Medical School

Associate Professor Nancy Sturman

Deputy Head GPCU, Joint Lead Teaching & Learning, Joint GP Course Coordinator
Associate Professor
General Practice Clinical Unit
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Research Interests

Health and Social Care for Vulnerable Populations

Active and recent projects explore healthcare for people with experience of homelessness, mental illness, and/or substance use issues. These include:

  • General practice care for patients with severe and persistent mental illness;
  • Digital health access in people experiencing homelessness;
  • Experiences of healthcare for people experiencing homelessness;
  • Working with interpreters;
  • Methamphetamine use and opiate dependency.

Selection of recent publications

Sturman, Nancy and Matheson, Don (2020). 'I just hope they take it seriously': homeless men talk about their health care. Australian Health Review 44 (5) 748-754. https://doi.org/10.1071/ah19070

Sturman, Nancy and Matheson, Don (2020). ‘Genuine doctor care’: Perspectives on general practice and community-based care of Australian men experiencing homelessness. Health and Social Care in the Community, 28 (4) hsc.12963, 1301-1309. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12963

Sturman, Nancy, Williams, Ryan, Ostini, Remo, Wyder, Marianne and Siskind, Dan (2020). 'A really good GP': engagement and satisfaction with general practice care of people with severe and persistent mental illness. Australian Journal of General Practice, 49 (1-2), 61-65. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-02-19-485

Sturman, Nancy, Farley, Rebecca, Claudio, Fernanda and Avila, Patricia (2017). Improving the effectiveness of interpreted consultations: Australian interpreter, general practitioner and patient perspectives. Health & social care in the community, 26 (2), 233-240. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12504

Medical Education and General Practice Training

Recent and current scholarship of teaching and learning projects explore the following:              

  • Teaching and learning about ethical issues and professionalism in general practice;
  • Work-based learning in general practice training and medical education;
  • Self-monitoring and help-seeking in general practice training;
  • Student perspectives on, and utilisation of, online resources and teaching
  • Assessment in medical education;
  • Curriculum development;
  • Faculty and supervisor professional development.

Selection of recent publications

Sturman, Nancy, Parker, Malcolm, and Jorm, Christine (2020). Clinical supervision in general practice training: the interweaving of supervisor, trainee and patient entrustment with clinical oversight, patient safety and trainee learning. Advances in Health Sciences Education 26 (1) 297-311. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-020-09986-7

Sturman, Nancy J., Tapley, Amanda, van Driel, Mieke L., Holliday, Elizabeth G., Ball, Jean I., Davey, Andrew R., Fielding, Alison, FitzGerald, Kristen, Spike, Neil A., and Magin, Parker J. (2020). Configurations for obtaining in-consultation assistance from supervisors in general practice training, and patient-related barriers to trainee help-seeking: a survey study. BMC Medical Education 20 (1) 369 369. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02291-2

Sturman, Nancy, Jorm, Christine and Parker, Malcolm (2020). With a grain of salt? Supervisor credibility and other factors influencing trainee decisions to seek in-consultation assistance: a focus group study of Australian general practice trainees. BMC Family Practice, 21 (1) 28, 28. doi: 10.1186/s12875-020-1084-7

Sturman, Nancy and Ostini, Remo (2018). Medical student contact with specialty trainees: missing out in general practice?. Australian Journal of General Practice, 47 (6), 391-395. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-12-17-4423

Sturman, Nancy, Tan, Zachary and Turner, Jane (2017). “A steep learning curve”: junior doctor perspectives on the transition from medical student to the health-care workplace. BMC Medical Education, 17 (92) 92, 92. doi: 10.1186/s12909-017-0931-2

The Craft of General Practice

Active projects explore the relational basis of general practice, general practitioner health and well-being, and partnerships with other health professions.

