Supporting Research and Learning in Rehabilitation

The Burwood Academy is a dynamic organisation committed to delivering research excellence and outcomes that improve the lives of people living with disability.

Research that matters by people who care!

Research

Research raises important questions and contributes solutions to large societal problems. We conduct consumer-based disability and rehabilitation research, focusing on translating the findings into actions and outcomes that really matter.

Our research framework consists of four key elements:

Remaining healthy
Engaging rehabilitation
Maximising participation
Creating an enabling society

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Engaging PLEx

Our engagement with people with lived experience is underpinned by the following:

The person with the lived experience includes whanau and others linked to the individual.
Those affected by a decision have a right to be part of the decision making process.
Their input will influence that decision.
Nothing about us, without us.

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Education

We deliver educational excellence to researchers, clinicians, tertiary students and people who are living with disability.

The BAIL Scholarship provides opportunity for Masters and PhD students to gain competence in Independent Living (IL).

Our regular presentations offer a wide range of opportunities to further develop knowledge and understanding of Independent Living (IL) and connect with others in the sector.

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Knowledge Translation

We apply a culture of knowledge translation research across all that we do.

This spectrum of activities which moves research from the laboratory, the research journal, and the academic conference into the hands of people and organisations who can put it to practical use will help to close the current 18 year gap between research findings becoming common practice.

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Upcoming Presentations

PEER GROUP

Date: Thursday 7 April, 2022
Time: 12.00pm – 1.00pm
Location: Online in Teams

The presentation begins at 12:noon sharp. Hope you can make it!

A Spotlight on Spinal Cord Injuries.

Presenters:

Emily Timothy (Burwood Academy Trust) and Julianne Johns (Burwood Academy Trust)

A spotlight on Spinal Cord Injuries: Emily and Julianne will put the spotlight on two important issues for people with the lived experience of spinal cord injury (SCI).

UPCOMING BAIL PEER GROUP MEETING

31/03/2022

A spotlight on Spinal Cord Injuries: Emily Timothy and Julianne Johns will be giving us a sneak peek at their presentations for the NZRA (New Zealand Rehabilitation Association) conference. The three presentations centre around people with the lived experience of spinal cord injuries (SCI)

Peer Group 15 July 2021: Rachelle Martin

05/08/2021

Dr Rachelle Martin is one of nine recipients of this year’s Emerging Researcher First Grant offered by the Health Research Council (HRC). Rachelle presented an overview how this research, partnering with tāngata whaikaha Māori and non-Māori, aims to co-produce policy advice around kāinga (housing and home) while also developing co-production methods and tools that can be used in other policy planning spaces impacting on disabled people.

Peer Group 15 July 2021: Catherine Vingerhoets

05/08/2021

This presentation shares insights from Catherine’s most recent research exploring how health professionals come to know their patients and what is important to them during inpatient neurological rehabilitation. The focus is on what clinicians understood about the terms patient values, preferences, and circumstances, as well as the strategies and approaches used in current practice to elicit and share this information within interprofessional teams. Clinical implications within the New Zealand context will be shared.

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Disabled People’s Wellbeing 10 Years Post-earthquake Research

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07/11/2021

Everyone is affected after a disaster. But some people are affected worse than others. Nearly one in 5 people in Christchurch self-report that they have some current physical or psychological disability. And disabled people are known to be more vulnerable following disaster and experience many barriers regarding community access, housing, assistance, and social connection in a disaster’s aftermath.

Hā-i-mano

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori is the perfect opportunity to share a video where Te Ao Marama (Burwood Academy’s Māori Advisor) explains the significance of Hā-i-Mano.

Peer Group 17 June 2021: Fi Graham

This presentation walks through our journey so far on a randomised controlled trial funded by the Health Research Council, examining the effectiveness of OPC when its implemented in the current service delivery context. The focus is on the ‘lived experience’ as a researcher of undertaking complex intervention research in the complex system that is the NZ rehabilitation environment. Strategy, lessons learnt and the opportunity to eat cake were emphasised.

Rachelle Martin receives Emerging Reseacher First Grant

Dr Rachelle Martin is one of nine recipients of this year’s Emerging Researcher First Grant offered by the Health Research Council (HRC).

Rachelle will receive $249,000 over three years to fund her project, Flourishing together: including tāngata whaikaha in health policy development.

The research project emerged from Burwood Academy’s Flourishing scoping study she conducted with Cate Grace, in which they interviewed 40 people living with the experience of illness, injury, or long-term health conditions.