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After commencing in the role of MNM Director of Graduate Research in May 2023, our graduate research team has been focusing on providing the highest quality of graduate research education in a stimulating, supportive and professional environment. Nursing and midwifery led research is continually evolving to ensure we produce new, innovative and evidence-based practice for the health and wellbeing of our communities.
In 2023, 24 students were enrolled in our graduate research program with an extensive range of research methods and topics in line with our research focus areas, with 4 completions across the year. Our Executive Officer, Ms Lianping Chen, was awarded the MNM 2023 professional excellence award for her outstanding and sustained contribution to the rapidly growing MNM graduate research portfolio. Lian provides effective and timely management and delivery of research degrees services, including streamlining processes across admission, enrolment, scholarship application, panel milestones and regulations processes that have substantially improved the calibre of MNM’s PhD student cohort and timely, high quality PhD completions.
Our graduates’ research is diverse, from clinical to education and community-based research.For example, full time PhD student Cameron Marshman is exploring compassion in mental healthcare using life size body maps as a visual art-based approach to data collection, while Samantha Dix aims to develop and validate a framework for health professions educators to support affective learning through emotions experienced by participants during simulation- based education experiences.
In 2023, our PhD students presented their research at national and international conferences and achieved over 10 first-authored publications, including in high impact nursing, midwifery and health journals.
I look forward to 2024 and to the continued growth of MNM Graduate Research program, including seeing the original work of our students impact the health and wellbeing of our community.
