Griffith University research fellow Dr Shelley Roberts from the university’s Menzies Health Institute Queensland, is celebrating after winning the title of 2017 Summer Surf Girl.
Patient participation in care (PCC) is believed to significantly improve hospital care, but it faces obstacles. So researchers from Griffith's National Centre for Excellence in Nursing (NCREN) will lead a three year study into whether patient participation in care is actually what patients and nurses want.