Dr Lorraine Smith

Senior Lecturer, Pharmacy Practice.

Qualifications

BA (Hons), PhD

Contact Details

University of Sydney
Phone: +61 2 9036 7079
Fax: +61 2 9351 4391
Email:
Room N509
Pharmacy Building A15
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

Background

Dr Smith’s research has focused on the development of a patient-focused self-management framework in disease state management services. Her work with the Pharmacy Practice team has resulted in the development of a model of structured, step-wise goal setting, accompanied by goal strategy development, adaptable to a range of disease state management services and harnessing patient involvement and motivation. The team has attracted over $3million funding in the past four years for projects including goal setting as a key component. The goal setting model is now being used in two national implementation projects for type 2 diabetes and asthma services in community pharmacies. Dr Smith is also a co-investigator on an ARC Linkage Grant project investigating the self-management practices of young people (8-19 years) with type 1 diabetes. In 2008, she was awarded competitive funding by The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and The Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing as Chief Investigator for research into a goal setting self-management model of allergic rhinitis in community pharmacies. Since 2002, Dr Smith has supervised a total of fifteen honours, masters and doctoral students investigating patient focused self-management of chronic disease.

Research Interests

Dr Smith’s work as a psychologist in healthcare research has resulted in invited talks and seminars to a range of healthcare groups (eg. Australasian Pharmaceutical Sciences Association National Conference; Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Bournemouth University, UK; NSW College of Nursing). In 2008, she was elected to the Board of the Hepatitis C Council of NSW due to her expertise in patient self-management practices in chronic disease. In 2009, Dr Smith spent two months as a Visiting Senior Research Academic at the University of Oxford. This work is part of an international collaboration between The University of Sydney and University of Oxford investigating patient experiences of health and illness. A methodology for implementing similar research in Australia is being developed.

Dr Smith’s other key research interest is the motivational approaches students take to their learning and how this influences the quality of their learning and their academic performance. Research projects have involved following undergraduate and Master pharmacy students over the course of their degree, investigating their study strategies, motivations for learning, and reasons for study.

Higher Degree Research Candidates

• Hatherly, Kristy L. T.
  Doctor of Philosophy, Part-time
  "The impact of service delivery on young people with Type 1 diabetes"
  Start: July 2006
  Submit: February 2012
  Secondary Supervisor: Taylor
• Ovchinikova, Ludmila A.
  Doctor of Philosophy
  "Inhaler device use in people with asthma"
  Start: February 2008
  Submit: February 2012
  Primary Supervisor: Bosnic-Anticevich

Select Journal Articles

1. Hatherly, K., Overland, J., Smith, L., Taylor, S., & Johnston, C. (2009). Providing optimal service delivery for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: A systematic review, Practical Diabetes International, 26(4), 1-7.
2. O’Connor, J., Seeto, C., Saini, B., Bosnic-Anticevich, S., Krass, I., Armour, C., & Smith, L. (2008). Healthcare professional versus patient goal setting in intermittent allergic rhinitis. Pat Educ Counsel, 70(1), 111-117.
3. Ryan G, Bonanno H, Krass I, Scouller K, & Smith L. (in press). Academic honesty in a professional degree program: Student perceptions of plagiarism , American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education.
4. Ryan G, Hanrahan J, Krass I, Sainsbury E, & Smith L.(2009). Best Practices Assessment to Guide Curricular Change in a Bachelor of Pharmacy Program, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 73(1), Article 12.
5. Kahawati, C., Smith, L., & Armour, C. (2008). Goal setting by people with asthma – what do they want? Australian Pharmacist, 27, 674-678.
6. Smith, L., Bosnic-Anticevich, S., Mitchell, B., Krass, I., Saini, B., & Armour, C. A (2007). Treating asthma with a Self-Management Model of Illness Behaviour in an Australian Community Pharmacy Setting, Social Science & Medicine, 64, 1501-1511.
7. Armour, C., Bosnic-Anticevich, S., Brillant, M., Burton, B., Emmerton, L., Krass, I., Saini, B., Smith, L., & Stewart, K. (2007). Pharmacy Asthma Care Program (PACP) improves outcomes for patients in the community, Thorax Online, doi: 10.1136/thx.2006.064709.
8. Smith, L., Saini, B., Krass, I., Chen, T.F., Bosnic-Anticevich, S., & Sainsbury. E. (2007). Undergraduate Pharmacy Students’ Approaches to Learning in an Australian University, Am J Pharmaceut Educ. 71(6), Article 120.
9. Scouller, K., Bonanno, H., Smith, L., & Krass, I. (2008). Student experience and tertiary expectations: Factors predicting academic literacy amongst first year Pharmacy students, Studies in Higher Education, Volume 33, Number 2.
10. Saini, B., Smith, L., Armour, C, & Krass, I. (2006). Development and evaluation of an educational intervention to facilitate community pharmacists to provide specialised asthma care, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 70(5), article 118.