Mrs Kerryn Perram

Associate Lecturer

University Newcastle Department of Rural Health

Email:kerryn.perram@newcastle.edu.au
Phone:(02) 4055 3443

Career Summary

Biography

Kerryn is an Associate Lecturer in Speech Pathology with the University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health and is based in both Port Macquarie and Taree. As a graduate of the University of Newcastle, Kerryn has worked as a Speech Pathologist in rural areas within New South Wales since the commencement of her career across community and hospital settings with both paediatric and adult caseloads.

Kerryn is passionate about rural health services and enjoys working collaboratively with students and clinicians to support the provision of clinical placements to Speech Pathology students within the Mid-North Coast and Manning Great-Lakes areas. Within her role with the UONDRH, Kerryn aims to enhance student knowledge of Speech Pathology practice within rural areas and the unique clinical experience that this may provide.

In order to further her research skills and enhance her knowledge of stroke management, Kerryn completed a Master of Health Science (Stroke Management) in 2017.

Qualifications

Master of Health Science (Stroke Management), University of Newcastle
Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours), University of Newcastle

Keywords

Aphasia
Clinical Education
Dysphagia
Rural Health
Rural speech pathology practice
Speech Pathology

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
520405	Psycholinguistics (incl. speech production and comprehension)	100

Professional Experience

UON Appointment

Title	Organisation / Department
Associate Lecturer Speech Pathology	University of Newcastle University Newcastle Department of Rural Health Australia
Associate Lecturer	University of Newcastle University Newcastle Department of Rural Health Australia

Professional appointment

Dates	Title	Organisation / Department
1/1/2021 - 15/6/2022	Speech Pathologist	Mid North Coast Local Health District Australia
1/1/2012 - 1/2/2021	Speech Pathologist	Hunter New England Health LHD, NSW Health Australia

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Publications

For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.

Journal article (1 outputs)

Year

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2014

Aldous K, Tolmie R, Worrall L, Ferguson A, 'Speech-language pathologists' contribution to the assessment of decision-making capacity in aphasia: A survey of common practices', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, 16 231-241 (2014) [C1]

DOI	10.3109/17549507.2013.871751
Citations	Scopus - 21Web of Science - 16

Conference (2 outputs)

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2021

Little A, Urquhart R, Perram K, 'Maintaining social connection during online clinical placements: A virtual reality', Virtual Conference (2021)

Co-authors	Alexandra Little, Rachel Urquhart

2020

Currie K, Pomroy R, Marjoribanks J, Perram K, Robinson A, Heaney S, 'Health student perceptions of interprofessional wellness tutorials', Health student perceptions of interprofessional wellness tutorials, Melbourne (2020)

Co-authors	Ricky Pomroy, Amy Robinson, Kate Currie, Susan Heaney

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Research Supervision

Number of supervisions

Completed2

Current0

Past Supervision

Year	Level of Study	Research Title	Program	Supervisor Type
2023	Honours	What is clinical reasoning? Exploring the understanding of students, clinical educators and academics	Occupational Therapy, College of Health, Medicine & Wellbeing - The University of Newcastle	Co-Supervisor
2022	Honours	What is clinical reasoning? Exploring the understanding of students, clinical educators and academics	Nutrition & Dietetics, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle	Co-Supervisor

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