CCGR Thesis & Research Project Index
In the following we list the names of students and their research topics which are or have recently been under Centre staff supervision.
PhD Theses
PhD Theses: O’Meara, Peter. Models of ambulance service delivery in rural Australia (2002)
PhD Theses: Sorensen, Roslyn. The dilemma of health reform: managing the limits of policymaking, managerialism and professionalism in health care reform (2003)
PhD Theses: Hu, Xiao. Improving quality while reducing cost? An innovation journey (2003)
PhD Theses: Hillier, Fleur. Managing creative and health production processes: issues, similarities and differences (2005)
PhD Theses: Callen, Joanne. The people and organisational issues which impact on the diffusion of IT systems in healthcare facilities (2005)
PhD Theses: Wolk, Jael. Can government influence the effective development and implementation of hospital admission policy? (2005)
PhD Theses: Jorm, Christine. “Somebody could die in this place and none of us would know”: medical culture and identity in the era of safety and quality (2006)
PhD Theses: Forsyth, Rowena. Changes in work practices as a result of information and communication implementation (2006)
PhD Theses: Nugus, Peter. The organisational world of emergency clinicians (2007)
PhD Theses: Creswick, Nerida. Network analysis of the impact of point of care clinical systems (2008)
PhD Theses: Georgiou, Andrew. An investigation into the implications of electronic ordering systems for pathology laboratories (2009)
PhD Theses: Travaglia, Jo. Patient safety, diversity and risk: qualitative assessments (2009)
PhD Theses: Fairbrother, Greg. Team-based versus patient allocation systems in nursing: a comparative evaluation
PhD Theses: Nathan, Sally. Consumer participation: positioning discourse and influence
PhD Theses: Lancaster, Judie. The influence of surveyors in accreditation processes
PhD Theses: Yen, Dr Desmond. A prospective and retrospective study of the organisational influence of accreditation surveyors
PhD Theses: Low, Lena. Do social influences on surveyors cause bias at accreditation surveys?
PhD Theses: Harrison-Varga, Evelyn. Commonwealth private health insurance initiatives
PhD Theses: Clay-Williams, Robyn. Multidisciplinary Crew Resource Management (CRM) training in health care: Is there synergy in combining classroom with simulator-based training?
PhD Theses: Watson, Eilean. Curriculum mapping in medicine: how is it used?
PhD Theses: Pereira, David. Teams in health care
PhD Theses: Milne, Jacqueline. International medical graduates lacking an inter-professional learning orientation: pitfalls and barriers to enabling inter-professional practice and quality and safety in the delivery of health care
PhD Theses: Debono, Deborah. Workarounds and electronic medication systems: enhancing or compromising patient safety?
PhD Theses: Formby, Frank. Investigation of a Novel Method of Evaluating Palliative Care Services
PhD Theses: Plumb, Jennifer
PhD Theses: Wiley, Janice. Networks within Networks; Towards Integrated Primary Health Care
Masters Projects
MPH treatise, University of Sydney: Tambyrajah, Dr Shireen. Divisional structure in a teaching hospital: questionnaire analysis (1998)
MHSM honours, University of Sydney, Singapore: Wong, Dr Henry. Periodontal practice management in the United States of America: observations, issues and empirical evidence (1998)
MHA project: O’Donnell, Gail. The future of the hospital: perspectives and themes (1999)
MHA project: Mihajlovska, Dr Tatjana. Organisational learning in the context of a health sector organisation: an examination of the literature (1999)
MHA project: Robinson, Maureen. The NSW Health Department’s Quality Framework: an analysis of its policy development (1999)
MPH treatise, University of Sydney: Fitzgerald, Margaret. A case study of priority setting using program budgeting and marginal analysis in an Australian Division of General Practice (1999)
MPH major project: Barrington, Dr Graham. Quality at a public hospital – initiatives and responsibilities of the medical directorate (2000)
MPH major project: Betbeder-Matibet, Luc. Management and user perspectives on the use of email by clinical academic staff in a public hospital in New South Wales (2000)
MPH major project: Mehaffey, Ann. Communication strategies and tools used by primary health care/community health care staff in involving consumers and stakeholders (2000)
MHA project: Horbury, Carol. An empirical examination of the leadership and management perspectives of Nursing Practice Coordinators compared with the leadership framework of Queensland Health (2000)
MHA project: Gallagher, Jacinta. Participant observation of an information technology implementation (2000)
MHA project: Waterhouse, Dr Tamsin. Policy, practice and the technology imperative (2001)
MPH major project: Pantle, Dr Annette. An investigation into the implementation of hospital in the home programs (2001)
MPH major project: Austin, Dr Tony. Organisational design of a coordinated military health wing: issues of structure and structuring (2001)
MPH treatise, University of Sydney: Bhutta, Dr Tushar. Systematic review for the Cochrane database (2002)
Master of Health Informatics thesis, University of Heidelberg, Germany: Mallock, Nadine. An appraisal of clinical pathways: their distribution and quality assessment (2002)
MHA thesis: Brand, Stephen. A study to examine the role and purpose of the Special Care Suite for mental health patients in the Queanbeyan District Hospital, NSW (2002)
MPH major project: Wiley, Karen. Employee responses to a ‘boundaryless’ hospital: the attitudes of allied health staff to organisational restructure (2002)
MHA project: O’Connell, Jennifer. An analysis of a major teaching hospital after thirty years: reflections with a mirror (2002)
MHA project: Lee, Dr Bonne. Spinal plastics outpatient clinical at RNSH: analysis (2002)
MHSM honours, University of Sydney, Singapore: Noor, Asmah Bte Mhmd. A study of job satisfaction among staff in intensive care (2002)
MPH treatise, University of Sydney: Carr, Darren. An examination of the strategy of a Division of General Practice (2003)
MHA project: Luft, Dr Sabine. Using Textsmart to examine case texts: a validation and evaluation (2003)
MHA project: Bender, Dr Wolfgang. Analysing public health management: what do public health managers do? (2003)
Masters of Bioethics project, Monash University: Dunne, Victoria G. Ethical treatment of patients in public hospitals: identifying the features that allow medical scandals to flourish (2005)
MHA (Hons): Daly, Barbara P. “A crowded house”: Using an action research approach to address the problems of access block at a tertiary referral hospital [MHA by research] (2005)
MPH Independent Study project: Robards, Fiona. Increasing the resilience of at risk and marginalised young people: a literature review (2008)
MHM: Ekambareshwar, Mahalakshmi. IIMS evaluation (2009)
Undergraduate Theses
BSc Honours: Raine, S.S. Lao refugee experiences with health services in Australia