Selection of recent publications

Foot, Holly, Scott, Ian, Sturman, Nancy, Whitty, Jennifer A., Rixon, Kylie, Connelly, Luke, Williams, Ian, and Freeman, Christopher (2021). Impact of pharmacist and physician collaborations in primary care on reducing readmission to hospital: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.07.015

Freeman, Christopher R., Scott, Ian A., Hemming, Karla, Connelly, Luke B., Kirkpatrick, Carl M., Coombes, Ian, Whitty, Jennifer, Martin, James, Cottrell, Neil, Sturman, Nancy, Russell, Grant M., Williams, Ian, Nicholson, Caroline, Kirsa, Sue, and Foot, Holly (2021). Reducing Medical Admissions and Presentations Into Hospital through Optimising Medicines (REMAIN HOME): a stepped wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial. The Medical Journal of Australia 214 (5) 212-217. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50942

Foot, Holly, Freeman, Christopher, Hemming, Karla, Scott, Ian, Coombes, Ian D., Williams, Ian D., Connelly, Luke, Whitty, Jennifer A., Sturman, Nancy, Kirsa, Sue, Nicholson, Caroline, Russell, Grant, Kirkpatrick, Carl and Cottrell, Neil (2017). Reducing medical admissions into hospital through optimising medicines (REMAIN HOME) study: protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial. BMJ Open, 7 (4) e015301, e015301. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-01530

Researcher biography

Dr Nancy Sturman has worked in Australian general practice since 1990, in both metropolitan and rural settings. She is currently a general practitioner with UQ Healthcare, where she has been the Clinical Lead of Homelessness and Addiction Medicine since 2011.

Nancy was a member of the Queensland Faculty of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), and chaired the Faculty's Research Support Committee, from 2014 - 2018. She is the Senior Academic Advisor with the Education Research Unit of the RACGP, and is a member of the Brisbane North Primary Health Network Clinical Council.

Nancy accepted an appointment with the University of Queensland's Discipline of General Practice in 2007, and was appointed to a Teaching Focused Associate Professor position with the Discipline in 2013. She led the delivery of the Discipline's clinical teaching from 2012 - 2015, as Academic Coordinator of the General Practice and Medicine in Society rotations. She chaired the School of Medicine's Assessment Sub-committee between 2013 and 2016, and served as the Deputy Chair of the University of Queensland Medical Research Ethics Committee between 2013 and 2016. She is currently the deputy Head of the Mayne Academy of General Practice, and leads UQ General Practice's scholarship of teaching and learning.

Her key research interests are: work-based learning in general practice training and medical education; managing and teaching ethical issues and professionalism in general practice; health and social care for vulnerable populations; and assessment in medical education. Nancy’s PhD focused on general practice registrar help-seeking, and supervisor input to patient care, during trainee consultations with patients.

Featured projects Duration
Eating disorders and Christian Spirituality: A Qualitative and Co-design Approach to Prevention, Whole Person Care and Recovery
StudyU: a new tool to self-manage persistent pain after a road traffic crash
StudyU: a new tool to self manage chronic pain
Health and Social Care for Vulnerable Populations
Medical Education and General Practice Training
The Craft of General Practice
Exploring security in the GP-Patient Relationship: A Qualitative Study

