The Pen, Or Is It The Spoken Word, That Is Mightier Than The Sword. A Study Focussed On Defining, Teaching And Assessing Skills In Effective And Therapeutic Communication
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$125,503.00
Summary
The aim of this research is to define the essential elements in effective and helpful health professional communication, convert these elements to measurable learning objectives, develop a valid method to assess competency and evaluate change that occurs when students participate in programs designed to develop communication competencies. (500 character limit including spaces and line breaks)
Development, Validation And Implementation Of A Technical And Non-technical Skills Training Curriculum For Laparoscopic Appendicectomy Surgery
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$41,237.00
Summary
A structured training curriculum will be developed that can teach novice surgeons in key surgical and decision-making skills required for laparoscopic appendectomy surgery (key-hole removal of the appendix). An assessment tool that can quantitatively evaluate performance during a laparoscopic appendectomy will be developed. Using this, the ability of the developed training curriculum to improve the performance of trainee surgeons during actual laparoscopic appendectomy surgery will be evaluated.
Postgraduate Training And Teaching Methodologies In Regional Anaesthesia
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$130,601.00
Summary
An important skill of specialist anaesthetists is performing nerve blocks to provide excellent pain relief in surgery and childbirth. This PhD research examines the use of new methods of education, including structured assessment, simulation, and high fidelity models to help train the next generation of anaesthetists. The goals of this research is to provide better quality patient care and improve patient outcomes after anaesthesia and surgery.
Hepatitis B In The Top End Of The Northern Territory: Epidemiology, Burden Of Disease And Health Literacy Among Those Affected.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$118,574.00
Summary
I am an Infectious Diseases doctor working with Hepatitis B in the Top End of the Northern Territory. I will provide detailed information about the prevelance of Hepatitis B infection, the specific subtypes found in this region and the burden of disease attributable to it. This information is not currently available for this region. I will also explore the levels of knowledge in the community about Hepatitis B infection using this information to develop and evaluate an educational tool.
Participation In Online Conversations By Young People With Disabilities Who Are Non-speaking: Does E-mentoring Work?
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$94,378.00
Summary
Individuals who are non-speaking have limited or no use of natural speech due to disability. They use alternative methods to communicate (e.g., computerised devices). In this study young people who are non-speaking will be connected with older mentors who are also non-speaking and who are skilled users of Internet social media. The mentors will be role models providing encouragement and guidance online. Results may demonstrate improvement in the mentee’s communication and social participation
Communication Recovery In The Initial 12 Months Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$77,832.00
Summary
The aims of this study are to learn more about how a person's communication recovers in the first year after a traumatic brain injury. The study will determine what factors may help people with traumatic brain injury recover their communication skills.
Online Support And Training For Families Of Children With A New Speech Generating Device (SGD)
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$116,563.00
Summary
Children with a physical disability who cannot use speech can benefit from using a Speech Generating Device (SGD). Families are often expected to maintain, program, and teach the use of these devices at home with limited support from service providers. This project aims at developing an on-line, family centred training package for parents of children with a new SGD. The program will be trialed with three families and changes in parent confidence, competence and satisfaction will be reported.
Evaluating A Program For Developing Specialist Cancer Nurse Competencies For Effective And Sustainable Self-management Of Dyspnoea In Lung Cancer Patients.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$123,143.00
Summary
Breathlessness is a common, distressing symptom of lung cancer and adds substantially to the disease burden. This study aims to develop and evaluate a specialist cancer nurse competencies program to support patients in breathlessness self-management strategies. This study will assume a key role in instituting person-centred models of integrated cancer service delivery in adding to the limited knowledge about what skills and abilities are required of nurses to support patient self-management.???
Up to 80% of out of hospital cardiac arrest patients do not receive bystander CPR –often because those at the scene do not have the required skills. Without immediate action the condition is fatal. Through my doctoral research I aim to investigate the best methods for providing a targeted approach of training basic life support to a group at high risk of these events -cardiac patients. I plan to develop and test the feasibility of incorporating this training into cardiac rehabilitation programs.
Low back pain is a major global health problem and the leading cause of disability worldwide . This project will trial a new treatment for back pain that is specifically aimed at risk factors for developing ongoing back problems. Previously shown to be successful in patients suffering persistent back problems, this promising new treatment will be trialled in patients soon after they develop lower back pain as a preventative approach.