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We have various Honours and Higher Degree Research (Master/Doctor of Philosophy) projects as part of the QASC Research Program.
Our students receive a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with our world-class team of nursing and allied health researchers at the Nursing Research Institute to learn about and be involved in implementation science with a view to transforming stroke clinical practice nationally and internationally. Students will also work alongside clinician researchers from St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney and Melbourne and participate in seminars and conferences.
If you would like to get in contact with us about current student opportunities, please email QASC@acu.edu.au
Kelly is a full-time Master of Philosophy (MPhil) student and research officer in the Nursing Research Institute. Her project is titled ‘Fever, Hyperglycaemia (Sugar), Swallow (FeSS) clinical guidelines adherence: analysis of national audit data and stroke registry data’. The primary aim of this project is to examine if FeSS Protocol adherence in Australian hospitals has improved since explicit recommendations for their use were included in the 2017 Australian Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management.
Primary Supervisor: Professor Sandy Middleton
Co-Supervisors: Prof Elizabeth McInnes and Dr Oyebola Fasugba
Research Advisory Team: Ms Simeon Dale, Mr Ben Mcelduff
End-user Supervisor: Mr Kelvin Hill
Brett has currently paused his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). His project is titled ‘Code Stroke 2.0 Project: Examining the role of the acute stroke nurse during a code stroke call in the Emergency Department’. The primary aim of this project is to evaluate the feasibility of an expanded role of the Acute Stroke Nurse to facilitate use of the FeSS Protocols for stroke patients in the emergency department including rapid transfer to the stroke unit as part of an enhanced code stroke response.
Ranran is nurse educator in St Vincent’s Private Hospital Melbourne. Her project is titled ‘Improving evidence-based nursing care in European stroke patients’. This was a substudy of the QASC Europe project (2017-2021), the first cross European pre-test/post-test study to implement the evidence-based FeSS Protocols in 72 hospitals in 18 countries in Europe. The primary aim of this Honours project was to compare FeSS Protocol adherence in patients receiving care in stroke unit hospitals and those receiving care in non-stroke unit hospitals. Follow this link for the publication.
Principal Supervisor: Dr Oyebola Fasugba
Co-Supervisor: Associate Professor Vasiliki Betihavas
Research Advisory Team: Ms Simeon Dale; Mr Ben Mcelduff
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