March 2007

Susan Prion
UC #409
University of San Francisco 1880 Grove Street
2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94117
San Francisco, CA 94117 415/221.9466
415/422.6936
email: prions@usfca.edu
Education:
1995 Ed.D. Curriculum and Instruction, University of San Francisco,
Dissertation-The case method used inductively as an instructional
approach for undergraduate nursing students
1988 M.A. Education with specialization in Instructional Technology, San
Jose State University, California, Thesis-Instructional media design
and development for nursing educators
1984 M.S. Cardiopulmonary Physiological Nursing, University of California,
San Francisco, Thesis-Analysis of two systems to detect excess
carbon dioxide production in ventilator-dependent chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease patients
1979 B.S. Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
1978 B.S. Biology and Chemistry, Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio

Areas of specialization
Master’s program at UCSF: Cardiopulmonary physiology, Critical Care,
teaching
Master’s program at SJSU: Instructional technology, instructional design and
evaluation
Doctoral program: Curriculum and instruction, instructional design and
evaluation, instructional technology, science education

Professional experience
8/05-present Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of San
Francisco (USF)
8/03-8/05 Associate Dean, University Life and Director of Institutional
Assessment,(USF)
9/02-8/03 Director of Assessment and Teaching Resources, University of
San Francisco (USF)
1/98-9/02 Assistant to the Provost, USF (assessment, faculty development
and curriculum)
8/90-5/94 Instructor, School of Nursing, USF (undergraduate classes in
Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, Nutrition, Nursing Theory,
graduate classes in Statistics, Research Methods and Teaching
Techniques)
12/89-7/90 Assistant Director for Nursing, Critical Care Division, Kaiser
Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco (administrative
responsibilities for all critical care units and nursing staff of
approximately 500 professionals), coordinated institution’s
JCAHO accreditation visit

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3/87-11/90 Director of Nursing Education, Kaiser Permanente Medical
Center, San Francisco
4/87-present Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Nursing, University of
California at San Francisco
5/84-11/90 Clinical Educator for Critical Care, Kaiser Permanente
Medical Center, San Francisco
10/79-5/84 Staff and Charge Nurse, MICU and CCU, Palo Alto Veteran's
Hospital, Palo Alto, CA.

Selected Publications
Hazinski, M.F., Iberti, T. J., Prion, S.K., & Chmel, H. (1993). Sepsis
epidemiology and pathophysiology, American Journal of Critical Care, 3 (7),
145-156.
Prion, S.K. & Graby, R.P. Teaching clinical reasoning to nursing students. In
Higgs, J. & Jones, M. (eds). (1994). Clinical Reasoning Skills. Oxford,
Butterworth Heinemann.
Prion, S.K. Teaching clinical reasoning to nursing students. In Higgs, J. &
Jones, M. (eds). (1999). Clinical Reasoning Skills (2nd Ed). Oxford,
Butterworth Heinemann.
Mitchell, M.T. & Prion, S.K. (1993). Integrative OBE: A model for integrating
student motivation, higher order thinking, and Outcome Based Education.
Outcomes, 12 (2), 5-13.
Mitchell, M.T. & Prion, S.K. (1994). Enhancing student interest in
mathematics: a progress report. Outcomes, 13 (3), 7-16.
Mitchell, M., Lazafame, C., Prion, S., Stallworth-Stevens, H. (1994). Statistics
of the environment curriculum. San Francisco, CA: Integrative
Curriculum Research Group.
Mitchell, M., Prion, S., Baab, B., & Campbell-Lavoie,F. (1993). Mathematics
of the environment manual: An integrated mathematics curriculum. San
Francisco, CA: Integrative Curriculum Research Group.
Prion,S. & Mitchell, M. (1995). Enhancing student interest in statistics.
Proceedings of the Psychology of Mathematics Education-North America
XVII Conference, Columbus, OH, October, 1995.
Mitchell, M. & Prion, S. (1995). Tell me a (statistical) story. Proceedings of
the Psychology of Mathematics Education-North America XVII
Conference, Columbus, OH, October, 1995.
Mitchell, M. & Prion, S. (1995). Constructing statistical understanding using
mathematical “storytelling”. Proceedings of the Psychology of
Mathematics Education-North America XVII Conference, Columbus, OH,
October, 1995.
Prion, S. & Mitchell, M. (1995). Statistical storytelling and its impact on
adolescent female students. Proceedings of the Psychology of
Mathematics Education-North America XVII Conference, Columbus, OH,
October, 1995.
House, J.D. & Prion,S. (1997). Student attitudes and academic background
as predictors of achievement in college English. Journal of Instructional
Media, 25 (1), 29-42.

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Dissertation committee work
May 2000: Dissertation committee member (School of Education) for Dr.
Karimah Adisa Thomas, Perceptions of diversity at a private institution
of higher education among on-campus undergraduate students,
undergraduate faculty and administrators
Current: Dissertation committee member (School of Education) for Shana
Ruggenberg, Characteristics of the effective and instructionally valid
use of clinical simulations in undergraduate nursing education
Current: Dissertation committee member (School of Education) for Gwen
Essex, Student perceptions of learning management systems in dental
education
Current: Dissertation committee member (School of Education) for Leslie
Dennen, Frequency of out-of-class activities related to epistemological
development in college freshmen mitigated by student demographic
variables
Current: Dissertation committee member (School of Education) for Ingrid
Sheets, First-year learning of novice and emergency-hire nursing
faculty: a qualitative study

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