Catherine Hurley
BA, BSoc Admin, Grad Cert (PHC, Research and Evaluation).
| Position: | Tutor |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Health Sciences |
| School: | School of Medicine |
| Location: | Block G3, Flinders Medical Centre Flats, Flinders Drive, Bedford Park, South Australia |
| Telephone: | +61 8 8204 5979 |
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| Fax: | +61 8 8204 5693 |
| Email: | catherine.hurley@flinders.edu.au |
Teaching Interests
- Evaluation in Primary Health Care
- Qualitative methods, especially focus groups
Research Interests
- Multidisciplinary teams
- Organisational change
- Evaluation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Children with disabilities
- The role of evaluation in primary health care services
Key and Recent Publications
Hurley, C; Baum, F & van Eyk, H (2004) “Designing Better Healthcare in the South- a case study of unsuccessful transformational change in public sector health service reform.” Australian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 63, No. 2, p31-41. View abstract
Hurley, C; van Eyk, H & Baum, F (2002) “Insider knowledge and Outsider objectivity: the benefits and risks of combined evaluator roles in a study of health care reform.” Evaluation Journal of Australasia. Vol. 2, No. 2 p60–68. View full text
Hurley, C; Kalucy, E & Battersby, M (2002) “General Practitioners’ Collaboration with Service Coordinators: What Makes it Work? Lessons from the SA HealthPlus Coordinated Care Trial.” Australian Journal of Primary Health, Vol. 8, No.1 p45–51.