Eileen Donoghue
Associate Lecturer
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
I am a registered nurse with extensive expertise in complex symptom management and terminal phase care, bringing a wealth of clinical and academic experience to my role as a Teaching Specialist. My career spans diverse palliative care settings across Western Australia, the United Kingdom, and specialist palliative care settings. I possess leadership skills in clinical education and workforce support, optimising care for individuals with palliative and end-of-life needs. Holding a Master of Palliative Care and a Postgraduate Certificate in Health Professions Education, my teaching is guided by evidence-based knowledge and a deep understanding of clinical realities. My overarching goal is to deliver excellence in teaching and learning, bridging the gap between education and the health workforce to empower clinicians to provide outstanding care.
Master of Palliative Care, Flinders University, South Australia, 2016
PG Certificate in Health Professions Education, University of Western Australia, 2015
PG Certificate of Health (Pall Care), Flinders University, South Australia, 2008
Diploma of Midwifery, Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia, 2005
Bachelor of Science (nsg), Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia, 2002
2024 Excellence in Teaching Award (Team Award) Flinders University, College of Nursing and Health Sciences
2015 Flinders University Chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society - Academic excellence Flinders University
With a belief that education is the cornerstone of excellent palliative and end-of-life care, Eileen 's teaching centres around
- Curriculum development in the asynchronous online learning environment that supports students to engage and learn in ways that meet the unique needs of individual learners.
- Educational strategies that better support our workforce to manage the increasing number of people and the complexity of populations requiring palliative and end-of-life care in Australia.
- The trifecta of difficulties that healthcare professionals continually encounter related to - recognising a dying patient, the seeming disconnects between societal avoidance around discussions of death, and dying, and the over-medicalisation of death.
Manages the Postgraduate Palliative and End-of-Life Care courses page
Sturt Rd, Bedford Park
South Australia 5042
South Australia | Northern Territory
Global | Online
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