Dr. POON Wai Sha Sara

Assistant Professor
S.K. Yee School of Health Sciences


Key Research Areas

  • Nurse education
  • Academic resilience
  • Health literacy
  • Activity-based learning
  • Social learning
  • Clinical learning
  • Flipped classroom
  • Community of Practice

 

 

 

 

Core Areas of Expertise

Dr. Poon’s expertise spans nurse education and pedagogy; health literacy; clinical learning and professional socialisation; activity‑based and flipped classroom learning; academic resilience and well‑being in nursing students; and qualitative and mixed‑methods health education research.

 

 Recent Publications

2025
  • A study of academic resilience, psychological resilience and psychological distress in undergraduate nursing students in Hong Kong and Australia during COVID-19 restrictions
2023
  • The impact of COVID-19 on stress and resilience in undergraduate nursing students: A scoping review
  • Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of the Chinese version of the COVID-19 health literacy scale in nursing students
2022
  • Organisational health literacy: Empowering gastrointestinal patients
2021
  • Building the case for health literacy in gastroenterology

 

 Awards & Patents

  • 2022 St Francis Teaching Excellence Award