Dr Lisa Beccaria

Fields of Research (FoR)

• Nursing not elsewhere classified ( 111099 )
  

• Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified ( 111799 )
  

Research interests
Primary Health Care, Preventative Health Care, Health Behaviours, Community Partnerships, Evidence-based Practice, Interprofessional Health Education, Chronic Health Care, Rural and Regional Workforce Development

Professional memberships
Member of Centre for Health Sciences Research
Member of the Australian Collaboratory for Career, Employability and Learning for Living (ACCELL)
Educator Member of the Centre for Interprofessional Education - University Health Network (Canada)

USQ Research affiliations

• Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)
  

• Centre for Health Sciences Research (CHSR)
  

Currently teaching courses/programs
NUR2300 - Research Methods for Nursing
NUR2099 - Clinical A - Assessment and Care
NUR1200 - Concepts in Patient Care
NUR3020 - Transition to Professional Practice
NUR1120 - Social Determinants of Health

Teaching experience(Tertiary)
15 Years

Teaching experience(Other)
15 Years

Administrative responsibilities
School Coordinator Research and Research Training

Research most recent
Ralph, N., Graham, C., Beccaria, L., Rogers, C. (2018). Entry requirements: Results from a national survey on nurse academics on entry requirements in Australian bachelor of nursing programs, Collegian. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2018.06.005

Beccaria, L., Kek, M., Huijser, H. (2018). Exploring nursing educators' use of theory and methods in search for evidence based credibility in nursing education, Nurse Education Today, 65, 60-66.

Beccaria, L., Beccaria, G., McCosker, C. (2018). A confirmatory factor analysis of the student evidence-based practice questionnaire (s-ebpq) in an Australian sample, Nurse Education Today, 62, 69-73, doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2017.12.010

Gorman, D., Cuadra, A., Perez, M., Zaplana., Martin., D., Bujosa, N., Beccaria, L., Martyn, J., Dawson, R., Beccaria, G., & Hossain, Delwar (2016) Preparation of Australian and Spanish nursing students for intimate partner violence. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 6 (12). pp. 131-135. ISSN 1925-4040

Beccaria, L., Rogers, C., & Burton, L. (2016). Australian distance students’ perceptions of individual and institutional responsibility for health and wellbeing. Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association (JANZSSA), 47, April 2016.

Beccaria, L., Rogers, C., Burton, L., & Beccaria, G. (2016). Role of health-promoting behaviours for on-campus and distance students. Distance Education, doi: 10.1080/01587919.2016.1158768

Beccaria, L., Kek, M., Huijser, H., Rose, J & Kimmins, L, 2014, The interrelationships between student approaches to learning and group work, Nurse Education Today. http://eprints.usq.edu.au/25248/

Beccaria, L., Lockwood, C., & Moloney, C. (2014). Contributing to evidence-based healthcare cultures through lifelong learning. In J. Lawrence, C. Perrin, & E. Kiernan (Eds.), Building communication capacity in professional nursing and academic contexts. Melbourne, Cambridge University Press.

Beccaria, L. (2013). The relationship between distance students’ health risk and health-promoting behaviours, stress, strain, coping and academic outcomes. http://eprints.usq.edu.au/24783/

Beccaria, G., Beccaria, L., Dawson, R., Gorman, D., Harris, J., & Hossain, D. (2013). Nursing student's perceptions and understanding of intimate partner violence. Nurse Education Today, 33 (8). pp. 907-911.

Moloney, C & Beccaria, L.(2009) Perceived facilitators and inhibitors for the use of personal digital assistants (PDAs) by nurses: a systematic review. JBI Library of Systematic Reviews, 7 (33). pp. 1430-1491.


Conference Papers:

Beccaria, L. M., Beccaria, G., & McIlveen, P. (2016). The Deadly Nursing Indigenous Mentoring Program. Paper presented at the 2016 Biennial Conference of the Society for Vocational Psychology, 16-17 May, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.

Beccaria, L. (2014). The mediating role of health promoting behaviours in university student coping: A comparison of on-campus and distance students and an extension of the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping. International Congress of Applied Psychology. 8 – 13th July, Paris, France.

Beccaria, L., Gorman, D., Harris, J., Dawson, R. (2009). Nursing Student's Attitudes Towards Intimate Partner Violence. Presented at the Health in Transition: Researching for the Future, 4th International Conference on Community Health Nursing Research, 16-20 August, Adelaide.

Beccaria, L., & Rose, J. 2013. "I hate group work: the interrelationships between approaches to learning and group work in first year undergraduate nursing students in Australia”. Presented at the Australasian Nurse Educators Conference, 9-11 October, Wellington, New Zealand

Publications in ePrints

Beccaria, Lisa and Beccaria, Gavin and McCosker, Catherine (2018) A confirmatory factor analysis of the student evidence-based practice questionnaire (s-ebpq) in an Australian sample. Nurse Education Today, 62. pp. 69-73. ISSN 0260-6917

Ralph, Nicholas and Graham, Coralie and Beccaria, Lisa and Rogers, Cath (2018) Entry requirements in nursing: results from a national survey of nurse academics on entry requirements in Australian bachelor of nursing programs. Collegian. ISSN 1322-7696

Beccaria, Lisa and Kek, Megan Y.C.A. and Huijser, Henk (2018) Exploring nursing educators' use of theory and methods in search for evidence based credibility in nursing education. Nurse Education Today, 65. pp. 60-66. ISSN 0260-6917

Beccaria, Lisa and Rogers, Cath and Burton, Lorelle (2016) Australian distance students’ perceptions of individual and institutional responsibility for health and wellbeing. Journal of the Australia and New Zealand Student Services Association, 47. pp. 18-30. ISSN 1320-2480

Gorman, Don and Cuadra, Assumpta Rigol and Perez, Maria Honrubia and Zaplana, Isabel Sanchez and Martin, Dolors Rodriguez and Bujosa, Neus Tur and Beccaria, Lisa and Martyn, Julie A and Dawson, Rhonda and Beccaria, Gavin and Hossain, Delwar (2016) Preparation of Australian and Spanish nursing students for intimate partner violence. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 6 (12). pp. 131-135. ISSN 1925-4040

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Approved research supervisor in the area of:

• Nursing not elsewhere classified ( 111099 )
  

• Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified ( 111799 )
  

Research topics

• How Australian nursing students are being taught to respond to Intimate Partner Violence within their undergraduate program
  

• Exploring effective teaching strategies in developing skills, knowledge and attitudes towards intimate partner violence in undergraduate health programs.
  

• Prevalence of nursing students experiencing intimate partner violence and the perceived impact on their academic studies.
  

• Nursing students’ perceptions of evidence-based practice approaches during clinical placements
  

• Examining Student Reflections Across a Nursing Curriculum: Where Does Evidence-based Practice fit?
  

• How do Clinical Facilitators Support the Development of Evidence-Based Practice of Nursing Students During Their Clinical Placement?
  

Senior Lecturer