Dr Karin Fisher
Research Academic
University Newcastle Department of Rural Health
- Email:karin.fisher@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 6755 3522
Career Summary
Biography
Having qualified as a nurse over 25 years ago, I have worked in various areas of public hospitals and community health services. My clinical expertise in relation to access to health services for sexual health issues led me to undertake my PhD studies. The focus of this work was to understand why syphilis is still present in a rural area of New South Wales as well as to explore how an individual’s construction of rurality shapes the way in which he or she accesses health services for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). This work showed the significance of rurality as a marker for affecting health and shaping different experiences, especially the changes in the meanings associated with STIs.
Following the completion of my PhD I moved from my clinical position in public health to undertake part time work with the University of Newcastle Rural Department of Health. Since my appointment to the University of Newcastle,I have been involved in a number of research projects. I have authored a number of peer reviewed journal articles and refereed and non-refereed research based national and international conference papers. I have also supervised a number of health services staff who have undertaken workplace research as well as PhD students. My current research interests include health services research, primary health care, public health issues, interprofessional collaboration and health workforce particularly from an equity perspective.
Research Expertise
Population Health issues, Sexually transmitted infections, Inequalities, Equity issues, Health service access, Rural workforce issues, Difficult to access populations, Grounded theory, Mixed methods.
Collaborations
As part of my work at the University of Newcastle, I have worked in research teams with members from Hunter New England Local Health Network, University New England, University of Sydney, Flinders University, University Tasmania and University of Adelaide. I also work as part of a multidisciplinary team based at the University of Newcastle, Department of Rural Health that includes the disciplines of medicine, radiography, physiotherapy, nutrition and dietetics, pharmacy, occupational therapy, Indigenous health care, speech pathology and mental health.
Qualifications
- PhD, University of New England
Keywords
- Allied Health
- Difficult to access populations
- Equity
- Evaluation
- Health Service Research
- Health Workforce
- Health care
- Health service access
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- Mixed methods
- Nursing
- Primary Health Care
- Public Health
- Qualitative methodology
- Qualitative research
- Rural Health
- Rural Health Workforce
Languages
- English (Fluent)
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
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| 420603 | Health promotion | 100 |
Professional Experience
Academic appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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| 1/1/2008 - 1/1/2010 | Senior Research Officer | Hunter New England Local Health Network Hunter Rural Training |
| 1/1/2002 - 1/1/2004 | Acting Director | Population Health & Planning, Hunter New England Local Health Network Australia |
| 1/1/1997 - 1/1/2007 | Public Health Officer | Hunter New England Local Health Network |
Professional appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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| 1/3/1993 - 30/12/1997 | Clincial Nurse Consultant | Hunter New England Health Service Australia |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (1 outputs)
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| 2014 |
Higgs J, Croker A, Tasker D, Hummell J, Patton N, Health Practice Relationships, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 262 (2014) [A3]
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Chapter (3 outputs)
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| 2018 | Briggs D, Fisher K, Tejativaddhana P, Fraser J, 'How to write up your research', Handbook for Health Management research, Society for Health Administration Programs in Education (SHAPE), online (2018) | ||||
| 2016 |
Fisher KA, Squires K, Woodley I, 'Community collaboration beyond the red tape: Complying without being constrained', Collaborating in Healthcare Reinterpreting Therapeutic Relationships, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 211-220 (2016) [B1]
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| 2014 |
