Dr Simon Cooper

PhD, MEd, BA, RN, FHEA

Associate Professor

Phone: +61 3 9902 6627

Fax: +61 39902 6527

I am a registered nurse with a management degree, masters in education and PhD in resuscitation leadership. I started my career working in critical care departments across the south of England, before becoming a resuscitation officer, managing, researching and training emergency teams. I then moved to an ambulance service as Head of Education whilst teaching part time on a Masters in Education programme at a medical school.

In 2003 I moved full time to higher education as a principal lecturer (University of Plymouth UK) with responsibility for a Masters degree in Advanced Healthcare Practice (nurse practitioner registration). Since 2008 I have been an associate professor at Monash University (Australia) where I am currently a Campus Head at the School of Nursing and Midwifery.

My research interests focus upon the first hour of acute care, leadership, teamwork and education. This includes resuscitation survival prediction models, emergency care practitioner studies, inter-professional education, team and leadership performance, simulation and patient deterioration studies. Recent research grants (n=18) since 2003 total $1000,000 with over 60 publications of papers, books, chapters and reports.

I have held educational senior management positions since 1992, managing a hospital training and research department and an ambulance service school of education. In the university sector I have held postgraduate lead roles, and have been a research director, and a campus head (current).

Supervision interests:

I would be interested in working with research students in any of the following areas with a qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods approach:

Leadership and teamwork in healthcare
Acute care - especially resuscitation and ‘first hour' issues
Emergency care including out of hospital emergency care
Simulation based education
Management of deteriorating patients

Publications

Books

Blakely, G., Cooper, S., Skirton, H., Allum, P., Nelmes, P. (2011). Games! Games! Games! Educational games for health professionals. United Kingdom: University of Plymouth Press.

Endacott, R., Jevon, P., & Cooper, S. (Eds.). (2009). Adult Clinical Skills Nursing Skills. Oxford. Oxford University Press. Invited Editor.

Book chapters

Cooper, S. & Jevon, P. (2009). Recording an ECG. In R. Endacott, P. Jevon, & S. Cooper. (Eds.). Adult Clinical Skills Nursing Skills. (pp232-241). Oxford. Oxford University Press.

Cooper, S. (2009). Introduction to clinical skills. In R. Endacott, P. Jevon & S. Cooper. (Eds.). Clinical Nursing Skills Core and Advanced (pp1-3). Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Cooper, S. & Lewy, L. (2009). Communication Skills. In R. Endacott, P. Jevon, & S. Cooper. (Eds.). Adult Clinical Skills Nursing Skills. (pp232-241). Oxford. Oxford University Press. Oxford.

Journal articles

2011

Endacott, R., Scholes, J., Cooper, S., McConnell-Henry, T., Porter, J., Missen, K., Kinsman, L., Champion, R. (in press). Identifying patient deterioration: using simulation and reflective review to improve clinical skills in a rural hospital. International Journal of Nursing Studies. Accepted 15 Oct 2011.

Cooper, S., Bulle, B., Biro, MA., Jones, J., Miles, M., Gilmour, C., Buykx, P., Boland, R., Kinsman, L., Scholes, J. & Endacott, R. (in press). Managing women with acute physiological deterioration: Student midwives performance in a simulated setting. Women and Birth. 2011 Sep 20. [Epub ahead of print]

Cooper, S., McConnell-Henry, T., Cant, R., Porter, J., Missen, K., Kinsman, L., Endacott, R. & Scholes J. (2011). Managing deteriorating patients: Registered nurses' performance in a simulated setting. The Open Nursing Journal. 5, 114-120

Buykx & Cooper S et al. Simulation-based education is helping students improve management of patient deterioration. Nursing Standard. (accepted Aug 2011). Invited authors

Nestell D. Cooper S. Bryant M. Higgins V. Tabak D. Murtagh G. Barraclough B. (2011) Communication Challenges in Surgical Oncology. Surgical Oncology. 20(3), 156-161.

Cant R, Birks M, Porter J, Jacob E, Cooper S. (2011). Developing advanced rural nursing practice: “a whole new scope of responsibility”. Collegian, 18(4), 177-182.

