Professor Shane Patman

Head of School of Health Sciences; Head of Program Development, Quality
PhD; BAppSc(Physio); MSc; Grad Cert Uni Teaching; Grad Cert

Email: shane.patman@nd.edu.au
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  • Biography

    Shane started his journey within UNDA as a curriculum consultant in 2003 supporting the establishment of the physiotherapy program. After leading the cardiorespiratory physiotherapy stream for many years and being Associated Dean (Program Coordinator), he most recently was promoted to Professor and began as the inaugural Head of Program Development, Quality, and Assessment within the School of Health Sciences.

    As of late August 2024, he commenced as acting Head of School. Shane graduated from Sydney University [BAppSc(Physiotherapy)(1990)] then completed a research MSc. (1999) and PhD (2005), both with Curtin University. He is a cardiorespiratory specialist and Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists (2009). He also has completed Grad Certs in Uni Teaching (2007) and Not‐for‐Profit Leadership and Management (2016) at Notre Dame, and the Company Directors Course Diploma with the Australian Institute of Company Directors (2011). Beyond Notre Dame Shane has been actively engaged with the physiotherapy profession nationally and internationally serving as Vice‐President of the Australian Physiotherapy Association, Chair of the Australian Physiotherapy Council, inaugural President of the International Confederation of Cardiorespiratory Physical Therapists, and led the 2021 World Physiotherapy Conference Planning Committee. In 2024, Shane completed the inaugural UNDA Developing Leaders & High Potentials Program.

  • Teaching areas

    • Cardiorespiratory physiotherapy
    • Evidence based practice
    • Professional issues

  • Research expertise and supervision

    My research experiences are primarily quantitative, although I have collaborated on a number of qualitative projects. Much of the research experiences have centred on clinical trials, some observational, some interventional. I have worked across many study designs from online surveys, to nominal group technique, Delphi studies, cohort studies, RCTs, systematic and integrative reviews, meta-analysis, clinical practice recommendations and guidelines development. Settings have ranged from critical care to acute & sub-acute to community, and the breadth of cohorts has equally been diverse across the lifespan and from the critically ill, to the general/abdominal and cardiac surgery cohorts, to neuromuscular disease, intellectual disability, mental illness, incontinence and those with chronic respiratory disease.

    As primary supervisor I have supervised to completion 3 PhD, 1 Masters, and 16 honours students across three universities.

  • Book chapters

    • Patman S & Dean E (2022) Body Positioning (Ch 19), in Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy: Evidence to Practice, 6th Edition (Frownfelter D, Dean E, Stout M, Kruger R, Anthony J [Eds]). St Louis, USA: Mosby.
    • Piper A, Patman S, Gosselink R & Dean E (2022) Comprehensive Management of Individuals in the Intensive Care Unit (Ch 30), in Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy: Evidence to Practice, 6th Edition (Frownfelter D, Dean E, Stout M, Kruger R, Anthony J [Eds]). St Louis, USA: Mosby.
    • Patman S & Hill K (2014) Oxygen Therapy and Mechanical Ventilation, in Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy: Management and Case Studies, Second Edition. (Reid WD, Chung F, Hill K. Eds) Thorofare, NJ: Slack Inc.

  • Professional affiliations

    • Member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association, Australian College of Physiotherapists, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society

  • Community engagement

    Shane has peer-reviewed over 530 pre-publication manuscripts for 90 journals and is on 5 journal editorial boards. As an academic / associate editor he has managed over 330 pre-publication peer-review processes of journal manuscript submissions. Further he is a member of the grant advisory panels for the Raine Medical Research Foundation and the Physiotherapy Research Foundation, been an invited grant reviewer for 17 national or international funding bodies, and been an invited external thesis examiner for 21 dissertations – 13 PhD, 4 Masters, & 4 honours from universities in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan.

    Shane has been an invited external expert reviewer for the academic promotions process for universities in South Africa, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, and Australia. He is a regular invited speaker nationally and internationally at industry, government, professional or public gatherings (24 in last 5 years). Additionally, he has served on numerous conference scientific and/or organising committees, as well as being a consistent peer reviewer of national and international conference abstract submissions, for physiotherapy and broader multidisciplinary critical care events.

    Shane is a longstanding active contributor to Lifeblood, with over 725 donations.

  • Awards

    • 'Patrick Maher Award for Service Excellence & Contribution' (2022)