Publications

Journal Articles (54)
Conference Papers (55)
Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Kelly, Michaela, Sturman, Nancy, Green, Alison, Ryan, Cherri, Shirley, Beth, Chau, Annabel, Preston, Scott and Jackson, Claire (2024). Wanted: Nearer peers for teaching and learning in general practice. Australian Journal of General Practice, 52 (12 Supplement), S98-S100. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-04-24-7235
Brumpton, Kay, Sturman, Nancy, O'Shannessy, Megan, Noble, Christy and Billett, Stephen (2024). Pandemic impacts on rural general practice: Trainees and supervision team working and learning together. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 32 (5), 1054-1061. doi: 10.1111/ajr.13185
Billett, Stephen, Noble, Christy, Sturman, Nancy, O'Shannessy, Megan, Brumpton, Kay and Le, Anh Hai (2024). Reimagining rural clinical education from lessons learnt during COVID. The Clinical Teacher, 21 (4) e13732, 1-7. doi: 10.1111/tct.13732
Sturman, Nancy, Tran, Michael and Vasiliadis, Sophie (2024). Rescuing the profession we love: general practice training sector recommendations for improving the attractiveness of general practice training. A qualitative analysis. Medical Journal of Australia, 220 (9), 461-465. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52291
Sturman, Nancy, Ostini, Remo, Choy, Melinda and Cyphers, Griffin (2024). Digital health access, uptake, literacy and trust in people with experience of homelessness. Australian Journal of General Practice, 4 (4), 220-226. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-2-23-6716
Thomas, Hayley, Lynch, Johanna, Burch, Emily, Best, Megan, Ball, Lauren, Sturgiss, Elizabeth and Sturman, Nancy (2023). Where the joy comes from: a qualitative exploration of deep GP-patient relationships. BMC Primary Care, 24 (1) 268, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02224-0
Sturman, Nancy Jennifer (2023). Clinician and education researcher: Ships passing in the night?. Medical Education, 57 (11), 994-995. doi: 10.1111/medu.15194
Sturman, Nancy, Tapley, Amanda, Holliday, Elizabeth, Fielding, Alison, Davey, Andrew, Van Driel, Mieke, Ball, Jean, Fitzgerald, Kristen, Spike, Neil and Magin, Parker (2023). Utilisation of in-consultation supervisor assistance in general practice training and personal cost to trainees: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Primary Health Care, 16 (1), 4-11. doi: 10.1071/HC23044
Lynch, Johanna M., Thomas, Hayley R., Askew, Deborah A. and Sturman, Nancy (2023). Holding the complex whole: generalist philosophy, priorities and practice that facilitate whole-person care. Australian Journal of General Practice, 52 (7), 428-433. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-01-23-6686
Sturman, Nancy Jennifer, MItchell, Benjamin, Jennings, Warren, Kelly, Michaela, O'Reilly, Joanne Margaret and King, David (2023). Work-based feedback conversations with GP teachers. The Clinical Teacher, 20 (3) e13576, 1-7. doi: 10.1111/tct.13576
Foot, Holly, Kirkpatrick, Carl, Russell, Grant, Sturman, Nancy, Cossart, Amelia and Freeman, Christopher (2022). Enhanced primary care after hospitalization: General practitioner, pharmacist and patient feedback from the REMAIN HOME trial. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 19 (3), 510-516. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.09.014
Sturman, Nancy, Fitzmaurice, Elizabeth, Waters, Erin, Sheldrake, Michelle and Lee, Cathy (2022). The educational affordances of external clinician observation of GP trainee consultations. Medical Education, 56 (9), 915-921. doi: 10.1111/medu.14841
Kelly, Michaela, Lynch, Johanna, Mainstone, Penny, Green, Alison and Sturman, Nancy (2022). ‘Things we are expected to just do and deal with’: Using the medical humanities to encourage reflection on vulnerability and nurture clinical skills, collegiality, compassion, and self-care. Perspectives on Medical Education, 11 (5), 300-304. doi: 10.1007/s40037-022-00724-w
Foot, Holly, Scott, Ian, Sturman, Nancy, Whitty, Jennifer A., Rixon, Kylie, Connelly, Luke, Williams, Ian and Freeman, Christopher (2022). Impact of pharmacist and physician collaborations in primary care on reducing readmission to hospital: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 18 (6), 2922-2943. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.07.015
Sturman, Nancy Jennifer, Williams, Ryan, Wyder, Marianne and Lynch, Johanna (2022). Heard, known, and safe in general practice? An interview study with patients with severe and persistent mental illness. BJGP Open, 6 (2) BJGPO.2021.0201. doi: 10.3399/bjgpo.2021.0201
Wallis, Katharine A, Smith, Jane, Henderson, Margaret, Yates, Natasha, Sturman, Nancy and Askew, Deborah A (2022). GP teachers’ views on continuing clinical placements in general practice during the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. Australian Journal of General Practice, 51 (3), 167-170. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-10-21-6203