Fisher KA, Grotowski M, 'Caring for Patients Who Have Sexually Transmitted Infections: Getting the team on board', Health Practice Relationships, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 171-178 (2014) [B1]
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Journal article (19 outputs)
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| 2021 |
Sutton K, Depczynski J, Smith T, Mitchell E, Wakely L, Brown LJ, et al., 'Destinations of nursing and allied health graduates from two Australian universities: A data linkage study to inform rural placement models', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 29 191-200 (2021) [C1] Objective: Combined, nursing and allied health constitute most of the Australian health workforce; yet, little is known about graduate practice destinations. University Department... [more] Objective: Combined, nursing and allied health constitute most of the Australian health workforce; yet, little is known about graduate practice destinations. University Departments of Rural Health have collaborated on the Nursing and Allied Health Graduate Outcomes Tracking to investigate graduate entry into rural practice. Design: Data linkage cohort study. Setting: Monash University and the University of Newcastle. Participants: Graduates who completed their degree in 2017 across seven disciplines. Main outcome measure(s): The outcome variable was Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency principal place of practice data. Explanatory variables included discipline, age, gender, location of origin, and number and duration of rural placements. Result: Of 1130 graduates, 51% were nurses, 81% females, 62% under 21¿years at enrolment, 23% of rural origin, 62% had at least one rural student placement, and 23% had over 40 cumulative rural placement days. At the time of their second Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency registration, 18% worked in a ¿Rural principal place of practice.¿ Compared to urban, rural origin graduates had 4.45 times higher odds ratio of ¿Rural principal place of practice.¿ For graduates who had <20 cumulative rural placement days, compared to zero the odds ratio of ¿Rural principal place of practice¿ was the same (odds ratio¿=¿1.10). For those who had 20-40 rural placement days, the odds ratio was 1.93, and for >40 rural placement days, the odds ratio was 4.54). Conclusion: Rural origin and more rural placement days positively influenced graduate rural practice destinations. Outcomes of cumulative placements days may compare to immersive placements.
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| 2021 |
Smith T, Sutton K, Beauchamp A, Depczynski J, Brown L, Fisher K, et al., 'Profile and rural exposure for nursing and allied health students at two Australian Universities: A retrospective cohort study', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 29 21-33 (2021) [C1] Objective: Linking enrolment and professional placement data for students' from 2 universities, this study compares characteristics across universities and health disciplines... [more] Objective: Linking enrolment and professional placement data for students' from 2 universities, this study compares characteristics across universities and health disciplines. The study explores associations between students' location of origin and frequency, duration and type of placements. Design: Retrospective cohort data linkage. Setting: Two Australian universities, Monash University and the University of Newcastle. Participants: Students who completed medical radiation science, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacy or physiotherapy at either university between 2 February 2017 and 28 February 2018. Interventions: Location of origin, university and discipline of enrolment. Main outcome measure(s): Main measures were whether graduates had multiple rural placements, number of rural placements and cumulative rural placement days. Location of origin, discipline and university of enrolment were the main explanatory variables. Secondary dependent variables were age, sex, socio-economic indices for location of origin, and available placements. Results: A total of 1,315 students were included, of which 22.1% were of rural origin. The odds of rural origin students undertaking a rural placement was more than 4.5 times greater than for urban origin students. A higher proportion of rural origin students had multiple rural placement (56.0% vs 14.9%), with a higher mean number of rural placement days. Public hospitals were the most common placement type, with fewer in primary care, mental health or aged care. Conclusions: There is a positive association between rural origin and rural placements in nursing and allied health. To help strengthen recruitment and retention of graduates this association could be further exploited, while being inclusive of non-rural students.
