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Dr Melanie Birks

RN, DipAppSc (Nurs) VicColl, BNsg, MDistEd UNE,TNCC, PhD

Senior Lecturer

+61 3 9902 6634

Fax:

+61 3 9902 6527

Email:

melanie.birks@med.monash.edu.au

 

Teaching

Semester 1

Semester 2

Research Interests

  • International nursing education
  • Undergraduate nursing education
  • Military nursing

Committees

  • International Matters Committee Gippsland
  • Monash Malaysia Nursing Advisory Committee

Professional Affiliations

•  Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) 

• Australian Rural Nurses & Midwives (ARNM) 

•  Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 

Publications

Book Chapters

Birks, M., Chapman, Y. & Francis, K. (2009) Becoming different: perspective transformation through post-registration baccalaureate nursing studies. In R. V. Nata (Ed)., Progress in Education Vol 17  (pp61-78). Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York.

Birks, M., & Chapman, Y. (2009) Complementary therapies in nursing practice. In J. Crisp and C. Taylor (Eds)., Potter and Perry’s Fundamentals of Nursing  (pp799-815). Elsevier Mosby, Sydney Australia.

Birks, M., Chapman, Y., & Francis, K. (2007). Grounded theory methodology in action: Transforming method in exploring outcomes for baccalaureate nursing graduates in Malaysian Borneo. In Morales, A. (Ed.) Distance education issues and challenges. New York: Nova Publishers. ISBN: 1-60021-829-6.

Journal Articles

2009

Birks, M., Chapman, Y. & Francis, K. (2009).  Women and nursing in Malaysia: Unspoken status. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 20(1),116-123. 2008 Impact Factor 1.0, 28/60 Nursing.

2008

Birks, M., Francis, K., Chapman, Y. & Abdullah, B. (2008) From traditional healers to telemedicine: A history of nursing in Malaysia. Singapore Nursing Journal. 33 (4), 12-17.

Birks, M., Chapman, Y. & Francis K. (2008). Memoing in qualitative research: Probing data and processes. Journal of Research in Nursing, 13(1), 68-75.

2007

Birks M, Chapman Y, Francis K. (2007). Breaching the wall: Interviewing people from other cultures. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 18(2), 150-156.

Birks, M., Chapman, Y., & Francis, K. (2007). Moving grounded theory into the 21st Century: Part 1 - an evolutionary tale. Singapore Nursing Journal, 33(4), 4-10.

2006

Birks M, Chapman Y,  Francis K. (2006). Moving grounded theory into the 21st Century: Part 2 – Mapping the footprints. Singapore Nursing Journal 33(4), 12-17.

Birks, M., Chapman, Y., & Francis, K. (2006). Baccalaureate nursing studies: Voyaging towards discovery. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 12(5), 267-272.

  
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