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Staff Profiles - Beverley Bird
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Qualifications: MSN MPH RN RMÂ Dip.App.Sci (MCHN) B.AppSci (CHN) FRCNA
Lecturer
Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education
Building Two, Level One
270 Ferntree Gully Road
Notting Hill VIC 3168
Tel: +61 3 9501 5541
Fax: +61 3 9501 5546
Email: Beverley.Bird@med.monash.edu.au
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Background:
Beverley has extensive experience in both postgraduate and undergraduate education in nursing and across a range of health science disciplines. She was a Kellogg Fellow and holds Master of Science in Nursing and Master of Public Health degrees from Columbia University in New York. She is currently completing her PhD in the area of Nursing Informatics.
Beverley practised in the United States as a Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner and, together with a Paediatric Nurse Practitioner, managed and expanded a Health Care Centre for the Homeless in Mid-Town Manhattan.
Beverley's research expertise includes both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. She has been project officer for a number of projects undertaken by the Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education at Monash University. From 2006 to 2007 she played a major role in data collection and data management for the two DEST funded national Medical Education Studies that focussed on What makes for success in Medical Education. Beverley has extensive experience is survey, interview and focus group methodologies in both clinical and educational contexts.
Research Interests
- Evaluation
- Health informatics
- Clinical Supervision - Supervision in Training
Recent Publications/Projects
Bird, B., Gilbert, K., Jolly, B., Spike, N. & Kiegaldie, D. (2008) Challenges faced by International Medical Graduates within the VMA Training Program. Victorian Metropolitan Alliance.
Lawson, M., Bearman, M., Bird, B., Benjamin, J., Byrne, C., Jones, A., Spike, N., Solarsh, G., & Wolfe, R. (2008) Governance: The missing link in high quality clinical education? AMEE
Lawson, M., Bearman, L., Bird, B., Benjamin, J., Byrne, C., Jones, A., Spike, N., Solarsh, G., & Wolfe, R. (2008) What makes for success in medical education? - The implementation of a national medical education fieldwork study. Ozzawa - The 13th Ottawa International Conference on Clinical Competence.
Wang, C.W., Singh, C. Bird, B & Ives, G. (2007) The learning experiences of Taiwanese nursing students in Australia. (Accepted for publication 2007)
Lawson, M., Jolly, B., Benjamin, J, Bird, B., McCall, L., Bullen, D., & Kelly, L. (2006) Medical Education in Australian: What makes for success: A review of clinical education in undergraduate medicine. Department of Education, Science & Training.
Bird, B., Lindley, J., Jolly, B., Lawson, M., Keigaldie, D., & Holt, T. (2004)
Review of hospital-based training for GP registrars: Final report for the Victorian
Metropolitan Alliance. CMHSE. Monash University
Barnett, A., Bird, B., Francis, K, Pinikahana, J., Plummer, V. & Peterson, C. (2004) Report to the Department of Human Services: Patient Dependency System Pilot Evaluation Melbourne: Monash University
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