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Emilie is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI). She is a sociologist and health services researcher, specialising in social and cultural aspects of healthcare and medicine, and the development of social research methods. She received her PhD in Sociology from UNSW Australia in 2018.
Her research examines organisational change and culture and its impact on care delivery, and draws upon social theory, complexity science and implementation science to make improvements in hospitals, general practice, and government health organisations. She is currently conducting a mixed methods realist study on the implementation of a large-scale, value-based healthcare initiatives in NSW Australia.
Emilie is involved in the supervision of two MRes candidates, and four Medical Doctorate candidates. She has lectured undergraduate and postgraduate students in public health, sociology, and social research and policy at Macquarie University and UNSW Australia. She is happy to hear from prospective PhD and MRes candidates interested in the following topics:
- Research Methods: Qualitative (ethnography, interviews, focus groups, participant-observation, mobile methods), mixed methods, realist evaluations
- Sociologically informed studies of healthcare work and professions
- Social and structural determinants of health
- Organisational change, organisational culture, and implementation
- Theory based inquiries
Education/Academic qualification
Sociology (PhD), The University of New South Wales
BA-BSc (Hons), University of Sydney
External positions
Conjoint Associate Lecturer, UNSW
1 Oct 2018 → 1 Oct 2021
Research Assistant, The University of New South Wales
2016 → 2017
Postgraduate Teaching Fellow, The University of New South Wales
2014 → 2015
Research Assistant, Western Sydney University
2008 → 2011
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Harnessing implementation science, complexity science and evidence-based care to Keep Australians Out of Hospital: leveraging seven natural experiments in New South Wales
Braithwaite, J., Westbrook, J., Day, R., Levesque, J., Mitchell, R., Rapport, F., Cutler, H., Tran, Y., Clay-Williams, R., Watson, D., Arnolda, G., Hibbert, P., Lystad, R., Mumford, V., Long, J., Sarkies, M., Francis-Auton, E., Roberts, N. & Gu, Y.
3/06/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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MQPCCS 2022: International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) 38th International Conference
19/08/22 → 20/10/22
Project: Research
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Conceptualising contexts, mechanisms and outcomes for implementing large-scale, multisite hospital improvement initiatives: a realist synthesis
Long, J. C., Sarkies, M. N., Francis Auton, E., Nguyen, H. M., Pomare, C., Hardwick, R. & Braithwaite, J., 19 May 2022, In: BMJ Open. 12, 5, p. 1-16 16 p., e058158.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Addressing clinical equipoise for hearing devices: the qualitative COACH (q-COACH) study protocol for Australian stakeholder involvement in the design of a randomised controlled trial
Rapport, F., Auton, E., Warren, C. & Braithwaite, J., 8 Sep 2019, In: BMJ Open. 9, 9, p. 1-8 8 p., e030100.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring plans for the conduct and dissemination of an audiology trial (COACH): a pre-trial qualitative study (q-COACH)
Francis-Auton, E., Warren, C., Bierbaum, M., Hughes, S. E. & Rapport, F., 2020, p. 34. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Enhancing quality of life among epilepsy surgery patients: interlinking multiple social and relational determinants
Shih, P., Francis-Auton, E., Nikpour, A., Herkes, G., Bleasel, A. & Rapport, F., 1 Jan 2020, In: Epilepsy and Behavior. 102, p. 1-8 8 p., 106721.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Innovative models of care for hospitals of the future: an integrative review of the grey and academic literature
Roberts, N., Carrigan, A., Clay-Williams, R., Hibbert, P., Mahmoud, Z., Pomare, C., Fajardo-Pulido, D., Meulenbroeks, I., Knaggs, G., Austin, E., Churruca, K., Ellis, L., Long, J., Hutchinson, K., Best, S., Nic Giolla Easpaig, B., Sarkies, M., Francis-Auton, E., Hatem, S., Dammery, G. & 7 others, , 1 Nov 2021, Sydney: Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. 136 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
Prizes
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Best Presentation Oral for Concurrent Session, Implementation Strategies.
Long, Janet (Recipient), Sarkies, Mitchell (Recipient), Francis-Auton, Emilie (Recipient), Nguyen, K. (Recipient), Roberts, Natalie (Recipient) & Braithwaite, Jeffrey (Recipient), 26 Nov 2021
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Making implementation science more real: A realist implementation study of seven large-system value-based healthcare initiatives
Emilie Francis-Auton (Invited speaker) & Mitchell Sarkies (Invited speaker)
8 Feb 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Realist studies: a deep dive into why interventions work sometimes but not all the time.
Emilie Francis-Auton (Speaker), Janet Long (Speaker), Mitchell Sarkies (Speaker) & Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker)
2 Feb 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Implementation Science and Systems Thinking for Behavioural Health and Medicine.
Mitchell Sarkies (Speaker), Kate Churruca (Speaker), Janet Long (Speaker), Louise Ellis (Speaker), Emilie Francis-Auton (Speaker), Ann Carrigan (Speaker) & Natalie Roberts (Speaker)
2 Feb 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Doctor-patient ethics in medical textbooks
Emilie Francis-Auton (Speaker)
Nov 2012 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Under examination: representations of genital examinations in medical textbooks.
Emilie Francis-Auton (Speaker)
Jun 2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation