The Nursing Research Institute organise an annual research seminar series where researchers and staff can showcase their research projects. The seminars are open to all Australian Catholic University, St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney and St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne students, researchers and clinicians. Click on the links below for details.

The Nursing Research Institute Melbourne (NRI) in partnership with the NRI Sydney, Allied Health Research Unit (Sydney) and Allied Health (Melbourne) (Nursing Research Institute and Allied Health Collaboration (Melb/Syd)) have come together to offer a suite of research seminars to all SVHA clinicians interested in research. Sessions offered as part of the @Allied Health Grand Round (Melb) and Applied Medical Research/ Nursing Research Institute/ Allied Health Research Unit (Syd) have also been collated here for your convenience.

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22 Feb 1pm - 2pm

Navigating the ethics process @ St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Chair: Dr Lauren Christie, Allied Health Senior Research Fellow, St Vincent's Health Network, Sydney
Presenter(s): Dr Pamela Blaikie, Research Office Manager St Vincent's Health Network Sydney Translational Research Centre
Organising Unit: Nursing Research Institute and Allied Health Collaboration (Melb/Syd)

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22 Feb 2pm - 3pm

Navigating the ethics process @ St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Chair: Alysia Coventry, Senior Research Officer, Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent's Health Network Sydney, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne & Australian Catholic University, PhD Candidate
Presenter(s): Alexandra Braun, Senior Research Ethics & Governance Officer, Research Directorate, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Organising Unit: Nursing Research Institute and Allied Health Collaboration (Melb/Syd)

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8 Mar 12-1pm

@Allied Health Grand Round
Digital Health - how technology and health can intertwine to provide better outcomes
Chair: Fiona McKinnon. General Manager Allied Health & Pharmacy, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Presenter(s): Kath Feely, Chief Allied Health Information Officer (CAHIO), Royal Melbourne Hospital
Organising Unit: Allied Health Grand Round (Melb)

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22 Mar 1-2pm

Conducting a Literature Search Using Online Databases
Chair: Dr Paul Andrews PhD, Social Work Health Professional Educator, Allied Health Research Working Party member, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Presenter(s): Anna Lovang, Research Librarian, St Vincent's Hospital Library Service, Melbourne
Organising Unit: Nursing Research Institute and Allied Health Collaboration (Melb/Syd)

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19 Apr 12:30-1:10pm

The PREPARE Study: Preparing families for the possibility of death in the intensive care unit
Chair: Susan Whittam, ACCELERATE Plus Project Manager/CNC Implementation Research, Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent's Health Network Sydney, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne & Australian Catholic University
Presenter(s): Alysia Coventry, Senior Research Officer, Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent's Health Network Sydney, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne & Australian Catholic University, PhD Candidate
Organising Unit: AMR/NRI/AHRU (Syd)

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26 Apr 2-3pm

Trends in research funding
Chair: A/Prof Louisa Lam, Deputy Head of School, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine (Melbourne), Australian Catholic University
Presenter(s): Dr Michael Baker, Director of Research Services, Chair, Human Research Ethics Committee, Australian Catholic University
Organsing Unit: Nursing Research Institute and Allied Health Collaboration (Melb/Syd)

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17 May 12:30-1:30pm

@Allied Health Grand Round
Supported decision making for people with complex communication and support needs
Chair: Fiona McKinnon, General Manager Allied Health & Pharmacy, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Presenter(s): Dr Joanne Watson, Senior Lecturer in Disability and Inclusion in the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University
Organsing Unit: Allied Health Grand Round (Melb)

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17 May 12:30-1:10pm

Does a 'Strong recommendation' within a clinical practice guideline change clinician behaviour? National uptake of fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing management following stroke
Chair: Oyebola Fasugba, Senior Research Officer, Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent's Health Network Sydney, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne & Australian Catholic University
Presenter(s): Kelly Coughlan, Research Assistant, Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent's Health Network Sydney, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, & Australian Catholic University, PhD Candidate
Organising Unit: AMR/NRI/AHRU (Syd)

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24 May 1-2pm

Developing your research protocol
Chair: Kate Makroglou, Research Occupational Therapist, Allied Health Research Unit, St Vincent's Health Network Sydney
Presenter(s): Dr Christine Shiner, Senior Research Officer, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Departments of Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine & Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression
Organising Unit: Nursing Research Institute and Allied Health Collaboration (Melb/Syd)

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28 Jun 2-3pm

Demystifying statistics in health research

Chair: Nicola Fearn, Senior Research Officer, Allied Health Research Unit, St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney

Presenter(s): Dr Lauren Christie, Senior Research Fellow- Allied Health, St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney. Dr Simone Dorsch, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, Coordinator of School of Allied Health Honours program, Australian Catholic University

Organising Unit: Nursing Research Institute and Allied Health Collaboration (Melb/Syd)

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12 Jul 12:30-1:10pm

Does a ‘Strong recommendation’ within a clinical practice guideline change clinician behaviour? National uptake of fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing management following stroke

Chair: Dr Oyebola Fasugba, Senior Research Officer, Nursing Research Institute

St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne & Australian Catholic University

Presenter(s): Kelly Coughlan, Research Assistant, Nursing Research Institute

St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne & Australian Catholic University

