Sydney Digital Theses (Open Access): Recent submissions
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Who Are We and Who Do We Want to Be? Exploring the Professional Identities of Clinical Psychologists
Published 2023The professional identities of clinical psychologists refers to their sense of self as a professional and enables them to make sense of who they are and want to be. My research explored the professional identities of ...Open AccessThesis -
A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Benefit-Cost Analysis
Published 2023Benefit/Cost Analysis (BCA) has a long history of being used as the primary tool aiding public decision-making. Two primary questions motivate this dissertation: 1. Do the results output by BCA add value and impact ...Open AccessThesis -
Cortical and Brainstem Circuits Responsible for Pain Modulatory Responses in Healthy Humans
Published 2023The human ability to regulate our own pain is governed by specific sites and circuits within the brain which can powerfully inhibit or enhance nociception. Placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia are the modulatory ...Open AccessThesis -
The Triage of Adult Patients Requiring Intensive Care during Pandemics
Published 2023A future pandemic could overwhelm intensive care resources. Triage systems can be used to prioritise the order in which patients are treated in a pandemic, when the demand for intensive care services exceeds the availability ...Open AccessThesis -
The development and application of a rehabilitation competency framework
Published 2023The rehabilitation workforce faces immense challenges, including shortages, unemployment, inequitable distribution, issues of quality, and a lack of recognition by policy makers, other health workers and the public. Yet ...Open AccessThesis