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Key details

Areas of expertise

  • Health communication
  • Intercultural clinical communication
  • Patient centred communication

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About Susan Philip

Susan Philip is a registered nurse, academic, and researcher with a diverse clinical background in medical-surgical nursing, critical care, and cancer nursing. With international experience in India, Singapore, and Australia, she has worked in various clinical capacities since 1995.

Susan has been a Teaching and Research Academic at Victoria University for the past 16 years, where she currently holds the position as the Course Chair for the Bachelor of Nursing program.

Susan's research interests focus on health communication and patient safety, as well as workforce capacity building of nurses from CALD backgrounds. Susan’s PhD research investigated Overseas Qualified Nurses’ communication with patients and staff. She showed that effective team communication is a shared responsibility, and that interpersonal skills as well as English-language competence are key to patient-centred care. Her study provides evidence of the contributions these nurses make to Australian healthcare.

Susan has experience teaching contemporary nursing practice relating to acute and chronic illnesses in the Bachelor of Nursing program.

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia, 2020
  • GradCertTertEd, Victoria University, Australia, 2007
  • MNurs, CMC Vellore (TNMGRMU), India, 1999
  • BNurs, CMC Vellore (TNMGRMU), India. 1994

Key publications

Year Citation
2023 Philip, B., Seal, E., & Philip, S. (230401). Human resource development for community development: lessons from a sportfordevelopment program in rural India. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 61(2), (442-461).

doi: 10.1111/1744-7941.12357

2019 Philip, S., Woodward-Kron, R., & Manias, E. (191001). Overseas qualified nurses communication with other nurses and health professionals: An observational study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28(19-20), (3505-3521).

doi: 10.1111/jocn.14942

2019 Philip, S., Woodward-Kron, R., Manias, E., & Noronha, M. (190201). Overseas Qualified Nurses' (OQNs) perspectives and experiences of intraprofessional and nurse-patient communication through a Community of Practice lens. COLLEGIAN, 26(1), (86-94).

doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2018.04.002

2015 Philip, S., Manias, E., & Woodward-Kron, R. (150901). Nursing educator perspectives of overseas qualified nurses' intercultural clinical communication: barriers, enablers and engagement strategies. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING, 24(17-18), (2628-2637).

doi: 10.1111/jocn.12879

Research funding for the past 5 years

Funding details for this researcher are currently unavailable.

Supervision of research students at VU

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Key academic roles

Dates Role Department / Organisation
Sep 2022 - Present
Course Chair, Bachelor of Nursing
Victoria University
Dates Role & Department/Organisation
Sep 2022 -
Present
Course Chair, Bachelor of Nursing
Victoria University