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Gillian Course
Gillian Course
Lecturer
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Gill Course is an experienced lecturer in postgraduate nursing studies. In recent years she has been teaching and coordinating the online Emergency Nursing units within the School of Health Science. Her main interests are triage, trauma and health promotion in the emergency setting.
Biography
Gill completed her undergraduate nursing studies at Latrobe University Melbourne before continuing on to study Midwifery in Darwin. With the combined degrees she worked in remote aboriginal communities, the Solomon Islands and Perth. There she took up a position in the Emergency Dept which began a long career in this speciality – she has finally settled in Tasmania, completing a Masters of Public Health with James Cook University. She continues to combine clinical emergency nursing and academic work.
Since 2015 Gill has co-ordinated the P.A.R.T.Y. Program Hobart (Prevent Alcohol and Risk Related Trauma in Youth) – a worldwide injury prevention program that shows young participants the realities of being a hospital trauma patient. This is also the focus of collaborative research projects on trauma in youth.
Career summary
Qualifications
- Masters Public Health, James Cook University, Australia, 2009
- BAppSc Town Planning, RMIT, Australia, 1995
- BAppSc Nursing, Latrobe University, Australia, 2001
- Grad Dip Midwidery, Charles Sturt University, Australia, 2003
- Grad Cert Emergency Nursing, UTAS, Australia, 2006
Memberships
Professional practice
College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA) Tas committee member
Teaching
Emergency nursing practice, Trauma, Triage
Teaching expertise
Gill has 4 years university teaching experience and in the preparation, assessment and delivery of online units and lectures in Emergency nursing practice and theory.
Teaching responsibility
Gill is responsible for teaching in the School of Health Sciences and is the unit coordinator for units within the Emergency Postgraduate Nursing Stream. This includes Foundations of Emergency Nursing Practice (CNA784 and 785) and Triage and Complex Management of the Emergency and Trauma Patient (CNA787) and Trauma Nursing (CNA618)
Research Invitations
- Invited speaker: ACCN/ICE Conference, Hobart, June 8-10, 2017
- Invited speaker: Royal Hobart Hospital, Trauma Grand Round, Sept 12th, 2017
- Invited speaker: Mt Carmel College, Staying Safe Forum, June, 2016-2018
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Expertise
Trauma
Risk related injury in youth
Research Themes
Gill’s research aligns to the University’sresearch theme ofBetter Health. Her research interests include looking at trauma prevention in youth. Gill also works on volunteer programs in the area of trauma prevention and educating high school students on risk taking behaviour
Fields of Research
- Nursing (420599)
- Health promotion (420603)
Research Objectives
- Behaviour and health (200401)
- Health education and promotion (200203)
Grants & Funding
Motor Accidents Insurance Board (MAIB) Injury Prevention and Management funding grant
Funding Summary
Number of grants
1
Total funding
Projects
- Description
- The proposal has two key elements: the expanded delivery of an education program designed to reduce trauma in youth and research into that program to understand risk related behaviour in Tasmanian youth, impact of the program on that behaviour and to identify the elements of the program which are critical to engagement of attendees which may subsequently benefit future iterations. The program seeks to give participants a snapshot of the possible traumatic and often preventable consequences of risk related behaviour. Program participants spend time in the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, Trauma wards and rehabilitation units of the hospital getting an upfront, true life experience of the impact of trauma on young lives. One of the unique parts of the program is that participants get to meet real hospital patients who are recovering from recent trauma and their families. Participants of the program are typically identified by their respective schools and are usually either s tudents considered to be at risk or school leaders who then support their peers.In addition to expanded implementation of the program, the project team are seeking funding to undertake further research int o the efficacy of this program. The specific research question is 'At what point in the P.A.R.T.Y. program do youths identify with the subject matter as relating directly to them and how does this moment influence risk related choices'.The research aims are:-To evaluate the risk related behaviours of participants in relation to demographic discriminators-To identify the elements of the program which have the highest impact on participants-To understand the short term impact of the program on current and future risk taking behaviours in rural and urban settingsData is collected via questionnaire pre-program, on completion of the program and at three month follow up. Data analysis uses simple descriptive statistics and thematic analysis.This original research will be published in a recognised HERDC journal.
- Funding
- MAIB Injury Prevention & Management Foundation ($63,884)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Greenwood M; Course G; Doherty KV
- Period
- 2015 - 2017