Fox-Young, S., Brady,S., Brealey, W., Cooper, S., McKenna, L., Hall, H. & Bogossian,F. (in press) The perspectives of Australian midwifery academics on barriers and enablers for simulation in midwifery education in Australia: A focus group study. Midwifery. Published on line 7 September 2011

Cant, R., Cooper, S.J., Chung, C. & O’Connor, M. (2011). Near death experiences of resuscitated patients: a literature review. Emergency Nursing Journal 2011; 19(3)–in press: accepted 30 May 2011. doi:10.1016/j.ienj.2011.05.005

Cant R, Cooper SJ. (2011). The benefits of debriefing as formative feedback in nurse education. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 29(1), 37-47

Cooper S. Cant R. Porter J. Bogossian F. McKenna L. Brady S. Fox-Young S. Simulated based learning in midwifery education: a systematic review. Women and Birth. In Press. 2011. On line at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2011.03.004

Buykx, P., Kinsman, L., Cooper, S., McConnell-Henry, T., Cant, R., Endacott, R. & Scholes, J. (2011). FIRST²ACT: Educating nurses to identify patient deterioration - a theory-based model for best practice simulation education. Nurse Education Today, 31(7), 687-693.

McKenna, L., Bogossian, F., Hall, H., Brady, S., Fox-Young, S. & Cooper, S. (2011). Is simulation a substitute for real life clinical experience in midwifery? A qualitative examination of perceptions of educational leaders. Nurse Education Today. 31(7), 682-686.

Bogossian, F., McKenna, L., Higgins, M., Benefer, C., Brady, S., Fox-Young, S. & Cooper, S. (in press). Simulation based learning in Australian midwifery curricula: Results of a national electronic survey. Women and Birth, epub ahead of print March 2011

Cooper S. Buykx P. McConnell-Henry T. Kinsman L. McDermott S. (2011) Simulation: can it eliminate failure to rescue Nursing Times. 107; 3; Jan 25-31. Invited author

Endacott R. Padmore J. Cooper S. Sheaff R. Blakely G. (2011). Improving emergency care pathways: an action research approach. Emergency Medicine Journal. 28. 203-207

2010

Endacott R. Cooper S. Scholes J. Kinsman L. McConnell-Henry T. (2010) Final-year nursing students’ ability to assess, detect and act on clinical cues of deterioration in a simulated environment. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 66(12), 2722–2731

Cooper S. Cant R. Sellick K. Porter J. Somers G. Kinsman L. Nestel D. (2010) Rating medical emergency teamwork performance: development of the Team Emergency Assessment Measure (TEAM). Resuscitation. 81. 446-452. (Impact factor 2.712)

Cant R. & Cooper S. (2010) Simulation-based learning in nurse education: systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 66, 1, 3-15. (Impact factor 1.65)

Cooper, S., Endacott, R., Cant, R. (2010) Measuring non-technical skills in medical emergency care: a review of assessment measures. Open Access Emergency Medicine. Invited submission. 2, 7-16

Cooper, S., Kinsman, L., Buykx, P., McConnell-Henry, T., Endacott, R., Scholes, J. (2010) Managing the deteriorating patient in a simulated environment: nursing students' knowledge, skill and situation awareness. Journal of Clincial Nursing, Vol 19, Issue 15, 2309-2318 (Impact Factor 1.194)

Blakley G. Skirton H. Cooper S. Allum P. Nelmes P. (2010) Use of educational games in the health sciences: A mixed methods study of educators’ perspectives. Nursing and Health Sciences. 12, 27-32 (Impact Factor 0.881)

2009

Cooper, S., Bradbury, M. & Blakely, G. (2009). Expert clinical examiners' decision processes in objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs); is intuition a valid and reliable decision strategy? International Journal of Clinical Skills, 3(3), 140-145.

Blakey, G., Skirton, H., Copper, S., Allum. & Nelmes, P. (2009). Educational gaming in the health sciences: sustematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(2), 259-269. _{^{Impact factor 1.518 10/75 Nursing}}

Cooper, S., Chapman, Y., & Endacott, R. (2009). Qualitative Research: Specific designs for qualitative research in emergency care? Emergency Medicine Journal, 26(11), 773-776. ^{_{2008 Impact Factor 1.347, 5/13 Emergency Medicine}}.

