Dr Allison Roderick is the Program Director - Postgraduate Nursing & Midwifery and Senior Lecturer at the UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences.
Allison completed her Nursing degree at the University of South Australia in 1995. She then persued a career in Intensive Care which saw her work in both public and private ICUs in Adelaide, Darwin and London. On her return to Australia she undertook her PhD at Flinders University, entitled "Beyond Basics: Embedded infection control in everyday practices of nurses in an intensive care unit". Her research to date has used qualitative methodology to unpack infection control, missed care, quality & safety and mass-gatherings.
Her career has also enabled her to have close connections... Read more
About me
Dr Allison Roderick is the Program Director - Postgraduate Nursing & Midwifery and Senior Lecturer at the UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences.
Allison completed her Nursing degree at the University of South Australia in 1995. She then persued a career in Intensive Care which saw her work in both public and private ICUs in Adelaide, Darwin and London. On her return to Australia she undertook her PhD at Flinders University, entitled "Beyond Basics: Embedded infection control in everyday practices of nurses in an intensive care unit". Her research to date has used qualitative methodology to unpack infection control, missed care, quality & safety and mass-gatherings.
Her career has also enabled her to have close connections with industry including: infection control, education, ICU, perioperative and COVID surveillance.
About me
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 12/05/2023 |
Clinical Specialisation Program, https://youtu.be/5aGvzTTEbIc |
| 12/05/2023 |
Postgraduate Nursing and Midwifery at UniSA, https://youtu.be/tEFhA2I270s |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University
Bachelor of Nursing University of South Australia
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
3
4
32
|
| 2023 |
Open access
11
|
| 2021 |
7
7
6
|
| 2020 |
Open access
17
13
2
|
| 2017 |
15
13
|
Roderick, A 2014, ‘The challenges faced in infection prevention and control practices’, Australian Nurses and Midwifery Journal, vol. 22, no. 3, p 40
Roderick, A 2013, ‘Is it all ‘just’ in our hands?’, Australian Nurses and Midwifery Journal, vol. 20, no. 10, p 51
Hutton, A. Roderick, A, Munt, R, Mayner L, Kako M & Arbon, P, 2012, ‘Celebrating the end of school life: a pilot study’, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, p. 13-17
Hutton A, Roderick A & Munt R, 2010, ‘Lessons learnt at World Youth Day: Collecting data at using postcards at mass gatherings’, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Journal, May-June, pp. 273-277. This article has been cited in the Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Journal compendium of Mass gatherings and has been cited in the learning resource centre
Roderick, A 2010, ‘Dirty nursing: containing defilement and infection control practices’ in D Holmes and T Rudge (eds) Abjectly Boundless: Boundaries, Bodies and Health Work, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, UK
2023
Winner of UniSA Unstoppable Teaching Award for Innovation in teaching partnerships - Dr Allison Roderick and the clinical specialisation team
2022
Winner of UniSA Research Ethics and Safety Innovation Awards for Innovation in Chemical Safety or Radiation Safety Award – Elio Arruzza and Dr Allison Roderick
2010
State highly commended award - Australian Safer Communities Awards: as part of the Flinders University Centre for Disaster Resilience and Health. Government of South Australia: Fire and Emergency Services Commission
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Jones Radiology | AUSTRALIA |
| SA Radiation Pty Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Canberra | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Editorial Board MemberCollegian, Australian College of Nurses |
2024 |
Editorial Board MemberCollegian, Australian College of Nurses |
2023 |
Editorial Board MemberCollegian, Australian College of Nurses |
2022 |
Education Committee MemberAustralasian College of Infection Prevention and Control |
2017 |
Education Committee MemberAustralasian College of Infection Prevention and Control |
2016 |
Education Committee MemberAustralasian College of Infection Prevention and Control |
2015 |
2024
Australian College of Nursing (ACN) member
Associate Editor Collegian
Australian College of Periopeartive Nurses (ACORN) member
2023
Winner of UniSA Unstoppable Teaching Award for Innovation in teaching partnerships - Dr Allison Roderick and the clinical specialisation team
Australian College of Nursing (ACN) member
Associate Editor Collegian
Australian College of Periopeartive Nurses (ACORN) member
2022
Winner of UniSA Research Ethics and Safety Innovation Awards for Innovation in Chemical Safety or Radiation Safety Award – Elio Arruzza and Dr Allison Roderick
Australian College of Periopeartive Nurses (ACORN) member
2018
Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) member
2017
Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) member and served on the Education Committee
2016
Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) member and served on the Education Committee
2015
Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) member and served on the Education Committee
2014
Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) member
2010
State highly commended award - Australian Safer Communities Awards: as part of the Flinders University Centre for Disaster Resilience and Health. Government of South Australia: Fire and Emergency Services Commission
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| 111029 - What approaches to clinical education are effective following clinical incidents in the healthcare (nursing) setting? | Current |
