Gerard Jefferies
Biographic Data
| ID | 160705 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerard Jefferies |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerard |
| FAMILY NAME | Jefferies |
| SIGNATURE | JEFFERIES G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Sunshine Coast |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8921-5336 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Impacts of student evaluations of teaching on Australian university academics
Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) are formals tool used by universities to assess students’ perceptions of learning and teaching effectiveness. This study examined how quantitative and qualitative SET responses impact Australian academics’ wellbeing and predict depression, anxiety, and stress. The sample included 574 participants from 41 universities across Australia. Participants completed an anonymous online survey measuring demographics, th…
The knowledge and skills needed for forensic social work in Australia: A Delphi study
Forensic social work is the application of social work knowledge, skills, values and ethics within a legal and criminal justice context. Globally, social workers play an integral role in the criminal justice system but in many countries, including Australia, there is limited conception of the competencies needed for this specialist practice. Australia serves as an example of forensic social work regulated through a generalist social work competen…
Assessing student confidence, competence and calibration: A simulation approach to discussing readiness for forensic practice
Case management in the criminal justice system includes conducting psychosocial assessments, identifying risks, developing intervention strategies, navigating services, monitoring/evaluation, and advocacy. Social work and criminology graduates are equally qualified for forensic case management positions, yet the work readiness of these graduates is poorly understood. This study used a simulated client interview in a community corrections context …
Using Simulation to Support Field Education Competencies
A theoretical framework for understanding the importance of implementing simulation in social work education
Social work engages in many complex and emotionally charged environments that challenge the educational requirements of students.The profession draws on various theories, including sociology, psychology, and political sciences to inform understandings of power, oppression, structural injustice, and complex lived experiences.However, contributions from psychological science are important in understanding how students develop the necessary cognitiv…
Research Note—Developing Key Performance Indicators for Social Work Field Education in Australia: A Consensus-Based Approach
Field education is the most challenging aspect of social work education and there are unprecedented challenges currently measuring good practice with quality outcomes. Thus, it’s important to have competency-based key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess social work professional practice. This study is a national, mixed-methods Delphi research study with three rounds. Round 1 required participants (N=46) to provide open-text qualitative respon…
Using simulation to prepare social work students for field education
This research explores the use of simulation technology in supporting and preparing social work students (n = 336) for core professional skills needed for practice. This study utilized a randomized experimental design using a 3 × 3 between-subjects design to assess the impact of the type of simulation (e.g. traditional written case studies, video-based simulations, and live actor simulations) and type of scenario (e.g. family/domestic violence, s…
The Role Play and Simulations: Variations in the Contemporary Social Work Classroom
An Innovative Approach to Feeding the Hungry with Healthy Meals
Poverty and food insecurity are issues of concern for Australians. Urban Angels Community Kitchen (UACK) is a nonprofit program providing free, healthy, homemade meals in regional Queensland, Australia. The volunteer-run program is a charity model service that addresses common barriers to food relief access, such as eligibility testing and complex referral processes. This qualitative research project used a Community-based Participatory Research …
Utilising H5P Simulations to Enhance Social Work Education
Higher education is tasked with the challenge of producing graduate-ready professionals. Thus, alternative learning and assessment activities are needed to provide students with real-life complex experiences, particularly in fields like social work. This quasi-experimental design study explored the effectiveness of H5P virtual simulation to teach assessment and direct practice skills to social work students (n = 80). Mixed-methods data based on t…
Volunteering behavioral declines amid personal and organizational upheaval: Recruitment, retention, and barriers in Australia
Evaluating the Use of ePortfolios in Social Work Education: Assessing Student Competency in Meeting Graduate Attributes
Social work external accrediting bodies are moving towards competency-based models that require educational providers to demonstrate that students meet specific competencies at graduation.It is expected that all social work students at accredited social work programs in Australia will have acquired specific graduate attributes and demonstrated the associated learning outcomes by the completion of their degree.The purpose of this study was to inve…
Simulation and Skills Development: Preparing Australian Social Work Education for a Post-Covid Reality
Social work field education is facing unprecedented challenges (e.g., increasing student numbers and limited availability of complex scenario placements due to the COVID pandemic). Students need skills in complex scenarios, but exposure to these situations are limited in available placements. This article explored the literature on using simulation in Australian social work education and addressed the challenges and opportunities surrounding this…
Simulation and Skills Development: Preparing Australian Social Work Education for a Post-Covid Reality
Social work field education is facing unprecedented challenges (e.g., increasing student numbers and limited availability of complex scenario placements due to the COVID pandemic). Students need skills in complex scenarios, but exposure to these situations are limited in available placements. This article explored the literature on using simulation in Australian social work education and addressed the challenges and opportunities surrounding this…
A theoretical framework for understanding the importance of implementing simulation in social work education
Social work engages in many complex and emotionally charged environments that challenge the educational requirements of students.The profession draws on various theories, including sociology, psychology, and political sciences to inform understandings of power, oppression, structural injustice, and complex lived experiences.However, contributions from psychological science are important in understanding how students develop the necessary cognitiv…