Bradley, P., Cooper, S. & Duncan, F. (2009). A mixed-methods study of inter-professional learning of resuscitation skills. Medical Education, 43(9), 912-922. ^{_{2008 Impact Factor 2.181, 1/12 Education, Scientific Disciplines; 18/62 Health Care Sciences & Services}}

Cooper, S. & Grant, J. (2009). New and emerging roles in out of hospital emergency care: A review of the international literature. International Emergency Nursing, 17(2), 90-98.

2008

Cooper, S., O’Carroll, J., Jenkin, A., & Badger B. (2008). Emergency Care Practitioners (ECP): Practice and Performance in the UK West country? International Emergency Nursing, 16(3), 180-184.

Blakley, G., Skirton, H., Cooper, S., Allum, P., & Nelmes, P. (2008). Educational gaming in the health sciences: systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(2), 259-269.^{_{Impact Factor 1.654. 4/46 Nursing}}.

2007

Cooper, S., & Duncan, F. (2007). Reliability testing and update of the Resuscitation Predictor Scoring (RPS) Scale. Resuscitation, 74(2), 253-258. ^{_{Impact Factor 2.550. 8/19 Critical Care Medicine, 2/12 Emergency Nursing}}.

Mortimore, A., & Cooper, S. (2007). The ‘4 hour target’: Emergency Nurses views? Emergency Medical Journal, 24, 402-404. ^{_{Impact Factor 0.929, 7/12 Emergency Medicine}}.

Jenkin, A., Cooper, S., & Abelson-Mitchell, N. (2007). A survey of patient handover in the emergency department. Journal of A & E Nursing, 15, 141-147.

Cooper, S., O’Carroll, J., Jenkin, A., & Badger, B. (2007). Collaborative practices in unscheduled emergency care. The role and impact of the Emergency Care Practitioner (ECP): Quantitative Findings. Emergency Medical Journal, 24; 625-629. _{^{Impact Factor 0.929, 7/12 Emergency Medicine.}}

Cooper, S. (2006). Gone the 'Good Samaritan'!: resuscitation and litigation. Journal of Clincial Nursing, 3(1), 5-6.

Cooper, S., & Endacott, R. (2007). Generic qualitative research: A design for qualitative research in emergency care? Emergency Medicine Journal, 24(8), 816-819. ^{_{Impact Factor 0.929, 7/12 Emergency Medicine.}}

2006

Cooper, S., & Bond, S. (2006). Modelling emergency decisions: Recognition primed decision making. The literature in relation to an ophthalmic critical incident. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 15(8), 1023-1032. ^{_{Impact Factor 1.430, 6/36 Nursing.}}

Cooper, S., Janghorbani, M., & Cooper, G. (2006). A decade of in-hospital resuscitation: Outcomes and prediction of survival. Resuscitation, 68(2), 231-237. ^{_{Impact Factor 2.314. 7/18 Crtical Care Medicine, 2/11 Emergency Nursing.}}

Williamson, G. R., Webb, C., Abelson-Mitchell, N., & Cooper, S. (2006). Change on the horizon: issues and concerns of neophyte advanced health care practitioners. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 15(9), 1091-1098.^{_{Impact Factor 1.342. 8/36 Nursing.}}

Cooper, S., Johnston, E., & Priscott, D. (2006). Immediate Life Support (ILS) training; impact in a primary care setting. Resuscitation, 72(1), 92-99. (Funded study) ^{_{Impact Factor 2.314. 7/18 Crtical Care Medicine, 2/11 Emergency Nursing.}}

1997 - 2005

Cooper, S. (2005). Contemporary UK para-medical training and education; How do we train? How should we educate? Emergency Medicine Journal, 22(5), 375-379. ^{_{Impact Factor 0.801. 8/11 Emergency Medicine.}}

