Adjunct Professor
Michele Clark

Faculty of Health,
School of Clinical Sciences
Biography
Professor Clark is Professor of Health Policy in the Faculty of Health at QUT and leads the Health Program within CEDM. Professor Clark has extensive experience in health policy, evidenced by her role as Assistant Commissioner of the Health Quality and Complaints Commission, and also in emergency health, indicated by her former role as Director of the Australian Centre for Pre-hospital Research. Professor Clark has a strong interest in postgraduate and research training and until recently she was the Director of Postgraduate Studies for QUT's Faculty of Health.
Personal details
Positions
- Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Clinical Sciences
Keywords
Aged Care, Allied Health, Health Workforce, Occupational Therapy, Policy Analysis, Public Health
Discipline
Public Health and Health Services
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (University of Queensland)
Selected publications
- Zhong S, Clark M, Hou X, Zang A, Fitzgerald G, (2013) 2010-2011 Queensland floods: Using Haddon's Matrix to define and categorise public safety strategies, EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 25 (4), pp. 345-352.
- Mahmoud I, Hou X, Chu K, Clark M, (2013) Language affects length of stay in emergency departments in Queensland public hospitals, World Journal of Emergency Medicine, 4 (1), pp. 5-9.
- Clark M, Gray M, Mooney J, (2013) New graduate occupational therapists' perceptions of near-misses and mistakes in the workplace, International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 26 (6), pp. 564-576.
- Rodger S, Stephens E, Clark M, Ash S, Hurst C, Graves N, (2012) Productivity and time use during occupational therapy and nutrition/dietetics clinical education: A cohort study, PLoS One, 7 (8), pp. 1-9.
- Comans T, Clark M, Cartmill L, Ash S, Sheppard L, (2011) How do allied health professionals evaluate new models of care? What are we measuring and why?, Journal for Healthcare Quality: Official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality, 33 (4), pp. 19-28.
- Considine J, Shaban R, Patrick J, Holzhauser K, Aitken P, Clark M, Fielding E, Fitzgerald G, (2011) Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza in Australia: Absenteeism and redeployment of emergency medicine and nursing staff, EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 23 (5), pp. 615-623.
- Fitzgerald G, Du W, Jamal A, Clark M, Hou J, (2010) Flood fatalities in contemporary Australia (1997-2008): Disaster medicine, EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 22 (2), pp. 180-186.
- Clark M, Hou J, Du W, Fitzgerald G, (2010) Health Impacts of Floods: A comprehensive review, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 25 (3), pp. 265-272.
- Rodger S, Clark M, Banks R, O'Brien M, Martinez K, (2009) A comparison of international occupational therapy competencies: Implications for Australian standards in the new millennium, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 56 (6), pp. 372-383.
- Overton A, Clark M, Thomas Y, (2009) A review of non-traditional occupational therapy practice placement education: A focus on role-emerging and project placements, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 72 (7), pp. 294-301.
QUT ePrints
To find publications by Michele, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
Research projects
- Title
- Emergency Department Impact and Patient Profile of Influenza A(H1N1) 'Swine Flu' Outbreak in Australia 2009: A National Survey
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 614290
- Start year
- 2009
- Keywords
- Pandemics; Emergency Medicine; Health System. Disaster
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Evaluation of a Workplace Alcohol and Other Drug Policy (2013)
- A qualitative investigation into the different health experiences of people living with Type II diabetes in rural environments (2012)
- Quality of Work Life and Turnover Intention in Primary Healthcare Organisations: A Cross-Sectional Study of Registered Nurses in Saudi Arabia (2012)
- The neglected dimension of community liveability: Impact on social connectedness and active ageing in higher density accommodation (2012)
- Policy Analysis of Disaster Health Management in China (2010)