An Innovative Approach to Feeding the Hungry with Healthy Meals
Poverty and food insecurity are issues of concern for Australians. Urban Angels Community Kitchen (UACK) is a nonprofit program providing free, healthy, homemade meals in regional Queensland, Australia. The volunteer-run program is a charity model service that addresses common barriers to food relief access, such as eligibility testing and complex referral processes. This qualitative research project used a Community-based Participatory Research …
Utilising H5P Simulations to Enhance Social Work Education
Higher education is tasked with the challenge of producing graduate-ready professionals. Thus, alternative learning and assessment activities are needed to provide students with real-life complex experiences, particularly in fields like social work. This quasi-experimental design study explored the effectiveness of H5P virtual simulation to teach assessment and direct practice skills to social work students (n = 80). Mixed-methods data based on t…
Simulation and Skills Development: Preparing Australian Social Work Education for a Post-Covid Reality
Social work field education is facing unprecedented challenges (e.g., increasing student numbers and limited availability of complex scenario placements due to the COVID pandemic). Students need skills in complex scenarios, but exposure to these situations are limited in available placements. This article explored the literature on using simulation in Australian social work education and addressed the challenges and opportunities surrounding this…
Evaluating the Use of ePortfolios in Social Work Education: Assessing Student Competency in Meeting Graduate Attributes
Social work external accrediting bodies are moving towards competency-based models that require educational providers to demonstrate that students meet specific competencies at graduation.It is expected that all social work students at accredited social work programs in Australia will have acquired specific graduate attributes and demonstrated the associated learning outcomes by the completion of their degree.The purpose of this study was to inve…
Research Note—Developing Key Performance Indicators for Social Work Field Education in Australia: A Consensus-Based Approach
Field education is the most challenging aspect of social work education and there are unprecedented challenges currently measuring good practice with quality outcomes. Thus, it’s important to have competency-based key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess social work professional practice. This study is a national, mixed-methods Delphi research study with three rounds. Round 1 required participants (N=46) to provide open-text qualitative respon…
Using simulation to prepare social work students for field education
This research explores the use of simulation technology in supporting and preparing social work students (n = 336) for core professional skills needed for practice. This study utilized a randomized experimental design using a 3 × 3 between-subjects design to assess the impact of the type of simulation (e.g. traditional written case studies, video-based simulations, and live actor simulations) and type of scenario (e.g. family/domestic violence, s…
The Role Play and Simulations: Variations in the Contemporary Social Work Classroom
An Innovative Approach to Feeding the Hungry with Healthy Meals
Poverty and food insecurity are issues of concern for Australians. Urban Angels Community Kitchen (UACK) is a nonprofit program providing free, healthy, homemade meals in regional Queensland, Australia. The volunteer-run program is a charity model service that addresses common barriers to food relief access, such as eligibility testing and complex referral processes. This qualitative research project used a Community-based Participatory Research …
Utilising H5P Simulations to Enhance Social Work Education
Higher education is tasked with the challenge of producing graduate-ready professionals. Thus, alternative learning and assessment activities are needed to provide students with real-life complex experiences, particularly in fields like social work. This quasi-experimental design study explored the effectiveness of H5P virtual simulation to teach assessment and direct practice skills to social work students (n = 80). Mixed-methods data based on t…
Volunteering behavioral declines amid personal and organizational upheaval: Recruitment, retention, and barriers in Australia
The knowledge and skills needed for forensic social work in Australia: A Delphi study
Forensic social work is the application of social work knowledge, skills, values and ethics within a legal and criminal justice context. Globally, social workers play an integral role in the criminal justice system but in many countries, including Australia, there is limited conception of the competencies needed for this specialist practice. Australia serves as an example of forensic social work regulated through a generalist social work competen…
Assessing student confidence, competence and calibration: A simulation approach to discussing readiness for forensic practice
Case management in the criminal justice system includes conducting psychosocial assessments, identifying risks, developing intervention strategies, navigating services, monitoring/evaluation, and advocacy. Social work and criminology graduates are equally qualified for forensic case management positions, yet the work readiness of these graduates is poorly understood. This study used a simulated client interview in a community corrections context …
Using Simulation to Support Field Education Competencies
A theoretical framework for understanding the importance of implementing simulation in social work education
Social work engages in many complex and emotionally charged environments that challenge the educational requirements of students.The profession draws on various theories, including sociology, psychology, and political sciences to inform understandings of power, oppression, structural injustice, and complex lived experiences.However, contributions from psychological science are important in understanding how students develop the necessary cognitiv…
Impacts of student evaluations of teaching on Australian university academics
Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) are formals tool used by universities to assess students’ perceptions of learning and teaching effectiveness. This study examined how quantitative and qualitative SET responses impact Australian academics’ wellbeing and predict depression, anxiety, and stress. The sample included 574 participants from 41 universities across Australia. Participants completed an anonymous online survey measuring demographics, th…
Psychology (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · Social Work (8 works) · Engineering (7 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare (6 works) · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration (5 works) · Medical education (4 works) · Work (physics (4 works)