Cooper, S., Barrett, B., Black, S., Evans, C., Real, C., Williams, S., & Wright, B. (2004). The emerging role of the Emergency Care Practitioner. Emergency Medicine Journal, 21(5), 614-618. _{^{Impact Factor 0.681, 8/11 Emergency Medicine.}}

Cooper, S., & Evans, C. (2003). The Resuscitation Predictor Scoring Scale (RPS Scale) for in-hospital cardiac arrests: A statistical model for the prediction of survival during a resuscitation attempt. Emergency Medicine Journal, 20, 6-9. ^{_{Impact Factor 0.633. 8/11 Emergency Medicine.}}

Cooper, S. (2003). Does LEO Roar: An evaluation of the Leading Empowered Organisations leadership development programme. Nursing Standard. 14 Feb.

Endacott, R., Scholes, J., Freeman, M., & Cooper, S. (2003). The reality of clinical learning in critical care settings: a practitioner: student gap? Journal of Clinical Nursing, 12(5), 778-785. _{^{Impact Factor 0.653, 13/31 Nursing.}}

Cooper, S. (2001). Leadership Training - An investigation of the effectiveness of a leadership training programme incorporated into the UK Advanced Life Support Course. Resuscitation, 49(1), 33-38.^{_{Impact Factor 1.774.}}

Cooper, S., & Macnaughton, P. (2001). Prolonged Resuscitation - A case Study. Resuscitation, 50(3), 349-351. ^{_{Impact Factor 1.774.}}

Cooper, S., & Wakelam, A. (1999). Leadership of Resuscitation Teams: ‘Lighthouse Leadership’. Resuscitation, 42(1), 27-45.

Cooper, S., & Cade, J. (1997). ‘Predicting Survival’ In - hospital cardiac arrests: Resuscitation survival variables and training effectiveness. Resuscitation, 35(1), 17-22.

Cooper S. & Libby J. (1997) A review of educational issues in resuscitation training. Journal Clinical Nursing, 6(1), 5-10.

Published reports

Cooper S. O’Carroll J. Jenkin A. Badger B. (2007) Collaborative practices in unscheduled emergency care. The role and impact of the Emergency Care Practitioner (ECP): Full Findings. Funded study £32,000 (AUD 80,000) from Burdett Trust for Nursing. (Impact Factor 0.801) http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/files/extranet/docs/HSW/ECP%20Study%20Report.pdf

Cooper S. Duncan F. Bradley P. (2007) Clinical skills development. Full results from a quasi experimental study examining the effect of inter-professional training. (Funded Study CEPPL £5000 (AUD 12,500) http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/files/extranet/docs/HSW/CEPPL%20Interprofessional%20Skills%20Learning%20Report.pdf

Cooper S. Johnston E. Priscott D. (2006) Immediate Life Support (ILS) training; Impact in a primary care setting. (Funded study (£15,000 (AUD 37,500)), Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust) http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/files/extranet/docs/HSW/ILS%20Report.pdf

Cooper S. Blakely G. Bradbury M. Winfield L. Examiners Objective Structured Clinical Examination Decision Processes http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=19065.

Cooper, S., Bradbury, M. & Blakely, G. (2009). Expert clinical examiner's decision processes in Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs); is intuition a valid and reliable decision strategy? International Journal of Clinical Skills, 3(3),140-146.

Published conference abstracts

Cooper, S., Biro, M.A., Bulle, B., Jones, J., Miles, M., Gilmour, C, Buykx, P., Boland, R., Kinsman, L., Scholes, J. & Endacott, R. (2011). Managing maternal deterioration: Student midwives' performance in a simulated setting. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 47 (Supp 1), 50.

Cooper, S., Cant, R., Sellick, K., Porter, J., Somers, G., Kinsman, L. & Nestel, D. (2010). Rating medical emergency teamwork performance: development of the Team Emergency Assessment Measure (TEAM). Resuscitation. 81(4), 446-452. _{^{2008 Impact factor 2.712. 7/22 Critical care medicine, 2/19 Emergency medicine.}}

Recent presentations

Cooper S., McConnell-Henry T. Cant R. Porter J. Kinsman L. Endacott R., Scholes J. – Managing deteriorating patients: registered nurses’ performance in a simulated setting. Sim Health 2011–Patient Centred
Simulation. Sydney – Hilton Hotel 12-15 Sept 2011. Awarded ‘Best Conference Abstract”

Research grants awarded

Research grants

Grant 18

Title: Managing patient deterioration: Enhancing student nurses’ competence through web-based simulation and feedback techniques.

