Instructor
College of Nursing
Acute and Tertiary Care
Non Tenure Track
874 Union Ave Suite 229
Memphis, TN 38163
6623139282
ccavallo@uthsc.edu
Faculty Profile
Teaching Methodology: Lecture, Online (synchronous), Online (asynchronous), Clinical, Active Learning
Pedagogy Expertise: Lecture, Problem Based Learning, Team-Based Learning, Feedback and Assessment, Flipped Classroom, Simulation-based Education
Technology Expertise: Blackboard, Microsoft 365, Zoom, Poll Everywhere, ExamSoft, Kahoot!, Screencastomatic, Padlet
Biography
Christie Cavallo joined the UTHSC College of Nursing in July 2013 as an instructor. She has 29 years of experience as a BSN-prepared nurse in the clinical setting to include ICU, telemetry, med/surg, surgery and home health. She has been teaching undergraduate nursing students for 10 years and is currently the course coordinator for NSG 444 Concepts I: Foundations for Nursing Practice and clinical faculty for Concepts III and Internship. Mrs. Cavallo serves as a simulation champion in the College of Nursing and is the secretery//treasurer for the Tennessee Simulation Alliance.
She received her BSN from Delta State University of Cleveland, Miss. in May 1994 and earned her Master of Science in Nursing, with a concentration in Nursing Education, from Walden University in Minneapolis, Minn., in December 2012. She is currently seeking her Doctorate in Education from Walden University. She also holds a Certified Nurse Educator and Certified Academic Nurse Educator certification. She is a member of the National League of Nursing, Tennessee Simulation Alliance, Tennessee Nurses’ Association, American Nurses’ Association, and the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society.
