Research
Professional Education
The Professional Education Research and Engagement Theme has representation across all disciplines within the School and includes teaching-focused, teaching and research-focused, clinical education staff, and research higher degree students.
The theme maintains close communication with the SHRS Teaching and Learning Committee and SHRS Clinical Education Clinical Education Sub-Committee. Current research initiatives involve active collaboration with the Schools of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, and Medicine across HaBS and Medicine Faculties.
Aims
The aims of the Professional Education Research and Engagement Theme within the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences include:
- Fostering research strengths through mentoring and support in relevant research clusters, to design and implement innovative teaching and learning (T&L) research projects.
- Supporting and promoting strategic initiatives in T&L through translation of T&L research into classroom teaching and practice education.
- Providing practical support for T&L grant submissions (including collaboration, pitching, readership, and access to successful grants).
- Enhancing the public profile of SHRS T&L research through showcasing and disseminating research findings.
Impact
The research undertaken within the Professional Education Research and Engagement Theme has a focus on directly impacting and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning, and therefore the SHRS student experience and outcomes, at The University of Queensland. Research initiatives are closely aligned with the UQ Student Strategy.
Work in this theme acknowledges that ‘education’ is broader than campus-based learning and includes work-integrated learning experiences in various settings such as clinics and schools, locally and abroad. Research focuses on the preparation for, and transitions to, these settings and experiences. Furthermore, this research theme has a strategic focus on providing practical support for staff in their development, implementation, and translation of such initiatives.
The research theme actively encourages collaboration in teaching and learning research to maximise impact and provides support for local, national, and international research dissemination.
Recent publications
- Copley, J., Martin, R., Dix, C., Forbes, R., Hill, A., Mandrusiak, A., ... & Collins, C. (2024). Fostering collaborative practice through interprofessional simulation for occupational therapy, physiotherapy, dietetics, and nursing students. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 1-10. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/13561820.2024.2303499?needAccess=true
- Milgate, W., Copley, J., & Hill, J. (2023). Failing professional practice placements in allied health: What do we understand about the student experience? A scoping review. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 1-27.
- Hill, A. E., Bartle, E., Copley, J. A., Olson, R., Dunwoodie, R., Barnett, T., & Zuber, A. (2023). The VOTIS, part 1: development and pilot trial of a tool to assess students’ interprofessional skill development using video-reflexive ethnography. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 37(2), 223-231.
- Olson, R. E., Copley, J. A., Bartle, E., Hill, A. E., Barnett, T., Dunwoodie, R., & Zuber, A. (2023). The VOTIS, part 2: Using a video-reflexive assessment activity to foster dispositional learning in interprofessional education. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 37(2), 232-239.
- Tan, A., Copley, J., & Fleming, J. (2023). Clinical utility of a decision-making aid for upper limb neurorehabilitation: applying the Hypertonicity Intervention Planning Model across cultures. Brain Injury, 37(7), 572-580.
Recent grants
- Emory-UQ Collaborative Partnership Research Grant: In 2023, Drs Adriana Penman, Freyr Patterson and Roma Forbes –all RET members– were successful in obtaining competitive grant funding to support a research project between UQ and Emory University to develop best practice guidelines for providing feedback in simulation.
- Early Career Teaching Innovation Grant: In 2024, Drs Alana Dinsdale, Roma Forbes (Professional education RET members) alongside Dr Nathalia Costa successfully obtained $14,954 in grant funding for a project titled: The P.A.I.N. Framework: Building students’ capacity to Promote Accurate Information Narratives in an age of misinformation.
