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, Institution to be confirmed
- 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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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
2023
Conference Publication
Exploring the Nexus between Employment, Supervisory Relationships and Trainee Assessment in GP Training Practices
Sturman, Nancy (2023). Exploring the Nexus between Employment, Supervisory Relationships and Trainee Assessment in GP Training Practices. ANZAHPE, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 26-28 June 2023.
2023
Conference Publication
Vulnerability in Medicine Tutorials - minimising power differentials, building relationships and championing self-care.
Kelly, Michaela, Green, Alison, Lynch, Johanna, Mainstone, Penny and Sturman, Nancy (2023). Vulnerability in Medicine Tutorials - minimising power differentials, building relationships and championing self-care.. ANZAHPE -Turning Tides - Navigating the Opportunities 2023, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 26-29 June 2023.
2023
Conference Publication
Building research skills and culture in general practice training: best practice and future priorities.
Sturman, Nancy (2023). Building research skills and culture in general practice training: best practice and future priorities.. ANZAHPE, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 26-28 June 2023.
2023
Journal Article
Work-based feedback conversations with GP teachers
Sturman, Nancy Jennifer, MItchell, Benjamin, Jennings, Warren, Kelly, Michaela, O'Reilly, Joanne Margaret and King, David (2023). Work-based feedback conversations with GP teachers. The Clinical Teacher, 20 (3) e13576, 1-7. doi: 10.1111/tct.13576
2022
Conference Publication
Education Research Grants successes and challenges: activity, findings, outputs, impacts
Vasiliadis, Sophie and Sturman, Nancy (2022). Education Research Grants successes and challenges: activity, findings, outputs, impacts. GP22, Melbourne, VIC Australia, November 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
Capturing best educational practice in Australian GP training: an appreciative inquiry approach
Sturman, Nancy (2022). Capturing best educational practice in Australian GP training: an appreciative inquiry approach. GP22, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 25-27 November 2022.
2022
Journal Article
Enhanced primary care after hospitalization: General practitioner, pharmacist and patient feedback from the REMAIN HOME trial
Foot, Holly, Kirkpatrick, Carl, Russell, Grant, Sturman, Nancy, Cossart, Amelia and Freeman, Christopher (2022). Enhanced primary care after hospitalization: General practitioner, pharmacist and patient feedback from the REMAIN HOME trial. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 19 (3), 510-516. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.09.014
2022
Journal Article
The educational affordances of external clinician observation of GP trainee consultations
Sturman, Nancy, Fitzmaurice, Elizabeth, Waters, Erin, Sheldrake, Michelle and Lee, Cathy (2022). The educational affordances of external clinician observation of GP trainee consultations. Medical Education, 56 (9), 915-921. doi: 10.1111/medu.14841
2022
Conference Publication
Digital health access in people experiencing homelessness
Sturman, Nancy (2022). Digital health access in people experiencing homelessness. AAAPC, Online, August 2022.
2022
Journal Article
‘Things we are expected to just do and deal with’: Using the medical humanities to encourage reflection on vulnerability and nurture clinical skills, collegiality, compassion, and self-care
Kelly, Michaela, Lynch, Johanna, Mainstone, Penny, Green, Alison and Sturman, Nancy (2022). ‘Things we are expected to just do and deal with’: Using the medical humanities to encourage reflection on vulnerability and nurture clinical skills, collegiality, compassion, and self-care. Perspectives on Medical Education, 11 (5), 300-304. doi: 10.1007/s40037-022-00724-w
2022
Journal Article
Heard, known, and safe in general practice? An interview study with patients with severe and persistent mental illness
Sturman, Nancy Jennifer, Williams, Ryan, Wyder, Marianne and Lynch, Johanna (2022). Heard, known, and safe in general practice? An interview study with patients with severe and persistent mental illness. BJGP Open, 6 (2) BJGPO.2021.0201. doi: 10.3399/bjgpo.2021.0201
2022
Journal Article
GP teachers’ views on continuing clinical placements in general practice during the evolving COVID-19 pandemic
Wallis, Katharine A, Smith, Jane, Henderson, Margaret, Yates, Natasha, Sturman, Nancy and Askew, Deborah A (2022). GP teachers’ views on continuing clinical placements in general practice during the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. Australian Journal of General Practice, 51 (3), 167-170. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-10-21-6203
2021
Other Outputs
General practice trainee help-seeking, and supervisor input, during trainee consultations with patients
Sturman, Nancy Jennifer (2021). General practice trainee help-seeking, and supervisor input, during trainee consultations with patients. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/25dba0e
2021
Journal Article
Heliox for croup in children
Moraa, Irene, Sturman, Nancy, McGuire, Treasure M. and van Driel, Mieke L. (2021). Heliox for croup in children. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 8 (8) CD006822, CD006822. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006822.pub6
2021
Conference Publication
When worlds collide: exploring vulnerability in patients, medical students and doctors
Kelly, Michaela, Lynch, Johanna, Green, Alison, Mainstone, P., Eastgate, Gillian and Sturman, Nancy (2021). When worlds collide: exploring vulnerability in patients, medical students and doctors. ANZAHPE 2021 Moving Forward in Ambiguity, Online, July 2021.
2020
Conference Publication
‘Lucky to be here in Australia’: understanding the challenges and opportunities for general practice to deliver compassionate and effective care to men experiencing homelessness
Sturman, Nancy (2020). ‘Lucky to be here in Australia’: understanding the challenges and opportunities for general practice to deliver compassionate and effective care to men experiencing homelessness. Australian Association of Academic Primary Care, Online, 2020.
2020
Conference Publication
Sometimes hard to hear: people with severe and persistent mental illness
Sturman, Nancy (2020). Sometimes hard to hear: people with severe and persistent mental illness. AAAPC, Online, August 2020.
2020
Conference Publication
Sometimes hard to hear: Patients with severe and persistent mental illness talk about general practice
Sturman, N., Lynch, J. and Williams, R. (2020). Sometimes hard to hear: Patients with severe and persistent mental illness talk about general practice. AAAPC 2020 Annual Research Conference, Online, 13-14 August 2020. CLAYTON: CSIRO PUBLISHING.
2020
Conference Publication
'Lucky to be here in Australia': understanding the challenges and opportunities for general practice to deliver compassionate and effective care to men experiencing homelessness
Sturman, Nancy (2020). 'Lucky to be here in Australia': understanding the challenges and opportunities for general practice to deliver compassionate and effective care to men experiencing homelessness. Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care (AAAPC) Annual Research Conference, Online, 14-15 August 2020. Clayton, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. doi: 10.1071/PYv26n4abs
Funding
Current funding
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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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