Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing

Dr. David Agom is an adult nurse with several years of clinical, leadership, and teaching experience in higher education. His journey into nursing began in Nigeria where he obtained a Bachelor of nursing science at Ebonyi State University, Nigeria. David’s dedication to lifelong learning led him to advanced degrees in nursing and education. He earned an MSc and PhD both in nursing from the University of Northampton, solidifying his expertise in pedagogical methods tailored to nursing education.

David is passionate and committed to ensuring outstanding and best positive learning experiences for the widening participation of students. His teaching philosophy is located within the constructive framework and revolves around fostering critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and ethical decision-making among his students. David aims to continually enhance and develop his teaching styles and methods in order to facilitate student learning through the provision of a facilitative as well as interactive but challenging environment for effective active learning for which students can gain subject knowledge and skills to become effective and safe practitioners.

David is also committed to research-informed teaching and has a research interest in palliative and end-of-life care, service improvement, practice learning, health inequality, adult social care, public health, and qualitative methodology with expertise in ethnography.

David joined the University of Bedfordshire in 2021 as a Senior Lecturer in adult nursing and enjoys adopting a creative and innovative approach to teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. With an unyielding commitment to advancing nursing practice and nurturing the next generation of healthcare professionals, David has emerged as a coordinator for nursing at Luton campus as well as Progression and Achievement Lead, leaving an indelible mark on the academic and healthcare landscape.

David is passionate about supporting doctoral researchers in their research endeavours and is currently accepting students for supervision.

Qualifications

• PhD in nursing - University of Northampton
• MSc Nursing – University of Northampton
• BSc Nursing – Ebonyi State University, Nigeria
• Postgraduate Certificate Learning & Teaching in Higher Education – University of Bedfordshire
• Registered Nurse
• FHEA

Teaching Expertise

• Academic Skills development for nursing
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Exploring Evidence
• Supporting Learning in Practice
• Research Methods/Methodologies
• Public Health
• MSc Dissertation Supervision
• PhD Supervision

Research Interests

• Palliative care
• End-of-life care
• Dementia care
• Service improvement
• Practice learning
• Health inequality
• Qualitative Health Research
• Quality improvement interventions in healthcare practice
• Knowledge Mobilisation and Utilisation
• Adult social care
• Public Health

Publications

• Onyeka, T.C., Onu, J.U. and Agom, D.A., (2023). Psychosocial aspects of adult cancer patients: a scoping review of sub‐Saharan Africa. Psycho‐Oncology, 32(1), pp.86-106.
• Agom, D.A., Sixsmith, J., Ominyi, J., Onyeka, T.C. and Agom, J.C., (2022). Placing care: The Impact of the Physical Environment on Experiences of Providing and Utilizing Palliative Care. Journal of Nursing Research, 30(5), p.e237.
• Onu, J., Onyeka, T., Unaogu, N.N., Mohammed, A.D., Okunade, K., Oriji, S., Agom, D., Ekewuba, D., Alumona, C.O., Echieh, C.P. and Ozoagu, A., (2022). Psycho-behavioral responses of Nigerian health workers to an initial human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus disease. Journal of Public Health in Africa, 13(1).
• Agom, D. A., Onyeka, T. C., Iheanacho, P. N., & Ominyi, J. (2021). Barriers to the provision and utilization of palliative care in Africa: A rapid scoping review. Indian Journal of Palliative Care, 27(1), 3.
• Agom DA, Sarah N, Allen S, Poole H, Sixsmith J, Onyeka TC, Ominyi J (2020) Social and health system complexities influencing decision-making for utilization of oncology and palliative care in a Nigerian context: a qualitative study. Journal of Palliative care 2020:1-7. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0825859719892084
• Agom, D. A., Onyeka, T. C., Ominyi, J., Sixsmith, J., Neill, S., Allen, S., & Poole, H. (2020). An Ethnographic Study of Palliative and End-of-Life Care in a Nigerian Hospital: Impact of Education on Care Provision and Utilization. SAGE Open, 10(3), 2158244020938700.
• Agom, D. A., Ominyi, J., Onyeka, T. C., & Anyigor, C. N. (2020). Exploring organizational culture regarding provision and utilization of palliative care in a Nigerian context: An interpretive descriptive study. Indian Journal of Palliative Care, 26(3), 358.
• Ominyi, J. N., & Agom, D. A. (2020) A scoping systematic review of factors influencing evidence-based practice implementation in nursing. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews; DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2020.5.3.0040
• Agom DA, Sarah N, Allen S, Poole H, Sixsmith J, Onyeka TC, Ominyi J (2019) Construction of meanings during life-limiting illnesses and its impacts on palliative care: an ethnographic study in an African context. Psycho-Oncology 2019:1-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5208
• Agom DA, Poole H, Allen S, Onyeka TC, Ominyi J (2019) Understanding the organisation of hospital-based palliative care in a Nigerian Hospital: an ethnographic study. Indian Journal of Palliative care 25: 218-223.
• Ominyi J, Agom DA, Ekuma C (2019) a qualitative examination of the perceived impact of bureaucratic managerialism on evidence-based practice implementation in Nigeria: a collective case study. Journal of Research in Nursing 24(8) https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987119883670.
• Ominyi J, Agom DA, Anyigor CN, Nwedu, AB, and Onwe SN (2019) Experiences of nurses implementing evidence-based practice in an acute care setting in Nigeria: A qualitative study. Clinical Nursing Studies DOI:5430/cns.v7n4p54
• Onyeka, T, Okonkwo, I, Aniebue U, Ugwu I, Chukwuneke F, Agom, D. (2019). ‘Wrong treatment’: Doctors’ take on medical futility in a low-resource ICU. University of Toronto Medical Journal, 96(3), 17-23.
• Azuonwu O, Ominyi JN, Agom DA (2017) Associated Public Health and Disease Consequences of Infants/Children’s Exposure to Secondhand Smoking: a Public Health Concern. J Lung Pulm Respir Res 4(5): 00140. DOI: 10.15406/jlprr.2017.04.00140
• Onwe, S.N., Agom, D.A., Agom, J.C., Ominyi, J.N. and Elom, K.A (2015) Factors Affecting Nutritional Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in South Eastern Nigeria: A Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research 3(5), 5880-5896.
• Agom, D.A., Agom, J.C., Ominyi, J.N. and Onwe, S.N (2015) Concept analysis of patient’s advocacy: The Nursing perspective. International Journal of Nursing Didactics 5(3), 1-4.
• Agom, J.C., Agom, D.A., Ekuma, C.V., Ominyi, J.N., and Onwe, S.N (2015) Effectiveness of misoprostol for the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage: a review. Journal of Medical and Clinical Research 3(3), 4891-4905.
• Ominyi, J.N., Agom, D.A., Agom, J.D., & Oko, C., (2015). A Critical Analysis of the Concept of Hope: The Nursing Perspective, International Journal of Science & Research 4(3), 1027-1030.
• Anyigor, C.N., Ekuma, C.V., Ominyi, J.N. and Agom, D.A (2015) A reform in the department of nursing sciences, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria using transformational leadership style. International Journal of Science & Research 4(4), 107-112.
• Agom, D.A., Agom, J.D., & Anyigor, C.N. (2014) Using maggot therapy in the treatment of wound: a review of its effectiveness and patient’s experience. Journal of Medical and Clinical Research 2(10), 2749-2760.
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Contact Details

E: david.agom@beds.ac.uk