Care Workforce

RISE4Skin Cancer, a research project led by CERI member Professor Leigh Kinsman and a team of fellow CERI members including Professor Irene Blackberry, Professor Jane Mills, Professor Evelien Spelten and others, has secured $2.8 million in funding from the Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
The project aims to enhance the quality of life for people in the Loddon Mallee region affected by skin cancer by developing and testing models that strengthen primary care capacity and improve access to treatment in a cost-effective and timely manner.

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This report by Professor Irene Blackberry and Jennifer Boak, in partnership with Patients Australia, highlights the need for greater transparency in costs, equitable pricing across geographical locations, and strategies to reduce out-of-pocket expenses.

Vineet Arora presented his paper, “Toward the Measurement of Remote Psychological Capital: Scale Development and Validation”, at the “India Management Research Conference (IMRC)” in December 2024. The paper was featured in the “Leadership Research and Practice in the Context of Changes in the World of Work” track at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, where it received the Best Research Paper Award.

Co-authored with Prof. Amit Shukla (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India) and Dr. Jasvir Nachatar Singh (La Trobe University, Australia), the study explores the psychological capacities that remote workers leverage to sustain their work outcomes and well-being. It conceptualizes and develops a rigorous psychometric measure of psychological capital of remote workers. Given the growing prevalence of remote work (such as work from home or anywhere), the findings have significant implications for human resource practitioners and organizational psychology consultants, offering insights for designing learning and development, coaching, and training interventions tailored for remote workers.

Aligned with our Care Workforce domain, Dr Jacqueline Johnston's PhD project investigated the ongoing effects on nurses and midwives who undertook international educational programs during their pre-registration education.

By surveying care workers from Australia, Professor Stephen Teo's project aims to identify the positive workplace factors which contribute towards health care workers’ mental well-being and thriving at work, as well as the impact of negative workplace behaviours impeding on health care workers’ mental well-being and thriving at work.

Professor Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh, Dr Anne-Marie Mahoney and team aim to:

1. Determine when (what year /semester) clinical placements in residential aged care services (RACS) occur in Australian undergraduate nursing curricula.
2. Identify the clinical supervision models used where the clinical placements occur in residential aged care services.
3. Understand students’ experience of clinical placements in residential aged care services in years one, two and three of their degree
4. Understand clinical supervisors’ experiences of student supervision during clinical placements in residential aged care services.

Professor Meg Morris, and her team are assessing how hospitals can reduce the risks of falls within their environment. In conjunction with partner, Healthscope, the analysis of data from this clinical trial will identify how patient outcomes while in care can be improved.

Co-designing an integrated care model is the primary aim of core member, Dr Rachel Winterton’s research. In partnership with health services across the Upper Hume region of Victoria, this project is evaluating current service models with a view to supporting the development of a multi-disciplinary approach.

Following the launch of the Indigo 4Ms video kit, the videos and facilitation guide can be downloaded from https://www.youtube.com/@Age-FriendlyNEV

The Indigo 4Ms tools for health workers, and the background material to the development of the tool, can be downloaded from https://www.agefriendlynev.au/

Dr Richard Gray and his team are working closely with Peninsula Health to better understand their approach and its effectiveness to supporting patients accessing mental health services. This research will identify the drivers behind the low use of restrictive practices and assess its impact on patient outcomes.