Dr David Gillham |
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| Position: | Senior Lecturer |
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| Division/Portfolio: | Division of Health Sciences | |
| School/Unit: | School of Nursing and Midwifery | |
| Campus: | City East Campus | |
| Office: | C6-39 | |
| Telephone: | +61 8 830 22507 | |
| Fax: | +61 8 830 22168 | |
| Email: | david_dot_gillham_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au | |
| URL for Business Card: | http://people.unisa.edu.au/david.gillham | |
I am a Senior Lecturer for the School of Nursing and Midwifery involved in both teaching and research areas. My major areas of interest are simplifying the access and appraisal of research evidence and establishing processes to promote the construction of evidence based knowledge relevant to professional practice. I teach in research courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level, with my postgraduate teaching being multidisciplinary.
Teaching interests
- Evidence Based Practice, Nursing Practice
I teach the following courses
| HLTH 5122 | Evidence-Based Practice |
| NURS 5124 | Applying Research to Nursing and Midwifery Practice |
| HLTH 5141 | Critical Thinking and Reasoning for Health Professionals |
| NURS 1044 | Professional Practice N |
Professional associations
Member NTEU
GRANTS
2008/9 Waye V, Gillham D, Lacey W Applying the Web Resource Appraisal Process (WRAP) across diverse disciplines: A student centred approach addressing the teaching-research nexus University Teaching and Learning Grant. $9,897.
2007/8 Gillham D, McCutcheon H, Smith C, Ziaian: Scenariation: Promoting student engagement within flexible learning environments, UniSA University Teaching: Small Development Grants. $9,981.92, 2007/8.
2007 Leach, Gillham Attitude and use of evidence-based practice amongst complementary medicine practitioners: a descriptive survey , University of South Australia Divisional Research Development Grant, $9,997.
2006 Gillham, The Web Resource Appraisal Process (version 2): Integrating research education and practice in an online environment , University of South Australia, Divisional Teaching and Learning Grant, $9,626
2003-2005 Cheek Ballantyne Gillham Roder-Allen Flett P Options, Opportunities and Older People: An exploration of care transitions of older people. Australian Research Council Linkage –Projects; Aged Care and Housing Group and Brightwater Collaborative group, February 2003-February 2005 - $ 133,000 plus Industry Partners $80,000, plus inkind.
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (University of South Australia) Completed in 2002.
Thesis Synopsis: This thesis examines the research, education and practice interface in health care, proposing the application of an evidence based practice framework to the development of information resources. Using online nurse education as an example, the thesis proposes the development of a shared database seamlessly linking research, education and practice.
Master of Nursing Studies (Deakin University)
Registered Nurse(Royal Adelaide Hospital)
Bachelor of Nursing (Sturt College of Advanced Education) Majoring in Nurse Education
Bachelor of Science (Adelaide University) Majoring in Mathematics
Research interests
- Evidence Based Practice
- Evidence Based Website Development
- Developer:Web Resource Appraisal Process (WRAP)
Research publications
Refereed Journal Publications Since 2005
Bradley H, Gillham D (2008) Collaborative strategies to promote evidence based practice in a developing country Journal of the World Universities Forum (1:5)
Leach, MJ. Gillham D. (2008) Evaluation of the Evidence-Based practice Attitude and utilization SurvEy (EBASE) for complementary and alternative medicine practitioners. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 14(5): 792-798.
Gillham D Cornell J (2007) Sharing research evidence: An international online approach to health sciences education, Virtual Presentation, Third International Conference, Technology, Knowledge and Society, Cambridge UK, 2007, also published in the International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society 3 (2): 20-25.
Cheek J, Ballantyne A, Gillham D, Kroemer D (2006) Interagency collaboration and sustainability: making it work. International Journal of Health and Ageing Management Vol 1, No 1.
Ballantyne A, Cheek J, Gillham D, Quan J (2005) Information about the information: Navigating services and supports for older people Quality in Ageing – Policy, practice and research 6(3):17-23
Cheek J, Gillham D, Ballantyne A (2005) Using Education to Promote research Dissemination in Nursing International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship 2(1)
Conference Presentations, Refereed Papers (Since 2005)
Smith C, Gillham D., McCutcheon H, Ziaian T (2008) Online simulation: Innovative strategies to promote student engagement in learning assessmentATN Assessment Conference 2008: Engaging Students in Assessment (Nov 2008)
Gillham D, Cornell J (2008) The web resource appraisal process: a novel approach to online, experiential learning, integrating research, education and practice. Refereed Conference Proceedings, Teaching and Research, Making the connection in Health Sciences, University of South Australia, November 2007. URL: http://www.unisa.edu.au/health/about/Conference%20Peer%20Reviewed%20Papers%20-%20Making%20the%20Connection%20(2).pdf
Gillham D, Cornell J, McCutcheon H (2008) The web resource appraisal process (WRAP) stage 3: An experiential learning approach merging practice knowledge with research evidence. Refereed Conference Proceedings, Teaching and Research, Making the connection in Health Sciences, University of South Australia, November, 2007 URL: http://www.unisa.edu.au/health/about/Conference%20Peer%20Reviewed%20Papers%20-%20Making%20the%20Connection%20(2).pdf
Gillham D, McCutcheon H. Surman D, Cunnew M, Ziaian T (2008) Scenariation: online learning using tree structured scenarios to simulate clinical decision making Refereed Conference Proceedings, Teaching and Research, Making the connection in Health Sciences, University of South Australia, November, 2007 URL: http://www.unisa.edu.au/health/about/Conference%20Peer%20Reviewed%20Papers%20-%20Making%20the%20Connection%20(2).pdf
Expertise for Media Contact
I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:
Discipline:
- Evidenced Based Nursing
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