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14:00 - 14:20: Social Media in Research/Clinical Practice

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Session 3
Friday, October 21, 2016
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Meeting Room 2

Overview

Kaye Rolls


Speaker

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Kaye Rolls
University of Technology Sydney

Social Media in Researc/Clinical Practice

Biography

Kaye has worked in intensive care for many years holding a variety of positions including clinical nurse specialist, nurse educator, clinical nurse unit manager, data manager and now knowledge manager. In 2004 she moved onto as statewide role as CNC for Knowledge Management for ICCMU and now as Clinical project officer. Some of her current responsibilities include development and implementation of guidelines, moderating ICUConnect and developing online resources for the intensive care visitor. Her most recent achievement has been working with NSW clinicians to implement a tracheostomy guideline. This has resulting in significant reductions morbidity mortality. Kaye has three areas of research and publication. A passion for ensuring critically ill patients receive excellent care has led to publications on oral and eye care and VAP. In collaboration with Professor Doug Elliott she has developed a guideline development process using objective consensus methods. Her doctoral research program focuses on how social media and virtual communities can be used to facilitate the dissemination and uptake of knowledge in professional networks. This latter program has led to social media, Wiki and Twitter addictions.
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