Overview
Background
Dr Nancy Sturman has worked in Australian general practice since 1990, in both metropolitan and rural settings. She is currently a general practitioner with UQ Healthcare, where she has been the Clinical Lead of Homelessness and Addiction Medicine since 2011.
Nancy was a member of the Queensland Faculty of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), and chaired the Faculty's Research Support Committee, from 2014 - 2018. She is the Senior Academic Advisor with the Education Research Unit of the RACGP, and is a member of the Brisbane North Primary Health Network Clinical Council.
Nancy accepted an appointment with the University of Queensland's Discipline of General Practice in 2007, and was appointed to a Teaching Focused Associate Professor position with the Discipline in 2013. She led the delivery of the Discipline's clinical teaching from 2012 - 2015, as Academic Coordinator of the General Practice and Medicine in Society rotations. She chaired the School of Medicine's Assessment Sub-committee between 2013 and 2016, and served as the Deputy Chair of the University of Queensland Medical Research Ethics Committee between 2013 and 2016. She is currently the deputy Head of the Mayne Academy of General Practice, and leads UQ General Practice's scholarship of teaching and learning.
Her key research interests are: work-based learning in general practice training and medical education; managing and teaching ethical issues and professionalism in general practice; health and social care for vulnerable populations; and assessment in medical education. Nancy’s PhD focused on general practice registrar help-seeking, and supervisor input to patient care, during trainee consultations with patients.
Availability
- Associate Professor Nancy Sturman is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, University of Otago
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Oxford
- Postgraduate Diploma, unknown
- Doctor of Philosophy of Medical Education, The University of Queensland
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Research interests
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Health and social care for vulnerable populations
Active and recent projects explore healthcare for people with experience of homelessness, mental illness, and/or substance use issues. These include: 1) General practice care for patients with severe and persistent mental illness; 2) Digital health access in people experiencing homelessness; 3) Experiences of healthcare for people experiencing homelessness; 4) Methamphetamine use and opiate dependency. Selection of recent publications Sturman, Nancy and Matheson, Don (2020). 'I just hope they take it seriously': homeless men talk about their health care. Australian Health Review 44 (5) 748-754. https://doi.org/10.1071/ah19070 Sturman, Nancy and Matheson, Don (2020). ‘Genuine doctor care’: Perspectives on general practice and community-based care of Australian men experiencing homelessness. Health and Social Care in the Community, 28 (4) hsc.12963, 1301-1309. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12963 Sturman, Nancy, Williams, Ryan, Ostini, Remo, Wyder, Marianne and Siskind, Dan (2020). 'A really good GP': engagement and satisfaction with general practice care of people with severe and persistent mental illness. Australian Journal of General Practice, 49 (1-2), 61-65. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-02-19-485 Sturman, Nancy, Farley, Rebecca, Claudio, Fernanda and Avila, Patricia (2017). Improving the effectiveness of interpreted consultations: Australian interpreter, general practitioner and patient perspectives. Health & social care in the community, 26 (2), 233-240. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12504
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Medical education
A/Professor Sturman undertakes a broad range of activities within the scholarship of Teaching and Learning, including current projects exploring the following: 1) Teaching and learning about ethical issues and professionalism in general practice; 2) Work-based learning in general practice training and medical education; 3) Self-monitoring and help-seeking in general practice training; 4) Student perspectives on, and utilisation of, online resources and teaching; 5) Assessment in medical education; 6) Curriculum development; 7) Faculty and supervisor professional development. Selection of recent publications Sturman, Nancy, Parker, Malcolm, and Jorm, Christine (2020). Clinical supervision in general practice training: the interweaving of supervisor, trainee and patient entrustment with clinical oversight, patient safety and trainee learning. Advances in Health Sciences Education 26 (1) 297-311. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-020-09986-7 Sturman, Nancy J., Tapley, Amanda, van Driel, Mieke L., Holliday, Elizabeth G., Ball, Jean I., Davey, Andrew R., Fielding, Alison, FitzGerald, Kristen, Spike, Neil A., and Magin, Parker J. (2020). Configurations for obtaining in-consultation assistance from supervisors in general practice training, and patient-related barriers to trainee help-seeking: a survey study. BMC Medical Education 20 (1) 369 369. