Dr Nicole Shepherd
Academic Lead Medical Student Selection
Academy for Medical Education
+61 7 334 65251
Nicole is responsible for leading the process of selection and recruitment of medical students, who are suitably qualified and will thrive in the UQ medical program. Nicole contributes to the implementation of admissions policies, support for offer holders, and to the continual enhancement of selection processes.
Researcher biography
Nicole is a social scientist and ethics educator. Her current research is investigating the experience of students entering medical programs through a rural pathway. This is a multi-site study in collaboration with Western Sydney University, Charles Sturt University and University of Adelaide.
Book Chapter
Aland, R. Claire, Shepherd, Nicole, Swyny, Belinda and Manchadi, Mary-Louise Roy (2022). The virtual microscope: tracing knowledge of human microstructure through digital images. Making sense of medicine: materiality and the reproduction of medical knowledge. (pp. 271-280) Bristol, United Kingdom: Intellect Books. doi: 10.1386/9781789385779_19
Journal Articles
Shepherd, Nicole, Wilson Gray, Romy, Hu, Wendy, Hyde, Sarah, Partanen, Riitta, Pena, Alexia, Walters, Lucie and Olson, Rebecca (2024). I'm not ‘fake rural’: rural student negotiation of identity and place in medical school. Sociologia Ruralis. doi: 10.1111/soru.12473
Shepherd, Nicole and Meehan, Tom (2019). Negotiating the boundaries between clinical and non-clinical work within a supported housing program. International Journal of Mental Health, 48 (3), 217-235. doi: 10.1080/00207411.2019.1651606
MacAndrew, Margaret, Schnitker, Linda, Shepherd, Nicole and Beattie, Elizabeth (2018). People with dementia getting lost in Australia: dementia-related missing person reports in the media. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 37 (3), E97-E103. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12542
Shepherd, Nicole (2018). Governing through freedom: mental health care in the age of empowerment. Critical Policy Studies, 13 (3), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/19460171.2018.1463856
Willmot, Lindy, White, Benjamin, Gallois, Cindy, Parker, Malcolm, Graves, Nicholas, Winch, Sarah, Callaway, Leonie Kaye, Shepherd, Nicole and Close, Eliana (2016). Reasons doctors provide futile treatment at the end of life: a qualitative study. Journal of Medical Ethics, 42 (8), 496-503. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2016-103370
White, Ben, Willmott, Lindy, Close, Eliana, Shepherd, Nicole, Gallois, Cindy, Parker, Malcolm H., Winch, Sarah, Graves, Nicholas and Callaway, Leonie K. (2016). What does “futility” mean? An empirical study of doctors’ perceptions. Medical Journal of Australia, 204 (8), 318.e1-318.e5. doi: 10.5694/mja15.01103
Willmott, Lindy, White, Ben, Close, Eliana, Gallois, Cindy, Parker, Malcolm, Graves, Nicholas, Winch, Sarah, Calloway, Leonie and Shepherd, Nicole (2016). Futility and the Law: Knowledge, practice and attitudes of doctors in end of life care. QUT Law Review, 16 (1), 54-75. doi: 10.5204/qutlr.v16i1.622
Gallois, Cindy, Wilmott, Lindy, White, Ben, Winch, Sarah, Parker, Malcolm, Graves, Nicholas, Shepherd, Nicole and Close, Eliana (2015). Futile Treatment in Hospital: Doctors’ Intergroup Language. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 34 (6), 657-671. doi: 10.1177/0261927X15586430
Shepherd, Nicole, Meehan, Tom and Humphries, Seiji (2014). Supporting recovery: challenges for in-home psychiatric support workers. Mental Health Review Journal, 19 (2), 73-83. doi: 10.1108/MHRJ-07-2013-0027
Shepherd, Nicole and Meehan, Tom (2013). Training for in-home psychiatric disability support workers. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 8 (1), 35-44. doi: 10.1108/17556221311308014
Shepherd, Nicole and Meehan, Thomas J. (2012). A multilevel framework for effective interagency collaboration in mental health. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 71 (4), 403-411. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2012.00791.x
Shepherd, Nicole, Meehan, Thomas J., Davidson, Fiona and Stedman, Terry (2010). An evaluation of a benchmarking initiative in extended treatment mental health services. Australian Health Review, 34 (3), 328-333. doi: 10.1071/AH09698
Shepherd, Nicole (2002). Anarcho-Environmentalists: Ascetics of Late Modernity. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 31 (2), 135-157. doi: 10.1177/0891241602031002002
Conference Papers
Oancea, Iulia, Shepherd, Nicole, Berry, Benjamin and Barber, Liz (2021). Meaningful integration of medical disciplines into a capstone pre-clinical course. ANZAHPE, Online, 6-14 July 2021.
