Dr Michael Donovan
Clinical Education Liaison Manager
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
+61 7 336 54508
Publications
Journal Articles
Reubenson, Alan, Ng, Leo, Lawton, Vidya, Nahon, Irmina, Terry, Rebecca, Baldwin, Claire, Blackford, Julia, Bond, Alex, Corrigan, Rosemary, Dalton, Megan, Dario, Amabile Borges, Donovan, Michael, Dunwoodie, Ruth, Dwyer, Genevieve M., Forbes, Roma, Francis-Cracknell, Alison, Gill, Janelle, Hams, Andrea, Jones, Anne, Jones, Taryn, Judd, Belinda, Kennedy, Ewan, Morgan, Prue, Palmer, Tanya, Peiris, Casey, Taylor, Carolyn, Virtue, Debra, Zischke, Cherie, Gucciardi, Daniel F. and on behalf of the Physiotherapy Clinical Education Research Collaborative (PCERC) (2025). The assessment of physiotherapy practice is a robust measure of entry-level physiotherapy standards: reliability and validity evidence from a large, representative sample. PLoS One, 20 (4) e0321397, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321397
Martin, Romany, Wilesmith, Sarah, Mandrusiak, Allison, Lu, Andric, Donovan, Michael, Dunwoodie, Ruth and Forbes, Roma (2025). Supporting allied health students during rural placements: Perspectives of students and clinical educators. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 26 (2), 203-217.
Martin, Romany, Su, Yi-Jen, Neish, Calum, Mandrusiak, Allison, Penman, Adriana, Patterson, Freyr, Booth, Jodie, Hunter, Lucy, Donovan, Michael, Mahendran, Niru, Dunwoodie, Ruth and Forbes, Roma (2024). Telehealth services supporting allied health work-integrated learning: a pilot study. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 24 (4), 649-662.
Martin, Romany, Neish, Calum, Su, Yi-Jen, Mandrusiak, Allison, Donovan, Michael, Dunwoodie, Ruth and Forbes, Roma (2024). Physiotherapy students’ perceptions of engagement with people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities during clinical placement. Focus on Health Professional Education, 25 (2), 20-35. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v25i2.748
Milne, Nikki, Dunwoodie, Ruth, Kirwin, Garry, Palmer, Tanya, Gauchwin, Julie, Donovan, Michael, Dyson, Carla, Hams, Andrea and Hill, Anne (2022). Educating the educator: evaluation of a standardised format, one-day clinical educator workshop on the assessment of physiotherapy student performance in clinical placement. Australian Journal of Clinical Education, 11 (1). doi: 10.53300/001c.32993
Donovan, Michael, Khan, Asaduzzaman and Johnston, Venerina (2021). Associations between work-zone groups and compensation claims: experience from a poultry meat processing plant. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 63 (10), e679-e684. doi: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002332
Donovan, Michael, Khan, Asaduzzaman and Johnston, Venerina (2020). The Contribution of Onsite Physiotherapy to an Integrated Model for Managing Work Injuries: A Follow Up Study. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 31 (1), 207-218. doi: 10.1007/s10926-020-09911-0
Donovan, Michael, Khan, Asaduzzaman and Johnston, Venerina (2020). Exploring associations of employee reports on safety climate, disability management and labour management with work characteristics and injury at an Australian poultry meat processing plant. Safety Science, 126 104659, 104659. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104659
Donovan, Michael, Khan, Asaduzzaman and Johnston, Venerina (2017). The effect of a workplace-based early intervention program on work-related musculoskeletal compensation outcomes at a poultry meat processing plant. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 27 (1), 24-34. doi: 10.1007/s10926-016-9628-3
Donovan, Michael, Johnston, Venerina and Khan, Asaduzzaman (2017). Investigating construct validity of an organisational policies and practices instrument in an Australian poultry meat processing plant. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 33 (3).
Conference Papers
Martin, Romany, Donovan, Michael, Su, Yi-Jen, Neish, Calum, Dunwoodie, Ruth, Mandrusiak, Allison and Forbes, Roma (2023). Physiotherapy students’ perceptions of engagement with people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities during clinical placement. Australian Physiotherapy Association Symposium, Launceston, TAS Australia, 27 May 2023.
Martin, Romany, Donovan, Michael, Dunwoodie, Ruth, Mandrusiak, Allison and Forbes, Roma (2022). Support needs of physiotherapy students on rural clinical placement: experience of students and clinical educators.. SARRAH 2022 National Rural and Remote Allied Health Conference, Online, 16 November 2022.
Newspaper Article
Forbes, Roma and Donovan, Michael (2023, 06 16). Real-world education: embracing project-based learning THE Campus
Thesis
Donovan, Michael (2021). Addressing work-related musculoskeletal disorders in the Queensland poultry meat processing industry: a company’s journey to identify an optimal injury and disability prevention program. PhD Thesis, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/f5bff7d
Research Report
Donovan, Michael (2021). Preventing injuries in poultry processing. Webpage: Workplace health and Safety Queensland.