Dr Ben Hay

Biography

Benjamin is a senior lecturer within the school and has worked at the University since 2011. Prior to this, he worked in the critical care area since the year 2000 in both clinical and non-clinical roles. These roles in Intensive Care (ICU), included Staff Development and Postgraduate Staff Development, Clinical Nursing, Clinical Nurse Consultant-Critical Care Outreach, and numerous Acting roles in Equipment nursing, research and teaching.

Benjamin is an award winning academic having received awards for teaching and innovation. More recently, Benjamin received a VC Award for educational partnerships and collaborations for initiatives that enhance student learning. He is currently a member of the WA Chapter Honor Society of the Sigma Theta Tau International and a member of the Australian College of Nursing. Within his senior role, he enjoys mentoring staff and students to encourage excellence in learning, teaching and research scholarship.

Benjamin holds a Masters (Nursing), a Graduate Certificate of Critical Care Nursing, a Graduate Certificate of University Teaching and a PhD, which explored the factors influencing nurse graduates use of mobile technology in clinical settings. Benjamin has presented at conferences and has published locally, nationally and internationally. His interests include mobile technology, social media in health care and critical care.

Teaching areas

Teaching and course coordination of 1st year to 3rd year undergraduate courses including: Research and Informatics; Critical Care; Clinical Reasoning; Nursing skills; Health Assessment; Legal issues; & Pathophysiology and Pharmacology.
Course coordination of: Rural Health; Mental Health (Counseling Skills); & Chronic Care.
Coordinator of medication calculation software program across course (semester 2-6);
Post-graduate-Guest sessions- Re-entry to practice program; & Midwifery-Graduate Diploma of Midwifery course.

Research expertise and supervision

Doctor of Philosophy-PhD- Explanatory, sequential, mixed method research design;
Masters in Nursing;
Published in journals; & Conference presentations;
Research courses completed: Quantitative research methods; Qualitative research methods; Developing a research proposal; & Scholarly writing & publication.
Topics of interest: mobile technology, social media in health care and critical care.

Books

Contributed to a number of nursing textbooks and many online resources-expert reviewer; creation of online resources and textbook questions for international publishing company; proposal reviews; & manuscript reviewer.

Book chapters

Co-Author of 'Respiratory Skills' Nursing skills textbook Chapter 13:
Bloomfield, J., Pegram, A., Wilson, R. L., Pearson, A., Procter, N. G., McGuiness, B., . . . Hay, B. (2017). Clinical nursing skills: An australian perspective. New York, NY;Cambridge, United Kingdom;: Cambridge University Press.

Journal articles and proceedings

Hay, B., Carr, P. J., Dawe, L., & Clark-Burg, K. (2017). IM ready to learn: Undergraduate nursing students' knowledge, preferences, and practice of mobile technology and social media. CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing, 35(1), 8-17. doi:10.1097/CIN.0000000000000284
Daly, J. & Hay, B. (2014). Don’t waste your breath. Nursing Review. Retrieved from: http://www.nursingreview.com.au/2014/12/dont-waste-your-breath/
Clark-Burg, K., Carr, P., Hay, B., & McNaught, K. (2014). The use of social media in undergraduate curriculum. The Hive, 4, 26-27. Retrieved from: http://www.acn.edu.au/publications
Athifa, M., Fin, J., Bearley, L., Williams, TA., Hay, B., Laurie, K., Leen, T., O’Brien, K., Stuart, M., Watt, M., & Leslie, G. (2011). A qualitative exploration of nurse's perception of Critical Outreach Service: a before and after study. Australian Critical Care, (1), 39-47. Retrieved from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21074453
Williams, TA., Leslie, G., Finn, J., Brearley, L., Asthifa, M., Hay, B., Laurie, K., Leen, T., O’Brien, K., Stuart, M., & Watt, M. (2010). Clinical Effectiveness of a Critical Care Nursing Outreach Service in Facilitating Discharge From the Intensive Care Unit American Journal of Critical Care. American Journal of Critical Care, 19. (5). 63-72. Retrieved from: http://ajcc.aacnjournals.org/content/19/5/e63.abstract
Leslie, G., Williams, TA., Finn, J., Brearley, L., Athifa, M., Hay, B., Laurie, K., O’Brien, K., Stuart, M., & Watt, M. (2010). Evaluation of the clinical efficacy of a critical care outreach service for facilitated ICU discharge and ward-based care. Australian Critical Care, 23. (1). 34. Retrieved from: http://www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S1036-7314(09)00182-9/abstract

Conference papers

Hay, B. (2018, February). ‘SMARTcare’ seminars: Student engagement, involvement & ownership. Paper presented at the Teaching & Learning Forum 2018-Student Futures, Fremantle, WA. Abstract retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326648076_'SMARTcare'_seminars_Student_engagement_involvement_ownership
Hay, B. (2016, November). Is there a potential gap between learning with mobile technology and its use in clinical settings? Paper presented at the ICIN 2016 International Congress on Innovations in Nursing, Perth, WA. Abstract retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326647898_Is_there_a_potential_gap_between_learning_with_mobile_technology_and_its_use_in_clinical_settings
Hay, B., Clark-Burg, K., & Carr, P. (2014, January). Social media and mobile technology in the undergraduate curriculum. TL Forum (2014). Transformative, innovative and engaging. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Teaching Learning Forum, 30-31 January 2014. Perth: The University of Western Australia. Abstract Retrieved from http://otl.curtin.edu.au/events/conferences/tlf/tlf2014/abstracts.html
Hay, B. (2008, December). ‘ICP management-ICU’ ‘ICP/EVD Workshop’ and ‘Innovation in post ICU Neurosurgical patient management’. The CCO CNC role. The 8th Asean Neurosurgical Nursing Congress. Retrieved from: http://www.nam.org.my/index.cfm?&menuid=51

Professional affiliations

ACN (MACN);
Member of the WA Chapter Honor Society of the Sigma Theta Tau International -Psi Alpha at-Large Chapter;
The Australian Collaborative Education Network (ACEN)
The Australian Nurse Teachers Society (ANTS)
Australian Nursing Federation (ANF)

Awards

2018 Vice Chancellor Award (VC Award): For initiatives that enhance student learning; Educational partnerships and collaborations.
2018 University Nomination for an Industry Engagement Award- Australian Financial Review (AFR) Higher Education Awards
2018 University Nomination for a citation for outstanding contributions to student learning- Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT)
2017 End-year Staff Teaching Excellence Award-School of Nursing and Midwifery, NDA Fremantle (nominated from nursing student cohort).
2017 Mid-year Staff Teaching Excellence Award-School of Nursing and Midwifery, NDA Fremantle (nominated from nursing student cohort).
2014 UniJobs Lecturer of the year nomination. Ranked 4th in Australia from across the 3 UNDA campuses.
2014: Staff Teaching Excellence Award-School of Nursing and Midwifery, NDA Fremantle (nominated from nursing student cohort).
2013 UniJobs Lecturer of the Year nominations -Highest academic nominated from NDA Fremantle (2nd place nominated out of the 3 NDA campuses in Australia), Placed within Top 20 of nominated academics in Australia- placing in the top percentile for Australian academics for 2013 from over 30,000 nominations for the national award organization.

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