Moraa, Irene, Sturman, Nancy, McGuire, Treasure M. and van Driel, Mieke L. (2021). Heliox for croup in children. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 8 (8) CD006822, CD006822. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006822.pub6
Freeman, Christopher R., Scott, Ian A., Hemming, Karla, Connelly, Luke B., Kirkpatrick, Carl M., Coombes, Ian, Whitty, Jennifer, Martin, James, Cottrell, Neil, Sturman, Nancy, Russell, Grant M., Williams, Ian, Nicholson, Caroline, Kirsa, Sue and Foot, Holly (2021). Reducing Medical Admissions and Presentations Into Hospital through Optimising Medicines (REMAIN HOME): a stepped wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial. The Medical Journal of Australia, 214 (5), 212-217. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50942
Sturman, Nancy, Fitzmaurice, Liz, Lee, Cathy, Sheldrake, Michelle and Ingham, Gerard (2021). Flags for seeking help: making supervisor expectations of general practice trainee help-seeking explicit. Education for Primary Care, 32 (2), 109-117. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2020.1864780
Sturman, Nancy, Fitzmaurice, Liz, Ingham, Gerard, Lee, Cathy and Sheldrake, Michelle (2021). Getting good help: a guide for reflection, debriefing and feedback conversations about in-consultation supervision. Education for Primary Care, 32 (2), 1-5. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2020.1864781
Sturman, Nancy, Fitzmaurice, Liz, Lee, Cathy, Sheldrake, Michelle and Ingham, Gerard (2020). Good help: a model for providing in-consultation supervision of general practice trainees. Education for Primary Care, 32 (2), 1-5. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2020.1864779
Sturman, Nancy J., Tapley, Amanda, van Driel, Mieke L., Holliday, Elizabeth G., Ball, Jean I., Davey, Andrew R., Fielding, Alison, FitzGerald, Kristen, Spike, Neil A. and Magin, Parker J. (2020). Configurations for obtaining in-consultation assistance from supervisors in general practice training, and patient-related barriers to trainee help-seeking: a survey study. BMC Medical Education, 20 (1) 369, 369. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02291-2
Sturman, Nancy and Matheson, Don (2020). 'I just hope they take it seriously': homeless men talk about their health care. Australian Health Review, 44 (5), 748-754. doi: 10.1071/ah19070
Sturman, Nancy, Parker, Malcolm and Jorm, Christine (2020). Clinical supervision in general practice training: the interweaving of supervisor, trainee and patient entrustment with clinical oversight, patient safety and trainee learning. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 26 (1), 297-311. doi: 10.1007/s10459-020-09986-7
Sturman, Nancy and Matheson, Don (2020). ‘Genuine doctor care’: Perspectives on general practice and community-based care of Australian men experiencing homelessness. Health and Social Care in the Community, 28 (4) hsc.12963, 1301-1309. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12963
Kelly, Michaela, Sturman, Nancy and Pakchung, David (2020). Teaching and learning in general practice: ethical and legal considerations for GP teachers and medical students. Medical Journal of Australia, 212 (9), 403-405.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50593
Sturman, Nancy, Jorm, Christine and Parker, Malcolm (2020). With a grain of salt? Supervisor credibility and other factors influencing trainee decisions to seek in-consultation assistance: a focus group study of Australian general practice trainees. BMC Family Practice, 21 (1) 28, 28. doi: 10.1186/s12875-020-1084-7
Sturman, Nancy, Williams, Ryan, Ostini, Remo, Wyder, Marianne and Siskind, Dan (2020). 'A really good GP': engagement and satisfaction with general practice care of people with severe and persistent mental illness. Australian Journal of General Practice, 49 (1-2), 61-65. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-02-19-4854
Roper, Lucinda and Sturman, Nancy (2019). ‘We all have friends like that’: how Australian patients avoid Dr Google shame. Communication and Medicine, 16 (3), 267-279. doi: 10.1558/cam.39254
Moraa, Irene, Sturman, Nancy, McGuire, Treasure M. and van Driel, Mieke L. (2018). Heliox for croup in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018 (10) CD006822, CD006822. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006822.pub5
Sturman, Nancy, Wong, Wai Yee, Turner, Jane and Allan, Chris (2018). Online examiner calibration across specialties. The Clinical Teacher, 15 (5), 377-381. doi: 10.1111/tct.12701
Foot, Holly, Scott, Ian A., Russell, Grant M., Cottrell, Neil, Sturman, Nancy and Freeman, Christopher R. (2018). Ethics and site-specific governance approvals for multi-centre, inter-sector health care research. Medical Journal of Australia, 209 (4), 1-176. doi: 10.5694/mja17.01017
Sturman, Nancy and Ostini, Remo (2018). Medical student contact with specialty trainees: missing out in general practice?. Australian Journal of General Practice, 47 (6), 391-395. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-12-17-4423
