Ms Carole James

Biography

Carole is an early career researcher. Her research opportunities as a Senior Lecturer in the discipline of occupational health and safety at the University have included supervising 11 honours projects (10 at bachelor level and one at masters level), research related to her PhD studies, and involvement with a research team investigating occupational rehabilitation of NSW nurses, a team studying biomechanical analysis of musculoskeletal injury risk in an industrial setting and a team investigating health professional interventions for patient weight management. Carole has published in each of these areas. Carole has a substantial teaching commitment in a small discipline with high teaching loads. She has also been involved in the development of a new Masters program and has worked part time for the university since 2006.Carole is currently completing her PhD studies.

Qualifications

• Master of Health Science (Occupational Therapy), University of South Australia, 1999
• Bachelor of Science (Occupational Therapy), Curtin University of Technology, 1993
• Diploma of Occupational Therapy, College of Occupational Therapists - London, 1987

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Research

Research keywords

• Clinical practice
• Functional capacity evaluations
• Occupational health
• Occupational rehabilitation
• Workplace Injury Management

Research expertise

Carole has experience in both qualitative and quantitative research methodology.

Carole has expertise in the following research areas:

Functional Capacity Evaluations

Ergonomics

Occupational Rehabilitation and Workplace Injury Management

Injury risk assessment and occupational health

Implementing healthy lifestyle interventions in patients treated by allied health professionals

Collaboration

Current research interests are in the areas of Functional Capacity Evaluations, Ergonomics, Occupational Rehabilitation and workplace injury management, injury risk and occupational health, and healthy lifestyles. Carole is currently working on several research teams on topics including health professional interventions for patient weight management and occupational rehabilitation of injured nurses.

Languages

• English

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
110300	Clinical Sciences	55
170100	Psychology	35
130200	Curriculum And Pedagogy	10

Memberships

Body relevant to professional practice.

• Member - Australian association of Occupational Therapy

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Administrative

Administrative expertise

Carole is currently program convenor for the Graduate Certificate, and Masters of Occupational Health and Safety and the Masters of Workplace Injury Management and Occupational Rehabilitation and has expertise in the administration that program convening entails.

She has expertise in course coordination and is a member of the School of Health Sciences Teaching and Learning committee, the Faculty of Health marketting committee and the Faculty Occupational Health and Safety committee.

She also has expertisae in the administration of research grants.

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Teaching

Teaching keywords

• Ergonomics
• Occupational Rehabilitation
• Occupational Science
• Occupational Therapy practice and theory
• Workplace Injury Management

Teaching expertise

Carole works as a part time Senior Lecturer in the School of Health Sciences. As a senior lecturer her role comprises teaching, research and service (governance and community). Her key teaching is in the areas of Occupational rehabilitation and workplace injury management, ergonomics and occupational therapy in the work setting. She coordinates the post gradutate programs in Occupational Health and Safety and Workplace injury management.