Oancea, Iulia, Shepherd, Nicole, Barry, Benjamin, Barber, Elizabeth and Hill, Peter (2020). Evaluation of the integration of public health, research and clinical science into a single capstone course. ANZAHPE 2020 Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 12-15 July 2020. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators.
Darlington, Sharon, Oancea, Iulia, Barry, Benjamin K., Shepherd, Nicole, Mukandi, Bryan, Winch, Sarah and Wozniak, Helen (2019). Discriminative capacity of a rubric assessment of ethical reasoning and clinical reasoning in case-based learning tutorials. ANZAHPE 2019 Conference, Canberra, 1-4 July 2019.
Barry, Benjamin K., Shepherd, Nicole, Darlington, Sharon, Mukandi, Bryan, Winch, Sarah, Wozniak, Helen and Oancea, Iulia (2019). Student and tutor evaluations of the integration of medical ethics in case-based learning discussions. ANZAHPE 2019 Conference, Canberra, ACT Australia, 1-4 July 2019. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators.
Shepherd, Nicole (2019). Ethical critique of supported housing. International Conference on Public Policy 4, Montreal, Quebec, 26-28 June 2019.
Barry, Benjamin K., Shepherd, Nicole, Darlington, Sharon, Mukandi, Bryan, Winch, Sarah, Wozniak, Helen and Oancea, Iulia (2019). Student and tutor evaluations of the integration of medical ethics in case-based learning discussions.. ANZAHPE 2019 Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 1-4 July 2019. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators.
Shepherd, Nicole, Oancea, Iulia, Barry, Bem and Darlington, Sharon (2019). Student perceptions of learning about medical ethics in clinical case-based tutorials. Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law, Dunedin, New Zealand, 21-23 November 2019.
Oancea, Iulia, Shepherd, Nicole, Darlington, Sharon, Winch, Sarah and Barry, Ben (2018). Distributed assessment of medical ethics in case discussions facilitated by a large team of casual clinical tutors. ANZAHPE 2018 Conference, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 1-4 July 2018. Renmark, SA, Australia: Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators.
Shepherd, Nicole (2003). Interviewing Online: Qualitative Research in the Network(ed) Society. Association of Qualitative Research Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 17-19 July 2003. Sydney, NSW Australia: Association for Qualitative Research.
Boyce, R. A. and Shepherd, N. (2000). Entrepreneurship as a dimension of professional culture. The Sociological Association of Australia 2000 Conference, Flinders University, 06-08 Dec 2000. Adelaide: The Sociological Association of Australia.
Boyce, R. A., Shepherd, N. and Mickan, S. (2000). Restucturing professional culture: The impact of "enterprising" management ideologies and entrepreneurship on public sector professionals. Third Interim Conference, International Sociological Association Reseach Committee 52 - The Sociology of Professional Groups, Libson, Portugal, 13-15 Sept 2000. Libson, Portugal: International Sociological Association, Research Committee 52 - The Sociology of Professional Groups.
Thesis
Shepherd, Nicole (2020). The transition from institution to community-based mental health care in Queensland: a critical policy analysis. PhD Thesis, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/5a3cee2