Sturman, Nancy, Deckx, Laura and van Driel, Mieke L. (2017). Methylphenidate for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Cochrane Database Systematic Reviews, 2017 (11) CD011144, CD011144. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011144.pub2
Sturman, Nancy, Farley, Rebecca, Claudio, Fernanda and Avila, Patricia (2017). Improving the effectiveness of interpreted consultations: Australian interpreter, general practitioner and patient perspectives. Health & social care in the community, 26 (2), 233-240. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12504
Sturman, Nancy , Ostini, Remo, Wong, Wai Yee, Zhang, Jianzhen and David, Michael (2017). “On the same page”? The effect of GP examiner feedback on differences in rating severity in clinical assessments: a pre/post intervention study. BMC Medical Education, 17 (1) 101, 101.1-101.7. doi: 10.1186/s12909-017-0929-9
Sturman, Nancy, Tan, Zachary and Turner, Jane (2017). “A steep learning curve”: junior doctor perspectives on the transition from medical student to the health-care workplace. BMC Medical Education, 17 (92) 92, 92. doi: 10.1186/s12909-017-0931-2
Foot, Holly, Freeman, Christopher, Hemming, Karla, Scott, Ian, Coombes, Ian D., Williams, Ian D., Connelly, Luke, Whitty, Jennifer A., Sturman, Nancy, Kirsa, Sue, Nicholson, Caroline, Russell, Grant, Kirkpatrick, Carl and Cottrell, Neil (2017). Reducing medical admissions into hospital through optimising medicines (REMAIN HOME) study: protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial. BMJ Open, 7 (4) e015301, e015301. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015301
Sturman, Nancy, Mitchell, Benjamin and Mitchell, Amy (2017). Nice to watch? Students evaluate online lectures. The Clinical Teacher, 15 (1), 19-23. doi: 10.1111/tct.12629
Sturman, Nancy and Saiepour, Nargess (2016). Eligibility for opiate substitution therapy in recently released prisoners with high-risk amphetamine use, and their perceptions of its effectiveness. Journal of Substance Use, 22 (5), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/14659891.2016.1246622
Sturman, Nancy and Saiepour, Nargess (2014). How confident are general practitioners in teaching medical students about ethical issues on general practice placements?. Australian Family Physician, 43 (12), 880-883.
Redman, Toni, Scheermeyer, Ellie, Ogawa, Makoto, Sparks, Eddie C., Taylor, Jeremy C., Tran, Vi, Sturman, Nancy and van Driel, Mieke L. (2014). Intervention Protocol: methylphenidate for core and ADHD-like symptoms in children aged 6 to 18 years with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 8 (8) CD011144, CD011144.1-CD011144.14. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011144
Sturman, Nancy and Saiepour, Nargess (2014). Ethics and professionalism in general practice placements: what should students learn?. Australian Family Physician, 43 (7), 468-472.
Sturman, Nancy, Farley, Rebecca and Jennings, Warren (2014). Exploring medical student experiences of ethical issues and professionalism in Australian general practice. International Journal of Practice-based Learning in Health and Social Care, 2 (2), 1-8. doi: 10.11120/pblh.2014.00037
Sturman, Nancy and Parker, Malcolm (2013). The elusive grail of social inclusion in medical selection. Medical Education, 47 (6), 542-544. doi: 10.1111/medu.12211
Moraa, Irene, Sturman, Nancy, McGuire, Treasure and van Driel, Mieke L (2013). Heliox for croup in children (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013 (12) CD006822. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006822.pub4
Sturman, Nancy (2013). Many hurdles for the translation of species preservation research: Comment on "Ethics of Species Research and Preservation" by Rob Irvine. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 10 (4), 531-532. doi: 10.1007/s11673-013-9472-5
Sturman, Nancy J., Parker, Malcolm and van Driel, Mieke L. (2012). The informal curriculum: general practitioner perceptions of ethics in clinical practice. Australian Family Physician, 41 (12), 981-984.
Sturman, Nancy (2011). Teaching medical students: Ethical challenges. Australian Family Physician, 40 (12), 992-995.
Sturman, Nancy J. (2011). Teaching and patient payment. Medical Journal of Australia, 195 (4), 231-231. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03293.x
Sturman, N. J., Régo, P. M. and Dick, M.-L. B. (2011). Rewards, costs and challenges: The experience of teaching medical students in general practice. Medical Education, 45 (7), 722-730. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.03930.x
Sturman, Nancy (2010). Response to "In that case: Hysterectomy will not solve the problem". Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 7 (4), 379-380. doi: 10.1007/s11673-010-9260-4
N J Sturman, P M Rego and M-L B Dick (2009). Survey of views of metropolitan general practitioners about teaching medical students. Medical Journal of Australia, 191 (2), 110-110. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02706.x
Sturman, Nancy and Ferguson, J. (2004). Antibiotic prescribing (multiple letters) [4]. Australian Prescriber, 27 (6)

