Philosophy
My teaching philosophy is to create an enabling environment that ensures the supervised exploration of my nursing and midwifery students. The more significant learning occurs in environments that are both meaningful and realistic. The learning environment must be realistic to the learner so that the knowledge and skills acquired by the student apply to similar situations in the future. However, the setting for the learning needs to be safe so that the student feels empowered and actively involved in exploring the boundaries of their skills. My goals in teaching are to ensure that my students become competent in their nursing and midwifery skills to save lives and improve their client's holistic well-being in a safe and enabling environment. I have followed this philosophy throughout the various levels of teaching.
I establish specific goals and objectives for each stage of training my students, and I am willing to be flexible when necessary to meet their individual learning needs. Regularized formal assessment and feedback are essential; however, transitioning from a teacher-centred learning environment (lecturer) to a more student-centred environment (hospital wards), students may be required to identify the learning needs of their clients and assess their progress. The use of journaling, demonstrations and peer-reviewed activities are some ways that I have worked to encourage self-assessment and inspire life-long learning habits among the students.
I demonstrate empathy, inquisitiveness, respect, team management, and analytical thinking in every encounter with my students. Successful learners must evolve from just connecting their clinical experiences with the literature knowledge they are taught in the classroom. They need to be competent at identifying problems, developing possible solutions by critically appraising the client's condition and showing respect in all circumstances. Everyone is unique and needs to be treated as such.
Degrees
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Facilitator
Contemporary Issues in Fisheries Management. Fisheries Leadership Short course for Practitioners funded by USAID/Fisheries Recovery Activity Ghana.
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Presenter
International and Regional Fisheries Institutional Frameworks and Bodies. Workshop on Destabilising Impacts of Distant Water Fishing Vessels (DWFV) in the Gulf of Guinea Yaounde, Cameroon.
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Guest Speaker
“Promoting Research Excellence for Impact on Marine Conservation in Africa”, Institute for Oceans and Fisheries Online Seminar Series University of British Columbia, Canada.
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Co-Facilitator
“Grants Proposal Writing Workshop” University for Development Studies.
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Presenter
“Performance of the Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience”, Country Round Table Workshop Association of African Universities (AAU), Online.
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Facilitator
“Regional Political Parties Dialogue on Fisheries: Protecting Our Fish, Securing Our Future, Live Engagement on JoyNews TV Centre for National Culture, Cape Coast.
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Presenter
Professorial Inaugural Lecture on the topic “Our Oceans: Securing Our Common Future through Transformative Research” Medical School Auditorium, University of Cape Coast.
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Presenter
Africa’s Plastic Revolution: Advancing Global Solutions for Healthy Oceans, T.D. Walter Bean Professorship Public Lecture University of Waterloo, Canada.
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Presenter
Expanding the Impact of Research on Africa’s Blue Economy. National Consultative Workshop for the Formulation of a National Blue Economy Strategy for Angola Luanda, Angola.
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Panelist
Regional Steering Committee Workshop for the World Bank West African Coastal Resilience Investment Projects (WACA ReSiP and ReiP2) Banjul, Gambia.
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Facilitator
Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change. Short-term Training Course funded by USAID Ghana.
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Co-Discussant
“Expanding the Impact of Blue Economy in Africa” (with Professor Rashid Sumaila) World Bank Headquarters, Washington.
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Facilitator
Workshop on “Winning Research and Development Grants in a Competitive World” Bolgatanga Technical University, Ghana.
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Facilitator
Workshop on “Proposal and Grants writing” University of Ghana, Ghana.
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Speaker
Study Tour on Sustainable Fisheries Management & Leadership University of Rhode Island, United States.
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Presenter
Vulnerability to Viability (V2V) Ghana Case Study. Bootcamp on moving fisheries from Vulnerability to Viability Puri, Delhi, India.
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Guest Speaker
Workshop Presentation on “Expanding the Impact of Research on Africa’s Blue Economy in Africa Hohai University, China.
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Participant
6th ACE Impact Regional Workshop of the World Bank and the Association of African Universities Accra (Online).
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Panelist
Seaweed (Sargassum) Invasion on the Ghanaian Coasts, Implications for the National Economy and Management Live TV Broadcast, GTV.
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Guest Speaker
“West African Fisheries”, Workshop by the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda.
