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Dr Kate Churruca is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science (CHRIS) at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. Her research examines organisational culture and its impact on care delivery, and draws upon complexity science and implementation science to make improvements in care settings like hospitals, aged care, general practice. Dr Churruca is the recipient of a highly-prestigious National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grant, awarded to fund her research on safety culture in residential aged care facilities. She has also worked as a member of the expert advisory group for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care on safety culture measurement in Australian hospitals.
Dr Churruca’s other research projects include evaluating an intervention to reduce unprofessional behaviour in hospitals, the role of digital triage in Australia’s healthcare system, embedding a learning health system within general practice, and adaptive capacity among hospital-based teams. She has previously been involved in studies looking at the application of broken windows theory to hospitals, how mental health professionals collaborate during uncertainty, and men’s perceptions of risk in prostate cancer and its impact on their treatment decisions. Her PhD explored women’s experiences of the eating disorder bulimia.
Dr Churruca has successfully supervised Master of Research and PhD students on projects including prioritisation of care in residential aged care facilities, women’s experiences of gestational diabetes and their use of social media, the implementation of Lean management in operating theatres, and the intended and unintended organisational effects of hospital redevelopment. Her students have published multiple papers and won conference prizes and competitive travel grants.
Education/Academic qualification
Medicine, PhD, Western Sydney University
22 Feb 2012 → 20 May 2016
Award Date: 14 Sep 2016
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Evaluation of shortlisted PROMs for Hip Fracture: A targeted review and assessment of psychometric properties
23/12/21 → …
Project: Consultancy
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Creating a culture of safety and respect: a controlled, mixed-methods study of the effectiveness of a behavioural accountability intervention to reduce unprofessional behaviours
Westbrook, J., Braithwaite, J., Day, R., Middleton, S., Scott, D., Rapport, F., Mitchell, R., Baysari, M., Li, L., Ayliff, N., Hughes, C., McInnes, E., Goodier, G., Maddern, G., Cartmill, J., Churruca, K., Fletcher, M., Sunderland, N., Hibbert, P., Clay-Williams, R., Pavithra, A. & Crick, S.
1/12/17 → …
Project: Research
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Additional analysis on the patient safety culture survey pilot data
29/03/21 → 30/04/21
Project: Consultancy
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Research Plan: Validity and Reliability Testing Two Patient Safety Culture Surveys
Tran, Y., Ellis, L. & Churruca, K.
1/06/19 → 31/07/19
Project: Consultancy
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Case studies of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)
Churruca, K., Ellis, L. & Mahmoud, Z.
16/05/19 → 30/06/19
Project: Consultancy
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An exploratory survey study of disorder and its association with safety culture in four hospitals
Churruca, K., Ellis, L. A., Long, J. C., Pomare, C., Liauw, W., O’Donnell, C. M. & Braithwaite, J., 21 Apr 2022, In: BMC Health Services Research. 22, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., 530.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Creating a culture of safety and respect through professional accountability: case study of the Ethos program across eight Australian hospitals
Churruca, K., Pavithra, A., McMullan, R. D., Urwin, R., Tippett, S., Cunningham, N., Loh, E. & Westbrook, J., 12 May 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Australian Health Review. 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Navigating healthcare system complexity using Healthdirect: an interview study with key stakeholders
Churruca, K., Ellis, L. A., Zurynski, Y. & Braithwaite, J., 2022. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Resilience theory, complexity science and Safety-II
Churruca, K., Clay-Williams, R., Long, J. C., Ellis, L. A. & Braithwaite, J., 1 May 2022, Oxford professional practice: handbook of patient safety. Lachman, P., Brennan, J., Fitzsimons, J., Jayadev, A. & Runnacles, J. (eds.). USA: Oxford University Press, p. 99-107 9 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Social network research in health care settings: design and data collection
Pomare, C., Long, J. C., Churruca, K., Ellis, L. A. & Braithwaite, J., May 2022, In: Social Networks. 69, p. 14-21 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Awarded top 10% downloaded paper for 2018-2019 (Wiley)
Churruca, Kate (Recipient), Ludlow, Kristiana (Recipient), Taylor, N. (Recipient), Long, Janet (Recipient), Best, Stephanie (Recipient) & Braithwaite, Jeffrey (Recipient), 2020
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Best Poster Presentation at the NEWMAC Humanities Postgraduate Conference
Braithwaite, Jeffrey (Recipient), Herkes, J. (Recipient), Churruca, Kate (Recipient) & Ellis, Louise (Recipient), 17 Jul 2017
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Survey development in a haphazard research landscape: Making a mark by developing a tool for person-environment fit.
Herkes, J. (Recipient), Churruca, Kate (Recipient), Ellis, Louise (Recipient) & Braithwaite, Jeffrey (Recipient), 2017
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Wiley Top Cited Article 2019-2020, Paper Published in Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
Pomare, Chiara (Recipient), Churruca, Kate (Recipient), Ellis, Louise (Recipient), Long, Janet (Recipient) & Braithwaite, Jeffrey (Recipient), 15 Apr 2021
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Analysis of the International Society of Quality in Healthcare's (ISQua) Strategic Stakeholder Surveys - 2021
Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker), Peter Hibbert (Speaker), Janet Long (Speaker), Kate Churruca (Speaker), Louise Ellis (Speaker), Jesmin Rupa (Speaker), Carsten Engel (Speaker) & Sinead McArdle (Speaker)
7 Oct 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Australian Institute of Health Innovation (Organisational unit)
Karen Hutchinson (Chair), Kate Churruca (Member), Louise Ellis (Member), Virginia Mumford (Member), Magda Raban (Member), Denise Tsiros (Member), Cliff Hughes (Member) & Anam Bilgrami (Member)
2021 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Mapping the field: The application and visualisation of bibliometrics in healthcare research
Louise Ellis (Speaker), Kate Churruca (Speaker), Chiara Pomare (Speaker), Isabelle Meulenbroeks (Speaker) & Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker)
24 Sep 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Making networks resilient: dealing with the loss of key players
Janet Long (Speaker), Kate Churruca (Speaker), Louise Ellis (Speaker), Robyn Clay-Williams (Speaker) & Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker)
16 Aug 2021 → 18 Aug 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Too much theory and not enough practice: the challenge of implementation science application in healthcare practice.
Frances Rapport (Speaker), Karen Hutchinson (Speaker), Jim Smith (Speaker), Robyn Clay-Williams (Speaker), Kate Churruca (Speaker), Mia Bierbaum (Speaker) & Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker)
20 Oct 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation