Professor Frank Donnelly

Professor Frank Donnelly
  • Biography/ Background

    Professor Frank Donnelly began his nursing career at the Royal Adelaide Hospital after graduation from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ (Salisbury).  After a stint in neurosurgical nursing Frank moved to work in Intensive Care, where he spent the majority of his clinical life.  After completing post graduate qualifications in ICU a shift in direction saw him move into nursing education, particularly clinical education.  Further study and completion of a Master of Nursing, with a thesis examining the lived experience of a tracheostomy tube change, led Frank toward a PhD, a study which combined his primary interest in nursing knowledge and the role of clinical placement experiences. Frank is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK).

    In 2019 Frank was awarded The Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence, the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s premier learning and teaching award. This award recognises the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥’s highest achievers in teaching, support of teaching, and supervisory practices. 

    Poverty Action Simulation Lead

     

     

  • Qualifications

    RN, BNurs, MNurs, Grad Cert Ed (Higher Ed) Grad Dip Intensive Care, Diploma of Management, PhD 

  • Awards & Achievements

    2019 - Stephen Cole the Elder Award - Excellence in Leadership, Support and Enhancement of Teaching Practice

    2019 - Senior Fellow - Higher Education Academy (UK)

    2018 - Executive Deans Teaching Award - Level C and above

    2012 - High Commendation - For Excellence in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ Teaching - Faculty of Health Sciences 

    2008 - Lecturer of the Year  - The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide (as voted by students through UniJobs. com)

    2008 - Executive Deans Prize for Excellence in Learning and Teaching - Faculty of Health Sciences

     

  • Research Interests

     

    Clinical education and patient outcome

    Clinical Placement

    Epistemology

    Case Study Methodology/ QCA (see ppt file below)

    Complexity Theory

  • Research Funding

     

    2023 FAME Seed funding - Care-in-Place $10000

    2023 Global Engagement Grant - Nottingham Alliance $5000

    2019 Learning and Teaching Grant SFHEA support $4695

    2018 Learning and Teaching Grant $2500

    2016 eLearning Grant 'Through the Looking Glass' use of VR in orientation to theatre environments $5000

    2016 Partnership Priority Grant iCAN - Interprofessional Learning $5000

    2008 - Project Leader  - Mental Health Curriculum Development in Pre-registration Nursing Degrees – Commonwealth Department of Health and Aging $20017 

    2008 – Implementation of an electronic audience response system to enhance student learning through direct formative and summative learning. $10000 - Team submission with David Foley (Project Leader)

     2007 - Making research skill development explicit in coursework: Four universities' adaptation of a model to numerous disciplines. Carrick (ALTC) Competitive grant $215,488 – Team submission with Dr John Willison (Project Leader)

    2001 – Provision of an integrated computer training and video skills program for the development of competency in advanced life support for post graduate nursing students. IT Matching Funds – The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide  $19810 – Team submission with Mr John Field (Project Leader)

  • Professional Associations

    ANZAHPE

  • Community Engagement

    Reviewer

    Nurse Education Today

    International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare

    Nurse Researcher

    Japan Journal of Nursing Science 

    Journal of Clinical Nursing

    Journal of Poverty  

  • Files

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Entry last updated: Wednesday, 27 Dec 2023