Brief Bio

William Michael ("Mike") Scott joined the DUSON faculty in February of 2011 as Assistant Professor in the MSN Program. He earned a BA in history at Armstrong State College (GA), followed by a BSN at Georgia Southern College. He earned an MSN in the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Georgia Southern University in 1992. Mike completed his DNP at Georgia Southern University in 2011. His DNP clinical project focused on identifying exemplars and practice patterns that highlight nurse practitioner clinical excellence.

Mike was recruited in 2006 to serve as Director of Clinics for the School of Nursing. In this capacity, he helped design and implement clinic infrastructure to showcase the role of the DUSON nurse practitioner, while providing services at Duke primary clinics including Duke Primary Care at Pickett Road and Triangle Family Practice. He continues to precept/mentor Duke nurse practitioner students as they progress through their respective programs.

A family nurse practitioner for two decades, Mike is known mostly for his work in rural health outreach as a primary care clinician with a nurse practitioner practice in upstate South Carolina, a position he held for ten years and with an estimated 25,000 patient care visits. He was selected to be an evaluator for the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) in Washington and subsequently was elected to its Board of Commissioners representing practice. He served two consecutive terms on the CCNE board, rising as high as Vice Chair. Mike's voice played a role in helping CCNE to move forward with implementation of accreditation standards for the DNP. For his past work in nurse-managed clinics and for his advocacy of the nurse practitioner role at the national level, Mike was awarded the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners State Award for Excellence for North Carolina in 2010. He has also been recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of the College of Health and Human Sciences of Georgia Southern University, and was selected by the University as Commencement speaker in 2005.

Academic Program Affiliations

Master of Science in Nursing Program

Education

DNP	Georgia Southern University
MSN	Georgia Southern University
BSN	Georgia Southern College
BA	Armstrong State College (GA)

Professional Certifications

FNP	Family Nurse Practitioner

Research Interests

• Professional knowledge domain specificity
• Multiple axes of difference regarding nurse practitioner role
• Complexity science and primary care outcomes
• Effectiveness of inter-professional health care teams
• Historical evolution of nursing epistemology/ontology

Clinical Interests

• Part-time practice as FNP at Duke Primary Care-Pickett Road Clinic.

Awards and Honors

• 2011 First Place Poster for College of Health and Human Sciences,, Graduate Research Symposium, Georgia Southern University

• 2010 North Carolina State Award for Excellence, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

• 2006 Distinguished Alumnus, Georgia Southern University, College of Health & Human Sciences

• 2005 Invited Commencement Speaker, Fall Graduation, Georgia Southern University, College of Health & Human Sciences, College of Education

• 2003 Fellow, Amy V. Cockcroft Nursing Leadership Program, University of South Carolina

• 2002 South Carolina Palmetto Gold Award for Nursing Excellence, South Carolina Nurses Foundation

• 1990 Recipient, Professional Nurse Traineeship, Georgia Southern University

• 1990 Sigma Theta Tau

• 1985 Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, Georgia Southern College Department of Nursing

• 1985 Pi Kappa Phi

Areas of Expertise

• Family Health
• Nursing Education

Representative Publications

Grant Funding (selected)

• Using Multimedia Applications with Longitudinal Case Studies: An On-line Approach to Nurse Practitioner Clinical Development (CATALYST Faculty Innovation Award)  
  Duke University School of Nursing CONCEPT Office
  01/2012-12/2012
  Role: Co-PI with Penny Cooper
  Project Goal: Determine the effectiveness of multimedia applications with longitudinal case studies in teaching on-line nurse practitioner (NP) students. An example of narrative pedagogical methods in nurse practitioner education is the use of unfolding cases in which students decipher employing evidence based guidelines and their own contextually derived conclusions based upon their immersion into the clinical story. Even more powerful is to limit the cases to one or two unique individuals and have their stories develop over time so that students bond in a creative way with these same individuals. While such methods are not necessarily new, the challenge remains how to adapt such a process to the on-line learning environment in a manner that engages students and invites additional dialog regarding the uniqueness of each case. One possibility is to design each case utilizing multimedia production techniques and loading each segment into content specific on-line modules. Employing sound slide technology and/or videography, each segment places the student into a specific time and space allowing for an additional level of hermeneutical understanding.

• Effect of Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Risk Information on Health Behaviors & Outcomes  
  Duke Endowment, Duke University Health System, DeCode Genetics
  01/2008-12/2011
  Role: Investigator
  Project Goal: The primary objective of the study is to assess the clinical utility of a genetic test for Type 2 diabetes risk in combination with standardized risk assessment compared with standardized risk assessment alone, and to measure whether changes in perceived risk following genetic testing for Type 2 diabetes risk are correlated with behavior change and increased concern about risk for Type 2 diabetes.