Tiziana Sala Defilippis

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Tiziana Sala Defilippis

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Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care
Via Violino
CH-6928 Manno

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Born in Sorengo, TI
Tiziana Sala Defilippis qualified in 1997 at the Cantonal School of Nursing in Bellinzona. In 2000 she obtained the specialist certificate in intensive care in Zurich. In 2007 she gained the Swiss federal diploma in adult teaching and a BSc in Nursing from the University of Dundee (UK), where she also completed her MSc in 2012. In 2017 she was awarded a PhD by the University of Surrey (UK), under the supervision of Professor A. Gallagher. She continues her professional development by regularly attending courses in ethics and research methodology.
From 1997 to 2006 Tiziana Sala Defilippis worked in intensive care in Zurich. In 2004 she spent six months in Kabul with NGO Emergency, then a year at Careum in Zurich. In 2008 she returned to Ticino as a lecturer at the SUPSI DEASS, teaching at bachelor, master and continuing education levels. Since 2014 she reviews for Nursing Ethics; since 2015 she conducts research with expertise in qualitative methods. She chairs the Ethics Committee of the psychiatric clinics of Canton Ticino and sits on the Central Ethics Committee of Alliance Care and the EOC Clinical Ethics Committee.
Her expertise spans three integrated areas. In competitive research she develops projects with particular expertise in qualitative methods, focusing on ethics and the wellbeing of healthcare professionals. In teaching she works with bachelor and master students and professionals in continuing education, combining methodological rigour with critical reflection on practice. In ethics she brings together her academic experience and her work on territorial committees, addressing complex situations in psychiatric, hospital and nationally relevant settings.
Rosemary Pope Prize Award for her PhD dissertation in 2017, University of Surrey, UK

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