Staff profile

Miss Felicity Blackstock

Senior Lecturer, Course Coordinator, Cardiorespiratory Coordinator

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Allied Health
Department of Physiotherapy

HS3 520, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BPhysio (Hons)

Membership of professional Associations

Ass Member TSANZ

Area of study

Physiotherapy

Brief Profile

Felicity Blackstock has been the Course Coordinator for the Department of Physiotherapy since 2007, and involved in teaching cardiorespiratory physiotherapy practice since she joined LaTrobe University in 2003.   She is in the final stages of her PhD; Understanding the role of self-management education and exercise in pulmonary rehabiliation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.  Felicity has also a principle investigator in an Australian Research Council  Linkage Grant; Innovations in Physiotherapy Clinical Education - examining simulated learning environments' ability to complement traditional clinical placement experience.    

Research interests

Chronic disease

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Rehabilitation

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Teaching Units

PTY4PCP: Skills Development for Person-Centred Physiotherapy

PTY4CAP: Physiotherapy for Cardiorespiratory Dysfunction 

Recent Publications

 

Watson, K., Wright, A., Morris, N., McMeeken, J., Rivett, D., Blackstock, F., Jones, A., Haines, T., O’Connor, V., Watson, G., Peterson, R., & Jull, G. (in press). Can simulation replace part of clinical time? Two parallel randomised controlled trials. Medical Education.

 

Tang, C., Blackstock, F., Clarence, M., & Taylor, N. (in press) Early rehabilitation exercise program for inpatients during an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention.

Aldcroft, S., Taylor, N.F., Blackstock, F., & O'Halloran, P. (2011). Psycho-eduactional rehabilitation programs in producing health behaviour change in people with coronary artery disease: a systematic review of controlled trials. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 31(5), 273-281. Tang CY, Taylor NF, Blackstock FC. (2010). Chest physiotherapy for patients admitted to hospital with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a systematic review. Physiotherapy, 96,1-13 Blackstock F., & Webster K. (2007) Disease specific health education for COPD: a systematic review of changes in health outcomes. Health Education Research, 22(5), 703-717. doi 10.1093/her/cyl150. Blackstock, F. & Jull, G. (2007) High fidelity patient simulation in physiotherapy education. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, 53(1), 3-5.

Research projects

 

Chief Investigator, ARC Linkage 2007-2010: Innovations for clinical education of physiotherapy students ($759,000 across 4 years).