Dr Colleen Smith

Adjunct Senior Lecturer UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

email Colleen.Smith@unisa.edu.au

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Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Welcome to my home page. I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Division of Health Sciences and currently in the role of Acting Associate Head of School. My research and teaching interests include immunisation, teaching and learning, critical thinking and reflection, I have a particular interest in Public Health especially in developing countries. I have experience in teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate programs both onshore and offshore in Malaysia and Singapore. I also supervise students undertaking Honours and PhD studies and have examined theses at honours and masters level. My PhD was a feminist poststructural look at nurse-patient relationships in acute care settings. I have a particular interest...

UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

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Research

Research focus

Curriculum and Pedagogy
Nursing
Specialist Studies in Education
Public Health and Health Services
Clinical Sciences

Highlights

Teaching and Learning,Immunisation and Public Health,Inquiry based learning and simulations,Teaching and learning technologies

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below.

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2009	Smith, CP, Andre, CA, Lewis, KA & Parker, BA 2009, 'Evidence to inform nursing practice: An applied approach', in Mary Courtney & Helen McCutcheon, Using Evidence to Guide Nursing Practice, 2, Elsevier, Australia, pp. 151-167.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2021	Thompson, DL, May, EJ, Leach, M, Smith, CP & Fereday, J 2021, 'The invisible nature of learning: patient education in nursing', Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 341-345. Open access 3 3 7
2020	Thompson, D, Leach, M, Smith, C, Fereday, J & May, E 2020, 'How nurses and other health professionals use learning principles in parent education practice: a scoping review of the literature', Heliyon, vol. 6, no. 3, article no. e03564, pp. 1-24. Open access 9 9 3
2018	Jayasekara, R, Smith, C, Hall, C, Rankin, E, Smith, M, Visvanathan, V & Friebe, T-R 2018, 'The effectiveness of clinical education models for undergraduate nursing programs: a systematic review', Nurse Education in Practice, vol. 29, pp. 116-126. 46 38 7
2015	List, SS, Warland, J & Smith, C 2015, 'The challenges of creating an online undergraduate community of practice', Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 99-112. 1
2013	Phillips, C, Esterman, A, Smith, C & Kenny, A 2013, 'Predictors of successful transition to registered nurse', Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 69, no. 6, pp. 1314-1322. 24 25 7
2013	Phillips, C, Kenny, A, Esterman, A & Smith, C 2013, 'A secondary data analysis examining the needs of graduate nurses in their transition to a new role', Nurse Education in Practice, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 106-111. 95 87 1
2013	Phillips, S, Kenny, A, Esterman, A & Smith, C 2013, 'Does the choice of pre-registration paid employment impact on graduate nurse transition: an Australian study', Nurse Education Today, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 532-537. 19 19 1
2012	Secomb, J, McKenna, L & Smith, C 2012, 'The effectiveness of simulation activities on the cognitive abilities of undergraduate third-year nursing students : a randomised control trial', Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol. 21, no. 23-24, pp. 3475-3484. 17 17
2012	Smith, C 2012, 'Why should we bother with assessment moderation?', Nurse Education Today, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. e45-e48. 9 13
2012	Smith, M, Warland, J & Smith, C 2012, 'An innovative strategy in evaluation: using a student engagement framework to evaluate a role-based simulation', Journal of Nursing Education, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 151-154. 3 3
2012	Warland, J, Smith, C & Smith, M 2012, 'Much ado about the flu: design and implementation of an e-role play for a large class of undergraduate students', Nurse Education in Practice, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 65-71. 8
2011	Phillips, C, Kenny, A, Smith, C & Esterman, A 2011, 'Pre-registration paid employment choice: the views of newly qualified nurses', Nurse Education Today, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 10-14. 31 28
2011	Seacomb, JM & Smith, C 2011, 'A mixed method pilot study: the researchers' experiences', Contemporary Nurse, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 31-35. 11 9
2011	Smith, C, Gillham, D, McCutcheon, H & Ziaian, T 2011, 'Scenariation: scenario generation for online teaching in nursing and health sciences', British Journal of Educational Technology, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 962-972. 7 6
2009	Smith, C & Heartfield, M 2009, 'Australian practice nurse immunisation scholarships : an evaluation study', Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 6-13. 2

Conferences

Year	Output
2017	Jayasekara, RS, Hall, C, Smith, C, Rankin, E, Smith, M, Friebe, T-R & Visvanathan, V 2017, 'Clinical education models for undergraduate nursing programs', 5th Annual Worldwide Nursing Conference (WNC 2017), GSTF Digital Library, pp. 86-92.
2008	Smith, CP, Gillham, DM, McCutcheon, H & Ziaian, T 2008, 'Online Simulation: Innovative strategies to promote student engagement in learning and assessment', in Andrea Duff, Diana Quinn, Margaret Green, Kate Andre, Tim Ferris & Scott Copeland, Australian Technology Network ; UniSA, pp. 299-307.
2008	Smith, CP, Smith, MR, Thalluri, J & Rogers, JF 2008, 'Researching students' perspectives on feedback to improve teaching practice', in Ieva Stupans, Division of Health Sciences, UniSA, pp. 64-76. Open access

Other

Year	Output
2008	Smith, CP, Smith, MR, Thalluri, J & Rogers, JF 2008, Making the Connection in Health Sciences 'Teaching and Learning', UniSA, Adelaide, South Australia.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Australian Catholic University	AUSTRALIA
La Trobe University	AUSTRALIA
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Private Individual	AUSTRALIA
RMIT University	AUSTRALIA
Royal District Nursing Society	AUSTRALIA
Southern Cross University	AUSTRALIA
University of Newcastle	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
Women's and Children's Hospital	AUSTRALIA

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

Nursing Knowledge and Research ,Teaching and learning,Critical Thinking and Reflection,Immunisation and Public Health,Allergy Nursing,Evidence Based Practice

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
I am myself again: a hermeneutic of learning in rehabilitation following spinal cord injury	Completed
'I do it without knowing it'. Perceptions and use of learning principles in nurses' parent education practice: an action research study	Completed
Pre-registration paid employment choice and the impact on graduate nurse transition	Completed

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