Professor Karen Clark-Burg

National Head of the School of Nursing & Midwifery, and interim Head of the School of Health Sciences
RN, PhD, EMBA, CGNC

Email: karen.clark-burg@nd.edu.au
Phone: 9433 0278

  • Biography

    Professor Karen Clark-Burg is the National Head of School, Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Midwifery and Health Sciences, University of Notre Dame Australia.

    Karen is an experienced academic leader having held senior leadership roles as the Dean of the School of nursing and midwifery. Karen has worked as a senior nurse for many years in both public and private hospitals and held various senior management roles. She has extensive experience in national health regulation as a past member of the WA nursing and midwifery board and AHPRA and is currently a member of the registered nurse accreditation committee with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council. She has been awarded collaborative multidisciplinary research grants.

    Karen is a Certified Global Nurse Consultant, alumna of the Global nursing leadership institute, International Council of Nurses, Vice Chair of the Leadership communities of interest with the Australian College of Nursing, a member of the editorial board of the Australian journal of clinical education and the Australian journal of Perioperative nursing. She has presented at conferences nationally and internationally and published widely. Her research interests are leadership, global health, transformative curriculum design, perioperative nursing and learning and teaching innovations.

    She has a Master of Business Administration (Executive) and her PhD research study was on leadership in the nursing profession.

  • Teaching areas

    Perioperative nursing, nursing management, decision making and learning and teaching innovations

  • Research expertise and supervision

    Perioperative nursing, nursing management, decision making and learning and teaching innovations. Grounded Theory, Qualitiative research.

    Karen is currently supervising 7 Higher degree by research students and has supervised students to completion. Karen is part of a research team with partners from Sacred Heart University, Connecticut on a multinational study researching graduate nurses clinical leadership behaviors  in Australia, Ireland and the US. Karen also co-teaches in the Nursing Leadership and Management course to students from Australia, Ireland and America in Dingle, Ireland as part of a study abroad program.

  • Journal articles and proceedings

    Clarke, S., Clark-Burg, K. & Pavlos, E. (2018) Clinical Handover of immediate postoperative patients: A Literature review. Journal of Perioperative Nursing, Volume 31 (2).

    Nicholson, P; Clark-Burg, K., Flood, P., Gimblett, M., Goudas, L. & Robinson, R. (2018) ‘Safe patient positioning in the perioperative environment’. ACORN journal Vol 31 (1).

    Clark-Burg, K; & Alliex, S. (2017). Nurse Managers’ Decision Making Styles. Nursing Management Journal.

    Hay, B., Carr, P., Dawe, L & Clark-Burg, K. (2016). I’m Ready to Learn. Journal of Healthcare Communications and Informatics.

    Clark-Burg, K. & Vakil, A (2013) ‘Mentorship and the new undergraduate student.’ The Hive. September edition.

    Clark-Burg, K., Carr, P., Hay, B. & McNaught, K (2013). The use of Social media in the undergraduate curriculum.

    Clark-Burg, K; Das, A & Alliex, S. (2010). An innovative educational experience: the use of video to enhance the learning of practical skills in the undergraduate nursing curriculum. Nursing Review. May 16-17.

    Clark-Burg, K (2008) 'Future perioperative registered nurses: an insight into a perioperative programme for undergraduate nursing students', Journal of Perioperative Practice Vol. 18 (10), p. 432.