Conference Papers

Ryan, Cherri, Kelly, Michaela, Green, Alison, Shirley, Beth, Chau, Annabel, Melville, Rory, Jackson, Claire, Preston, Scott and Sturman, Nancy (2024). Near-peer teaching in general practice: more than one way to solve a problem. ANZAHPE, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 1-4 July 2024.
Thomas, Hayley, Lynch, Johanna, Burch, Emily, Best, Megan, Ball, Lauren, Sturgiss, Elizabeth and Sturman, Nancy (2023). Exploring deep GP patient relationships: a qualitative study with GP-patient dyads. Australasian Association of Academic Primary Care, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 17-18 August 2023. Clayton, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
Sturman, Nancy, Franklin, Georgia and Woods, Amelia (2023). Building research skills and culture in general practice training: best practice and future priorities.. AAAPC, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 6-8 August 2023.
Sturman, Nancy (2023). Exploring the Nexus between Employment, Supervisory Relationships and Trainee Assessment in GP Training Practices. ANZAHPE, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 26-28 June 2023.
Sturman, Nancy (2023). Building research skills and culture in general practice training: best practice and future priorities.. ANZAHPE, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 26-28 June 2023.
Kelly, Michaela, Green, Alison, Lynch, Johanna, Mainstone, Penny and Sturman, Nancy (2023). Vulnerability in Medicine Tutorials - minimising power differentials, building relationships and championing self-care.. ANZAHPE -Turning Tides - Navigating the Opportunities 2023, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 26-29 June 2023.
Vasiliadis, Sophie and Sturman, Nancy (2022). Education Research Grants successes and challenges: activity, findings, outputs, impacts. GP22, Melbourne, VIC Australia, November 2022.
Sturman, Nancy (2022). Capturing best educational practice in Australian GP training: an appreciative inquiry approach. GP22, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 25-27 November 2022.
Sturman, Nancy (2022). Digital health access in people experiencing homelessness. AAAPC, Online, August 2022.
Kelly, Michaela, Lynch, Johanna, Green, Alison, Mainstone, P., Eastgate, Gillian and Sturman, Nancy (2021). When worlds collide: exploring vulnerability in patients, medical students and doctors. ANZAHPE 2021 Moving Forward in Ambiguity, Online, July 2021.
Sturman, Nancy (2020). ‘Lucky to be here in Australia’: understanding the challenges and opportunities for general practice to deliver compassionate and effective care to men experiencing homelessness. Australian Association of Academic Primary Care, Online, 2020.
Sturman, Nancy (2020). Sometimes hard to hear: people with severe and persistent mental illness. AAAPC, Online, August 2020.
Sturman, N., Lynch, J. and Williams, R. (2020). Sometimes hard to hear: Patients with severe and persistent mental illness talk about general practice. AAAPC 2020 Annual Research Conference, Online, 13-14 August 2020. CLAYTON: CSIRO PUBLISHING.
Sturman, N. and Matheson, D. (2020). "Lucky to be here in Australia": Understanding the challenges and opportunities for general practice to deliver compassionate and effective care to men experiencing homelessness. AAAPC 2020 Annual Research Conference, Online, 13-14 August 2020.
Sturman, Nancy (2020). 'Lucky to be here in Australia': understanding the challenges and opportunities for general practice to deliver compassionate and effective care to men experiencing homelessness. Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care (AAAPC) Annual Research Conference, Online, 14-15 August 2020. Clayton, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. doi: 10.1071/PYv26n4abs
Kelly, Michaela, Lynch, Johanna, Green, Alison and Sturman, Nancy (2020). Getting to the heart of the matter: exploring vulnerability in patients, medical students and doctors. ANZAHPE 2020 Vision for Learning Cultures Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 12-15 July 2020.
Roper, L. and Sturman, N. (2019). We all have friends like that’: Australian patients’ tactics to accommodate Dr Google shame. COMET 2019, Adelaide, SA Australia, 26-28 June 2019.
Kelly, Michaela, Mitchell, Benjamin, Jennings, Warren , Henderson, Margaret , King, David , O'Reilly, J. and Sturman, Nancy (2019). Assessment on the run: acceptability and feasibility of medical student work-based assessment in general practice placements. ANZAHPE 2019, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 1-4 July 2019.
