Research strategy

Strategy

We are at the forefront of research in health and wellbeing across the lifespan, with a strong focus on national and global health priorities. We have a growing team of internationally recognised researchers with expertise across a broad range of areas including nursing, midwifery and women’s health, healthy ageing and aged care, emergency care, infection prevention and control, mental health, medication safety, health workforce, and education research.

Through quality research and collaborations with key stakeholders (e.g., communities, consumer groups, government bodies, industries, heath services, philanthropy), we continue to improve and create new knowledge essential to the development of health-related research, policies, and contemporary evidence-based practice.

Since the inception of Monash Nursing & Midwifery, we have demonstrated our commitment to transform healthcare for the betterment of our communities through our research excellence, interdisciplinary collaborations, and contribution to the development of various key clinical guidelines. In the past five years (2018-2022), half of our research outputs were published in top 25% peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, two-thirds of our research outputs and half of our externally funded projects involved interdisciplinary collaborations with our key external partners. Our research has informed the development, implementation, and evaluation of national and international policies and practices that impact health, education, and practice.

Our vision is to be global leaders in transformative health research by investing in our people, fostering local, national, and global partnerships, and delivering solutions to address important and pressing health challenges.

This document, Monash Nursing & Midwifery Research Strategy 2023-2027, is our strategic plan for the next five years. It outlines our research vision, strategic principles, and key outcomes we aspire to achieve. The term ‘health research’ refers to both clinical and education research. Monash Nursing & Midwifery Research Strategy 2023-2027 will be operationalised through the Implementation Plan with key initiatives and performance measures to guide our progress toward achieving key outcomes.

OUR RESEARCH VISION

To be global leaders in transformative health research

OUR STRATEGIC PRINCIPLES

To be global leaders in transformative health research, Monash Nursing & Midwifery will invest in our people, foster local, national, and global partnerships, and deliver solutions to address important and pressing health challenges.

Investing in our people

We will develop and foster leaders in transformative health research through building staff and students research capacity and culture, providing equitable opportunities to lead or engage in research, whilst maintaining optimal research quality and governance.

Key outcomes:

  • Staff’s and students’ active engagement in Monash Nursing & Midwifery research
  • Growth in high quality research activities, impact, and outputs

Fostering local, national, and global partnerships

We will continue to engage with our key local, national, and global partners (e.g., communities, consumer groups, government bodies, industries, heath services, philanthropic patrons, not-for-profit organisations) to build and foster interdisciplinary collaborations, and ensure our research and actions are responsive, relevant, and adaptable to the needs of communities, Monash Nursing & Midwifery, and our partners.

Key outcomes:

  • Collaborations with key local, national, and global partners on research projects to address important and pressing health challenges
  • Growth in scale, depth, breadth of collaborations with strategic partners

Delivering solutions to address important and priority health and education challenges

We will lead research by focusing on delivering solutions to important and priority health and education challenges, translating research into clinical and educational practice with scalable and transferable implementation, and actively participating in local, national, and global policymaking that impacts health outcomes.

Key outcomes:

  • Contribution to the development, implementation, and evaluation of local national and global policies, education, and practices that impact health outcomes
  • Advocating for sustainable change in healthcare practice which improves health outcomes.