Keypath Nursing & Midwifery


Implementation and evaluation of CONNECT: a framework to build social presence and connectedness to content, peers and staff in a 100% online postgraduate course.
A systematic evaluation of the effectiveness of the CONNECT framework in guiding teaching staff to use evidence-based strategies to promote a sense of belonging, social interaction, and community in online postgraduate students.
The effects of a simplified rubric design on marker experience: A pilot study
The aim of this pilot study is to examine the effect of reducing the number of performance levels and narrowing the grade range for each performance level within an assessment rubric compared to a standard assessment rubric on experience, efficiency, and inter-rater reliability among markers assessing student assessments in a postgraduate course.
Strengthening the resilience of ICU nurses: Co-designing an online education intervention
Tracey Gooding - Keypath Nursing & Midwifery
03 Jun 2024 - 30 Oct 2025
Focus groups were conducted to explore the psychosocial challenges experienced by ICU nurses, as well as their perspectives on the types of content that would be most valuable in an online educational intervention aimed at strengthening resilience and wellbeing in ICU nurses. This project was funded by a JCU CHS Seed Grant.
Development of a Virtual Wellness Hub: A student well-being initiative for online learners.
Tracey Gooding - Keypath Nursing & Midwifery
06 Jan 2025 - 31 Oct 2025
The aim of this project is to design a Virtual Wellness Hub intervention specifically for online Master of Nursing students at James Cook University (JCU). This initiative will be developed with input from literature on student wellbeing needs, mental health professionals, faculty and feedback from students, focusing on student-centred, user-friendly, accessible resources designed to enhance student well-being for online learners.
Reseracher: Pieta Shakes (Lecturer, Nursing and Midwifery)
Reseracher: Pieta Shakes (Lecturer, Nursing and Midwifery)
End Date: 01 Jan 2013
Reseracher: Pieta Shakes (Lecturer, Nursing and Midwifery)
End Date: 01 Jan 2018
Reseracher: Pieta Shakes (Lecturer, Nursing and Midwifery)
End Date: 01 Jan 2025
End Date: 01 Jan 2021
End Date: 01 Jan 2021
End Date: 01 Jan 2010
Reseracher: Pieta Shakes (Lecturer, Nursing and Midwifery)
End Date: 01 Jan 2003
Reseracher: Pieta Shakes (Lecturer, Nursing and Midwifery)
End Date: 01 Jan 2025
Start Date: 01 Jan 1998
End Date: 01 Jan 2000