Mitchell, B., Jennings, W., Henderson, M., O'Reilly, J., King, D., Kelly, M. and Sturman, N. (2019). "Something to work on as you go?": feedback conversations following work-based assessment in general practice. ANZAHPE 2019, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 1-4 July 2019.
Jennings, Warren, Mitchell, Ben, Kelly, Michaela, Henderson, Margaret, O'Reilly, Jo, King, David and Sturman, Nancy (2019). Assessment on the run: acceptability and feasibility of medical student work-based assessment in general practice placements. ANZAHPE 2019, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 1-4 July 2019.
Jennings, Warren, Mitchell, Ben, Kelly, Michaela, Henderson, Margaret, O'Reilly, Jo, King, David and Sturman, Nancy (2019). “Something to work on as you go”?: feedback conversations following work-based assessment in general practice. ANZAHPE 2019, Canberra, ACT, Australia , 1-4 July 2019.
Chiu, Hedva, Turner, Cynthia, Green, Louise, Green, Alison, Kelly, Michaela and Sturman, Nancy (2019). Student curation of learning activities and resources (SCOLAR). ANZAHPE 2019, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 1-4 July 2019.
Darlington, Sharon, Kelly, Michaela, Sturman, Nancy and McGrath, Dominic (2018). “It could be used for … revenge”: clinician tutors’ initial perceptions of virtual peer observation of teaching. ANZAHPE 2018 Sustainability for Health Professions Education, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 1-4 July 2018. Hobart, TAS, Australia: ANZAHPE 2018 Conference.
Sturman, Nancy (2018). ROSA: GP Registrar-initiated Oversight, Support and Advice in general practice training. ANZAHPE, Hobart TAS Australia, 1-4 July 2018. Renmark, SA Australia: ANZAHPE.
WIlliams, Ryan , Sturman, Nancy , Wyder, Marianne and Siskind, Dan (2018). Barriers and Enablers to Primary Care for Patients with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness. 60th Clinical Update, RACGP QLD, Brisbane QLD Australia, May 2018.
Williams, R., Siskind, D., Wyder, M. and Sturman, N. (2018). Barriers and enablers to primary care for patients with severe and persistent mental illness. GP18, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 11-13 October 2018.
Sturman, N. and Matheson, D. (2018). Client voices: homeless men talk about their healthcare. GP18, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 11-13 October 2018.
Sturman, N., Parker, M. and Jorm, C. (2018). ROSA: Registrar-initiated oversight, support and advice. GP18, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 11-13 October 2018.
Kelly, Michaela, Darlington, Sharon, McGrath, Dom and Sturman, Nancy (2017). PIVOTAL experiences: Partnerships in Virtual Observation of Teaching and Learning. Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Education (ANZAHPE) 2017 Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 11-14 July 2017.
Sturman, N., Claudio, F., Farley, R. and Avila, P. (2017). “One goal” Learning to work together in interpreted consultations: interpreter, general practitioner and patient perspectives. Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Education (ANZAHPE) 2017 Conference, Adelaide Convention Center, Adelaide, South Australia, 11-14 July 2017.
Sturman, N., Tan, Z. and Turner, J. (2017). The Intern Voice. Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Education (ANZAHPE) 2017 Conference, Adelaide Convention Centre Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 11-14 July 2017.
Nancy Sturman, Andy Wong, Zhang, J, David, M and Ostini, Remo (2016). Examiner severity and recalibration. Ottawa Conference and the ANZAHPE Conference, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia, 19-23 March 2016.
Sturman, Nancy (2015). Professionalism in Clinical Practice. Practice-based Education Summit, Sydney, Australia, 15 April 2015.
Sturman, Nancy, Mitchell, Ben and Mitchell, Amy (2015). Student-centred Evaluation of Online Lectures. UQ School of Medicine Learning and Teaching Conference: 2015, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, December 2015.
Sturman, Nancy, Tan, Zacchary and Turner, Jane (2015). The Intern Voice. UQ School of Medicine Learning and Teaching Conference: 2015, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, December 2015.
Preston, Scott, Sturman, Nancy and Dick, Marie-Louise (2015). Medical student immersion into General Practice Registrar workshops: a positive experience of general practice?. General Practice Training and Education Conference, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 26-27 August 2015.
Kelly, Michaela, Sturman, Nancy, Dick, Marie-Louise and Moore, Drew (2015). Becoming Mindful of Mindfulness- enhancing third year medical students understanding of the value of mindfulness for patients and self-care. 2015 Teaching and Learning Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6 November 2015. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, School of Medicine.