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| 2021 |
Kocanda L, Fisher K, Brown LJ, May J, Rollo ME, Collins CE, et al., 'Informing telehealth service delivery for cardiovascular disease management: Exploring the perceptions of rural health professionals', Australian Health Review, 45 241-246 (2021) Objective: To explore the perceptions of rural health professionals who use telehealth services for cardiovascular health care, including the potential role of telehealth in enhan... [more] Objective: To explore the perceptions of rural health professionals who use telehealth services for cardiovascular health care, including the potential role of telehealth in enhancing services for this patient group. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten rural health professionals across a range of disciplines, including medicine, nursing and allied health. All study participants were based in the same rural region in New South Wales, Australia. Results: Participant responses emphasised the importance of including rural communities in ongoing dialogue to enhance telehealth services for cardiovascular care. Divergent expectations about the purpose of telehealth and unresolved technology issues were identified as factors to be addressed. Rural health professionals highlighted the importance of all stakeholders coming together to overcome barriers and enhance telehealth services in a collaborative manner. Conclusion: This study contributes to an evolving understanding of how health professionals based in regional Australia experience telehealth services. Future telehealth research should proceed in collaboration with rural communities, supported by policy that actively facilitates the meaningful inclusion of rural stakeholders in telehealth dialogue. What is known about the topic?: Telehealth is frequently discussed as a potential solution to overcome aspects of rural health, such as poor outcomes and limited access to services compared with metropolitan areas. In the context of telehealth and cardiovascular disease (CVD), research that focuses on rural communities is limited, particularly regarding the experiences of these communities with telehealth. What does this paper add?: This paper offers insight into how telehealth is experienced by rural health professionals. The paper highlights divergent expectations of telehealth's purpose and unresolved technological issues as barriers to telehealth service delivery. It suggests telehealth services may be enhanced by collaborative approaches that engage multiple stakeholder groups. What are the implications for practitioners?: The use and development of telehealth in rural communities requires a collaborative approach that considers the views of rural stakeholders in their specific contexts. To improve telehealth services for people living with CVD in rural communities, it is important that rural stakeholders have opportunities to engage with non-rural clinicians, telehealth developers and policy makers.
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| 2020 |
Urquhart L, Brown L, Duncanson K, Roberts K, Fisher K, 'A Dialogical Approach to Understand Perspectives of an Aboriginal Wellbeing Program: An Extension of Habermas Theory of Communicative Action', International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 19 1-10 (2020) [C1]
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| 2018 |
Fisher KA, Smith A, Brown L, Little A, Wakely K, Hudson J, et al., 'Value-adding to health professional student placement experiences: Enhancing work readiness and employability through a rural community engagement program', Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 9 41-61 (2018) [C1]
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| 2017 |
Fisher K, Smith T, Nairn K, Anderson D, 'Rural people who inject drugs: A cross-sectional survey addressing the dimensions of access to secondary needle and syringe program outlets', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 25 94-101 (2017) [C1] Objective: To better understand issues related to access to injecting equipment for people who inject drugs (PWID) in a rural area of New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Design: Cro... [more] Objective: To better understand issues related to access to injecting equipment for people who inject drugs (PWID) in a rural area of New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Design: Cross-sectional face-to-face survey using convenience and snowball sampling. Setting: Six regional and rural population centres in Northern NSW, within the Hunter New England Local Health District. Participants: The sample included 190 PWID who had accessed a needle and syringe program outlet within 4¿weeks of the survey. Main outcome measures: Data include demographic information, preferred location for accessing injecting equipment, reasons for that preference, whether they obtained enough equipment, travelling distance to an NSP and self-reported hepatitis C virus status. Results: Sixty percent self-identified as Aboriginal people. The median age of respondents was 32¿years and 60% were men. A significantly larger proportion (P¿<¿0.05) of the Aboriginal respondents were women (27% versus 11.6%) and younger (37.6 versus 12.7%) compared to non-Aboriginal respondents. Most preferred to access injecting equipment at a community health facility (62.6%), as opposed to other secondary outlets, where they gained enough equipment (67.4%). Just over 80% said they were tested for HCV in the past year, with about 37% told they had tested positive. Conclusions: There are complex dimensions affecting how rural PWID access secondary NSP outlets. Although access is similarly limited as other rural health services because of the nature of injecting drug use and sensitivities existing in rural communities, there is potential for application of unique access models, such as, promoting secondary distribution networks.
