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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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Health Outcomes and Patient Experience (HOPE) Process Evaluation
Harrison, R., Manias, E., Churruca, K., Ellis, L., Newman, B. & Walsan, R.
23/06/22 → 16/09/22
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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Cultures of aged care delivery: qualitative content analysis of Australia’s Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
Churruca, K., Long, J. C., Ellis, L. A., Saba, M. & Braithwaite, J., 5 Mar 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Australasian Journal on Ageing. 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experiences of peer messengers as part of a professional accountability culture change program to reduce unprofessional behaviour: a cross-sectional study across eight hospitals
McMullan, R. D., Urwin, R., Sunderland, N., Churruca, K., Cunningham, N. & Westbrook, J., 27 Apr 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Australian Health Review. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High-performing primary care: reinvigorating general practice as a learning health system
Foo, D., Mahadeva, J., Lopez, F., Ellis, L. A., Churruca, K., Dammery, G., Willcock, S. & Braithwaite, J., 1 Jan 2023, In: British Journal of General Practice. 73, 726, p. 8-9 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Hospital organizational change: the importance of teamwork culture, communication, and change readiness
Ellis, L. A., Tran, Y., Pomare, C., Long, J. C., Churruca, K., Saba, M. & Braithwaite, J., 9 Feb 2023, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 11, p. 1-9 9 p., 1089252.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Innovative models of healthcare delivery: an umbrella review of reviews
Roberts, N., Carrigan, A., Clay-Williams, R., Hibbert, P. D., Mahmoud, Z., Pomare, C., Fajardo Pulido, D., Meulenbroeks, I., Knaggs, G. T., Austin, E. E., Churruca, K., Ellis, L. A., Long, J. C., Hutchinson, K., Best, S., Nic Giolla Easpaig, B., Sarkies, M. N., Francis Auton, E., Hatem, S., Dammery, G., & 7 others , 23 Feb 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 2, p. 1-11 11 p., e066270.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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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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Wiley Top Cited Article 2021-2022, Paper Published in Health Expectations
Churruca, Kate (Recipient), Pomare, Chiara (Recipient), Ellis, Louise (Recipient), Long, Janet (Recipient), Henderson, S. B. (Recipient), Murphy, L. E. D. (Recipient), Leahy, C. J. (Recipient) & Braithwaite, Jeffrey (Recipient), 22 Feb 2023
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How do we evolve the culture of Australia’s aged care system: A sociological analysis of a Royal Commission’s Final Report
Kate Churruca (Invited speaker), Janet Long (Invited speaker), Louise Ellis (Invited speaker) & Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker)
13 Sep 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Resilience in the face of complexity: An examination of the characteristics of resilience in the implementation of a large-scale community-based mental health intervention
Louise Ellis (Invited speaker), Yvonne Zurynski (Invited speaker), Robyn Clay-Williams (Invited speaker), Janet Long (Invited speaker), Mitchell Sarkies (Invited speaker), Kate Churruca (Invited speaker) & Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker)
12 Sep 2022 → 14 Sep 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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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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Fixing the plane while flying: Formative evaluation feedback loops (FEFLs) to orchestrate revolutionary and evolutionary change in dynamic, complex healthcare systems
Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker), Kate Churruca (Invited speaker), Louise Ellis (Invited speaker), Janet Long (Invited speaker), Mitchell Sarkies (Invited speaker), Yvonne Zurynski (Invited speaker) & Robyn Clay-Williams (Invited speaker)
14 Sep 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Navigating healthcare system complexity using healthdirect: Stakeholders’ perspectives of the value of a national digital triage service
Kate Churruca (Speaker), Louise Ellis (Speaker), Yvonne Zurynski (Speaker) & Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker)
17 Oct 2022 → 20 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk