Welcome to my web page. I hold Adjunct Appointments as Senior Research Fellow with the Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre and Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia. I am a Visiting Professor, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. Having retired from the University of South Australia in 2018, I continue to work on a variety of projects, many of which focus on writing about empathy, intellectual humility, knowledge translation, self-compassion, and empathic distress fatigue.
About me
Welcome to my web page. I hold Adjunct Appointments as Senior Research Fellow with the Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre and Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia. I am a Visiting Professor, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. Having retired from the University of South Australia in 2018, I continue to work on a variety of projects, many of which focus on writing about empathy, intellectual humility, knowledge translation, self-compassion, and empathic distress fatigue.
I was a senior tenured academic in Clinical and Health Services, UniSA and served as Program Director: Higher Degrees by Research. Previously, I served as Associate Professor at the Australian Catholic University and Deputy Director of the Australian Catholic University/St Vincent’s & Mercy Private Hospital ‘Nursing Research Unit’ in Melbourne, Australia. Earlier, I served as Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean, BScN Collaborative Program, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada.
I hold a PhD and a Masters Degree in Primary Health Care (palliative care specialty) from Flinders University, Australia. Following completion of my PhD in 2002, I was recruited to the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada in 2003. In 2004, I completed an Intensive Bioethics Course at the Joseph P. & Rose F. Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington DC. In 2005, I was awarded a prestigious two–year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Knowledge Translation funded by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) & Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) CADRE Program at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada.
At UniSA, I taught evidence-based practice, knowledge translation, palliative care, and qualitative research in undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programs. I supervised honours and higher degree/doctoral students.
I had disciplinary and interdisciplinary research collaborations in Australia, UK, South Africa, USA, and Canada; in sum attracting over $1.7 million in competitive, collaborative funding. I co-presented research findings at national and international conferences and published articles, book chapters for Oxford University Press (OUP) and Elsevier, and co-edited textbooks for OUP.
I have a longstanding interest in relational ethics, palliative care, compassion, caregiving, leadership, work cultures, and teamwork. I investigated the degree to which social processes (social capital) facilitate or hinder the exchange of knowledge and resources in teams to promote productivity and better outcomes for all. I led a funded study with local and international researchers to investigate the degree to which compassion can be taught to undergraduate nursing students.
I was appointed to serve as Chair of The Research and Scholarship Advisory Council (RSAC), Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) from 2015-2017, having served as a member of the RSAC from 2012-2015. Sigma is the second-largest global nursing organisation with approximately 135,000 members. I was invited to participate in the Global Advisory Panel on the Future of Nursing (GAPFON) Pan Pacific meeting in Seoul, South Korea in June 2015. I served on the International Advisory Committee for the International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences (Elsevier) and is a reviewer for nursing and allied health journals. I was a ‘Member Scholar Academic’ at The International Institute for Qualitative Methodology (IIQM), Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada.
Prior to my academic career, I had a successful career in clinical healthcare. I served in a range of administrative, teaching and clinical nursing roles. I had extensive clinical experience in radiation oncology; aged care; community and district nursing (Royal District Nursing Service); sole nurse practitioner in a primary health care clinic, and over 15 years in hospice & palliative and supportive care. In 1990, I was commissioned to lead the establishment of a Hospice and Palliative Care Unit and community palliative care service in a tertiary hospital in South Australia.
About me
Australian College of Nursing,Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia,
Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (Xi Omicron),
International Academic Nursing Alliance (IANA),International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care ,
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, USA,
St James Ethics Centre, Sydney, Australia.,
Australasian Interprofessional Practice and Education Network (AIPPEN)
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University of SA
Master Primary Health Care Flinders University of SA
2016 Hofmeyer, A. Toffoli, L. Vernon, R. Taylor, R. Fontaine, D. Klopper, H. Coetzee, S. Making Compassion Explicit in Undergraduate Nursing Curricula: Teaching the Next Generation. Category 3 Grant, Nurses Memorial Foundation of SA Inc.
2015 Leach M.J., Bobridge, A. and Hofmeyer A. "Student and graduate nurse uptake of evidence-based practice [STEP]: a longitudinal study" School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of South Australia,
2013-2014 Sheingold B, Hahn J, Tebbenhoff B, Chapa D, Hofmeyer A, Gibson T, "Hiding in Plain Sight: Building Community Social Capital in Distance Education Graduate Programs 2013 cohort". School of Nursing, George Washington University, Washington DC.USA
2012-2014 Hofmeyer A. Warland J. Klopper H. and... Read more
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, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2016 |
Open access
51
44
7
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2015 |
Open access
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2008 |
44
43
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Year | Output |
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2021 |
Open access
71
64
24
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2020 |
Open access
26
16
131
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2020 |
Open access
44
39
22
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2020 |
Open access
28
20
28
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2020 |
Open access
40
32
10
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2018 |
Open access
16
12
5
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2018 |
Open access
28
21
3
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2018 |
Open access
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2016 |
Open access
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2016 |
Open access
51
44
7
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2016 |
3
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2015 |
Open access
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2015 |
Open access
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2013 |
14
14
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2013 |
Open access
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2012 |
Open access
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2012 |
Open access
36
36
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2012 |
Open access
207
202
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2012 |
10
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2011 |
Open access
15
13
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2009 |
2
2
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2008 |
44
43
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Year | Output |
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2017 |
Open access
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Hofmeyer, A., Taylor, R. & Kennedy, K. (in press). Fostering compassion and reducing burnout: How can health system leaders respond in the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond? Nurse Education Today. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104502 Open Access
Hofmeyer, A., Taylor, R. & Kennedy, K. (in press). Knowledge for nurses to better care for themselves so they can better care for others during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. Nurse Education Today. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104503 Open Access
Taylor, R., Thomas-Gregory, A. & Hofmeyer, A. (in press). Teaching empathy and resilience to undergraduate nursing students: A call to action in the context of Covid-19. Nurse Education Today.
Hofmeyer, A., Kennedy, K., & Taylor R. (2020). Contesting the term ‘compassion fatigue’: Integrating findings from social neuroscience and self-care research. Collegian, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2019.07.001 Open Access
Research
2016 Hofmeyer, A. Toffoli, L. Vernon, R. Taylor, R. Fontaine, D. Klopper, H. Coetzee, S. Making Compassion Explicit in Undergraduate Nursing Curricula: Teaching the Next Generation. Category 3 Grant, Nurses Memorial Foundation of SA Inc.
2015 Leach M.J., Bobridge, A. and Hofmeyer A. "Student and graduate nurse uptake of evidence-based practice [STEP]: a longitudinal study" School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of South Australia,
2013-2014 Sheingold B, Hahn J, Tebbenhoff B, Chapa D, Hofmeyer A, Gibson T, "Hiding in Plain Sight: Building Community Social Capital in Distance Education Graduate Programs 2013 cohort". School of Nursing, George Washington University, Washington DC.USA
2012-2014 Hofmeyer A. Warland J. Klopper H. and Sheingold B. "Understanding how academics not employed in formal leadership roles describe, develop and enact leadership in the higher education sector".
2012-2013 Sheingold B, Hahn J, Hofmeyer A "Hiding in Plain Sight: Building Community Social Capital in Distance Education Graduate Nursing Students". The School of Nursing. The George Washington University, Washington DC. U.S.A.
2011 - 2012 Martin-McDonald, K., (PI) McKinley, L., Hofmeyer A. and Greenstock L. "Shaping Interprofessional Practice: Addressing the Organisation’s Inner Dialogue". Victoria University Researcher Development Grants Scheme 2011. (AUD $26,811)
2010 - 2011 Scott, SD. Co-Investigators: Ball G, Dryden D, Fraser K, Hartling L, Hofmeyer A, Jones A, Klassen T, Kovacs burns K, Newton A, Scott CM. "A Systematic Review of Knowledge Translation Strategies used in the Allied Health Professions". CIHR – Canadian Institute of Health Services and Policy Research Synthesis Grant: Knowledge Translation. (CAD $99,387.00).
