Ms Romany Martin
BPhty, AFHEA
PhD Scholar
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Dr Roma Forbes- Primary Advisor
Dr Allison Mandrusiak- Associate Advisor
Professor Trevor Russell - Associate Advisor
PhD Topic
Romany’s PhD investigates the experiences of new-graduate physiotherapists when providing care for rural and remote Australians. One of the aims of the thesis is to explore how best to prepare new-graduates for rural practice, and considers telehealth as one method of service delivery.
Journal Articles
Martin, Romany, Wilesmith, Sarah, Mandrusiak, Allison, Lu, Andric, Donovan, Michael, Dunwoodie, Ruth and Forbes, Roma (2025). Supporting allied health students during rural placements: perspectives of students and clinical educators. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 26 (2), 203-217.
Singh, Lakhvir, Martin, Romany, Mandrusiak, Allison, Phua, Rachel, Al-Hashemy, Hussan and Forbes, Roma (2024). How do clinical placements influence the career decisions of new-graduate physiotherapists in Australia? A qualitative exploration. Health Science Reports, 7 (10) e70132, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.70132
Leung, Letizia, Mandrusiak, Allison, Martin, Romany, Ma, Tsz Wun and Forbes, Roma (2024). Prescribing exercise therapy for the management of musculoskeletal pain: new-graduate physiotherapists' perceptions and perceived training needs. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 40 (10), 2321-2330. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2023.2242461
Wilesmith, Sarah, Forbes, Roma, Martin, Romany and Mandrusiak, Allison (2024). New-Graduate Physiotherapists’ Reflections on Training Experiences for Clinical Documentation. Australian Journal of Clinical Education, 13 (1), 35-54. doi: 10.53300/001c.93941
Martin, Romany, Neish, Calum, Su, Yi-Jen, Mandrusiak, Allison, Donovan, Michael, Dunwoodie, Ruth and Forbes, Roma (2024). Physiotherapy students’ perceptions of engagement with people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities during clinical placement. Focus on Health Professional Education, 25 (2), 20-35. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v25i2.748
Phua, Rachel, Mandrusiak, Allison, Singh, Lakhvir, Martin, Romany and Forbes, Roma (2024). Identifying and navigating suspected serious pathologies: new-graduate physiotherapists' perspectives and developmental needs. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 71 102944, 102944. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2024.102944
Wilesmith, Sarah, Mandrusiak, Allison, Martin, Romany, Lu, Andric and Forbes, Roma (2024). Writing for the role: A qualitative exploration of new graduate physiotherapists' transition to practice of clinical documentation. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 41 (1), 115-127. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2024.2315255
Copley, Jodie, Martin, Romany, Dix, Clare, Forbes, Roma, Hill, Anne, Mandrusiak, Allison, Penman, Adriana, Patterson, Freyr, Davies, Sarah, Jauncey-Cooke, Jacqueline, Mahendran, Niruthikha, Hooper, Kelly and Collins, Cheryl (2024). Fostering collaborative practice through interprofessional simulation for occupational therapy, physiotherapy, dietetics, and nursing students. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 38 (3), 534-543. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2024.2303499
Ma, Tsz Wun, Leung, Letizia, Martin, Romany, Mandrusiak, Allison and Forbes, Roma (2024). "A great tool to open your eyes": new graduate physiotherapists' perceptions and use of social media for learning. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 40 (9), 2038-2050. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2023.2231539
Martin, Romany, Hardcastle, Sibella, Moyle, Bruce, Dowlman, Michele and Williams, Andrew (2023). How to maximise asynchronous video resources that have been co-produced with patient partners. Clinical Teacher, 20 (6) e13622. doi: 10.1111/tct.13622
Martin, Romany, Cartwright, Jade and Bird, Marie-Louise (2023). The health literacy of first year physiotherapy and speech pathology students and their perceived future roles in supporting their clients’ health literacy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (11) 6013, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20116013
Martin, R., Copley, J., Dunwoodie, R., Forbes, R., Joyce, L., Mandrusiak, A., Noble, C., Pearson, A., Radford, J., Wilkinson, T. and Sheehan, D. (2023). The future role of healthcare mentors and coaches in navigating workplace culture. Focus on Health Professional Education, 24 (1), 95-103. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v24i1.706
Tan, Shaun, Phan, Andrew, Martin, Romany, Mandrusiak, Allison and Forbes, Roma (2022). Professional development from the perspective of new-graduate physiotherapists within Australian hospital settings: A qualitative study. Focus on Health Professional Education, 23 (4), 35-51. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v23i4.619
Martin, Romany, Mandrusiak, Allison, Hoyle, Melanie , Fuentes-Cimma, Javiera, Henrico, Karien , Patterson, Freyr, Penman, Adriana, Hill, Anne and Forbes, Roma (2022). The support needs of health professional educators to teach clinical skills online: Experiences of COVID-19 lockdowns from three countries. Focus on Health Professional Education, 23 (3), 18-35. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v23i3.588
