INSPIRING SPEAKERS
Keynote and invited speakers.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Alison Kitson RN, BSc(Hons), DPhil, FRCN, FAAN, FAHMS
"Why we need a Caring Life-course theory to shape nursing practice"
"How do you get new ideas and evidence into practice?"
Before moving to Australia in 2009, Alison worked at the Royal College of Nursing in executive leadership, education and research roles. She has published over 300 peer reviewed articles and in 2014 was acknowledged in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Thomas Reuters) list of high cite world researchers for her work on knowledge translation.
Her contribution to nursing and health service research continue to be recognised internationally. Honours include, Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science (2015); Honorary Doctorate from Malmo University (2013); Fellowship of the American Nurses Association (2011). Earlier awards include the Florence Nightingale Leadership Award in 2004; Distinguished Graduate of the Year from the University of Ulster in 2002, a Florence Nightingale Travel Award in 1999 (The Edith Cavell Travel Fellowship) and a Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in 1991.
Alison is an Adjunct Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark and a Visiting Professor at Oxford Brookes University and QUT. She is also an Associate Research Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. In 2017 she was appointed to the Board of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Keynote Speaker
Marit Kirkevold
Head of the Institute of Nursing and Health Promotion at Oslo Metropolitan University
"Promoting psychosocial rehabilitation – a unique opportunity for rehabilitation nurses"
Marit Kirkevold is currently Head of the Institute of nursing and health promotion at Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo and part-time professor of Nursing Science at the University of Oslo, Norway. She is also guest professor at Gothenburg University, Sweden.She received her Doctor of Education degree (Ed.D.) from Columbia University in 1989. Kirkevold’s research has primarily been in the area of long term care of older people and improving rehabilitation and nursing care of persons suffering from chronic conditions. In recent years, a major research interest has been psychosocial rehabilitation following stroke, including a number of intervention studies to improve psychosocial rehabilitation, with particular focus on the role of nursing.
From 2016, she has led the National research training school for research into the municipal health and care services (MUNI-HEALTH-CARE), aimed at building research capacity and training doctoral students for research into community care. Kirkevold has published a number of international peer reviewed articles and influential books in Norwegian.
Opening Address
Francine Douce FACM MACN
Chief Nurse and Midwife, Department of Health, Tasmania
Adj Associate Professor (University of Tasmania)
Francine Douce is a registered nurse and midwife with more than 30 years' experience in the Tasmanian healthcare system and an active member of the Australian College of Nursing and a Fellow of the Australian College of Midwives.
Francine has held many senior nursing and midwifery positions (public and private sector) in strategic and organisational leadership; governmental policy; clinical practice; governance including patient safety; professional regulation and accreditation.
Francine completed the Global Nursing Leadership Institute at ICN in 2015, the first Tasmanian alumni for the GNLI. In October of the following year, 30 years to the day that she graduated as a registered nurse, Francine was appointed as Tasmania’s Chief Nurse and Midwife.
Francine was recently appointed for a second term as the International Commissioner for Pathways to Excellence with the American Nurses Credentialing Centre; and in August 2020, was commissioned to lead the establishment of the Aged Care Emergency Operations Centre at the Department of Health.
Energy, courage and resilience have been characteristic of her professional leadership in Australia and now the international arena. Francine describes her strengths in terms of a lifetime of passion for nursing and midwifery, and of course, commitment to her beloved Tasmania.
Francine is the mother of two adult boys; lives in the beautiful NW of Tasmania with her husband Michael and balances her statewide role from Hobart (arguably Australia’s most beautiful capital city).
Opening Address
Francine Douce FACM MACN
Chief Nurse and Midwife, Department of Health, Tasmania
Adj Associate Professor (University of Tasmania)
Francine Douce is a registered nurse and midwife with more than 30 years' experience in the Tasmanian healthcare system and an active member of the Australian College of Nursing and a Fellow of the Australian College of Midwives.
Francine has held many senior nursing and midwifery positions (public and private sector) in strategic and organisational leadership; governmental policy; clinical practice; governance including patient safety; professional regulation and accreditation.
Francine completed the Global Nursing Leadership Institute at ICN in 2015, the first Tasmanian alumni for the GNLI. In October of the following year, 30 years to the day that she graduated as a registered nurse, Francine was appointed as Tasmania’s Chief Nurse and Midwife.
Francine was recently appointed for a second term as the International Commissioner for Pathways to Excellence with the American Nurses Credentialing Centre; and in August 2020, was commissioned to lead the establishment of the Aged Care Emergency Operations Centre at the Department of Health.
Energy, courage and resilience have been characteristic of her professional leadership in Australia and now the international arena. Francine describes her strengths in terms of a lifetime of passion for nursing and midwifery, and of course, commitment to her beloved Tasmania.
Francine is the mother of two adult boys; lives in the beautiful NW of Tasmania with her husband Michael and balances her statewide role from Hobart (arguably Australia’s most beautiful capital city).
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