Organising Unit: AMR/NRI/AHRU (Syd)

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26 Jul 1-2pm

Using REDCap for data collection

Chair: Dr Lauren Christie, Allied Health Research Fellow, St Vincent’s Health Network, Sydney

Presenter(s): Robert Kent, Research Manager, Kinghorn Cancer Centre, St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney

Organising Unit: Nursing Research Institute and Allied Health Collaboration (Melb/Syd)

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7-10 Aug

Aikenhead Centre for Medical Research (ACMD) Research Week, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne

Call for Abstracts: TBC

Presenter(s): ACMD

Organising Unit: Research Directorate, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne

 

9 Aug 12:30-1:10pm

A comparison of fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing difficulty management in European stroke unit and non-stroke unit hospitals

Chair: Dr Nicola Straiton, Research Fellow (Implementation Science), Implementation Science Platform, Maridulu Budyari Gumal Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE)

Presenter(s): Ranran Ding, Honours Student, Australian Catholic University, Acting Peri-Anaesthetic Education Consultant, St Vincent's Private Hospital Melbourne

Organising Unit: AMR/NRI/AHRU (Syd)

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23 Aug 2-3pm

Key findings from a program of research on the wellbeing and resilience of the nursing workforce

Chair: Alysia Coventry, Senior Research Officer, Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney, St Vincent’s Hospital & Australian Catholic University, PhD Candidate

Presenter(s): Prof Kim Foster, Eileen O’Connor Chair of Mental Health Research

National School of Nursing, Midwifery, & Paramedicine Australian Catholic University

Organising Unit: Nursing Research Institute and Allied Health Collaboration (Melb/Syd)

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6 Sep 12:30-1:10pm

Dynamic consent and personalised medicine

Chair: Susan Whittam, ACCELERATE Plus Project Manager/CNC Implementation Research, Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne & Australian Catholic University

Presenter(s): Liza Goncharov, Manager, Institute for Communication in Healthcare, The Australian National University

Organising Unit: AMR/NRI/AHRU (Syd)

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27 Sep 1-2pm

Implementation Science Topic (TBA)

Chair: Professor Sandy Middleton, Director, Nursing Research Institute

St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and Australian Catholic University

Presenter(s): Prof Caroline Homer AO, Co-Program Director, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health; Working Group Head, Burnet Institute

Organising Unit: SPHERE/Nursing Research Institute and Allied Health Collaboration

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4 Oct 12:30-1:10pm

Behaviour Change and Physical Activity for Women living with Metastatic Breast Cancer – a Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial

Chair: Nicola Fearn, Senior Research Officer, Allied Health Research Unit, St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney

Presenter(s): Mark Liu, Research Officer, Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne & Australian Catholic University

PhD candidate, The University of Sydney

Organising Unit: AMR/NRI/AHRU (Syd)

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25 Oct 2-3pm

Selecting the appropriate statistical methods for your research

Chair: Rita Kinsella, Allied Health Research and Knowledge Translation Lead, Allied Health & Pharmacy, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

Presenter(s): Dr Nicholas Olsen, Statistical Consultant, Stats Central, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales

Organising Unit: Nursing Research Institute and Allied Health Collaboration (Melb/Syd)

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1 Nov 12:30-1:10pm

ReCITE: Remote Constraint Induced Therapy of the upper Extremity: An implementation study

Chair: Dr Christine Shiner, Senior Research Officer, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Departments of Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine & Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression

Presenter(s): Dr Lauren Christie, Allied Health Senior Research Fellow, St Vincent’s Health Network, Sydney

Organising Unit: AMR/NRI/AHRU (Syd)

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8 Nov

@Allied Health Grand Round, TBA

Chair: TBA

Presenter(s): TBA

Organising Unit: Allied Health (Melb)

 

22 Nov 1-2pm

SPHERE Implementation Science Leaders Platform (IS-LP) TBA

Chair: A/Professor Natalie Taylor, Implementation Scientist, Director of Research, School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, and Deputy Director of SPHERE’s Implementation Science Strategic platform

Presenter(s): TBA

Organising Unit: SPHERE/Nursing Research Institute and Allied Health Collaboration

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29 Nov 12:30-1:10pm

Acceptability of transcatheter aortic valve implantation: patient and carer perspectives and experiences

Chair: Simeon Dale, Clinical Research Fellow & QASC Europe Project Manager, Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne & Australian Catholic University

Presenter(s): Dr Nicola Straiton, Research Fellow (Implementation Science), Implementation Science Platform, Maridulu Budyari Gumal Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE)

Organising Unit: AMR/NRI/AHRU (Syd)

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If you have questions about any sessions, please contact:

Nursing Research Institute – Melbourne
Alysia.Coventry@svha.org.au or Kelly.Coughlan@acu.edu.au

Nursing Research Institute/ Applied Medical Research/ Allied Health Research Unit – Sydney
nriadmin@acu.edu.au or lauren.christie@svha.org.au

Allied Health Research – Sydney
lauren.christie@svha.org.au

Allied Health Research – Melbourne
Rita.Kinsella@svha.org.au

Research Directorate St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne & Aikenhead Centre for Medical Research (ACMD) Research Week – Melbourne
research.directorate@svha.org.au

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