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02291-2 Sturman, Nancy, Jorm, Christine and Parker, Malcolm (2020). With a grain of salt? Supervisor credibility and other factors influencing trainee decisions to seek in-consultation assistance: a focus group study of Australian general practice trainees. BMC Family Practice, 21 (1) 28, 28. doi: 10.1186/s12875-020-1084-7 Sturman, Nancy and Ostini, Remo (2018). Medical student contact with specialty trainees: missing out in general practice?. Australian Journal of General Practice, 47 (6), 391-395. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-12-17-4423 Sturman, Nancy, Tan, Zachary and Turner, Jane (2017). “A steep learning curve”: junior doctor perspectives on the transition from medical student to the health-care workplace. BMC Medical Education, 17 (92) 92, 92. doi: 10.1186/s12909-017-0931-2
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The craft of general practice
Active projects explore the relational basis of general practice, general practitioner health and well-being, and partnerships with other health professions. Selection of recent publications Foot, Holly, Scott, Ian, Sturman, Nancy, Whitty, Jennifer A., Rixon, Kylie, Connelly, Luke, Williams, Ian, and Freeman, Christopher (2021). Impact of pharmacist and physician collaborations in primary care on reducing readmission to hospital: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.07.015 Freeman, Christopher R., Scott, Ian A., Hemming, Karla, Connelly, Luke B., Kirkpatrick, Carl M., Coombes, Ian, Whitty, Jennifer, Martin, James, Cottrell, Neil, Sturman, Nancy, Russell, Grant M., Williams, Ian, Nicholson, Caroline, Kirsa, Sue, and Foot, Holly (2021). Reducing Medical Admissions and Presentations Into Hospital through Optimising Medicines (REMAIN HOME): a stepped wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial. The Medical Journal of Australia 214 (5) 212-217. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50942 Foot, Holly, Freeman, Christopher, Hemming, Karla, Scott, Ian, Coombes, Ian D., Williams, Ian D., Connelly, Luke, Whitty, Jennifer A., Sturman, Nancy, Kirsa, Sue, Nicholson, Caroline, Russell, Grant, Kirkpatrick, Carl and Cottrell, Neil (2017). Reducing medical admissions into hospital through optimising medicines (REMAIN HOME) study: protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial. BMJ Open, 7 (4) e015301, e015301. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-01530
Works
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Featured
2016
Journal Article
Eligibility for opiate substitution therapy in recently released prisoners with high-risk amphetamine use, and their perceptions of its effectiveness
Sturman, Nancy and Saiepour, Nargess (2016). Eligibility for opiate substitution therapy in recently released prisoners with high-risk amphetamine use, and their perceptions of its effectiveness. Journal of Substance Use, 22 (5), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/14659891.2016.1246622
Featured
2014
Journal Article
How confident are general practitioners in teaching medical students about ethical issues on general practice placements?
Sturman, Nancy and Saiepour, Nargess (2014). How confident are general practitioners in teaching medical students about ethical issues on general practice placements?. Australian Family Physician, 43 (12), 880-883.
Featured
2014
Journal Article
Ethics and professionalism in general practice placements: what should students learn?
Sturman, Nancy and Saiepour, Nargess (2014). Ethics and professionalism in general practice placements: what should students learn?. Australian Family Physician, 43 (7), 468-472.
Featured
2014
Journal Article
Exploring medical student experiences of ethical issues and professionalism in Australian general practice
Sturman, Nancy, Farley, Rebecca and Jennings, Warren (2014). Exploring medical student experiences of ethical issues and professionalism in Australian general practice. International Journal of Practice-based Learning in Health and Social Care, 2 (2), 1-8. doi: 10.11120/pblh.2014.00037
Featured
2013
Journal Article
The elusive grail of social inclusion in medical selection
Sturman, Nancy and Parker, Malcolm (2013). The elusive grail of social inclusion in medical selection. Medical Education, 47 (6), 542-544. doi: 10.1111/medu.12211
Featured
2012
Journal Article
The informal curriculum: general practitioner perceptions of ethics in clinical practice
Sturman, Nancy J., Parker, Malcolm and van Driel, Mieke L. (2012). The informal curriculum: general practitioner perceptions of ethics in clinical practice. Australian Family Physician, 41 (12), 981-984.
Featured
2011
Journal Article
Teaching medical students: Ethical challenges
Sturman, Nancy (2011). Teaching medical students: Ethical challenges. Australian Family Physician, 40 (12), 992-995.
Featured
2011
Journal Article
Teaching and patient payment
Sturman, Nancy J. (2011). Teaching and patient payment. Medical Journal of Australia, 195 (4), 231-231. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03293.x
Featured
2011
Journal Article
Rewards, costs and challenges: The experience of teaching medical students in general practice
Sturman, N. J., Régo, P. M. and Dick, M.-L. B. (2011). Rewards, costs and challenges: The experience of teaching medical students in general practice. Medical Education, 45 (7), 722-730. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.03930.x
2024
Journal Article
Pandemic impacts on rural general practice: Trainees and supervision team working and learning together
Brumpton, Kay, Sturman, Nancy, O'Shannessy, Megan, Noble, Christy and Billett, Stephen (2024). Pandemic impacts on rural general practice: Trainees and supervision team working and learning together. Australian Journal of Rural Health. doi: 10.1111/ajr.13185
2024
Journal Article
Reimagining rural clinical education from lessons learnt during COVID
Billett, Stephen, Noble, Christy, Sturman, Nancy, O'Shannessy, Megan, Brumpton, Kay and Le, Anh Hai (2024). Reimagining rural clinical education from lessons learnt during COVID. The Clinical Teacher, 21 (4) e13732, 1-7. doi: 10.1111/tct.13732
2024
Conference Publication
Near-peer teaching in general practice: more than one way to solve a problem
Ryan, Cherri, Kelly, Michaela, Green, Alison, Shirley, Beth, Chau, Annabel, Melville, Rory, Jackson, Claire, Preston, Scott and Sturman, Nancy (2024). Near-peer teaching in general practice: more than one way to solve a problem. ANZAHPE, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 1-4 July 2024.
2024
Journal Article
Rescuing the profession we love: general practice training sector recommendations for improving the attractiveness of general practice training. A qualitative analysis
Sturman, Nancy, Tran, Michael and Vasiliadis, Sophie (2024). Rescuing the profession we love: general practice training sector recommendations for improving the attractiveness of general practice training. A qualitative analysis. Medical Journal of Australia, 220 (9), 461-465. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52291
2024
Journal Article
Digital health access, uptake, literacy and trust in people with experience of homelessness
Sturman, Nancy, Ostini, Remo, Choy, Melinda and Cyphers, Griffin (2024). Digital health access, uptake, literacy and trust in people with experience of homelessness. Australian Journal of General Practice, 4 (4), 220-226. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-2-23-6716
2023
Journal Article
Where the joy comes from: a qualitative exploration of deep GP-patient relationships
Thomas, Hayley, Lynch, Johanna, Burch, Emily, Best, Megan, Ball, Lauren, Sturgiss, Elizabeth and Sturman, Nancy (2023). Where the joy comes from: a qualitative exploration of deep GP-patient relationships. BMC Primary Care, 24 (1) 268, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02224-0
2023
Journal Article
Clinician and education researcher: Ships passing in the night?
Sturman, Nancy Jennifer (2023). Clinician and education researcher: Ships passing in the night?. Medical Education, 57 (11), 994-995. doi: 10.1111/medu.15194
2023
Journal Article
Utilisation of in-consultation supervisor assistance in general practice training and personal cost to trainees: A cross-sectional study
Sturman, Nancy, Tapley, Amanda, Holliday, Elizabeth, Fielding, Alison, Davey, Andrew, Van Driel, Mieke, Ball, Jean, Fitzgerald, Kristen, Spike, Neil and Magin, Parker (2023). Utilisation of in-consultation supervisor assistance in general practice training and personal cost to trainees: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Primary Health Care, 16 (1), 4-11. doi: 10.1071/HC23044
2023
Conference Publication
Exploring deep GP patient relationships: a qualitative study with GP-patient dyads
Thomas, Hayley, Lynch, Johanna, Burch, Emily, Best, Megan, Ball, Lauren, Sturgiss, Elizabeth and Sturman, Nancy (2023). Exploring deep GP patient relationships: a qualitative study with GP-patient dyads. Australasian Association of Academic Primary Care, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 17-18 August 2023. Clayton, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
2023
Conference Publication
Building research skills and culture in general practice training: best practice and future priorities.
Sturman, Nancy, Franklin, Georgia and Woods, Amelia (2023). Building research skills and culture in general practice training: best practice and future priorities.. AAAPC, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 6-8 August 2023.
2023
Journal Article
Holding the complex whole: generalist philosophy, priorities and practice that facilitate whole-person care
Lynch, Johanna M., Thomas, Hayley R., Askew, Deborah A. and Sturman, Nancy (2023). Holding the complex whole: generalist philosophy, priorities and practice that facilitate whole-person care. Australian Journal of General Practice, 52 (7), 428-433. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-01-23-6686
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Nancy Sturman is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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medical education
I am interested in a broad range of medical education topics. These include:
Teaching and learning about ethical issues and professionalism;
Work-based learning;
Self-monitoring and help-seeking in clinical training;
Student perspectives on, and utilisation of, learning resource;
Assessment in medical education and training;
Faculty and clinical teacher professional development.
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Health and social care for vulnerable clients
I am interested in health and social care (particularly in general practice or primary care) for people experiencing challenges with substance use, persistent mental health issues and social exclusion.
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The craft of general practice
I am interested in general practice in all its many facets. My interests include the relational basis of general practice, general practitioner health and well-being, and partnerships with other health professions.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Eating Disorders and Christian Spirituality: An Exploratory and Co-Design Approach to Prevention, Whole Person Care and Recovery
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