School of Clinical Sciences
The School of Clinical Sciences plays an important role in specialist teaching and research conducted by its academic staff and postgraduate students. This places AUT students at the forefront of much of the ground-breaking research undertaken in New Zealand, especially in the fields of Midwifery, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Oral Health, Paramedicine, Physiotherapy, Podiatry.
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Nursing Students As Agents of Change: Empowering Patients Using Mobile Technology in Health Promotion
(Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre, 2014)Nursing students from AUT University perform health assessments in the workplace as a part of their clinical learning experience. In this study, the authors evaluated the use of iPad mini’s and a Vodafone Pocket Wi-Fi (3G ... -
Pain Catastrophizing, Neuroticism, Fear of Pain, and Anxiety: Defining the Genetic and Environmental Factors in a Sample of Female Twins
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018)The objective of the present study was to establish the heritability of pain catastrophizing and its subdomains of helplessness, magnification, and rumination and to further explore the genetic and environmental sources ... -
Relationship Between Socioeconomic Factors, Distribution of Public Access Defibrillators and Incidence of Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest
(Elsevier, 2019)Background: Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is improved when public access defibrillators are used. Areas of socioeconomic deprivation may have higher rates of OHCA and thus a greater demand for public ... -
Could a Focus on Participation Contribute to Addressing Child Poverty in New Zealand? An Occupational Therapy Perspective
(The School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies, AUT University, 2014)What may be missing from the ‘child poverty discourse’ in New Zealand is the potential that a focus on participation could bring to creating sustainable solutions to addressing child poverty and improving health and wellbeing ... -
Fostering a Research Culture in Paramedicine: Selected Proceedings From the 2011–2013 Paramedic Research Forum at Auckland University of Technology
(Paramedics Australia, 2014)These are selected posters from the Auckland University of Technology Paramedic Research Forums in 2011-2013. -
Problematizing ‘Productive Citizenship’ Within Rehabilitation Services: Insights From Three Studies
(Taylor and Francis, 2019)Background: The idea that everyone should strive to be a ‘productive citizen’ is a dominant societal discourse. However, critiques highlight that common definitions of productive citizenship focus on forms of participation ... -
Inaction and Coping Plans As an Adjunct to Physiotherapy Rehabilitation for Soft Tissue Injuries of the Shoulder: A Pilot Study
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Triage Sieves, Which Application is Best for the Military Medic?
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Proposal for a National Interprofessional School of Rural Health
(New Zealand Medical Association, 2018)Shortages of health professionals persist in much of rural New Zealand despite a range of targeted university and professional college initiatives. In response to this a collective of universities, professional colleges ... -
Creating Treaty-based Local Governance in New Zealand: Māori and Pākehā Views
(Taylor and Francis, 2017)This article explores the need for Treaty-based local governance, raised to national prominence by the 2014 outrage against New Plymouth Mayor Andrew Judd, who advocated a Māori ward for 2016. The Treaty of Waitangi ... -
Establishing the Aus-ROC Australian and New Zealand Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Epistry
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)Introduction: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a global health problem with low survival. Regional variation in survival has heightened interest in combining cardiac arrest registries to understand and improve OHCA ... -
Use of a Functional Mobility Measure to Predict Discharge Destinations for Patients Admitted to an Older Adult Rehabilitation Ward: A Feasibility Study
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018)Objective: To investigate whether the discharge destination for older adults can be predicted using functional mobility as measured by the Modified Elderly Mobility Scale (MEMS), associated with demographic and primary ... -
Knowledge Attitudes and Behaviours (KAB) Surveys on Concussion in Sport: Secondary School Students September 2018 Survey. Report # 1 to Accident Compensation Corporation.
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Knowledge Attitudes and Behaviours (KAB) Surveys on Concussion in Sports: Rugby Referees March 2018 Survey. Report #4 to Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)
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Knowledge Attitudes and Behaviours (KAB) Surveys on Concussion in Sports: Coaches September 2018 Survey. Report #3 to Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)
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Awareness of Concussion in Equestrian Sports. Report to Stakeholders, January 2019.
(Auckland University of Technology (AUT), 2019)Executive Summary An online 48-item questionnaire was used to explore concussion awareness, attitudes and behaviour in equestrian sports in New Zealand (NZ). Equestrian Sports New Zealand, New Zealand Pony Cub, Harness ... -
Designing a Virtual Health Faculty Hub
(Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCLITE), 2018)In this paper, we discuss the design of a 360-degree virtual environment experience for Health School students to explore seven university health disciplines within the School of Clinical Science. This teaching approach ... -
Quantification of Movement-related EEG Correlates Associated With Motor Training: A Study on Movement-related Cortical Potentials and Sensorimotor Rhythms
(Frontiers Media, 2017)The ability to learn motor tasks is important in both healthy and pathological conditions. Measurement tools commonly used to quantify the neurophysiological changes associated with motor training such as transcranial ... -
Ageing With Cerebral Palsy; What Are the Health Experiences of Adults With Cerebral Palsy? A Qualitative Study
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2016)Objective To enhance understanding of the experiences of ageing with cerebral palsy (CP) in adulthood with a particular focus on experiences with health services. Design A qualitative descriptive methodology was applied ...