Rate My Professor Beth Pierce

Dr. Beth Pierce is a registered nurse, Senior Lecturer in Nursing, and Curriculum Lead in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Griffith University within Griffith Health. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and serves as a national executive member. Pierce earned her PhD in Nursing Education from Griffith University, completing her doctoral studies from 2021 to 2024. Her academic career at Griffith University focuses on advancing nursing pedagogy, particularly in clinical education environments.

Pierce's research specializations center on undergraduate nursing students' self-efficacy in clinical teaching, the effects of near-peer teaching on student confidence and performance, remediation strategies for struggling students in clinical practice, and quality assurance frameworks for nursing curricula. Key publications include "Undergraduate nursing students' self-efficacy in clinical teaching: a cross-sectional study" (2025, BMC Nursing, with Jeanne Allen and Thea van de Mortel); "The influence of near-peer teaching on final year nursing students' self-efficacy in clinical teaching: A mixed methods quasi-experimental study" (2025, Nurse Education Today); "Remediation in clinical practice for student nurses: A scoping review" (2024, Nurse Education Today, with LJ Hughes, Julia Alcock, Rachel Wardrop, and Renee Stone); "The influence of near-peer teaching on undergraduate health professional students' self-efficacy beliefs: A systematic integrative review" (2024, Nurse Education in Practice, with Thea van de Mortel and Jeanne Allen); "Examining the psychometric properties of the Self-Efficacy in Clinical Teaching scale with undergraduate nursing students: A cross-sectional study" (2024, Nurse Education Today, with Jeanne Allen and Thea van de Mortel); and "A program quality framework: a collaborative teaching team approach to quality assurance and quality enhancement of nursing curricula" (2023, Frontiers in Medicine, with Thea van de Mortel, Beverley Ewens, Georgina Sanger, and M. Forrest). Her contributions support improved teaching practices and student outcomes in nursing education.