Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Completed a PhD thesis by publication with the University of Sydney in September 2018. Five published papers make up this thesis. Thesis titled 'Exploring the whole family experience living with younger onset dementia from a social model perspective.'
Is a Physiotherapist, qualified in 1986 with extensive clinical experience working with people living with acute onset and degenerative neurological conditions in the community both in the UK and Australia. She is very interested in the lived experiences of people living with neurological impairments and their families.
Research engagement
Currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Implementation Science Stream.
Current mixed methods research projects conducting an implementation evaluation of two integrated models of care:
Rural Kids Guided Personalised Service (RuralKidsGPS), providing care coordination to children living with medical complexity in four rural local health districts in New South Wales, Australia
Motor Neurone Disease multidiciplinary clinic in a regional area of New South Wales, Australia
Research interests
Lived experiences and social impact of living with neurological impairments in the community from a personal, family member and whole family perspective. Understanding the needs of the whole family living with parental and childhood illness.
Exploring ways to use the social model of disability (SMOD) framework to improve societal, health care and social care understanding of living with impairments. Using principles of SMOD to create socially focused services and health interventions. Raising awareness of socially constructed disablement and what needs to be changed to support enablement.
Implementation science provides the strategies to promote co-created and co-produced crucial change within health care and improved well being. Translation of evidence, uptake of evidence, acquisition and dissemination.
Integrated models of care living with complex and chronic conditions. Developing ways to improve integrated care for everyone to ensure no one is disadvantaged by fragmented care and non cross sector collaborations and practices.
Developing pathways of care and support for people living with MND across the current service landscape
Education/Academic qualification
Younger onset dementia , PhD in Philosophy, University of Sydney
1 Jul 2015 → 24 Sep 2018
Award Date: 29 Sep 2018
Physiotherapy, Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy
External positions
Honorary Conjoint Scholar , Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD)
2022 → …
Central Coast Research Institute
2022 → …
Fingerprint
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
-
Evaluation of an implemented integrated multidisciplinary clinic for people living with motor neurone disease on the Central Coast
Hutchinson, K., Goodwin, N., Schutz, A., Hogden , A. & Carr, S.
3/09/21 → …
Project: Research
-
-
Evaluation of an implemented integrated multidisciplinary clinic for people living with motor neurone disease on the Central Coast
Hutchinson, K., Schutz, A., Hogden , A., Goodwin, N. & Carr, S.
3/09/21 → 10/02/23
Project: Research
-
‘Absent voices’: Feasibility study exploring whole family experience of living with parental refractory epilepsy to inform service development
Hutchinson, K., Rapport, F., Braithwaite, J., Hofstaetter, L., Todd, L., Herkes, G., Bleasel, A., Wong, C., Nikpour, A. & Vagholkar, S.
15/02/20 → 30/06/20
Project: Research
-
Care coordination for children in rural New South Wales: barriers and enablers during early implementation
Hutchinson, K., Lingam, R., Smithers-Sheedy, H., Bula, K., Diana, C. & Zurynski, Y., 2023. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
-
Determining the role and responsibilities of the community epilepsy nurse in the management of epilepsy
Hutchinson, K., Ryder, T., Coleman, H., Nullwala, R., Herkes, G., Bleasel, A., Nikpour, A., Wong, C., Todd, L., Ireland, C., Shears, G., Bartley, M., Groot, W., Kerr, M., Vagholkar, S., Braithwaite, J. & Rapport, F., Jul 2023, In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. 32, 13-14, p. 3730-3745 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)3 Downloads (Pure) -
Experience-based codesign approach to improve care in Australian emergency departments for complex consumer cohorts: the MyED project protocol, Stages 1.1-1.3
Cheek, C., Hayba, N., Richardson, L., Austin, E. E., Francis Auton, E., Safi, M., Ransolin, N., Vukasovic, M., De Los Santos, A., Murphy, M., Harrison, R., Churruca, K., Long, J. C., Hibbert, P. D., Carrigan, A., Newman, B., Hutchinson, K., Mitchell, R., Cutler, H., Holt, L., & 11 others , 5 Jul 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 7, p. 1-8 8 p., e072908.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Downloads (Pure) -
Groundhog Day in the emergency department: a systematic review of 20 years of news coverage in Australia
Austin, E. E., Lanos, N., Hutchinson, K., Barnes, S., Pulido, D. F., Ruane, C. & Clay-Williams, R., 2 May 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 5 May, p. 1-18 18 p., e0285207.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile5 Downloads (Pure) -
Implementation of consensus-based perioperative care pathways to reduce clinical variation for elective surgery in an Australian private hospital: a mixed-methods pre–post study protocol
Pagano, L., Hemmert, C., Hirschhorn, A., Francis-Auton, E., Arnolda, G., Long, J. C., Braithwaite, J., Gumley, G., Hibbert, P. D., Churruca, K., Hutchinson, K., Partington, A., Hughes, C., Gillatt, D., Ellis, L. A., Testa, L., Patel, R. & Sarkies, M. N., 26 Jul 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 7, p. 1-8 8 p., e075008.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile5 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
-
2023 CCLHD Research Networking – Meet Our Research Experts
Karen Hutchinson (Speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
-
3rd Asia Pacific conference on Integrated Care (Event)
Karen Hutchinson (Member)
2023 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
-
Draft National Consumer Engagement Strategy for Health and Wellbeing
Christina Rojas (Contributor), K-lynn Smith (Primary Author), Yvonne Zurynski (Contributor) & Karen Hutchinson (Contributor)
11 Aug 2023Activity: End user engagement and expertise › Government or international organisation inquiry submission
-
CCRI Priority-Driven Research Committee (External organisation)
Karen Hutchinson (Member)
2022 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
-
Press/Media
-
Ground Hog day in emergency departments
Elizabeth Austin, Nadia Lanos, Karen Hutchinson, Susan Barnes, Diana Fajardo-Pulido , Colin Ruane & Robyn Clay-Williams
5/05/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
-
Drug-resistant epilepsy: overlooked and underdiagnosed
Frances Rapport, Geoffrey K. Herkes & Karen Hutchinson
17/08/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other