Flinders University
Ms Stacey George
Ms
Stacey
George
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/stacey.george
| Position/s: | Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator Rehabilitation, Aged & Extended Care |
| Phone: | +61 8 82751018 |
| Email: | stacey.george@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Repatriation General Hospital (-) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Teaching
Teaching interests
Dr George coordinates the Postgraduate Programs in Clinical Rehabilitation which provides opportunities for training in interdisciplinary approaches to rehabilitation. She currently supervises two Phd students and five Masters students, performing research related to her driving interests. She teaches the research subjects for the masters by clinical rehabilitation course. Additionally she teaches the Postgraduate course in Driver assessment and rehabilitation to Occupational Therapists, at the University of South Australia.
Research and consultancy
Research interests
Dr George has an internationally recognised track record in rehabilitation and driving research.
She has experience in undertaking research with adults in acute, rehabilitation and community settings in relation to driving and rehabilitation. She has extensive experience in recruiting and coordinating driving research studies. She has coordinated two randomized controlled trials, involving the coordination of a team of therapists and research staff across government and non-government organizations, managed documentation and reporting for all clinical and ethical safety committees. She is familiar with all outcome measurements and methodology being proposed.
Postgraduate research supervision
Currently I supervise two PhD students. One is evaluating the effectiveness of virtual rehabilitation (Kate Laver), and the second (Annabel McNamara) who will be examining driving cessation following stroke. Additionally, I currently supervise 7 Masters by research students and have supervised two to completion.
Publications
Refereed journal articles
George, S., Hayes, A., Chen, C.S., & Crotty, M., 2011. Are vision-specfic quality of life questionaries important in assessing rehabilitation for patients with hemianopia post stroke?. Topics In Stroke Rehabilitation, 18(4), 394-401.
George, S., Hayes, A., Chen, C.S., & Crotty, M., 2011. The Effect of static scanning and mobility training on mobility in people with hemianopia after stroke: a randomized controlled trial comparing standardized versus non-standardized treatment protocols. BMC Neurology, 11(87).
George, S. & Crotty, M., 2010. Establishing Criterion Validity of the Useful Field of View Assessment and Stroke Drivers' Screening Assessment: Comparison to the Result of On-Road Assessment. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(1), 114-122.
George, S. & Crotty, M., 2010. Rehabilitation for improving automobile driving after stroke (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (2), i-9.
Laver, K., George, S., Thomas, S., Deutsch, J., & Crotty, M., 2010. Virtual reality for stroke rehabilitation (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (2).
Crotty, M. & George, S., 2009. Retraining visual processing skills to improve driving ability after stroke. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 90(12), 2096-2102.
George, S., Clark, M.S., & Crotty, M., 2007. Development of the Adelaide driving self-efficacy scale. Clinical Rehabilitation, 21(1), 56-61.
Journal articles
Laver, K., George, S., Ratcliffe, J., & Crotty, M., 2011. Virtual reality stroke rehabilitation-hype or hope?. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal.
Professional and community engagement
Currently Dr George is the Chairperson of the South Australian Statewide Clinical Network Research Group since 2009. The main activities for this group in 2010 was to develop a strategic research plan for rehabilitation and host a research forum in rehabilitation.
She was Chairperson of the Driver Interest Group of Occupational Therapists in South Australia in 2010. Key projects have included the development of a proposal for transport services in South Australia and liaison with key stakeholders including the AMA and licensing services.