Grant Applicants: Cooper S. Kinsman L. Porter J. McKenna L. Endacott R. Cant R. Devries B. Bogossian F. Varghese P. Bucknall T. Forbes H. Phillips N.

Funding Body: Australian Learning and Teaching Council

Amount: $232,100 Date: 2011

Output: TBC

Grant 17

Title: Thematic: Gippsland Simulation and Modelling

Grant Applicants:.Symmons M. Cooper S. Gondal I. Ibrahim Y. Kamruzzaman J. Murshed M. Nestell D. Percy A. Spark A. Van Doom G.

Funding Body: Gippsland Campus Grant

Amount: Bid $60,000 Date: 2011

Outcomes: TBC

Grant 16

Title: Managing patient deterioration: rural hospital clinical skills? A partnership program with West Gippsland Healthcare Group.

Grant Applicants:.Simon Cooper; Leigh Kinsman; Tracey McConnell-Henry; Jo Porter; Robyn Cant; Penny Buykx; Ruth Endacott; Robert Champion; Julie Scholes.

Funding Body: West Gippsland Healthcare Group

Amount: A$ 18,361 Date: 2011

Outcomes: TBC

Grant 15

Title: Simulated Learning Environments – Midwifery Curriculum Report

Grant Applicants: Bogossian F. McKenna L. Fox-Young S. Cooper S. Brady S.

University of Queensland and Monash University

Funding Body: National Health Workforce Taskforce

Amount: A$149.313 ($54,000 to Monash) Date: 2010

Outcomes: 3 papers under review with Jn Advanced Nursing, 1 in press

Grant 14

Title: Identifying patient deterioration: rural hospital clinical skills? (Wonthaggi)

Grant Applicants:.Simon Cooper; Leigh Kinsman; Tracey McConnell-Henry; Ruth Endacott; Julie Scholes; Robert Champion.

Funding Body: Gippsland Small Grant Research Support Scheme

Amount: A$ 13,968 Date: 2009

Outcomes: 1 international presentation winning best abstract award (1^st of 61) SimHealth 2011 Sydney.

Grant 13

Title: Identifying maternal and neonatal deterioration in a simulated environment: Measuring and developing student midwives' knowledge, clinical skills and situation awareness.

Grant Applicants: Simon Cooper; Mary-Anne Biro; Maureen Miles; Jan Jones; Leigh Kinsman; Carole Gilmore, Ruth Endacott; Julie Scholes; Bree Bulle, Rose Bolland.

Funding Body: Equity Trustees: Walter Cottam Endowment Fund

Amount: A$ 51,400 Date: 2009

Outcomes: 1 report; 1 peer review paper; 1 paper under review

Grant 12

Title: Certificate of Advanced Rural and Remote Primary Health Care: programme evaluation, assessment and review

Grant Applicants: Cooper S, Birks M. Porter J. Kinsman L.

Funding Body: Department of Human Services (Victoria)

Amount: A$ 14,985 Date: 2009

Outcomes: Final report completed; peer review paper.

Grant 11

Title: Capacity optimization: Regional primary health care providers’ response to 2006-2007 wildfires and floods in Gippsland – a case study.

Grant Applicants: Somers G, Isreb M, Murshed M, Cooper S, Mills J

Funding Body: Gippsland Small Grant Research Support Scheme

Amount: A$ 19,577 Date: 2008

Outcomes: 1 peer review publication near completion

Grant 10

Title: Resuscitation Team Work: Assessment measures and training scheme development

Grant Applicants: Cooper S. Nestel D. Sellick K. Somers G. Kinsman L. Porter J.

Funding Body: Gippsland Small Grant Research Support Scheme

Amount: A$ 19,893 Date: 2008

Outcomes: 1 peer review publication; I presentation SimTect Health 09. 6/9/09; 12 international requests to trial tool

Grant 9

Title: Situation awareness of patient deterioration in a simulated environment

Grant applicants: Kinsman L. Cooper S. Endacott R. Scholes J.

Funding Body: Victoria Nursing Board

Amount: A$ 19,945 Date: 2008

Outcomes: 2 peer review publications; 1 peer review publications under review; 1 report; 4 presentations

Grant 8:

Title: Redesigning Emergency Care in Dorset:

Grant Holder: Cooper S. Sheaff R. Endacott R. Campbell J

Funding Body: Department of Health National Workforce Project

Amount: £85,000(A$ 212,500) Date: 2007

Outcomes: 1 peer review publication; 1 report for funder

Grant 7:

Title: Games teachers play: games and visual aids to enhance learning in the health sciences

Grant Holder: Cooper S. Skirton H. Allum P. Nelmes P

Funding Body: TQEF- Research Informed Teaching Initiative

Amount: £30,000(A$ 75,000) Date: 2006

Outcomes: 2 peer review publications; 1 book; 1 report; 2 presentations.

Grant 6

Title: Objective Structured Clinical Examinations; Expert clinical examiners decision processes? Are they Recognition Primed?

Grant holder: Cooper S. Winfield L. Bradbury M.

Funding Body: Centre for Education Teaching and Learning

Amount: £5000(A$ 12,500) Date: 2006

Outcomes: 1 peer review publication; 1 report; 3 presentations

Grant 5

Title: Inter-professional Skills Education.

Grant holder: Cooper S & Bradley P

Funding Body: Centre for Education Teaching and Learning

Amount awarded: £5000(A$ 12,500) Date: 2005

Outcomes: 1 peer review publication; 1 report; numerous presentations

Grant 4

Title: Inter-professional collaboration in emergency care

Grant holder: Cooper S. Jenkin A. Badger B.

Funding Body: Burdett Trust for Nursing

Amount awarded: £32,000(A$ 80,000) Date: 2004

Outcomes: 4 peer review publications; 1 report; numerous presentations

Grant 3

Title: Immediate Life Support (ILS) training; Impact in a primary care setting

Grant holder: Cooper S

Funding Body: Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust

Amount awarded: £15,000(A$ 37,500) Date: 2004

Outcomes: 1 peer review publication; 1 report; 2 presentations

Grant 2

Title: A decade of in-hospital resuscitation: Outcomes and prediction of survival.

Grant holder: Cooper S

Funding Body: Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

Amount awarded: £600(A$ 1500) Date: 2004

Outcomes: 1 peer review paper; numerous presentations; top citation award 2006-8

Grant 1

Title: The emerging role of the Emergency Care Practitioner

Grant holder: Cooper S

Funding Body: Changing Workforce Programme, Department of Health.

Amount awarded: £21,000(A$ 52,500) Date: 2003

Outcomes: 2 peer review papers; 1 report; numerous presentations

Travel grants (since 2008)

Funder: European Travel Grant Scheme

Value: A$6365

Date: October 2009

Purpose: Data collection for study on ‘deteriorating patient management’. Networking in Brighton, Plymouth and Edinburgh for the development of a simulation network.

Outcome: 1 peer review publication under review; 2 presentations.

Funder: National and International Conference Travel Grant Scheme (NICTGS)

Value: A$1000

Date: Sept 2008

Purpose: Inter-professional collaboration in emergency care. Oral presentation. Hospital avoidance: alternatives to the Emergency Department. 2-3 Sept. Hilton, Sydney, Australia.

Education/curriculum development grants (since 2008)

Funder: Department of Human Services

Value: A$12,000

Date: Oct 2008

Purpose: Rural Advanced Practice Programme: Curriculum development

Outcome: Development of program and second funding award for program evaluation.

Scholarships

Title: Research Methods Scholarship for Post Graduate Diploma in Social Research

Grant holder: Cooper S

Funding Body: Department of Health

Date: 1996

Amount awarded: £6,000 (A$ 15,000)

Outcome: PG Diploma award

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