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| 2015 |
Massey S, Fisher K, Croker A, Smith T, 'Collaboration across the health care and education interface: what is it like for teachers of children with traumatic brain injury?', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH, 21 74-78 (2015) [C1]
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| 2015 |
Croker A, Fisher K, Smith T, 'When students from different professions are co-located: the importance of interprofessional rapport for learning to work together', JOURNAL OF INTERPROFESSIONAL CARE, 29 41-48 (2015) [C1]
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| 2013 |
Fisher KA, Hussain R, 'Informal talk: shaping understandings of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in rural Australia', RURAL AND REMOTE HEALTH, 13 (2013) [C1]
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| 2011 |
Smith AN, Fisher KA, Keane S, Lincoln M, 'Comparison of the results of two rural allied health workforce surveys in the Hunter New England region of New South Wales: 2005 versus 2008', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 19 154-159 (2011) [C1]
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| 2011 |
Keane S, Smith AN, Lincoln M, Fisher KA, 'Survey of the rural allied health workforce in New South Wales to inform recruitment and retention', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 19 38-44 (2011) [C1]
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| 2011 |
Smith AN, Fisher KA, 'Self-reported competency and continuing education needs of limited licence remote X-ray operators in New South Wales, Australia', Rural and Remote Health, 11 1560 (2011) [C1]
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| 2011 |
Fisher KA, 'The qualitative interview and challenges for clinicians undertaking research: A personal reflection', Australian Journal of Primary Health, 17 102-106 (2011) [C1]
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| 2010 |
Fisher KA, Fraser JD, 'Rural health career pathways: Research themes in recruitment and retention', Australian Health Review, 34 292-296 (2010) [C1]
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| 2008 | Fisher KA, Hussain R, Jamieson M, Minichiello V, 'Syphilis and disadvantage in rural communities', International Journal of STD & AIDS, 19 215 (2008) [C3] | ||||||||||
| 2004 |
Fraser JD, Alexander C, Fisher K, 'Hepatitis C education needs of rural general practitioners working in northern New South Wales', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 12 152-156 (2004) [C1]
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| 2002 |
Fraser JD, Alexander C, Fisher K, 'Hepatitis C caseload and models of care for rural GPs working in northern New South Wales', Australian Family Physician, 31(11) 1063-1065 (2002) [C1]
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Croker A, Smith T, Fisher K, Littlejohns S, 'Educators Interprofessional Collaborative Relationships: Helping Pharmacy Students Learn to Work with Other Professions', Pharmacy, 4 17-17 [C1]
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Conference (38 outputs)
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| 2021 |
Urquhart L, Roberts K, Munro S, Fisher K, 'Recognising difference about knowing and learning through dialogue (yarning): Critical reflections on a dialogical literature review', Virtual Conference (2021)
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| 2019 |
Urquhart L, Roberts K, Brown L, Duncanson K, Fisher K, 'Mutual respect for ways of knowing, doing and learning: Collaborative yarning to understand an Aboriginal wellbeing program', Darwin, NT (2019)
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| 2019 |
Smith A, Waller S, Beauchamp A, Sutton K, Depczynski J, Brown L, et al., 'The Nursing and Allied Health Graduate Outcomes Tracking Study: Methodology for Large-scale Data Linkage Tony Smith, University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health Australia', Canberra, ACT (2019)
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| 2015 |
Fisher KA, Croker A, Smith T, May J, 'Grappling with a shared understanding of 'interprofessional learning': "I know what i mean... but what do we mean"', ANZAHPE-AMEA 2015 Conference, Newcastle (2015) [E3]
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| 2015 |
Fisher KA, Brown L, Smith T, Hudson N, 'Evaluation of a community engagement program: What do rural healthcare students gain from experiential community-engaged learning?', ANZAHPE-AMEA 2015 Conference, Newcastle (2015) [E3]
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| 2014 |
Fisher KA, Croker A, May J, Smith T, 'Are we on the same page yet?": Using photo-elicitation for shared understandings within an interpretive research team', N/A, Sydney (2014) [E3]
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| 2014 |