Sturman, Nancy (2014). Teaching ethics and professionalism: traps, temptations and the morally grey. General Practice Education and Training, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, September 2014.
Sturman, Nancy and Saiepour, Nargess (2014). Ethics and professionalism in general practice placements: what should students learn?. General Practice Education and Training, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, September 2014.
Sturman, Nancy and Saiepour, Nargess (2014). General practitioner confidence in teaching about ethical issues on medical student clinical placements. General Practice Education and Training, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, September 2014.
Sturman, Nancy, Allan, Chris, Coulthard, M, Thistlethwaite, J, Turner, J, Walker, P and Wong, A (2014). Exploring the feasibility of inter-disciplinary examiner calibration on clinical assessments using eLearning tools. School of Medicine Learning and Teaching Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, November 2014.
Sturman, N., Wong, A. and Zhang, J. (2013). Effectiveness of comparative examiner feedback for general practice examiners. School of Medicine Teaching and Learning and Teaching Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 2013.
Denton, D. and Sturman, N. (2013). Beyond Google: finding POEMS (patient-oriented evidence that matters). School of Medicine Teaching and Learning and Teaching Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 2013.
Kagan, B., Emblen, G., van Driel, M., Preston, S. and Sturman, N. (2013). Broadening the apprenticeship model: the efficiency of horizontal integration. General Practice Education and Training Conference 2013, Perth, WA, Australia, 2013.
Sturman, N., Parker, M. and van Driel, M. (2012). The informal curriculum: ethics in general practice. General Practice Education and Training Conference 2012, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 5 - 6 September 2012.
Sturman, N. and van Driel, M. (2012). Ethics in general practice: the hidden curriculum. Faces of General Practice QLD Faculty RACGP Annual Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 2012.
Sturman, Nancy, Jennings, Warren and Farley, Rebecca (2012). Medical student experiences of ethics in general practice. School of Medicine Learning and Teaching Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 2012.
Sturman, N., Farley, R. and Jennings, W. (2012). Medical student experiences of ethics in general practice. GP12: The RACGP Conference for General Practice, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 25-27 October 2012.
Sturman, N., Farley, R. and Jennings, W. (2012). Medical student experiences of ethics in general practice. General Practice Education and Training Conference 2012, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 5 - 6 September 2012.
Henderson, Margaret, Dick, Marie-Louise, Janamian, Tina and Sturman, Nancy (2012). Organising the teaching load in urban general practice:a study of single learner(SLL) and multiple learner(MLL)practices. General Practice Education and Training Conference 2012, Melbourne, Australia, 5 - 6 September 2012.
Sturman, N., Rego, P. and Dick, M. L. (2011). Rewards, costs and challenges: the experience of teaching medical students in general practice. 54th RACGP QLD Faculty Gold Coast Clinical Update Weekend, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 30 April – 1 May 2011.
Sturman, N. (2011). The hidden curriculum: ethics in general practice. GP11: National Conference of the RACGP, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 6-8 October 2011.
Sturman, N. (2011). Ethics in general practice: the hidden curriculum. School of Medicine Learning & Teaching Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 2011.
Sturman, N. (2010). Paying Top Dollar and the Student Version: the ethics of clinical teaching. CMEDRS Centre for Medical Centre Education Research and Scholarship Teaching and Learning Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 5 November 2010.
Sturman, N. (2010). Clinician assessments: to grade or not to grade? An exploration of GP Clinical Teacher views about assessing students. CMEDRS Centre for Medical Centre Education Research and Scholarship Teaching and Learning Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 5 November 2010.

Thesis

Sturman, Nancy Jennifer (2021). General practice trainee help-seeking, and supervisor input, during trainee consultations with patients. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/25dba0e

Areas of research

Medical education