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Elizabeth C. Smythe is a New Zealand midwifery and nursing academic, and is an emeritus professor at the Auckland University of Technology. Smythe's research focuses on hermeneutic phenomenology, which is the study of interpretive structures of experience, to improve healthcare experiences and clinical practice. Smythe led the introduction of the Doctor of Health Science programme at the university. She retired in 2022.
Liz Smythe | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Elizabeth C. Smythe |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Massey University |
| Thesis | |
| Doctoral advisor | Cheryl Benn, Valerie Fleming |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Auckland University of Technology |
| Doctoral students | Susan Crowther, Judith McAra-Couper, Valerie Wright-St Clair |
| Notable students | Joyce Cowan, Louise Rummel |
Academic career
editSmythe trained as a nurse and a midwife, and then in 1998 completed a PhD titled Being safe in childbirth: a hermeneutic interpretation of the narratives of women and practitioners at Massey University, supervised by Cheryl Benn and Valerie Fleming.[1][2] Smythe joined the faculty of the School of Clinical Sciences at Auckland University of Technology, rising to full professor in 2013.[2][3]
Smythe's research focuses on using hermeneutic phenomenology to improve healthcare experiences. Smythe led the introduction of the midwifery degree in 1987, and the development of the Doctor of Health Science programme, a professional doctorate unique in New Zealand focused on changing clinical practice.[3][4] The doctorate was established in 2003, and became the "largest health professional doctorate in Australasia" by 2020, and had more than a hundred enrolled students by 2022.[3][4] Notable students of Smythe include Joyce Cowan;[5] notable doctoral students include Susan Crowther, Judith McAra-Couper, Louise Rummel and Valerie Wright-St Clair.[6][7][8][9]
Smythe was appointed emeritus professor in 2022, having retired from her position earlier that year.[3] At the time of her retirement, Smythe was one of AUT's longest serving academics, and "one of the University's most successful graduate research supervisors".[3]
Smythe was highly commended in the 2014 AUT Vice-Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence in Research.[10]
Selected works
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- Susan Crowther; Pam Ironside; Deb Spence; Liz Smythe (26 June 2016). "Crafting Stories in Hermeneutic Phenomenology Research: A Methodological Device". Qualitative Health Research. 27 (6): 826–835. doi:10.1177/1049732316656161. ISSN 1049-7323. PMID 27354387. Wikidata Q39647070.
- David Shilbury; Lesley Ferkins; Liz Smythe (1 July 2013). "Sport governance encounters: Insights from lived experiences". Sport Management Review. 16 (3): 349–363. doi:10.1016/J.SMR.2012.12.001. ISSN 1441-3523. Wikidata Q126504959.
- Daniel J Sutton; Clare S Hocking; Liz A Smythe (1 June 2012). "A phenomenological study of occupational engagement in recovery from mental illness". Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 79 (3): 142–150. doi:10.2182/CJOT.2012.79.3.3. ISSN 0008-4174. PMID 22822691. Wikidata Q34347839.
- Kirk Reed; Clare Hocking; Liz Smythe (August 2010). "The interconnected meanings of occupation: The call, being‐with, possibilities". Journal of Occupational Science. 17 (3): 140–149. doi:10.1080/14427591.2010.9686688. ISSN 1442-7591. Wikidata Q130093654.
- Liz Smythe; Lynne S Giddings (1 July 2007). "From experience to definition: addressing the question 'what is qualitative research?'". Nursing Praxis in New Zealand. 23 (1): 37–57. ISSN 0112-7438. PMID 18044234. Wikidata Q53030590.
- Judith McAra-Couper; Marion Jones; Liz Smythe (2 November 2011). "Caesarean-section, my body, my choice: The construction of 'informed choice' in relation to intervention in childbirth". Feminism & Psychology. 22 (1): 81–97. doi:10.1177/0959353511424369. ISSN 0959-3535. Wikidata Q130093868.
References
edit- ^ Smythe, Elizabeth (1998). Being safe in childbirth: a hermeneutic interpretation of the narratives of women and practitioners (PhD thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/2395.
- ^ a b "Academic profile: Professor Liz Smythe". Auckland University of Technology. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Vujnovich, Andrea (28 February 2022). "Agenda papers AUT Council". Auckland University of Technology. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Doctor of Health Science Alumni Function". Auckland University of Technology News. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ Florence Cowan, Joyce (2020). Introduction of the Growth Assessment Protocol at Counties Manukau Health, New Zealand: Effect on Detection of Small for Gestational Age Pregnancy, and Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes (PhD thesis). Tuwhera Open Access Publisher, Auckland University of Technology. hdl:10292/13436.
- ^ Wright-St Clair, Valerie A. (2008). 'Being aged' in the Everyday: uncovering the meaning through elders' stories (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/3080.
- ^ McAra-Couper, Judith (2007). What is shaping the practice of health professionals and the understanding of the public in relation to increasing intervention in childbirth? (Doctoral thesis). Tuwhera Open Access, Auckland University of Technology. hdl:10292/323.
- ^ Crowther, Susan (2013). Sacred joy at birth: a hermeneutic phenomenology study (PhD thesis). Tuwhera Open Access Publishing, Auckland University of Technology. hdl:10292/7071.
- ^ Rummel, Louise G. Safeguarding the practices of nursing : the lived experience of being-as preceptor to undergraduate student nurses in acute care settings (PhD thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/2094.
- ^ "VC's Awards for Academic Excellence in Research and Teaching". Auckland University of Technology News. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
External links
edit- AUT and Ko Awatea Clinical Series Part 2- Liz Smythe, May 30, 2013, via YouTube