Croker AL, Harries-Jones H, Wakely L, Brown L, Little A, Fisher K, 'Preparing students for collaborative healthcare practice: Valuing educators' interdisciplinary rapport', Proceedings of the 2014 Practice-Based Education Summit, Sydney (2014) [E3]
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| 2014 |
Fisher K, Wakely L, Squires K, Shipley L, Wakely K, Brown L, et al., 'A model for enhancing community engagement of undergraduate health professional students on rural placement', The 2014 Muster Global Community Engaged Medical Education, Uluru (2014) [E3]
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| 2014 |
Croker AL, Wolfgang R, Leys J, Wakely K, Fisher K, Smith T, et al., 'Students as Individuals in Interprofessional Learning: Should there be an 'I' in 'Team'?', ANZAHPE 2014 Conference Handbook & Program, Gold Coast (2014) [E3]
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| 2014 |
Croker AL, Wakely L, Fisher K, 'Interprofessional collaboration as a context for patient-centred care: Compassion or competition', Compassion and Care in a Changing World the 3rd Asia-Pacific Internation Conference on Qualitative Research in Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Newcastle (2014) [E3]
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| 2013 |
Croker AL, Fisher K, Smith A, May J, 'Of vacuums and scaffolds: Interprofessional learning on a rural clinical placement', The 2013 Practice-Based Education Summit http://csusap.csu.edu.au/~areport/documents/pbe_summit_2013/Handbook.pdf, Sydney, NSW, Australia (2013) [E3]
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| 2013 | Woodley I, Fisher KA, 'University rural health placements: building social capital in a local community', Proceedings of the 12th National Rural Health Conference, Adelaide (2013) [E2] | ||||
| 2013 |
Croker AL, May J, Fisher K, Smith A, 'A Moving Feast of Opportunities: How do Students in Rural Areas Learn to Work with other Professions?', Handbook & Program of ANZAHPE 2013 - Professional Development of Health Professional Educators, Melbourne (2013) [E3]
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| 2012 | Fisher KA, Anderson D, Nairn K, Smith T, 'Interrupting hepatitis C incidence among injecting drug users in rural areas: A review of the literature', Program and Abstracts. Population Health Congress 2012, Adelaide, SA (2012) [E3] | ||||
| 2012 |
Croker A, Smith AN, Fisher KA, May JA, 'Exploring interprofessional education - Seeing the whole elephant', Symposium Program. Interprofessional Education for Quality Use of Medicines, Newcastle Beach, NSW (2012) [E3]
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| 2011 | Harrison JA, Fisher KA, Webber MT, Vujinov M, 'A snapshot of services for multicultural rural communities in northern NSW for 2007-2010', 2011 PHC Research Conference Abstracts, Brisbane, QLD (2011) [E3] | ||||
| 2011 |
Harrison JA, Fisher KA, Smith AN, 'Migrant access to health care in rural northern NSW: A qualitative study', 2011 PHC Research Conference Abstracts, Brisbane, QLD (2011) [E3]
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| 2011 | Fisher KA, Whiting P, '2011 PHC Research Conference Abstracts', 2011 PHC Research Conference Abstracts, Brisbane, QLD (2011) [E3] | ||||
| 2011 |
Fisher KA, Smith AN, Keane S, Lowe S, Campbell N, Whitford D, 'Continuing professional development for allied health professionals: A rural perspective', 2011 PHC Research Conference Abstracts, Brisbane, QLD (2011) [E3]
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| 2011 |
Coates JC, Fisher KA, Smith AN, Shipley LG, 'It is not just physical! Socio-cultural factors and falls experiences in elderly Australian Aboriginals', 2011 PHC Research Conference Abstracts, Brisbane, QLD (2011) [E3]
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| 2010 |
Fisher KA, 'The qualitative interview: Challenges for clinicians undertaking research', 2010 Primary Health Care Research Conference: Program & Abstracts, Darwin, NT (2010) [E3]
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| 2010 |
Harrison J, Fisher KA, Smith AN, 'Access to rural health care for new arrivals: A literature review', 2010 Primary Health Care Research Conference: Program & Abstracts, Darwin, NT (2010) [E2]
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| 2010 |
Massey SE, Fisher KA, Croker A, Smith AN, 'Partners in rehabilitation. Health and education collaborating in paediatric brain injury - A literature review', 2010 Primary Health Care Research Conference: Program & Abstracts, Darwin, NT (2010) [E3]
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| 2010 | Fisher KA, Fraser J, Crockett R, 'Entering the health workforce pipeline: Perceptions of rural secondary students', Conference Proceedings 2010, University of Birmingham, UK (2010) [E1] | ||||
