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Professor Don Gorman

Name :	Professor Don Gorman
Position :	Professor (Mental Health) & Director (CRRAH)
Section :	Faculty of Sciences Nursing and Midwifery
Office :	TA228
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	61 7 4631 5456
Extension :	5456
E-mail :
Qualifications :	DipAppSc LincolnIHS BEd, MEd, EdD La Trobe

Home Page : http://www.usq.edu.au/users/gorman
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Professional Memberships

Fellow Australian College of Mental Health Nurses
Fellow Royal College of Nursing Australia

Research Interests

Indigenous Health
Mental Health
Cross-Cultural health/education

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Gorman, D., & Toombs, M. (2009). Matching research methodology with Australian Indigenous culture. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 33(3).
Hossain, D., Gorman, D., & Eley, R. (2009). Enhancing knowledge and skills of Advisory and Extension Agents in mental health issues of the farmers. Australasian Psychiatry Journal, Accepted 2009.
Hossain, D., Gorman, D., Eley, R., & Coutts, J. (2009). Farm Advisors reflections on Mental Health First Aid training. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, 8(1), www.auseinet.com/journal/vol8iss1/hossain.pdf

Most notable :

Gorman, D., & Toombs, M. (2009). Matching research methodology with Australian Indigenous culture. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 33(3).
Gorman, D, Buikstra, E, Hegney, D, Pearce, S, Rogers-Clark, C, Weir, J & McCullagh, B 2007, 'Rural men and mental health: Their experiences and how they managed', International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 298-306.
Gorman, D, Nielsen, A & Best, O 2006, 'Western medicine and Australian Indigenous healing practices', Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 28-29.
Gorman, D & Best, O 2005, 'Research into traditional healing practices and health of Indigenous Australians', ACCNS Journal for Community Nurses, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 7.
Gorman, D, Brough, M & Ramirez, E 2003, 'How young people from linguistically diverse backgrounds experience mental health: Some insights for mental health nurses', International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, vol. 12:3, pp. 194-202.
Gorman, D 1999, 'Cultural disadvantage of nursing students', International Education-ej, from http://pandora.nla.gov.au/nph-arch/2000/Z2000-Feb-29/http://www.canberra.edu.au/education/crie/1998-1999/ieej12/ie12-Don.html.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

MHN5120 Advanced Mental Health Nursing 1
MHN5130 Counselling & Groupwork
MHN5160 Advanced Mental Health Nursing 2
MHN5170 Healing & Therapeutics

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 20 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Coordinator Master of Mental Health Nursing
Director Centre for Rural & Remote Area Health