CURRICULUM VITAE DR PATRICIA JOHNSON

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE OF DR PATRICIA JOHNSON

2 TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor of Arts University of New England, Armidale 1989 Master of Nursing (First Class Honours and Faculty Medal) University of New England, Armidale 1995 Thesis titled: Rural Peoples Experience of Critical Illness involving Interhospital Transportation: A *Refer to Attachments 1 and 2 in other document Phenomenological Study Doctor of Philosophy (Academic Excellence for thesis with perfect score) Griffith University 2003 Thesis titled: Being at its most Elusive: The Experience of Long-term Mechanical Ventilation in a Critical Refer to Attachments 3, 4 and 5 in other document Care Unit Certificate in Postgraduate Supervision Refer to Attachment 6 in other document Griffith University 2003 Certificate IV Workplace Training and Assessment Australian Quality Framework 2005

3 PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Registered General Nurse (3 year full-time course) Armidale and New England District Hospital 1981 Intensive Therapy Certificate (12 month full-time course) Royal Newcastle Hospital 1983 Advanced Life Support Certificate ARC Framework 2010

4 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY *Key Points Academic career in health spanning 18 years During this time developed and managed a range of programs (degrees) at both undergraduate and postgraduate level at universities in Qld and NSW Developed and managed a range of successful offshore and international academic programs Achieved outstanding results in Masters and PhD degrees Received research grants and teaching awards Published in national and international peer-reviewed journals Successfully supervised a number of research higher degree students to completion Clinical career in health spanning 30 years Worked in a variety of acute care settings as both clinician and manager Consistently maintained clinical expertise through practice, professional memberships and research and conference activities 2009-present: Associate Professor Clinical Skills (Procedural), Bond University, School of Medicine Manager of procedural skills program for all years for students in MBBS program. Appointed to register of higher degree supervisors Bond University Co-ordinator of Faculty research group Health Professional Education Primary supervisor for PhD student 2007 to 2009: Tutor and Clinical Instructor, Bond University, School of Medicine Consultant in Health Education PBL (Problem Based Learning) tutor tutored students from Semesters 1 to 7 in MBBS program Clinical Skills Instructor - clinical communication and procedural skills for students across all years of the MBBS program Academic marker PPD reflection papers academic marking of student papers from Semesters 1 to 7 in MBBS program Consultant University of Ballarat, Nursing Degree Programs (refer to section titled Professional Memberships and Consultancies) 2006/2007: Lecturer and Clinical Instructor (Casual) Griffith University, Qld Consultant in Health Education Developed a range of professional programs for nurses and allied health care workers. For example, developed an information package for overseas nurses and health care workers on Australian nursing and health care Guest lecturer and clinical instructor in the Schools of Medicine and Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University. Taught across a variety of clinical and research courses

5 Delivered a suite of professional development courses to nurses and allied health care workers in Malaysia, including Clinical Health Assessment Skills and Cardiac Care Consultant for continuing education and academic skills development for international students at Griffith University. Tutored students from China, Japan and the Philippines Consultant teacher for Griffith University, Singapore and Japan nursing programs. Travelled to these countries to present lectures and tutorials 2006 to Dec 2009: RN, ICU Gold Coast Hospital, Robina Campus Managing critically ill patients with a variety of conditions Maintains clinical currency, and ensures a close working relationship with clinicians Designated member of MET (Medical Emergencies Team) : Lecturer Level C (Senior Lecturer) School of Nursing, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus International Coordinator Academic Program Manager Critical Care Programs Program Convenor Singapore/Cornerstone Bachelor of Nursing (Post-registration) Program Convenor Japan/Nissoken Bachelor of Nursing (Post-registration) and Masters degrees Visiting Scholar Tweed Heads District Hospital and Health Service delivered a range of seminars to health care professionals focusing on research design and evidence based practice in health care. Develop grant applications for submission to relevant bodies Supervised 4 students to successful completion of Masters of Nursing (Honours) degree this involved primary supervision of students completing 25,000 word dissertations using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies Secondary supervisor for a PhD student for 18 months As Senior Lecturer, I was responsible for the overall coordination and management of several academic programs, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. As international coordinator I was responsible for managing and monitoring a range of programs, including post-registration degrees and Masters Degree for students from Singapore and Japan. The Japanese Program (known as Nissoken) is the largest overseas academic program of any Australian University, with over 1200 students graduating as of My role as Program Manager, Critical Care, required me to manage the Graduate Certificate, Masters and Masters with Honours programs. These were very successful programs, with up to 50 enrolments per year. These programs were also developed as off campus programs using web enhanced materials utilizing the software program Blackboard. This served to widen the accessibility and marketability of the programs : Lecturer Level B School of Nursing, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus International Coordinator Academic Program Convenor Critical Care Programs Clinical Coordinator undergraduate program Program Convenor Singapore/Cornerstone Bachelor of Nursing (Post-registration)