| 2009 | Fisher KA, 'When no-one wants to talk: Personal reflections on engaging rural communities in a study about sexuality transmitted infections', Proceedings of the 10th National Rural Health Conference, Cairns, QLD (2009) [E1] | ||||
| 2007 | Thornberry T, Fisher KA, 'Encouraging increased rural health research participation: Lessons learnt', 2007 Rural Health Research Colloquium. Official Program, Tamworth, NSW (2007) [E3] | ||||
| 2007 | Fisher KA, 'When no-one wants to talk: Challenges and triumphs of research in STIs in a rural area', 4th Biennial NSW Primary Health Care Research & Evaluation Conference. Programme and Abstract Book, Bondi Beach (2007) [E3] | ||||
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Report (2 outputs)
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| 2021 | Fisher K, 'University of Newcastle Department Rural Health, Community Engagement Program (CEP) Evaluation Research Project', University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health (2021) | ||||
| 2019 |
Croker A, Wakely K, Brown L, Cone L, Cooper E, De Silva L, et al., 'Out of sight, out of mind?: Pedagogical and equity implications of videoconferencing for healthcare students education in rural areas' (2019)
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Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 5 |
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| Total funding | $176,191 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20182 grants / $23,400
Out of sight, out of mind?: Pedagogical and equity implications of videoconferencing for healthcare students' education in rural areas$13,400
Funding body: University of Newcastle, Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education |
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| Project Team | Anne Croker, Leanne Brown, Emma Cooper, Karin Fisher, Miriam Grotowski, Alex Little, Sonja Littlejohns, Simon Munro, Katrina Wakely, Luke Wakely |
| Scheme | Excellence in Teaching for Equity in Higher Education Grant |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2018 |
| Funding Finish | 2019 |
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| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
Exploration of rural palliative care models in the Tamworth region to inform future research$10,000
Funding body: NSW Regional Health Partners RICH Outcomes Research Grants
| Funding body | NSW Regional Health Partners RICH Outcomes Research Grants |
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| Project Team | Dr Phil Hungerford, Dr Karin Fisher, Assoc Prof Tony Smith, Mr Johnathon Gourlay,Dr Anne Croker Professor Jennifer May |
| Scheme | NSW Regional Health Partners RICH Outcomes Research Grants |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2018 |
| Funding Finish | 2019 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | C1600 - Aust Competitive - StateTerritory Govt |
| Category | 1600 |
| UON | N |
20171 grants / $15,000
Yearning to yarn: Using 'Aboriginal ways of knowing and learning' to support clinical placement experiences of Aboriginal health professional students$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education |
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| Project Team | Mr Simon Munro, Dr Anne Croker, Dr Karin Fisher, Dr Julie Burrows, Dr Leanne Brown |
| Scheme | Excellence in Teaching for Equity in Higher Education Grant |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2017 |
| Funding Finish | 2018 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20141 grants / $1,600
TQ2U: Australia - Sydney$1,600
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Health and Medicine
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Health and Medicine |
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| Project Team | Doctor Karin Fisher |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2014 |
| Funding Finish | 2014 |
| GNo | G1400513 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20111 grants / $136,191
Investigation of access to the needle syringe program in rural and remote areas of the Hunter New England region$136,191
Funding body: Hunter New England Area Health Service
| Funding body | Hunter New England Area Health Service |
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| Project Team | Doctor Karin Fisher, Associate Professor Anthony Smith |
| Scheme | Project Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2011 |
| Funding Finish | 2012 |
| GNo | G1100867 |
| Type Of Funding | Other Public Sector - State |
| Category | 2OPS |
| UON | Y |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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| 2021 | Honours | Nursing and Allied Graduate Outcomes Tracking Study for Occupational Therapy Students | Occupational Therapy, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2019 | PhD | Gathering Perspectives of Success in an Aboriginal Nutrition and Exercise Program | PhD (Nutrition & Dietetics), College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Past Supervision
| Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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| 2013 | PhD | Migrant Populations: Socio-cultural Dynamics and the Explanation for the Risk of HIV/AIDS Transmission in Bangladesh | Medical Science, University of New England | Co-Supervisor |
Research Projects
Nursing and Allied Health Student Tracking Study 2017 -
Understanding the Decision to Relocate Rural Amongst Urban Nursing and Allied Health Students and Recent Graduates 2016
Publications
Farthing A, Sutton K, Fisher K, Smith AN, Wall A, 'Exploring incentives for early career professionals to 'Work in the Village': Industry stakeholder perspectives', Port Lincoln, SA (2016)
Sutton K, Waller S, Fisher K, Farthing A, McAnnalley K, Russell D, et al., 'Understanding the Decision to Relocate Rural Amongst Urban Nursing and Allied Health Students and Recent Graduates' (2016)
Yearning to yarn: Using 'Aboriginal ways of knowing and learning' to support clinical placement experiences of Aboriginal health professional students 2017 -
The aim of this project is to establish a framework to enable rural health professional educators to “teach for equity”. At the core of the framework is the notion of “yarning” as a way of understanding and supporting Aboriginal knowing and learning. To develop this framework the experiences of two groups engaged in clinical placements will be explored through yarning: (i) Aboriginal medical and allied health students who have undertaken or undertaking clinical placements (ii) their clinical educators from the University of Newcastle and healthcare settings. These insights gained will inform educators’ pedagogical strategies and perspectives when engaging with Aboriginal students studying in a range of health professions. Within our collaborative dialogical inquiry, we will use ‘appreciative inquiry’ to take this project into the complex space of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal interaction, digging deeply into the potential positives of cross-cultural human interaction to bring about understanding and change.
Grants
Yearning to yarn: Using 'Aboriginal ways of knowing and learning' to support clinical placement experiences of Aboriginal health professional students
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education |
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| Description | The aim of this project is to establish a framework to enable rural health professional educators to “teach for equity”. At the core of the framework is the notion of “yarning” as a way of understanding and supporting Aboriginal knowing and learning. To develop this framework the experiences of two groups engaged in clinical placements will be explored through yarning: (i) Aboriginal medical and allied health students who have undertaken or undertaking clinical placements (ii) their clinical educators from the University of Newcastle and healthcare settings. These insights gained will inform educators’ pedagogical strategies and perspectives when engaging with Aboriginal students studying in a range of health professions. |
| Scheme | Excellence in Teaching for Equity in Higher Education Grant |
How do students learn to work with other health professions? 2012 -
Publications
Croker A, Smith AN, Fisher KA, May JA, 'Exploring interprofessional education - Seeing the whole elephant', Symposium Program. Interprofessional Education for Quality Use of Medicines, Newcastle Beach, NSW (2012) [E3]
Croker AL, May J, Fisher K, Smith A, 'A Moving Feast of Opportunities: How do Students in Rural Areas Learn to Work with other Professions?', Handbook & Program of ANZAHPE 2013 - Professional Development of Health Professional Educators, Melbourne (2013) [E3]
Croker AL, Fisher K, Smith A, May J, 'Of vacuums and scaffolds: Interprofessional learning on a rural clinical placement', The 2013 Practice-Based Education Summit http://csusap.csu.edu.au/~areport/documents/pbe_summit_2013/Handbook.pdf, Sydney, NSW, Australia (2013) [E3]
Fisher KA, Croker A, May J, Smith T, 'Are we on the same page yet?": Using photo-elicitation for shared understandings within an interpretive research team', N/A, Sydney (2014) [E3]
Croker AL, Wakely L, Fisher K, 'Interprofessional collaboration as a context for patient-centred care: Compassion or competition', Compassion and Care in a Changing World the 3rd Asia-Pacific Internation Conference on Qualitative Research in Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Newcastle (2014) [E3]
Croker AL, Harries-Jones H, Wakely L, Brown L, Little A, Fisher K, 'Preparing students for collaborative healthcare practice: Valuing educators' interdisciplinary rapport', Proceedings of the 2014 Practice-Based Education Summit, Sydney (2014) [E3]