2010 Hofmeyer A. "Ethically-sound knowledge translation in bedside clinical handover in the Catholic private sector: Perceptions of ACU third year undergraduate nursing students and their clinical nurses". Australian Catholic University: Faculty Research Grant. (AUD $13,367) Awarded Nov 2009.
2007 – 2011 Scott CM, and Myers N. Anderson L, Bergman J, Besner J, Casebeer A, Cunning L, Ducey A, Hofmeyer A, MacKean G, Nimmock M, Oelke N, Paul A, Straus, S. "Strengthening Primary Healthcare Services through Innovative Practice Networks". Canadian Health Service Research Foundation (CHSRF) Research, Exchange and Impact for System Support (REISS) Team Grant (CAD $430,000).
2008 Hofmeyer A. "Teaching palliative care to undergraduate nursing students: development and evaluation of sustainable learning resources utilising Palliative Care Curriculum for Undergraduates (PCC4U)". Implementation Projects, Queensland University of Technology. Initiative of the Australian Department of Health and Ageing through the National Palliative Care Program.
2005 – 2008 Suter E, Taylor E, Clinton M, Arthur N, Besner J, Cox C, Friesen S, Ghali W, Hofmeyer A, King S, Kipp J, Paton B, Pimlott J, White D. "Creating an Interprofessional Learning Environment through Communities of Practice: An Alternative to Traditional Preceptorship". Team Grant Calgary Health Region; University of Calgary, and University of Alberta. Health Care Strategies and Policy Contribution Program, Health Canada. Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Patient-Centered Practice (IECPCP) Funded Projects. Cycle 1 (CAD $1,191,624.00)
2005 – 2007 Hofmeyer, A. "Organisational integrity: relationship to knowledge transfer and policy implementation". Mentors: Estabrooks, C.A. Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta and Ms. G Coleman-Miller, Senior Operations Officer, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta. CADRE CHSRF/CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship funded by the Canadian Health Service Research Foundation (CHSRF) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (CAD $100,000).
2006 - 2007 Hofmeyer A. "Social capital in health care services: perspectives of front-line unit managers". University of Alberta. (CAD $23,938)
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Alberta Health Services | UNITED STATES |
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research | CANADA |
Anglia Ruskin University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Boston College | UNITED STATES |
Columbia University | UNITED STATES |
George Washington University | UNITED STATES |
Institute of Health Economics | CANADA |
Johns Hopkins University | UNITED STATES |
Northern Ontario School of Medicine | CANADA |
North-West University | SOUTH AFRICA |
North-West University South Africa | SOUTH AFRICA |
Nova Scotia Community Counts | CANADA |
NYU Langone Medical Center and NYU College of Nursing | UNITED STATES |
Stellenbosch University | SOUTH AFRICA |
University of Aberdeen | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Alberta | CANADA |
University of Calgary | CANADA |
University of Manitoba | CANADA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Virginia | UNITED STATES |
World Bank | UNITED STATES |
External engagement & recognition
Australian College of Nursing,
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia,
Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (Xi Omicron),
International Society for Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC),
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington DC
St James Ethics Centre, Sydney, Australia.,
Australasian Interprofessional Practice and Education Network (AIPPEN),
International Advisory Committee, International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences - Elsevier,
2015 - 2017, Chair, The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) - Research and Scholarship Advisory Council,
2013 - The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) - International Academic Nursing Alliance (IANA) ,
2011 to 2015, Advisory Board Member , The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) - Research and Scholarship Advisory Council
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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An interpretive description of the recruitment and retention of locum nurses working in rural and remote Australia. | Completed |