Portrait of Dafna Munitz Shenkar

Dr. Dafna Munitz Shenkar

Lecturer, Coordinator: 1st year, Pediatric Nursing

About

Dr. Dafna Munitz Shenkar is a registered nurse in the “Safra” Children’s Hospital at the “Sheba” Medical Center of Tel Hashomer Hospital. She teaches courses in oncology nursing and  clinical practice. She has tutoring experience in the pediatric hemato-oncology department. Dr. Munitz Shenkar has served as a guest professor in many settigns. She has practical experience in child rehabilitation and infection prevention. She holds a CRA certificate. Dr. Munitz Shenkar has performed clinical studies for various pharmaceutical companies as well as research in the field of psycho-oncology. She is in charge of the JACIE quality assurance program of bone marrow transplantation and cell therapy in the Hemato-oncology ward in “Safra” Children’s Hospital.

Education

B.S.N.

Nursing department, School of health professions, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University

M.A.

School of advanced studies, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University

Ph.D.

The Moshe Prywes Center for Medical Education- Medical science, Ben Gurion University

Teaching Areas

Nursing fundamentals, decision-making in nursing, pediatric nursing

Research interests

History of health, sickness behavior, psychological aspects in pediatric oncology

Selected Publications