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Researcher: Dwyer, M (Dr Mitchell Dwyer)

Fields of Research

Health systems
Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
Mental health services
Implementation science and evaluation
Occupational therapy
Neurology and neuromuscular diseases
Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy
Primary health care
Business systems in context
Education assessment and evaluation
Professional education and training
Teacher education and professional development of educators
Rural and remote health services
Aged health care
Work integrated learning (incl. internships)
Preventative health care
Workplace wellbeing and quality of working life
Rehabilitation
Health services and systems
Organisational behaviour
Health promotion

Research Objectives

Inpatient hospital care
Health system performance (incl. effectiveness of programs)
Clinical health
Health inequalities
Evaluation of health outcomes
Other health
Mental health
Community health care
Allied health therapies (excl. mental health services)
Expanding knowledge in commerce, management, tourism and services
Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum
Health education and promotion
Management of water consumption by information and communication services
Work and labour market
Behaviour and health
Primary care
Provision of health and support services

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Avoiding hospital admissions through the extended role of the occupational therapist; ISQua's 38th International Conference
Development and evaluation of a massive open online course on healthcare redesign: a novel method for engaging healthcare workers in quality improvement; Nursing reports
Development and evaluation of a MOOC on healthcare redesign; ISQua's 38th International Conference
Evaluating a Novel Extended Scope of Occupational Therapy Service Aimed at Hospital Avoidance in Tasmania, Australia, from the Perspective of Stakeholders; University of Tasmania’s Cradle Coast Academic Community of Practice (CCACoP) Conference 2022
Evaluating a novel extended scope of occupational therapy service aimed at hospital avoidance in Tasmania, Australia, from the perspective of stakeholders; Healthcare
Health care providers’ perceptions of factors that influence the provision of acute stroke care in urban and rural settings: a qualitative study; Sage Open Medicine
Hospital length of stay variation and comorbidity of mental illness: a retrospective study of five common chronic medical conditions; BMC Health Services Research
Is there a role for an extended scope of occupational therapy service in Tasmania; Tasmanian Allied Health Symposium
Measures for evidence based improvement in integrated care: Comparative analysis of chronic hospital patients with and without mental illness; 1st Asia Pacific Conference on Integrated Care
Public reporting to facilitate integration of physical and mental care for hospital patients; 19th International Conference for Integrated Care
Regional differences in access to acute ischaemic stroke care and patient outcomes; Internal Medicine Journal
Regional differences in the care and outcomes of acute stroke patients in Australia: an observational study using evidence from the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AuSCR); BMJ Open
Sex differences in risk factors for aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: systematic review and meta-analysis; Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Teaching for graduate success / Empowering students / Evidence-informed teaching / Designing for success; Teaching Matters
Telehealth experiences of vulnerable clients living in Tasmania; Australian Journal of Rural Health
Urban-rural differences in access to acute stroke care and patient outcomes; SSA 2019 Conference
Urban-rural differences in the care and outcomes of acute stroke patients: Systematic review; Journal of The Neurological Sciences

Research Projects

Research Candidate Supervision