Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Paediatric qualified Registered Nurse, Play Therapist and Post Doctoral Research Fellow
| Contact Campus | Off-Campus |
| Building | Rural Clinical School, Brickport Road, Burnie |
| Telephone | +61 3 6430 1639 Mobile 0400 930 918 |
| Fax | +61 3 6431 5670 |
| Mobile | 0400 930 918 |
| Judith.Parson@utas.edu.au |
Dr Judi Parson is a paediatric qualified Registered Nurse, Play Therapist and Post Doctoral Research Fellow.
Judi has experienced a clinically diverse nursing career which has taken her across a number of Australian states and to the United Kingdom. She has practiced in various specialty fields including paediatrics, transplant care, aged care, and radiology. In 2000 she moved into the tertiary education sector with Central Queensland University, where she completed her PhD which investigated the nurses’ use of procedural play for children undergoing invasive treatment. Judi studied play therapy in London and continues to practice paediatric play therapy at Play Therapy World one day per week and is actively involved in developing play therapy in Australia, She is also one of the Directors of the Austrasia Pacific Play Therapy Association (APPTA).
Dr Parson’s three year position is funded by the Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation to work with Prof. Isabelle Ellis based at the Rural Clinical School.
Current Research
· “Humanistic Expressions: Caring for a person with dementia”. An ethnographic study into the ways carers playfully engage with people with dementia
· PoDFAR – is a Prospective cohort study of Diabetes-related Foot health in Australian Rural areas). Judi is a team member in this large cohort study involving Victorian and North and North-West Tasmanian podiatric services who care for the foot health of people with diabetes.
· ‘Access to North West Therapies’ database. (pdf 99.5kb)
Supervision – Higher Research Degree students
· Mr Geoff Crack – PhD Student (Co-supervisor, with Prof. Isabelle Ellis and Prof. Timothy Skinner)
· Ms Josephine Downs – M. Med Sc Student (Principal Supervisor, with Prof. Timothy Skinner)
. Ms Laura West – M. Med Sc (Principal Supervisor, with Dr. Sharon Condon and Prof. Timothy Skinner)
Community Engagement
Title TBA
Location: Darwin NT
Date: TBA 2013
Title TBA
Location: Hobart
Date: TBA 2013
Media coverage (Print, radio, TV and online)
Title Medical Research boosted in the North West with commencement of Research Fellow:
Date 28th May 2012
Speaker Heather Francis - CEO Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation
Link Media Release
Title Play Therapy: More than kids play
Location Rural Clinical School, Burnie
Date 12th December 2012
Speaker Dr Judi Parson
Link Play Therapy
Conference Presentations
Title ‘The art of integrating play into rural paediatrics’
Location Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide
Date 10th April 2013
Speaker Dr Judi Parson
Title: ‘The lighter side of caring for a person with dementia’
Location: Grand Chancellor Hotel, Hobart
Date: 16th May 2013
Speaker: Dr Judi Parson
Title ‘The state of play Therapy in Australia’
Location Sea World, Gold Coast, Queensland
Date 22nd August 2013
Speaker Dr Judi Parson
Conference web link (pdf 212kb)
Title ‘12th National Rural Health Conference’
Date 7-10th April 2013
Title ‘Alzheimer’s Association 15th National Conference: The Tiles of Life'
Date 14-17th May 2013
Title ‘CarersNT - Darwin - Developmental & Paediatric Play Therapy'
Date 4-5th July 2013