  • Conference papers

    • 2018 12th Biennial Conference of the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Midwifery:
      ‘Universal Health Coverage: SDGs are everyone's business’
      Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia
      Paper: “Are we making a meaningful impact: perspectives of undergraduate nursing students on their Vietnam immersion program”
    • 2018 Australian College of Operating Room Nurses (ACORN) and ASIORNA International Conference Adelaide Convention Centre
      Paper: “Are we doing enough to prevent patient injuries caused by positioning for surgery? An overview of the ACORN Standard: ‘Safe Patient Positioning in the Perioperative Environment”.
    • 2017 Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) 44th Biennial Convention Indianapolis, United States of America
      Paper: “Intrapreneurial Nurse Managers: Transforming Workplaces.”
    • 2017 International Council of Nursing (ICN) Biennial Convention Barcelona, Spain
      Paper: “How do our Nurse Managers make decisions?”
    • 2015 St John of God Subiaco Research Symposium Keynote Address
      Paper: “A force for Change”
    • 2014 Teaching and Learning Forum
      University Club, UWA (January 2014)
      Paper: “Social Media in the Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum”
    • 2013 1st Nursing and Midwifery Leadership Conference Pan Pacific Hotel, Perth (November 2013)
      Winner: Best Oral Presenter Award
      Paper: “Nurse Managers’ Decision Making Styles”
    • Invited Speaker - Operating Room Nurses Association (ORNA) 44th Annual Conference – “Things that go bump”
      Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle (October 2013)
      Paper: “Why we do what we do” Debunking the management myths
    • 2013 1st Annual Worldwide Nursing Conferene Singapore (July 2013) 
      Paper: “Nurse Managers Decision Making Process” HERDSA Conference Auckland, New Zealand (July 2013) 
      Poster: “An innovative mentoring programme for undergraduate nursing students”
    • 2011 International Council of Nurses (ICN) Conference Nurses Driving Access, Quality and Health La Valetta, Malta (2nd – 8th May 2011) Paper: “Clinical Nurse Managers: A study on decision making process”
    • Invited Keynote Speaker - Operating Room Nurses Association (ORNA) 43rd Annual Conference – “The heat is on” Rendezvous Observation Centre, (25th - 26th May 2011) Paper: “Striking the balance”: Preliminary findings from a study on clinical nurse managers”
    • 2010 Australian College of Operating Room Nurses (ACORN) 2010 14th National Conference – Westward Bound: Building a Strong Future (19th -22nd May 2010)
    • Paper: “In Leaps and Bounds: Towards a Strong Future” 2009 Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) West Australian Networking and Dissemination Forum – Curtin University, Bentley WA (November 2009)
    • Poster:” Interactive Video Method of Teaching and Assessment”
    • ALTC Collaborative Grant Project - The Physiotherapy, Health Science, Education, Nursing and Counselling (PHENC) Project (July 2009)
    • Paper: ‘Interactive video analysis to develop learning and assessment of university students’ practical and communication skills’.
    • 4th International Congress on Innovations in Nursing (ICIN) – Speaker Perth Convention Centre WA (27-29 May 2009) Paper: “Collaborative Education: an innovative method of teaching undergraduate nursing students”
    • Royal College of Nursing, Joint Education Forums’ 2nd International Conference and Exhibition - Speaker Thistle Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland (11-13 June 2009) Paper: “Videoing as a teaching and learning tool in an undergraduate nursing curriculum”
    • 2008 Royal College of Nursing Australia Annual Conference –Speaker Sheraton Hotel Perth WA (25 – 27 September 2008) Paper: “An Innovative Educational Experience: the Use of Video to Enhance Learning of Practical Skills in the Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum”
    • ACORN National Conference – Speaker Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland (21-24 May 2008) Paper: “Sink or Swim: Bridging the gap between the flags”
    • Winner of the Best Novice Paper Award sponsored by Nicholas Stenning & Co

  • Books and Journal Article reviews

    • 2018 Hamlin et al, Introduction to Perioperative Nursing, Australian Edition – Elsevier REVIEW
    • 2017 Chang and Daly, Text: Transitions in Nursing 3rd edition Australian Edition – Elsevier REVIEW
    • 2016 - current Editor, Australian Journal for Clinical Education
    • 2015 - current ACORN journal reviewer, Journal of Perioperative Nursing in Australia
    • 2015 Kozier and Erb’s, Text: Fundamentals of Nursing: 4th edition Australian Edition - PEARSON EDUCATION REVIEW
    • 2011 “Undergraduate nursing students' placement in speciality clinical areas: understanding the concerns of the student and registered nurse”, Journal: Nurse Education Today

  • Awards

    • 2011 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Initiatives that Enhance Student Learning – Inaugural Award University of Notre Dame Australia
    • 2011 Joyce Wickham Memorial Grant Royal College of Nursing Australia
    • 2010 2010 Helen Bailey Scholarship Nursing and Midwifery Office, Health Department of Western Australia
    • 2009 Nomination for Staff Excellence Award – Women and Newborn Health Service
    • 2008 University Nomination for Teaching Excellence – Australian Learning & Teaching Council (Carrick Institute)
    • 2008 Best Novice Paper – ACORN National Conference Presented at Gold Coast Exhibition Centre
    • 2006 Professional Scholarship - Diploma in Business by Australian institute of Management (AIM) Women’s and Childrens’ Health Service
    • 2005 Scholarship - Healthcare Association of Western Australia (HAWA) To attend the 3rd Australasian Conference on Safety and Quality in HealthCare “Evolution or Revolution” Adelaide
    • 2005 Inaugural ‘Leading 100’– WA Emerging Health Leaders Program Selected by Area Health Service CEO and WA State Health Executive to undertake a 6 month program in leadership.