MissTarryn Armour

(She/Her)

Lecturer in Nursing

Faculty of Health/School of Nursing & Midwifery

  • Lecturer in Nursing
    Faculty of Health/School of Nursing & Midwifery
  • +61 3 924 68976 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Tarryn is a nursing academic specialising in perioperative nursing and education. Tarryn has qualifications in nursing, health promotion, perioperative nursing, clinical and tertiary education. Tarryn’s research interests include the nexus between education and specialist nursing practice with a focus on technology in learning. Tarryn has published research in interprofessional simulation-based education with recent research projects exploring virtual reality to improve specialist nursing skills and mobile digital technology to improve novice perioperative nurse learning in the clinical environment. Tarryn is a Fellow and Board member of the Australian College of Perioperative Nurses (ACORN) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Lecturer in Nursing
    Deakin University, School of Nursing and Midwifery

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Course Director, Perioperative Suite of Courses
    Deakin University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Australia30 Jun 2022 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Board member
    Australian College of Perioperative Nurses (ACORN), Australia2 May 2022 - present

DEGREES

  • Master of Health Science Education
    Australian Catholic University
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Practice
    University of Melbourne
  • Bachelor of Nursing Science(s)
    Deakin University
  • Bachelor of Applied Science (Health Promotion)
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia1 Mar 1996 - 31 Oct 1999

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Graduate Certificate of Higher Education Teaching and Learning
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia1 Nov 2018 - 1 Nov 2019

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Nursing
  • Midwifery
  • Health services and systems

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Nursing & Midwifery