Overview
Background
Karina O'Leary is the Interprofessional Conjoint Fellow at the Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) Education and Research Alliance. A physiotherapist with extensive experience working within public and private musculoskeletal physiotherapy settings, Karina has also worked within academic settings in education and research roles.
Delivering high quality healthcare needs high functioning interprofessional teams. Karina's focus at STARS and her research is firstly, ensuring health professional students opportunities to develop interprofessional competencies, secondly, developing educators capability to deliver interprofessional work integrated learning opportunities and thirdly designing innovative ways to develop interprofessional practice within healthcare teams.
Karina 's PhD will use an experience based co-design framework to understand interprofessional practice within a local hospital setting, then designing interventions for students, educators and healthcare teams to engance interprofessional practice.
Qualifications
- PhD candidate, The University of Queensland (commenced 2021)
- Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, The University of Queensland (2009)
- Master of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland (2005)
- BSc (Honours) Physiotherapy, Leeds Metropolitan University (1997)
Awards and Fellowships
- Heath and Behavioural Sciences Faculty Excellence in Clinical and Professional Skill Education Award (2022)
Availability
- Mrs Karina O'Leary is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Physiotherapy Studies, The University of Queensland
- Certificate of Higher Education, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Interprofessional Education
Works
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2022
Journal Article
Adolescent perspectives on participating in a feasibility trial investigating shoe inserts for patellofemoral pain
O’Sullivan, Isobel C., da Costa, Nathalia Cordeiro, Franettovich Smith, Melinda M., Vicenzino, Bill, Crossley, Kay M., Kamper, Steven J., van Middelkoop, Marienke, Menz, Hylton B., Tucker, Kylie, O’Leary, Karina T. and Collins, Natalie J. (2022). Adolescent perspectives on participating in a feasibility trial investigating shoe inserts for patellofemoral pain. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 15 (1) 37, 37. doi: 10.1186/s13047-022-00537-4
2021
Other Outputs
Adolescent Perspectives on Participating in a Feasibility Trial Investigating Shoe Inserts for Patellofemoral Pain
O’Sullivan, Isobel C., Costa, Nathalia, Smith, Melinda M Franettovich, Vicenzino, Bill, Crossley, Kay M, Kamper, Steven J, Middelkoop, Marienke van, Menz, Hylton B, Tucker, Kylie, O'Leary, Karina T and Collins, Natalie J (2021). Adolescent Perspectives on Participating in a Feasibility Trial Investigating Shoe Inserts for Patellofemoral Pain. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1190307/v1
2021
Journal Article
HAPPi Kneecaps! A double-blind, randomised, parallel group superiority trial investigating the effects of sHoe inserts for adolescents with patellofemoral PaIn: phase II feasibility study
O’Sullivan, Isobel C., Crossley, Kay M., Kamper, Steven J., van Middelkoop, Marienke, Vicenzino, Bill, Franettovich Smith, Melinda M., Menz, Hylton B., Smith, Anne J., Tucker, Kylie, O’Leary, Karina T., Costa, Nathalia and Collins, Natalie J. (2021). HAPPi Kneecaps! A double-blind, randomised, parallel group superiority trial investigating the effects of sHoe inserts for adolescents with patellofemoral PaIn: phase II feasibility study. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 14 (1) 64, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s13047-021-00498-0
2021
Conference Publication
Foot orthoses make for Happi kneecaps! of adolescents with patellofemoral pain: a mixed methods design including randomised feasibility trial
Collins, N., Cordeiro da Costa, N., Crossley, K., Kamper, S., Menz, H., O’Leary, K., O’Sullivan, I., Smith, A., Smith, M., Tucker, K., van Middelkoop, M. and Vincenzino, B. (2021). Foot orthoses make for Happi kneecaps! of adolescents with patellofemoral pain: a mixed methods design including randomised feasibility trial. 2021 SMA e-Conference, Online, 8-9 October 2021. Chatswood, NSW Australia: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2021.09.068
2021
Other Outputs
Happi Kneecaps! A Double-Blind, Randomised, Parallel Group Superiority Trial Investigating the Effects of Shoe Inserts for Adolescents with Patellofemoral Pain: Phase II Feasibility Study
O'Sullivan, Isobel C, Crossley, Kay M, Kamper, Steven J, Middelkoop, Marienke van, Vicenzino, Bill, Smith, Melinda M Franettovich, Menz, Hylton B, Smith, Anne J, Tucker, Kylie, O'Leary, Karina T, Costa, Nathalia Cordeiro da and Collins, Natalie J (2021). Happi Kneecaps! A Double-Blind, Randomised, Parallel Group Superiority Trial Investigating the Effects of Shoe Inserts for Adolescents with Patellofemoral Pain: Phase II Feasibility Study. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-951393/v1
2020
Journal Article
HAPPi Kneecaps! Protocol for a participant- and assessor-blinded, randomised, parallel group feasibility trial of foot orthoses for adolescents with patellofemoral pain
O’Sullivan, Isobel C., Crossley, Kay M., Kamper, Steven J., van Middelkoop, Marienke, Vicenzino, Bill, Franettovich Smith, Melinda M., Menz, Hylton B., Smith, Anne J., Tucker, Kylie, O’Leary, Karina T. and Collins, Natalie J. (2020). HAPPi Kneecaps! Protocol for a participant- and assessor-blinded, randomised, parallel group feasibility trial of foot orthoses for adolescents with patellofemoral pain. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 13 (1) 50, 50. doi: 10.1186/s13047-020-00417-9
2014
Journal Article
Senior physiotherapy students as standardised patients for junior students enhances self-efficacy and satisfaction in both junior and senior students
Mandrusiak, Allison M., Isles, Rosemary, Chang, Angela T., Low Choy, Nancy L., Toppenberg, Rowena, McCook, Donna, Smith, Michelle D., O'Leary, Karina and Brauer, Sandra G. (2014). Senior physiotherapy students as standardised patients for junior students enhances self-efficacy and satisfaction in both junior and senior students. BMC Medical Education, 14 (1) 105, 105. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-105
2008
Journal Article
Manual therapy in ankle management
O'Leary, K., Smith, M. and Vicenzino, B. (2008). Manual therapy in ankle management. Sports Physio (1), 21-23.
2007
Journal Article
Managing soft tissue injuries
O'Leary, Karina and O'Leary, Shaun (2007). Managing soft tissue injuries. Australian pharmacist, 26 (6), 476-480.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
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