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REGNET PROGRAM REVIEW 2001-2006

KATHRYN DWAN

Context statement: June 2006

Dr Kathryn Dwan is an early career academic who moved to RegNet from theUniversity of Queensland in 2005. She is an interdisciplinary scholar, working acrossthe disciplines of sociology, medicine and public policy. With Emeritus ProfessorJohn Western, she has also made a very important contribution to the field of socialinequality with the publication of "Patterns of Social Inequality" in the CambridgeHandbook of Social Sciences in Australia.

The four papers presented for review represent work in regulation and governance.Taken together they demonstrate Dwan's facility with both qualitative and

quantitative research methods, her capacity to work alone and with others, and herability to publish internationally and in sources which reach practitioners. Thisensures that her contribution is of relevance beyond academia. For instance, thearticle published in Australian Family Physician in 2005 prompted medical readers tocontact Dwan personally, appreciating the quality of her analysis and her handling ofsensitive material. This work has been cited in presentations by medicalpractitioners. In further support of the relevance and reach of her work, Dwan'sdoctoral research on communication between doctors and bureaucrats was thesubject of an article in Medical Observer (1 April 2005), a weekly magazine sent toevery Australian doctor.

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REGNET PROGRAM REVIEW 2001-2006

KATHRYN DWAN

Curriculum Vitae: June 2006Please Note: This CV has been shortened to comply with the requirements of thereview and omits details of conference papers, employment history, non-refereedpublications, media publications and work, book reviews, editorship of journals etc

Current Position

2005-07 ARC Postdoctoral Fellow Industry (APDI)Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet)Research School of Social Science (RSSS)The Australian National University

Refereed publications

2005 Western JS, M Haynes, D Durrington & KM Dwan. Characteristics andbenefits of professional work: Assessment of their importance over a 30-year careerJournal of Sociology 41(4):453-476

Western JS, KM Dwan & Z Kebonang. The importance of visibility forsocial inequality researchAustralian Journal of Social Issues 40(1):125-141Dwan, KM Another way of thinking about government involvement in

general practiceAustralian Family Physician 34(5):384-385

2003 Dwan, KM & JS Western. Patterns of social inequality Pp 433-461, in IanMcAllister, Steve Dowrick & Riaz Hassan (eds) The Cambridge handbook ofsocial sciences in Australia, Cambridge University Press

Dwan, KM & R Boyce. Competition policy and intra-profession rivalry,International Journal of Public Sector Management, 16(2): 141-152

Western, M, KM Dwan, T Makkai, C del Mar &, JS Western. Levels of

computerisation throughout Australian general practiceAustralian FamilyPhysician, March 32(3):1-6

2002 Western, JS, T Makkai, J Macmillan & KM Dwan. The nature andcharacteristics of professionals: the professions in Australia project Pp33-52 in Smith R (ed) Crime in the professions, Ashgate

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1998 Dwan, KM. Australian general practitioners and the government:Irreconcilable differences?, Pp 250-256in TASA Conference Proceedings,Refashioning sociology: responses to a new world order, Brisbane (MAlexander, S Harding, P Harrison, G Kendall, Z Skrbis & J Western Eds)

1993 Reaburn, P; D Jenkins & KM Dwan. Strength and anaerobic performance ofAustralian masters track and field athletes: Coaches' report, Australian SportsCommission. National Sports Research Centre, Canberra, p 13-17

1991 Dwan, KM. and V Kippers. Changes in spinal curvature related to the fifthposition in ballet. In O'Higgins, P. (Ed.):Human Biology: An IntegrativeScience. Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference of the Australasian Societyfor Human Biology 3-5 December 1990, Number 4. Centre for HumanBiology, The University of Western Australia, p 218-219.

Reports

Braithwaite J, J Healy and KM Dwan. 2005. The Governance of Health Safety andQuality. Commonwealth of Australia.

Dwan, KM, JS Western, J Aloizos, R Pegram (2004) GPs and bureaucrats: the challenge ofcommunication, General Practice Evaluation Program No 849. Canberra:Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care.

Western, MC, KM Dwan, T Makkai, C Del Mar, and JS Western (2001)Measuring IT

use in Australian General Practice 2001. Commissioned report prepared forthe Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care and the GeneralPractice Computing Group. Canberra: General Practice ComputingGroup.

Western, JS, T Makkai, J McMillan, and KM Dwan (2000) Issues for rural practice inAustralia. General Practice Evaluation Program No 535. Canberra:Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care.

Grants

$662,499 Phillips, C, C Pearce & KM Dwan (2005-2007)Australian Practice NursingStudy: A multicentre, qualitative study examining nurses workplace roles andactivities with nested change implementation, Australian Primary Health CareResearch Institute

$506,830 Braithwaite, J, P Dugdale, KM Dwan, VA Braithwaite & T Makkai (2005-2007) Regulatory strategies for improving health sector performance, ARC

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Linkage Grant with ACT Health and the Australian Council for Safety andQuality in Health Care.

$ 10,000 Pearce, CM, CB Phillips, KM Dwan, B Sibbald & R Yates (2004) Practicenurses in the new millennium: A multicentre qualitative study, AustralianPrimary Health Care Research Institute.