6 Program Convenor Japan/Nissoken Bachelor of Nursing (Post-registration) Visiting Scholar Tweed Heads District Hospital and Health Service applied for and received research grant examining critical care outreach services As Lecturer, I was responsible for the overall coordination and management of several academic programs, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. During this time I developed the Postregistration degree curriculum for Singapore (Cornerstone project) and submitted this to the Singapore Nursing Board for accreditation. This was the first Australian Nursing Program to receive SNB accreditation. We commenced in Singapore with 9 students has now grown to 180 students as of September 2008 and is the largest overseas academic program offered onshore in Singapore. In my role as Clinical Coordinator, I was responsible for organizing and monitoring clinical placements for up to 400 undergraduate nursing students in a range of health care settings. I also employed and orientated clinical facilitators to oversee the students on placement, and liaised with agency staff, including managers and clinicians, to ensure good relationships and enhance the students clinical learning experience : Associate Lecturer School of Nursing, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus Convenor for Critical Care programs Convenor for a range of clinical and theoretical undergraduate courses : Level 1 RN (Casual) ICU/CCU Allamanda Private Hospital, Southport Managing critically ill patients with a variety of conditions Designated member of Code Blue Team (Medical Emergencies Team) : Relief Area Manager Level 2 Registered Nurse (night duty) CCU Pindara Private Hospital, Gold Coast Duties included staff allocation and supervision, resource person for clinical education, administrative duties including updating computerised patient management system : Level 1 RN (Casual) ICU/CCU Allamanda Private Hospital, Southport Managing critically ill patients with a variety of conditions

7 : Director of Clinical School/Senior Lecturer (Level C) Lower North Coast Health District School of Health University of New England, Armidale Established satellite Clinical School for UNE at Taree responsible for organising preceptored clinical placements for students in all 3 years of nursing degree. Developing and delivering training programs for hospital based preceptors Course Convenor for Graduate Diploma in Nurse Education : Lecturer and First Year Coordinator School of Health University of New England, Armidale Course Convenor for clinical and theoretical nursing courses Coordinated academic courses across first year of nursing degree : Nurse Unit Manager (Charge Nurse) CCU, Armidale and New England District Hospital, NSW Managed nursing care and ward functions for 12 bed combined intensive care/coronary care and recovery ward. Worked closely with medical staff to ensure best practice, and quality patient care.

