Professor Sonja Cleary
Details
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College: STEM College
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Department: STEM College
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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sonja.cleary@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0001-5803-7816
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Professor Sonja Cleary, STEM Dean of Students
In this role, Sonja supports educators in managing complex student cases and explores ways to enhance the student experience. With 16 years of experience in academic governance at RMIT, Sonja collaborates closely with the student lifecycle team to critically examine processes related to student progress and academic integrity.
Research fields
- 390303 Higher education
- 4206 Public health
- 4205 Nursing
- 4208 Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine
- 461004 Information governance, policy and ethics
UN sustainable development goals
- 4 Quality Education
- 3 Good Health and Well Being
Academic positions
- Dean of Learning and Teaching Science and Health
- RMIT University
- STEM College
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2021 – 24 Dec 2023
- Associate Dean Student Experience
- RMIT University
- School of Health and Biomedical Sciences
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jun 2016 – 31 Dec 2020
- Deputy Head of School Learning and Teaching
- RMIT University
- School of Health Sciences
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Feb 2013 – 30 May 2016
- Head of Discipline
- RMIT University
- School of Health Sciences
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Sep 2011 – 30 Dec 2015
- Level B Academic
- RMIT University
- Discipline of Nursing
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jun 2008 – 1 Aug 2011
- Level B Academic
- Central Queensland University
- Discipline of Nursing
- Bundaberg, Australia
- 1 Oct 2001 – 1 May 2008
Non-academic positions
- Registered Nurse
- Healthcare United
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Mar 2020 – Present
- Nurse Bank Registered Nurse
- Austin Health
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Oct 2017 – 1 Mar 2020
- Registered Nurse - Part Time
- Northern Health
- Medical Assessment Planning Unit
- Epping Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Feb 2007 – 1 Nov 2007
- RN / Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Prince Charles Hospital
- Cardiac Investigations Unit
- Brisbane, Australia
- 1 Feb 1995 – 1 Oct 2001
- Registered Nurse
- Greenslopes Repatriation Hospital Brisbane Qld
- Brisbane, Australia
- 1 Jan 1994 – 12 Jan 1995
- Registered Nurse
- Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Feb 1990 – 23 Dec 1993
Supervisor projects
- Improving perinatal care: Towards integration of maternal health, and child development and mental health
- 9 Apr 2024
- Implementation of OSCE in health professional education
- 20 Dec 2023
- Consumers co-designed self-care practice to address Long-COVID
- 10 Feb 2023
- Exploring Surgical Patient Engagement: A Critical Realist Perspective
- 14 Oct 2022
- Cross-sectional survey: Levels of engagement among surgical patients
- 17 Jun 2020
- Nurses’ Perceptions on the Role of “End-of-shift” Verbal Handover: Mixed Method Research
- 2 Nov 2016
- Does acupressure delivered by nurses and anaesthetists improve the management of postoperative nausea and vomiting?
- 29 Feb 2016
- An Examination of a Nursing Assistant Role in an Acute Hospital Setting
- 29 Apr 2015
Teaching interests
Clinical governance, Health service policy, Acute care nursing, Nursing education and simulation, Management of chronic disease
Advanced Clinical Nursing/ Complex nursing
Introduction to Advanced Specialty Nursing
Acute Care Nursing 1
Therapeutics in Nursing Practice (Pharmacology)
Foundations in Nursing Practice 1
Acute Care Nursing 2
Foundations in Nursing Practice 2/ Altered states of health
Ethics and Law for Nurses
Health Assessment for Health Professionals
Research interests
Nursing, Public Health and Health Services
Applied Ethics
Specialist Studies in Education
Acute care – cardiac nursing
Whistleblowing – nursing ethics, governance and error reporting
Practice Driven Simulated Learning
Online learning communities
