Annabel is a registered nurse / midwife academic working within UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences Academic Unit at the City East Campus. Annabel completed a Masters in Primary Health Care Degree in 2008 and holds other post graduate certificates. Annabel’s nursing and midwifery practice spans from local to national levels includes diverse range of roles and settings such as, clinical (acute and community), rural and regional, management, health promotion, primary health care, mental health and most recently has been working within the workforce development and education fields.
She applies an inquiry-based learning framework which fosters student engagement by stimulating curiosity, igniting self-directed learning and... Read more
About me
Annabel is a registered nurse / midwife academic working within UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences Academic Unit at the City East Campus. Annabel completed a Masters in Primary Health Care Degree in 2008 and holds other post graduate certificates. Annabel’s nursing and midwifery practice spans from local to national levels includes diverse range of roles and settings such as, clinical (acute and community), rural and regional, management, health promotion, primary health care, mental health and most recently has been working within the workforce development and education fields.
She applies an inquiry-based learning framework which fosters student engagement by stimulating curiosity, igniting self-directed learning and finding the right teaching balance that values and appreciates student, staff and industry partner’s experiences in learning and authentic assessment design. In addition to her academic role, she enjoys working as a primary health care and health promotion mentor.
About me
Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority (AHPRA)
Australia Health Promotion Association - member
The University of South Australia, alumni member
Flinders University, alumni member
Annabel is a member of the UniSA Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Research and Education Group.
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 |
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| 2018 |
Open access
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| Year | Output |
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| 2025 |
Open access
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| 2024 |
Open access
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| 2015 |
Open access
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Research
Annabel is a member of the UniSA Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Research and Education Group.
In 2019, received the 'Australia National Significance Award for the Community Trauma Toolkit' (Team Award) from Australian Institute of Disaster Resilience.
In 2016, was winner of Australia Health Promotion Association 'Ray James' Award.
In 2011, received the 'Practitioner Award for Best Practice in the Field' from Australia Health Promotion Association and Public Health Association, South Australia
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Australian College of Nursing, MemberAustralian College of Nursing |
2025 |
Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association, MemberAustralian Primary Health Care Nurses Association |
2025 |
Australian College of Nursing, MemberAustralian College of Nursing |
2024 |
Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association, MemberAustralian Primary Health Care Nurses Association |
2024 |
Australian College of Nursing, MemberAustralian College of Nursing |
2023 |
Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association, MemberAustralian Primary Health Care Nurses Association |
2023 |
Australian College of Nursing, MemberAustralian College of Nursing |
2022 |
Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association, MemberAustralian Primary Health Care Nurses Association |
2022 |
Resilient Australia National Significance Award (Team Award)Australian Institute of Disaster Resilience |
2019 |
Executive Committee MemberAustralian Health Promotion Association, South Australia |
2017 |
Friends of the Alliance membershipRural and Remote Health Alliance |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Health Promotion Association |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Nursing and Midwifery Federation |
2017 |
Executive Committee MemberAustralian Health Promotion Association, South Australia |
2016 |
Ray James AwardAustralia Health Promotion Association |
2016 |
Executive Committee MemberAustralian Health Promotion Association, South Australia |
2015 |
Executive Committee MemberAustralian Health Promotion Association, South Australia |
2014 |
Executive Committee MemberAustralian Health Promotion Association, South Australia |
2013 |
Executive Committee MemberAustralian Health Promotion Association, South Australia |
2012 |
Executive Committee MemberAustralian Health Promotion Association, South Australia |
2011 |
Practitioner Award for Best Practice in the FieldAustralia Health Promotion Association and Public Health Association, South Australia |
2011 |
Practitioner Award for Best Practice in the FieldAustralia Health Promotion Association and Public Health Association (SA Branches) |
2011 |
Executive Committee MemberAustralian Health Promotion Association, South Australia |
2010 |
Australian College of Nursing (ACN), Member
Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA), Member
Australian Health Promotion Association AHPA), Member
National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA), Friends of the Alliance Member
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), Member
Annabel coordinates courses and teachers into both the under and post graduate nursing and midwifery programs. Her teaching interests include primary health care, health promotion, child and adolescent mental health and rural, regional and remote health. In 2021, her teaching highlight was being the primary author of Nursing Context of Practice: Primary Health Care (NURS 3045) and Best Practice in Adolescent Mental Health (NURS 5164). In 2022, she was part of the course development, writing and assessment design teams for the following three courses: Nephrology Nursing (NURS 5169), Perioperative Nursing (NURS 5170) and Introduction to High Acuity Nursing and Midwifery (NURS 5172).
Teaching & student supervision
