Qualifications PhD - University of Queensland Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours 1) - University of Queensland Associate Professor Tammy Hoffmann is a Clinical Epidemiologist in the Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice at Bond University. Tammy also holds a NHMRC/PHCRED Career Development Fellowship. Tammy’s research and teaching interests are in evidence-based practice, patient education and health communication, the communication of evidence to patients, and self-management and secondary prevention of chronic conditions, particularly stroke, falls, and diabetes. She is the lead editor of a book (Evidence-Based Practice across the Health Professions), has published 14 book chapters, over 60 peer-reviewed articles, and given numerous invited presentations and evidence-based practice workshops. Prior to commencing at Bond University, she was a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Occupational Therapy in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Queensland and continues to be affiliated with the University of Queensland. In this role, Dr Hoffmann managed a large teaching and coordination role in the undergraduate and graduate occupational therapy and physiotherapy programs, was the Honours and Graduate Entry Research Coordinator, and has supervised to completion over 30 honours and Research Higher Degree students. In the 8 years of her academic career, Dr Hoffmann has been awarded over $1.95 million in competitive grant funding. She also a member of the team which developed OTseeker (Occupational Therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence). OTseeker (www.otseeker.com) is a free Internet evidence resource for occupational therapists. It contains systematic reviews and critically appraised randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy, tutorials on evidence-based practice and related resources. Launched in March 2003, it is the world’s most complete index of the evidence of effects of occupational therapy interventions and has over 7000 entries and had more than 1.6 million visitors to the site.Tammy is also the developer of the ‘What you need to know about stroke’ educational package (www.uq.edu.au/tru/strokebook) which has been adopted for use in many health facilities throughout Australia. Dr Hoffmann is on the editorial board of Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation and the Critically Appraised Papers department of the Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. She is a member of the National Stroke Foundation Clinical Council, the editorial board for the Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation Journal, and the Critically Appraised Papers Advisory Board for the Australian Occupational Therapy Journal.
Articles
The scatter of research: Cross sectional comparison of randomised trials and systematic reviews across specialties (with Chrissy Erueti, Sarah Thorning, and Paul Glasziou), BMJ (2012)
Objective: To estimate the degree of scatter of reports of randomised trials and systematic reviews,...
Self-management of upper limb recovery after stroke: How effectively do occupational therapists and physiotherapists train clients and carers? (with Kylie Bower, Louise Gustafsson, and Ruth Barker), Health Sciences & Medicine papers (2012)
Aim: A self-management approach to upper limb management following stroke has received little attention in...
Guiding principles for printed education materials: Design preferences of people with aphasia (with Tanya A. Rose, Linda E. Worrall, and Louise M. Hickson), International journal of speech-language pathology (2012)
The objectives of this study were to obtain the preferences of people with aphasia for...
Falls after discharge from hospital: Is there a gap between older peoples’ knowledge about falls prevention strategies and the research evidence? (with Anne-Marie Hill, Christopher Beer, Steven McPhail, Keith D. Hill, David Oliver, Sandra G. Brauer, and Terry P. Haines), The gerontologist (2011)
Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine whether older people are prepared to...
Evaluation of the sustained effect of inpatient falls prevention education and predictors of falls after hospital discharge: Follow-up to a randomised controlled trial (with Anne-Marie Hill, Steven McPhail, Christopher Beer, Keith D. Hill, David Oliver, Sandra G. Brauer, and Terrence P. Haines), The journals of gerontology: Series A (2011)
Background. This study aimed to determine (i) risk factors for postdischarge falls and (ii) the...
Books
Evidence-based practice across the health professions (with Sally Bennett and Chris Del Mar), Health Sciences & Medicine papers (2009)
Evidence-based practice continues to be a growing influence in health education. It’s a powerful tool...
Book Chapters
Clinical guidelines (with Rachel Yates, Jonathon Kruger, and Jeff Coombes), Evidence-based practice across the health professions (2010)
Inter-professional education that begins in undergraduate or graduate-entry programs has been accepted by universities as...
Evidence about effects of interventions (with Sally Bennett), Evidence-based practice across the health professions (2010)
Extract: This chapter is an accompaniment to the previous chapter (Chapter 4) in which you...
Information needs, asking questions and some basics of research studies (with Chris Del Mar), Evidence-based practice across the health professions (2010)
Extract:
This chapter will provide background information that you need to know in order to understand...
Introduction to evidence-based practice (with Sally Bennett and Chris Del Mar), Evidence-based practice across the health professions (2010)
Extract:
What is evidence-based practice?
There is a famous definition by Professor David Sackett and some of...
Questions about prognosis: examples of appraisals from different health professions (with John W. Bennett, Marilyn Baird, Mark R. Elkins, Craig Lockwood, Sheena Reilly, and Sharon Sanders), Evidence-based practice across the health professions (2010)
Inter-professional education that begins in undergraduate or graduate-entry programs has been accepted by universities as...