Dr. Jacqueline Suzanne Martin is Dean of Careum School of Health, Part of Kalaidos University of applied Science in Switzerland. She completed her Master in Nursing Science at the University Maastricht, Netherlands in 2005 and her PhD at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland in 2012. Additionally, she has a Master of Advanced Studies in adult and professional education from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. From 2006 to 2012 she was head of the RCN Clinical Leadership Programme at the University of Basel and now she is programme director of the CAS Shared Leadership-Shared Governance at Careum School of Health. She has an extensive background in critical care nursing and her research is focused on leadership development and evaluation as well as nurses' practices environments. She is engaged in diverse national and international Advisory Boards and Boards of Directors in acute care hospitals.