Roger Watson in Canada

Roger Watson with Kathleen Hunter (L) and
Wendy Duggleby (R)

Professor Roger Watson was invited to the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada as their Inaugural Visiting Nursing Scholar between 26-28 March 2013.  The visit was funded  by the Faculty of Nursing and hosted by Professor Wendy Duggleby and Associate Professor Kathleen Hunter.  Professor Watson gave one lecture on research into the assessment and alleviation of feeding difficulty in older people with dementia at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital which was linked to 45 other telehealth centres in Canada.  He also gave two sessions to staff and students on social networking and scholarship and mentorship and career development in addition to two question and answer sessions to Master of Nursing students.