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Grant Award for Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Cape Coast (2024)
University of Cape Coast
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Grant Award for Research, Individual Category, University of Cape Coast (2023)
University of Cape Coast
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Deakin University Faculty of Health HDR Award
Deakin University
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Sigma Theta Tau, Victoria, Australian Branch
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Foundation Fellow and Assistant Treasurer, Central Regional Chapter - Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives (GCNM)
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Fellow, West African College of Nurses and Midwives (WACN)
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Lecturer
University of Cape Coast
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Indigenous Strategic Advancement, Academic Staff
Central Queensland University
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Professional Simulation Room Assistant
Deakin University
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Assistant Lecturer
University of Cape Coast
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Lecturer
Zukunftskolleg Exchange Network (ZENiT) Fellowship Programme (2024) Collaborator for a team that won the fellowship for the project: “Politics of Sexuality and Reproduction across Cultures: Obstetric violence, mental health, and Narrative Exposure Thera
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Lecturer
Adolescent Motherhood: Unraveling Birth Trauma and its Impact on Birth Outcomes in the Cape Coast Metropolis
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Lecturer
Managing Anaemia in Pregnancy with Traditional Medicines: Experiences of Midwives and Women in the Cape Coast Metropolis.
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Team member, Contract for services to deliver a short course on Marine Litter under the OCPP
Cefas/UKAID
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Panel Chair, Reviewed Environmental Impact Statement of PECAN Energies for Offshore Exploration of Oil & Gas
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Ghana, Secondi/Takoradi
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Team member, Contract for development of a short course on Marine Litter for the West Africa Region
Ocean Country Partnership Program (OCPP) funded by Cefas/UKAID
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Team member, Contract services to conduct data collection surveys on abandoned lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in Ghana
Ocean Country Partnership Program (OCPP) funded by Cefas/UKAID
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Lead Consultant, Contract for the Development of Fishery Courses Syllabi for Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (DoFAS), University of Liberia
IDA-V3100
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Panel Chair, Evaluation of Applications for recruitment of Environmental, Social Safeguards Officers for Ghana’s Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI)
World Bank funded West Africa Coastal Areas Management Programme
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Lead Consultant, Consultancy to review and align national fisheries and aquaculture polices and laws with the PFRS, regional instruments and global best practices for 15 AU Member States
African Union – InterAfrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)
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Lead Consultant, Mechanisms to Facilitate the Domestication of Global Instruments and Initiatives (2022)
African Union – InterAfrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)
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Lead Consultant, Identification of Issues for SIDS, Development of Draft Strategic Positions for SIDS
African Union – InterAfrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)
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Team member, Environmental Systems Analysis of the Avu Lagoon Protected area
Calgary Zoo Foundation
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Trainer, Conduct Marine Spatial Planning Workshop in Ghana
University of Liverpool
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Team member, Pre-feasibility study for nature-based intervention for Anlo Beach community in Ghana
Valued at US$32,365.00
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Team member, Marine Plastic Pollution Study in Liberia
Conservation International
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Team member, Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience in a Changing Climate - WACA -VAR Workshop
World Bank
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Consultant, Support Development of Multi-sector Resilience Investment Programme for the West Africa Coastal Area Management Program
World Bank
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Consultant, Issues and Opportunities in the Ghanaian Fishery Sector: Addressing the context, prospects and challenges
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), United Kingdom
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Consultant, Estimations on renewable energy investments in Ghana
Highland Star Group (HSG) of Companies, Geneva, Switzerland
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Team Member, Regional Mapping of Experts and Institutions in Coastal management
World Bank
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Lead Consultant, Review of the Fisheries Act 2002 (act 625) and the Development of Draft Regulations for the conduct of Fisheries Impact Assessments
Ghana Industrial Trawlers Association (GITA) and GOGIG funded by DFID/UK
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Team member, Environmental baseline survey of water bodies in the Great Consolidated Diamond Ghana Limited (GCDGL) mining concession
AERC Ltd.
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Team member, Scoping Study on the Dredging of the Whin Estuary in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis
UCC Consultancy Unit/Consolidated Energy Ltd.
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Team member, Social Ecology of Anlo Beach Wetland of Ghana
Friends of the Nation/IUCN/French Global Environment Facility (GEF)
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Principal Investigator, Biodiversity Assessment of Urban Wetlands in the Western Region, Ghana with focus on Essei and Butuah Lagoons and the Whin River Estuary
USAID through Friends of the Nation