Croker AL, Wolfgang R, Leys J, Wakely K, Fisher K, Smith T, et al., 'Students as Individuals in Interprofessional Learning: Should there be an 'I' in 'Team'?', ANZAHPE 2014 Conference Handbook & Program, Gold Coast (2014) [E3]
Fisher KA, Croker A, Smith T, May J, 'Grappling with a shared understanding of 'interprofessional learning': "I know what i mean... but what do we mean"', ANZAHPE-AMEA 2015 Conference, Newcastle (2015) [E3]
Croker A, Fisher K, Smith T, 'When students from different professions are co-located: the importance of interprofessional rapport for learning to work together', JOURNAL OF INTERPROFESSIONAL CARE, 29 41-48 (2015) [C1]
Croker A, Smith T, Fisher K, Littlejohns S, 'Educators Interprofessional Collaborative Relationships: Helping Pharmacy Students Learn to Work with Other Professions', Pharmacy, 4 17-17 [C1]
Out of sight, out of mind?: Pedagogical and equity implications of videoconferencing for healthcare students' education in rural areas 2018 -
Our project arises from our grappling with experiences and discourse associated with videoconferencing as a tool intended to enable parity of participation for healthcare students living and learning in rural areas. This grant will enable us to explore equity and pedagogical implications for our students' education. Our team of researchers and educators within the Department of Rural Health will bring these implications of videoconferencing 'into sight and into mind' to dialogue with and about them. We aim to transform practice and avoid inadvertently reinforcing deficit discourse associated with one aspect of living and learning in rural areas.
Community Engagement Program Evaluation 2013 - 2017
Publications
Woodley I, Fisher KA, 'University rural health placements: building social capital in a local community', Proceedings of the 12th National Rural Health Conference, Adelaide (2013) [E2]
Fisher K, Wakely L, Squires K, Shipley L, Wakely K, Brown L, et al., 'A model for enhancing community engagement of undergraduate health professional students on rural placement', The 2014 Muster Global Community Engaged Medical Education, Uluru (2014) [E3]
Fisher KA, Brown L, Smith T, Hudson N, 'Evaluation of a community engagement program: What do rural healthcare students gain from experiential community-engaged learning?', ANZAHPE-AMEA 2015 Conference, Newcastle (2015) [E3]
Fisher KA, Squires K, Woodley I, 'Community collaboration beyond the red tape: Complying without being constrained', Collaborating in Healthcare Reinterpreting Therapeutic Relationships, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 211-220 (2016) [B1]
Fisher KA, Smith A, Brown L, Little A, Wakely K, Hudson J, et al., 'Value-adding to health professional student placement experiences: Enhancing work readiness and employability through a rural community engagement program', Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 9 41-61 (2018) [C1]
Investigation of Access to the Needle Syringe Program in rural and Remote Areas of the Hunter New England Region 2011 - 2012
Grants
Investigation of access to the needle syringe program in rural and remote areas of the Hunter New England region
Funding body: Hunter New England Area Health Service
| Funding body | Hunter New England Area Health Service |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor Karin Fisher, Associate Professor Anthony Smith |
| Scheme | Project Grant |
Publications
Fisher K, Smith T, Nairn K, Anderson D, 'Rural people who inject drugs: A cross-sectional survey addressing the dimensions of access to secondary needle and syringe program outlets', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 25 94-101 (2017) [C1]
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Research Collaborations
The map is a representation of a researchers co-authorship with collaborators across the globe. The map displays the number of publications against a country, where there is at least one co-author based in that country. Data is sourced from the University of Newcastle research publication management system (NURO) and may not fully represent the authors complete body of work.
| Country | Count of Publications | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 22 | |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
Dr Karin Fisher
Positions
Research Academic
University Newcastle Department of Rural Health
College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing
Casual Research Officer
School of Health Sciences
College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing
Contact Details
| karin.fisher@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Phone | (02) 6755 3522 |
| Fax | (02) 6761 2355 |
| Link |
Office
| Room | TEC |
|---|---|
| Building | University Department of Rural Health, Tamworth NSW 2340 |
| Location | University Department of Rural Health, Tamworth NSW 2340 , |
