Dr Elizabeth Goble

Casual Academic

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

place Sturt West
GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Elizabeth Goble is an Associate Lecturer in Health Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She has a research interest in the area of neurological/psychological trauma and mental health wellbeing and coping in the emergency services. She has research expertise in clinical medicine, with a specialty in neurology. Her research experience ranges from cellular microbiology within a laboratory environment, to departmental clinical experimental studies to multinational pharmaceutical trials.

Elizabeth is nearing completion of her Doctor of Philosophy in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Title: The Culture of Coping in an Ambulance Service. The thesis identifies strategies used amongst paramedics to maintain their mental health wellbeing after presenting the occupational stressors they deem to be the most important. This qualitative research case study was undertaken using interviews from the symbolic interactionist perspective.

Qualifications

Master of Medical Science by Research, 2009. The University of Adelaide. Department of Psychiatry. Title: Acetylcholine and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. This quantitative medical research incorporated a medical imaging study and a pre- and post-intervention pharmaceutical trial.

Honours in Research, 1995. Flinders University. Department of Neurology. Title: Regions leading discharge in picrotoxin-induced epilepsy. This clinical experimental medical research involved stereotaxic surgical techniques and immunohistochemistry.

Bachelor of Science (Psychology major / Neurobiology minor), 1994. Flinders University.

Diploma of Nursing, 1990. South Australian College of Advanced Education (Sturt).

Teaching interests
  •      Qualitative research methods
  •      Quantitative research methods
  •      Medicine / medical science
  •      Medical sociology
  •      Psychology / Neuropsychology
  •      Ethics
Topic coordinator
HLTH3105 Quantitative Methods for Social Health Research
HLTH3102 Qualitative Methods for Social Health Research
Topic lecturer
HLTH1004 Human Bioscience
Interests
  • Medical and Social Health Research methods: qualitative and quantitative
  • Paramedic mental health wellbeing
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder