Dr Matylda Howard is the Program Director and Lecturer in the Health Services Management Program in the Clinical and Health Sciences Academic Unit. Matylda holds a Professional Doctorate (Health Science) specialising in Health Services Management and Policy Science and Masters in Business Administration (Quality Management).
Matylda’s professional discipline is Nursing, where she has extensive Industry experience working in senior positions across a variety of health sectors.
Matylda’s primary teaching and research area of interest is leadership in healthcare. Her other research areas of interest include Person-centred care and quality and safety in health services.
About me
Dr Matylda Howard is the Program Director and Lecturer in the Health Services Management Program in the Clinical and Health Sciences Academic Unit. Matylda holds a Professional Doctorate (Health Science) specialising in Health Services Management and Policy Science and Masters in Business Administration (Quality Management).
Matylda’s professional discipline is Nursing, where she has extensive Industry experience working in senior positions across a variety of health sectors.
Matylda’s primary teaching and research area of interest is leadership in healthcare. Her other research areas of interest include Person-centred care and quality and safety in health services.
About me
2024 - Member - Australasian Institute of Digital Health
2023 - Member - Australasian College of Health Service Management
About me
SC Doctor of Health Science Queensland University of Technology
Master of Business Administration Charles Sturt University
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Griffith University
Bachelor of Nursing The Flinders Unversity of South Australia
Registered General Nurse Certificate St John of God General Hospital
Certificate of Psychiatric Nursing Health Commission of Victoria Mental Health Div
Feb/2019 - Current date - Lecturer | University of South Australia
Jan/2017 – Feb/2019 - Clinical and Quality Consultant | Clayton Church Homes, Adelaide, South Australia
March 2015 – Dec/2017 - Curriculum Content Consultant | Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland
Feb 2014 - Feb 2015 - Accreditation Project Officer | Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland
Jan 2010 - Jan 2014 - Lecturer/Level B | Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland
Jan 2006 - Dec 2009 - Director of Nursing – Community Care | Wesley Mission Ipswich/Bluecare, Queensland
Jan 2005 - Dec 2005 - Education Manager – Cognitive Institute | Brisbane, Queensland
Jan 2001 - Dec 2004 - Director of Nursing – Residential | Wesley Mission Ipswich/Bluecare, Queensland
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
2022 - Deputy Chair for the working group to develop training and education for medical practitioners who will be undertaking voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in South Australia.
2021 - Principal supervisor – Masters in Nursing Student– Minor thesis project A & B. Perceptions and experiences of South Australian District Nurses regarding their role in providing health education and health promotion: A descriptive qualitative study (COMPLETED June 2022).
2021 - Co Supervisor – Masters in Nursing Student – Minor thesis project A & B. A systematic review of current sodium and fluid restrictions in all types of heart failure (COMPLETED March 2022).
2019 - UniSA Research Themes Investment Scheme (RTIS) Seed Fund. - Energised to lead: The association between leaders’ energetic activation and leadership effectiveness Team members: Dr Chad Chiu & Professor Carol Kulik - Chief Investigators, Dr Matylda Howard and Professor Michelle Tuckey - Investigator.
2016 - Curriculum relevance: Using the student experience throughout the Bachelor of Nursing 2016-2021 Curriculum to ensure responsiveness to evolving and changing environments (Stage 1) - Griffith University, Brisbane Australia. Primary Investigators: Mrs Beth Pierce, Dr Matylda Howard.
2011-2102 - The social participation of carers of people with dementia. QUT Dementia Collaborative Research Centre (LTU-GU-03/11). Moyle W, Howard M.