Martin, Romany, Mandrusiak, Allison, Lang, Ray, Forbes, Roma and Russell, Trevor (2022). A telehealth curriculum: A pre-post study of physiotherapy students’ perceived knowledge, self-efficacy and intentions for future use. Focus on Health Professional Education: A Multi-Professional Journal, 23 (3), 56-72. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v23i3.595
Martin, Romany, Phan, Andrew, Tan, Shaun, Mandrusiak, Allison and Forbes, Roma (2022). Hospital discharge planning: a qualitative study of new-graduate physiotherapists' experiences. Health Education in Practice: Journal of Research for Professional Learning, 5 (1). doi: 10.33966/hepj.5.1.15759
Martin, Romany, Mandrusiak, Allison, Russell, Trevor and Forbes, Roma (2022). Physiotherapy students' empathy towards Australians living in rural settings: a pre‐test post‐test evaluation of a stand‐alone rural simulation activity. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 31 (1), 19-31. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12902
Martin, Romany, Mandrusiak, Allison, Russell, Trevor and Forbes, Roma (2022). A toolbox for teaching telehealth using simulation. The Clinical Teacher, 19 (4), 270-275. doi: 10.1111/tct.13510
Phan, Andrew, Tan, Shaun, Martin, Romany, Mandrusiak, Allison and Forbes, Roma (2022). Exploring new-graduate physiotherapists’ preparedness for, and experiences working within, Australian acute hospital settings. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 39 (9), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2022.2059424
Strudwick, Kirsten, Martin, Romany, Coombes, Fiona, Bell, Anthony, Martin‐Khan, Melinda and Russell, Trevor (2022). Higher quality of care in emergency departments with physiotherapy service models. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 34 (2), 209-222. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13868
Martin, Romany, Mandrusiak, Allison, Lu, Andric and Forbes, Roma (2021). Competencies for entry-level rural and remote physiotherapy practice: a Delphi approach. Rural and Remote Health, 21 (4) 6471, 6471. doi: 10.22605/rrh6471
Martin, Romany, Mandrusiak, Allison, Russell, Trevor and Forbes, Roma (2021). New-graduate physiotherapists' training needs and readiness for telehealth. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 38 (13), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2021.1955423
Forbes, Roma, Martin, Romany, Patterson, Freyr, Hill, Anne, Hoyle, Melanie, Penman, Adriana, Leung, Letizia, Smith, Sage and Mandrusiak, Allison (2021). Exploring allied health professional student and academic teacher experiences of teaching and learning clinical skills online in response to COVID-19. Australian Journal of Clinical Education, 9 (1). doi: 10.53300/001c.24488
Martin, Romany Anne, Mandrusiak, Allison, Lu, Andric and Forbes, Roma (2021). Mentorship and workplace support needs of new graduate physiotherapists in rural and remote settings: a qualitative study. Focus on Health Professional Education: A Multi-Professional Journal, 22 (1), 15-32. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v22i1.426
Martin, Romany, Mandrusiak, Allison, Lu, Andric and Forbes, Roma (2020). New‐graduate physiotherapists' perceptions of their preparedness for rural practice. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 28 (5) 12669, 443-452. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12669
Forbes, Roma, Lao, Andrew, Wilesmith, Sarah and Martin, Romany (2020). An exploration of workplace mentoring preferences of new‐graduate physiotherapists within Australian practice. Physiotherapy Research International, 26 (1) e1872, e1872. doi: 10.1002/pri.1872
Forbes, Roma and Martin, Romany (2020). Project-based learning for physiotherapy clinical education quality and capacity. OpenPhysio Journal. doi: 10.14426/art/1310
Conference Papers
Martin, Romany, Donovan, Michael, Su, Yi-Jen, Neish, Calum, Dunwoodie, Ruth, Mandrusiak, Allison and Forbes, Roma (2023). Physiotherapy students’ perceptions of engagement with people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities during clinical placement. Australian Physiotherapy Association Symposium, Launceston, TAS Australia, 27 May 2023.
Martin, Romany, Donovan, Michael, Dunwoodie, Ruth, Mandrusiak, Allison and Forbes, Roma (2022). Support needs of physiotherapy students on rural clinical placement: experience of students and clinical educators.. SARRAH 2022 National Rural and Remote Allied Health Conference, Online, 16 November 2022.
Forbes, Roma , Martin, Romany, Patterson, Freyr, Hill, Anne, Hoyle, Melanie, Penman, Adriana, Leung, Letizia, Smith, Sage and Mandrusiak, Allison (2021). Allied health student and educator experiences of teaching and learning clinical skills online in response to COVID-19. QLD Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Showcasing Research and Scholarship in Teaching and Learning, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 15 July 2021.
Thesis
Martin, Romany (2022). Preparing and supporting new-graduate physiotherapists for rural practice. PhD Thesis, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/9eb12dd