Chair
Dr Felipe Retamal Walter, Lecturer Speech Pathology
Deputy Chair
Dr Alana Dinsdale, Lecturer Physiotherapy
Academic staff
- Jodie Copley, Professor in Occupational Therapy
- Wayne Wilson, Associate Professor in Audiology
- Allison Mandrusiak, Associate Professor Lecturer in Physiotherapy
- Roma Forbes, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy
- Adriana Penman, Senior Lecturer in Speech Pathology
- Freyr Patterson, Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
- Monique Waite, Senior Lecturer in Speech Pathology
- Liz Springfield, Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
- Curtley Nelson, Associate Lecturer Physiotherapy and PhD Candidate Physiotherapy
- Lauren Cox, Associate Lecturer and PhD Candidate Physiotherapy
- Sarah Wilesmith, Casual academic
- Rachel Levine, Casual academic
- Anna Rumbach, Senior Lecturer in Speech Pathology
- Ray Lang, Casual Academic
Research staff
Mehwish Nisar, Postdoctoral Research fellow CHEAR
Conjoint staff
Karina O’Leary, STARS Conjoint Interprofessional Education and Practice Coordinator
Clinic staff
- Dani Cain, Clinical Education Liaison Manager in Speech Pathology
- Lucy Hunter, Clinical Education Liaison Manager in Speech Pathology
- Anne Pearson, Clinical Educator and PhD Candidate in Speech Pathology
HDR students
Candidate | Degree | Supervision | Project title/Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Ms Hannah Jensen-Fielding | PhD | Professor Jodie Copley Dr Leander Mitchell | Mastery of professional identity and interprofessional practice in the NDIS |
Ms Alis Moores | PhD | Professor Jodie Copley Dr Merrill Turpin | Occupational therapy students learning to use theory on placement |
Ms Elisha Spackman | MPhil | Professor Jodie Copley Dr Craig Greber Professor Stephen Isbel | Practice-based evidence |
Ms Wendy Milgate | PhD | Professor Jodie Copley Dr Jess Hill | The experience of occupational therapy students who fail or are at risk of failing a long block professional practice experience. |
Mr Abraham Jones | PhD | Dr Roma Forbes, Dr Alana Dinsdale, Associate Professor Allison Mandrusiak | An exploration into physiotherapy student intentions and placement experiences in private practice settings. |
Kate Kruger (Brennan) | MPhil Candidate | Dr Adriana Penman Dr Freyr Patterson Dr Roma Forbes | Exploring student and practice educator experiences in feedback processes within clinical learning environments |
Lauren Cox | PhD Candidate Physiotherapy | Associate Professor Allison Mandrusiak Dr Angela Martin Dr Joanne Bishop Dr Olav Muurlink | Wellbeing of tertiary academics within health and rehabilitation sciences: where to next? |
Renee Garuccio,
| MPhil Candidate Audiology | Associate Professor Wayne Wilson Associate Professor Jacqui Raymond | A competency-based assessment tool to provide valid judgements of audiology student performance in the workplace setting |
Elaine McGivern,
| PhD Candidate Physiotherapy | Dr Roma Forbes Associate Professor Allison Mandrusiak Dr Ann Rahmann | The contribution of patient caseload complexity in bridging the gap between student and new graduate physiotherapist |
Curtley Nelson, | PhD Candidate Physiotherapy | Dr Roma Forbes Associate Professor Allison Mandrusiak
| Preparing New Graduate Physiotherapists to Work with First Nations Australians |
Anne Pearson, | PhD Candidate Speech Pathology
| Associate Professor Anne Hill Professor Jodie Copley Associate Professor Stacie Attrill | Working with culturally and linguistically diverse allied health students on placement |
Amelia Tan | PhD Candidate Occupational Therapy | Professor Jenny Fleming Professor Jodie Copley | Decision-making for upper limb interventions in neurological rehabilitation |
Sebastian Gallegos-Berrios | PhD Candidate Occupational Therapy | Dr Freyr Patterson | Exploring the complexity of decision-making during the intervention of Chilean occupational therapists in people with acquired brain injury (ABI). |
Luocheng (Rod) Zhang | PhD Candidate Occupational Therapy | Dr Roma Forbes Dr Freyr Patterson Dr Adriana Penman | Educational experience and work readiness of allied health students from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds |
Danielle Czapnik | MPhil Candidate Speech Pathology | Dr Adriana Penman Associate Professor Allison Mandrusiak | Exploring current practices in the evaluation of interprofessional simulation-based learning |
Aprezo Pardodi Maba | PhD Candidate | Associate Professor Asaduzzaman Khan | A Lifestyle Approach to Promote Mental Health among High School Students in Indonesia |
| Karina, O'Leary | PhD Candidate Physiotherapy | Professor Nadine Foster Associate Professor Rebecca Olson | Interprofessional Practice in a hospital setting—Co-designing Excellence. Exploring the use of an 'Experience Based Co-Design' framework to develop interventions to develop interprofessional practice in a hospital setting. |
| Stephen West-Newman | PhD Candidate Physiotherapy | Associate Professor Martin Sale Doctor Roma Forbes Associate Professor Stacie Attrill | Exploring the experiences of clinical based learning and transition to clinical practice for physiotherapy students from a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background with a view to informing better student, university and clinical placement practices. |
Web appearances
- The little-known role of physio in TMD care. Dr Alana Dinsdale.
- Strength in alignment. Dr Roma Forbes
- Research shows advantages to children and family engagement by online therapy. Felipe Retamal Walter.
Podcasts
- Preparing students for uncertainty. Roma Forbes - Higher Ed Heroes Podcast
- Reassuring students. Allison Mandrusiak - Higher Ed Heroes Podcast
- Telehealth: Best Practice Benefits for Clients and Practitioners. Felipe Retamal Walter - Disability SPOT Podcast.
Enquiries
For all enquiries related to research in the School, contact the Senior Administration Officer (Research): research.shrs@uq.edu.au
For all enquiries related to joining the Professional Education Research and Engagement Theme contact the chairs Dr Alana Dinsdale and Dr Felipe Retamal Walter.
For all general current HDR student queries and enquiries related to applications contact the HDR Liaison Officer:
