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Ms Prue Morgan

Head of Department

Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy

MAppSci(Research), GradDipNeuroscience, BAppSc(Physio)

Ms Prue Morgan
Telephone: +61 3 9904  4826
   
Facsimile: +61 3 9904 4812
   
Email: prue.morgan@monash.edu

Profile

Awards

Specialist Neurological Physiotherapist, Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapy

 

Teaching responsibility/activities

  • SeniorLecturer in Neurological Physiotherapy
  • PTY2042 Unit coordinator – lecturer, CBL tutor, practical tutor
  • 3rd year coordinator

 

Areas of research

Neurological physiotherapy

Falls prevention

Developmental disability

Motor skill acquisition

Graduate competencies in neurological physiotherapy

 

Current projects

·          Falls and balance dysfunction in adults with cerebral palsy 

·         Falls in young/middle aged adults – perceived causes, environmental factors & injury

·         Corticospinal facilitation of erector spinae and rectus abdominis muscles during graded voluntary contractions

·         New graduates’ self perceived competence in neurological clinical practice

·         Evaluating clinical skill teaching methods in undergraduate physiotherapy

 

 

Publications

Books

           

Morgan, P., Bernhardt, J., Campagna, E., Gilmore, S., 2011, Physiotherapy in Acute Neurological Practice: an Introductory Guide for the Clinician, Australian Physiotherapy Association, Camberwell, Victoria.

         

Hill, K., Denisenko, S., Miller, K., Clements, T., Batchelor, F., Morgan, P., 2010, Clinical outcome measurement in adult neurological physiotherapy, Australian Physiotherapy Association, National Neurology Group, Melbourne, Australia.

         

 Conference Papers

           

Broom L, Morgan P, Lentin P, Barclay L. 2012 Evaluation of an interprofessional simulated learning activity for undergraduate occupational and physiotherapy students in Australia. 6th International Conference for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Kobe, Japan, 5-8th October.

Maloney S., Paynter S., Storr B., Ilic D., Morgan P. 2012 Health Professional Students as Resource Producers - Methods for Transitioning to a Web-Based Education, Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Mobile Apps, and Internet/Web 2.0 in Health, Medicine and Biomedical Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, September 15-16. 

Morgan P, McGinley J 2011 ‘Balance, mobility and falls risk in adults with cerebral palsy - what do we know? APA Conference Week 2011  National Neurology Group, October 27-30, Australian Physiotherapy Association, Australia.

Morgan P, Maloney S, Storr M Clinical skill performance - the effect of video self modelling and reflection' APA Conference Week 2011  National Neurology Group, October 27-30, Australian Physiotherapy Association, Australia.

Morgan P, Lo K 2011 Enhancing positive attitudes towards neurological disability - Evaluation of an integrated physiotherapy program. APA Conference Week 2011  National Neurology Group, October 27-30, Australian Physiotherapy Association, Australia. 

Paynter S., Storr M., Morgan P., Maloney S. Investigating the efficacy of undergraduate practical skill teaching approaches: a comparison of three methods. World Congress of Physical Therapy, Amsterdam, June 2011  Physiotherapy Volume 97 Supplement S1 RAI: E106-107

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Maloney S, Haas R, Keating J, Molloy L, Jolly B, Sims J, Morgan P, Haines T. The efficacy of online versus face to face delivery of falls prevention education to health professionals. Presented at Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society, Nov 21-23, Dunedin New Zealand. Available at http://www.otago.ac.nz/fallsconference/Concurrent%20session%207A%20abstracts.pdf

Morgan P, Maloney S, Storr M Clinical skill performance - the effect of video self modelling and reflection. Presented at Educational Research Symposium, 30 Sept, Monash University, Frankston. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care, 8(3) 25 (E4 publication) http://www.jephc.com/full_article.cfm?content_id=593

Maloney S, Morgan P, Storr M, Paynter S 'Investigating the efficacy of practical skill teaching approaches; a comparison of three methods' Presented at Educational Research Symposium, 30 Sept, Monash University, Frankston. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care, 8(3) 23-24 (E4 publication) http://www.jephc.com/full_article.cfm?content_id=593

Morgan, P. E., Keating, J. L., 2009, New graduates' self-perceived competence in neurological physiotherapy practice, APA Conference Week 2009 Online Abstracts - National Neurology Group, October 1-5, Australian Physiotherapy Association, Australia, p. 16.

 Williams B, Iacono T, Tracy J, Lewis B, Morgan P, Brown T, Hansen S. An evaluation of developmental disability DVD simulations: can this improve paramedic practice? 4-6 September, Australian College of Ambulance Professionals, Melbourne. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care (JEPHC), 6, 3, 2008 Australian Prehospital Emergency Health Research Forum Peer-Reviewed Abstracts from The ACAP www.jephc.com/Vol6Issue3/ACAPAbstracts%202008_990297.pdf

         

Journal Articles

           

Morgan P, McGinley J. Gait function and decline in adults with cerebral palsy: a systematic review. Disability and Rehabilitation, 2013, In Press    DOI:10.3109/09638288.2013

 Maloney S, Paynter S, Storr M, Morgan P. Implementing self-video of performance. The Clinical Teacher 2013, In Press

 Morgan P, McGinley J. Performance of adults with cerebral palsy related to falls, balance, and function: A preliminary report. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 2013, In Press DOI:10.3109/17518423.2012.725107

Jaberzadeh S, Morgan P, Storr M, Stoghi M. Corticospinal facilitation of erector spinae and rectus  abdominis muscles during graded voluntary contractions are task specific: a pilot study on healthy individuals. Basic and clinical neuroscience, 2013, in press

Morgan P, Lo K. Enhancing positive attitudes towards disability: evaluation of an integrated physiotherapy program. Disability and Rehabilitation 2013, Feb; 35(4):300-5. doi: 10.3109/09638288.2012.691941 

Maloney S, Morgan P, Storr M, Ilic D. The Effect of Student Self-Video of Performance on Clinical Skill Competency - A Randomised Controlled Trial. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 2012, DOI 10.1007/s10459-012-9356-1

Maloney S, Morgan P, Storr M, Paynter S, Ilic D. Investigating the efficacy of practical skill teaching: a pilot-study comparing three educational methods. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 2012 DOI 10.1007/s10459-012-9355-2

Stephen Maloney, Romi Haas; Jennifer Keating; Elizabeth Molloy, Brian Jolly; Jane Sims; Prue Morgan; Terry Haines. Effectiveness of Web-Based Versus Face-To-Face Delivery of Education in Prescription of Falls-Prevention Exercise to Health Professionals: Randomized Trial.  Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2012, 13(4):e116 doi: 10.2196/jmir.1680

Stephen Maloney; Romi Haas, Jenny L Keating; Elizabeth Molloy, Brian Jolly; Jane Sims; Prue Morgan; Terry Haines.  Break-even, cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness and willingness to pay for web-based versus face-to-face education delivery: an analysis of falls prevention education to health professionals. 2012 Journal of Internet Medical Research. 2012;14(2):e47) doi:10.2196/jmir.2040

Haas R, Maloney S, Pausenberger E,  Keating J, Sims J, Molloy E, Jolly B, Morgan P, Haines T. Clinical decision making in exercise prescription for falls prevention. Physical Therapy. 2012, 92(5):666-79

Iacono, T., Lewis, B., Tracy, J., Hicks, S., Morgan, P. E., Recoche, K. M., McDonald, R., 2010, DVD-based stories of people with developmental disabilities as resources for inter-professional education, Disability and Rehabilitation [P], vol E, Informa Healthcare, UK, pp. 1-12.

         
 

 Research report - professional magazine                              

Morgan P 2011 ‘From the clinic to the laboratory' In Motion, Australian Physiotherapy Association