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
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
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| 2022 |
5
3
2
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| 2013 |
Open access
18
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| 2012 |
32
24
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CONFERENCES & SYMPOSIUMS
Visvanathan, V, Jayasekara, R. & Howard, M (2022, April 27-29) The clinical pathways used to identify Takotsubo syndrome in patients admitted to the intensive care unit: A scoping review [Poster Presentation] Australian Critical Care, vol. 35, p.S21
Harmon, J., Howard, M & Sharad S.(2021, November 12). Developing your Leadership style: insights for early career academics. UniSA Teaching & Learning Symposium - Adelaide, Australia - Presentation
Brown, A., Howard, M & Harmon, J. (2021, November 12). Reflections on Practice: use of classroom assessment techniques. UniSA Teaching & Learning Symposium - Adelaide, Australia - Presentation
Howard, M (2021, November 8-11). Energy activation for healthcare leaders: What is your “oxygen-mask”? e-Poster - Leaders in Healthcare International Conference, London
Howard, M (2021, October 13-14). Key strategies for Aged Care Health Managers in using health informatics to support decision making. Australian Council for Health Services Managers - Presentation, Virtual Conference
Howard, M & Bedi, M. (2021, September 8-10). Optimising resident safety: The implementation of an early intervention phase in the incident management system. e-Poster - International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare
Howard, M., Grealish, L., Shaban, R. Z., Van de Mortel, T., Hewitt, J., Kain, V., & Rands, H. (2016, April). The genesis of an innovative conceptual curriculum framework: The infinity design. Poster session presented at 6th International Nurse Education Conference. , Brisbane, Australia.
Howard, M., & Grealish, L. (2016, January). A Masterclass: addressing the gap between clinical practice and education environments. Symposium conducted at The 2nd Asian Congress in Nursing Education, National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan.
Coyne, E., Massey, D & Howard, M. (2013) Advanced Clinical Decision-Making: developing skills of clinical reasoning in the new graduate to enhance patient outcomes. Oral Presentation: Innovations in Capstone delivery. 28th October. Queensland, Griffith University.
Howard, M (2009). Understanding the disparity between the actual number of patients that complain and those that want to complain but don’t. Poster Presentation the 10th Risk and Patient Safety Conference.24th-25th November. London, United Kingdom. http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=327
Howard, M (2009). Effective communication is the key to improving complaints handling from dissatisfied taciturn patients. Oral Presentation. International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH), 4-7th October, 2009. Miami, Florida, USA http://www.aachonline.org/programs/internationalconference/
Howard, M (2009). A Phenomenological exploration of the experience of complaining by Queensland patients. Oral Presentation. The 28th International Human Services Research Conference. 17-20th June. Molde, Norway. http://www.himolde.no/index.cfm?pageID=2416
Howard, M (2008). The management of complaints from the health care consumer’s perspective. Oral presentation, National Forum on Safety and Quality in Health Care.29-31st October, Adelaide, South Australia http://www.achs.org.au/FriPresentations/#3551
Feb 2023: Commenced as a consumer representative for Northern Adelaide Local Health Network I SA Health
Dr Matylda Howard wrote a piece for UniSA’s Enterprise Magazine’s topic of “PANDEMIC 2.0 – WHAT NOW?” titled, “Managing healthcare in a (broken) system” Enterprise Magazine
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
| Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Consumer RepresentativeNorthern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) |
2024 |
Consumer RepresentativeNorthern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) |
2023 |
Consumer RepresentativeNorthern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) |
2022 |
Deputy Chair, Education and Training Group, Voluntary Assisted Dying Reference GroupGovernment of South Australia |
2022 |
MemberAustralian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) Nursing and Midwifery |
2018 |
Feb 2023 - Current: Member of the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NAHLN) Consumer Stakeholder Group
2023 - Jan 2024: Member (Consumer Representative) - NAHLN Outpatients Reform Committee
24/6/2021 - UniSA International - Webinar for International Students - Guest Speaker
5/2/2020 - The Health Management Society's Careers Event (UniSA) - Guest Speaker
15/3/2019 - Australian College of Nurse Practitioners SA Chapter – Symposium - Guest Speaker
In the Media
05/11/2007 - Health care patient complaints study. Television Interview. Channel Seven News, Bundaberg, Queensland
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Co-creating a person-centred program to enhance the clinical placement experience for nursing students in rural aged care: A pilot study | Current |
| Takotsubo syndrome in the critically ill: a clinical pathway for better recognition in intensive care units | Current |