8 PUBLICATIONS *Key Points #Indicates peer-reviewed journal Articles reflect current research at the time, clinical expertise and teaching and learning strategies and innovations. Johnson, P. (1992). Rural Peoples Experience of Air Ambulance Transportation. In the 2nd Nursing Research Conference Proceedings. University of New England, Armidale, # Johnson, P. (1993). Coronary Heart Disease in Rural NSW: One Country Hospital s Experience. The Australian Journal of Rural Health, 1(2), Johnson, P., Hegney, D., White, F. (1993). A Preceptorship Model for the Placement of Undergraduate Students in a Rural Hospital for Practicum Experience. In the Proceedings of the 2nd National Conference of the Association for Australian Rural Nurses Inc., Deakin University, Warrnambool, # Johnson, P. (1999). Rural People s Experience of Critical Illness Involving Interhospital Transportation: A Qualitative Study. Australian Critical Care, 12, (1), # StJohn, W. & Johnson, P. (2000). The Pros and Cons of Computer-Based Qualitative Data Analysis Software in Qualitative Research. Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 32 (4), # Johnson, P., Chaboyer, W., Foster, M. & Van Der Vooren, R. (2001) Caregivers of ICU patients discharged home: what burden do they face? Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 17, # Jane, R. & Johnson, P. (2003). Critical care nurses be aware: Lemierre s syndrome is on the rise. Australian Critical Care, 16 (4), # Chaboyer, W., Willman, A. & Johnson, P. (2004). Innovation in embedding evidence based practice in undergraduate nursing curriculum: a benchmarking project. Nursing Education in Practice, 4, # Johnson, P. (2004). Reclaiming the everyday world: how long-term ventilated patients in critical care seek to gain aspects of power and control over their environment. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 20 (4), # Johnson, P. (2006). Existing in an uneveryday world: the experience of being on long-term mechanical ventilation in a critical care unit. Journal of Advanced Nursing, # McMurray, A., Johnson, P., Wallis, M., Patterson, E. & Griffith, S. (2007). General surgical patients perspectives of the adequacy and appropriateness of discharge planning to facilitate health decisionmaking at home. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 16,

9 CONFERENCE PAPERS *Key Points Papers presented at a range of forums including local, state, national and international conferences for medical, nursing and allied health professionals ## Indicates invited speaker, including key note speaker Papers reflect current research at the time, clinical expertise and teaching and learning strategies and innovations 1992 Coronary Heart Disease in Rural NSW: One Country Hospital s Experience. This paper was presented at Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses (NSW Branch) Annual Conference, Sydney Rural Peoples Experience of Air Ambulance Transportation. This paper was presented at the 2nd Nursing Research Forum, Armidale, NSW A Preceptorship Model of the Placement of Undergraduate Students in a Rural Hospital This paper was presented at the 2nd National Conference of the Association for Australian Rural Nurses Inc., Deakin University, Warrnambool, Vic Organ Transplantation: A Rural View. This paper was presented at the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses (NSW Branch) Annual Conference, Newcastle Rural People s Experience of Critical Illness Involving Interhospital Transportation This paper was presented at the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses (Qld Branch) Annual Conference, Gold Coast Using Computers in Qualitative Data Analysis: Saviour or sin? This paper was presented at the 5 th International Qualitative Research Conference, Newcastle Mechanical Ventilation: The Patients View This paper was presented at the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses and Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society, Annual Scientific Meeting, Christchurch, New Zealand Rural People s Experience of Critical Illness: A Qualitative study This paper was presented at the European Society of Intensive Care and Critical Care Medicine 13 th Annual Congress, Rome, Italy October Patient s Experience of Long-term Mechanical Ventilation in a Critical Care Unit This paper was presented at the Research Forum, Griffith University, Faculty of Health ## 2000 Rural Peoples Experience of Critical Illness involving Interhospital Transportation This paper was presented at the International Nurses Day Seminar Murwillumbah Nurses Research Group Being Thrown into an Uneveryday World This paper was presented at the 8 th World Congress of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine, Sydney. ## 2002 Management and Education Links in Critical Care Nursing Quality in Critical Care Nurse Education Innovations in Critical Care Education These 3 papers were presented at the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses 3rd Institute of Continuing Education Annual Meeting and Critical Care Medicine, Hobart, Tas People s Experience of Long-term Mechanical Ventilation in a Critical Care Unit This paper was presented at the European Society of Intensive Care and Critical Care Medicine 15 th Annual Congress, Barcelona, Spain.

