Lorraine Sheppard

Position: Adjunct Professor

Discipline: Physiotherapy

Qualifications

• Registered physiotherapist
• Clinical effectiveness program, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University
• Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors
• PhD, University of Adelaide
• Master of Business Administration, University of Adelaide
• Bachelor of Applied Science (physiotherapy), University of South Australia

Associations current

• Chair, National Educators Group, Australian Physiotherapy Association
• Member, National Advisory Council, Australian Physiotherapy Association
• Member, Credentialing Committee, Australian College of Physiotherapists.
• Member, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council
• Chair of the Board, Carer Support and Respite Inc
• Member, Board of the Australian Dance Theatre
• Member, Board of Aliro: Live well with choice
• Member, Review panel, NPS MedicineWise Competencies required to Prescribe Medicines
• Immediate past Chair, Australian Physiotherapy Council

Research and teaching interests

• Scope of practice in health care, particularly advanced practice roles
• Accreditation of prescribing
• Workforce issues
• Systems and qualitative research, health service evaluation
• Rural and primary health care