Gwyneth Patterson, EDD, RN, C
School
School of Nursing
Department/Program
Joint BSN Program
Year Inducted Phone E-Mail 
2001 973-684-7632 patterge@umdnj.edu
Biography
Elaine Patterson, EdD, APN. RNC is an Associate Professor in the UMDNJ School of Nursing. Dr. Patterson received her Master's degree in Nursing from New York University, and her Master's and Doctorate in Education from Columbia University. She teaches in the graduate and undergraduate Programs in the School of Nursing. Dr. Pattersons nursing is in the area of maternal, child and high-risk perinatal nursing. She is also a midwife and Advanced Practice Nurse (FNP). She has participated in international work addressing issues of maternal to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV/AIDS. In 1997 Dr. Patterson was appointed by the Governor to The New Jersey Black Infant Mortality Statewide Initiative on Black Infant Death Reduction. She has received numerous awards nationally and internationally for excellence in teaching. In 1998 she received the UMDNJ Foundations Excellence in Teaching Award. In 2002, along with faculty colleagues she received the Team University Excellence Award in Teaching. In 2005, Dr. Patterson received the 2005 Humanism in Healthcare Award given by the HFNJ. For the past several years Dr. Patterson has presented topics on the influence of learning styles on online learning at the International Conference on College Teaching and Learning in Jacksonville Florida. She has authored several articles and numerous abstracts and has presented nationally and internationally on healthcare issues important to nurses. She currently serves as an External Examiner to the Advance Nursing Education program at the University of West Indies in Jamaica. She serves on several national and international nursing committees. She is a member of the board of trustees of the Health Research Educational Trust of the New Jersey Hospital Association. Dr. Patterson's educational research focuses on identifying which learning styles are predictive of successful on-line learning. She is also involved in exploring the use of M-portfolios as one means of evaluating nursing program outcomes.