10 ## 2002 Embedding Evidence in Critical Care Nurse Education This paper was presented at the 27 th Annual Scientific Meeting of Australian College of Critical Care Nurses and Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society, Perth, WA. ## 2003 Reclaiming the everyday world This paper was presented at the 28 th Annual Scientific Meeting of Australian College of Critical Care Nurses and Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society, Cairns, Qld. ## 2004 The Impact of being in ICU: Patients and Families Perspectives Clinical Teaching and Assessment: Strategies for the Workplace These 2 papers were presented at the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses 5th Institute of Continuing Education Annual Meeting, Gold Coast May ## 2004 From Cyberspace to Coalface: Web Teaching and Learning in Clinical Courses at Griffith University This paper was presented at the 2nd Nursing Research Conference Singhealth, Singapore. ## 2006 Developing excellence through collaboration: the Griffith University Nissoken program for Japanese registered nurses This paper was presented at the 2 nd Asia Pacific Nursing Congress, Sydney. ## 2010 Manikins across the Lifespan: Intertwining scenarios with high fidelity to teach medical students clinical skills This paper was presented at the 10 th ANZAME Conference at Townsville,

11 RESEARCH GRANTS *Key Points All grants resulted in an outcome including PhD completion, publication of research article in peer reviewed journal or resource booklet for health care consumers 1999 Awarded a research grant from Queensland Nursing Council Project title: The Experience of Long-term Mechanical Ventilation in a Critical Care Unit $4, CI 2001 Awarded a Griffith University Community Service Project Grant Project title: Intensive Care Unit Information Package for Patients and Relatives $5,990 - CI 2003 Awarded a Griffith University Community Service Project Grant Project title: Cardiac Rehabilitation Information Package for Patients $8,600 - CI 2003 Awarded a Research Centre for Clinical Practice Innovation Research Grant Project title: Adequacy and appropriateness of discharge planning in assisting post-surgical patients to self-manage at home. $5,000 - CI 2004 Awarded an Australian College of Critical Care Nurses Research Grant Project title: The effect of a critical care outreach service on unexpected admissions and readmissions from ward areas to the ICU in a regional hospital in NSW $1,750 - CI 2004 Awarded a Griffith University Internal Grant Project title: Identifying ICU patients discharged to the ward at risk of major adverse events $16,000 Co-Investigator 2010 Awarded a Bond University HSM Faculty Internal Grant Project title: Assessing medical student preparation for practice in women s health - $5,386 - CI 2010 Awarded a Bond University HSM Faculty Internal Grant Project title: Medical student s experience of the first year of hospital rotation $8,453 - Co-Investigator

12 TEACHING GRANTS AND AWARDS *Key Point Grant resulted in publication in international peer-reviewed journal 1999 Awarded a Griffith University Excellence in Teaching - Certificate of Commendation 2000 Awarded a Griffith University Teaching and Learning Grant Project title: Innovations in teaching evidence-based practice to undergraduate nursing students: an international perspective. $5, Awarded a Bond University Teaching and Learning Research Grant Project title: Bringing PBL cases to life: Enhancing the theory practice nexus through simulated hospital ward rounds for undergraduate medical students $3,627 - CI

13 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND CONSULTANCIES 1992 to present Member of the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN) Committee Member, State branch Secretary, Gold Coast Sub-branch present Chair, Education Advisory Panel, National Activities include preparing agendas and recording and distributing minutes to committee members, developing strategic plans for education and clinical practice development. As Chair of National Education Advisory Panel, I prepared position papers on critical care postgraduate educational outcomes, credentialing, and the use of non-registered nurses in critical care areas Invited reviewer for Mosby Publications book focused on communications in health care settings Member of the Course Accreditation Panel of Review Queensland Nursing Council (state registering authority for nurses) Activities included reviewing curriculum submissions from tertiary institutions for accreditation status to present Member of the Royal College of Nursing, Australia Activities include preparing responses to discussion papers on a range of health related matters Consultant to NSW Nurses Registration Board (state registering authority for nurses) Activities involved Chairing the special panel to review applications for Nurse Practitioner eligibility and appointment Invited reviewer for Elsevier Publications book titled Australian Critical Care Nursing Adviser, Canberra University School of Nursing Activities involved reviewing curriculum for critical care postgraduate programs Consultant, University of Ballarat School of Nursing Activities involved preparing a curriculum review document on several nursing programs using the University s formal framework and processes. This consultancy project required a comprehensive review of documents, and undertaking and analysing interviews with a range of key stakeholders Invited reviewer for Australasian Medical Journal

14 ATTACHMENTS Please refer to separate document for 6 separate attachments that support and highlight my academic achievements and qualifications