Alison E Short
Biographic Data
| ID | 639815 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison E Short |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison E |
| FAMILY NAME | Short |
| SIGNATURE | SHORT A E |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0175-4563 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Using Music to Explore Needs and Engage With a Culturally Based Marginalised Group
Attendance for regular antenatal care from early in pregnancy is essential for the health and wellbeing of mother and baby. Delayed antenatal care means that any problems may not be identified early enough and hence may become much more serious and have negative health consequences. A regional health service in urban Australia identified that Pasifika women were typically not attending the available antenatal clinics and asked for assistance in u…
Songlines for Parkinson's
Participatory research promotes inclusive practice and enables stakeholder expertise to be recognized as a valuable contribution throughout the research cycle. However, there is little guidance regarding how to disseminate these qualitative processes, and the methodological insights gained. Based on preliminary research, we had developed a session framework for a new intervention using music to improve motor and non-motor symptoms for people with…
Challenges and innovations during the Covid-19 pandemic
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic affected educational institutions and clinical organizations, with universities and clinical sites experiencing a complete lock down with unexpected changes to meeting students' and clients' needs within this new landscape. Consequently, music therapy educators had to pivot from their current teaching and practicum format to comply with university and governmental restrictions
Designing narrative for professional development
To maintain and improve skills for practice, health care professionals across all disciplines need to engage in ongoing professional development. However, helping clinicians learn and apply new knowledge in practice can be challenging. This article reports on a purpose-designed professional development programme targeting experienced practitioners of a particular music therapy, focusing on their cultural competency. The author conceptualised a wo…
The application of the Music Therapy Visual Schedule Approach (MT-ViSA) within a group music therapy program
Introduction: There is evidence to suggest that the use of visual schedules within music therapy practice is beneficial; however, there is a paucity of supporting literature for using these tools in programs for families with complex needs. This study investigates the application of the existing Music Therapy Visual Schedule Approach (MT-ViSA) to this focus population group.Method: Participants considered to be families with complex needs were re…
Evidence-based training in professional music therapy
Background: Across health-care education, practitioners are expected to engage in evidence-based practice. Students are taught to find and use credible evidence. Educators also need to consider evidence about teaching practices and how to best teach music therapy knowledge and skills. Scant evidence exists in this area.Objective: This paper explores evidence-based teaching practices in music therapy training programs to understand existing knowle…
Why collaborate in music therapy? Exploring advances in relation to interprofessional publication practices
Background: Based in humanities and influenced by individual research practices, the profession of music therapy has limited evidence of collaboration compared to medical, nursing and allied health fields. Reviewing collaborative practices in other fields provides a rationale for interprofessional collaborative practices in music therapy.Objective: The presentation aims to compare interprofessional collaborative practices across music therapy and…
Teaching cultural sensitivity in music therapy
Background: In the context of multicultural communities worldwide, culturally diverse clients seek music therapy sessions. Cultural sensitivity is needed in practising the specialist Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM); therefore, GIM therapists need to be well prepared to understand their cultural needs. Beyond an often-applied “trial and error” authentic approach, relevant frameworks exist and music therapists can be trained in how t…
Developing an inter-organizational community-based health network
Networks in health care typically involve services delivered by a defined set of organizations. However, networked associations between the healthcare system and consumers or consumer organizations tend to be open, fragmented and are fraught with difficulties. Understanding the role and activities of consumers and consumer groups in a formally initiated inter-organizational health network, and the impacts of the network, is a timely endeavour. Th…
Achieving patient‐centred care
BACKGROUND: The patient-as-professional concept acknowledges the expert participation of patients in interprofessional teams, including their contributions to managing and coordinating their care. However, little is known about experiences and perspectives of these teams. OBJECTIVE: To investigate (i) patients' and carers' experiences of actively engaging in interprofessional care by enacting the patient-as-professional role and (ii) clinicians' …
Integrating words, images, and text in BMGIM
An innovative application of the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (BMGIM) was researched involving six clients who had undergone complex cardiac surgery. This psychodynamic method led patients through a reflective and exploratory experience combining imagery, selected classical music, and sensitive verbal interventions into an experience rather like an unfolding waking dream with a musical soundtrack. Text produced during these audiotaped…
Integrated care in the emergency department
Integrated care in the emergency department
Integrating words, images, and text in BMGIM
An innovative application of the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (BMGIM) was researched involving six clients who had undergone complex cardiac surgery. This psychodynamic method led patients through a reflective and exploratory experience combining imagery, selected classical music, and sensitive verbal interventions into an experience rather like an unfolding waking dream with a musical soundtrack. Text produced during these audiotaped…
Integrated care in the emergency department
Integrating words, images, and text in BMGIM
An innovative application of the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (BMGIM) was researched involving six clients who had undergone complex cardiac surgery. This psychodynamic method led patients through a reflective and exploratory experience combining imagery, selected classical music, and sensitive verbal interventions into an experience rather like an unfolding waking dream with a musical soundtrack. Text produced during these audiotaped…
Developing an inter-organizational community-based health network
Networks in health care typically involve services delivered by a defined set of organizations. However, networked associations between the healthcare system and consumers or consumer organizations tend to be open, fragmented and are fraught with difficulties. Understanding the role and activities of consumers and consumer groups in a formally initiated inter-organizational health network, and the impacts of the network, is a timely endeavour. Th…
Achieving patient‐centred care
BACKGROUND: The patient-as-professional concept acknowledges the expert participation of patients in interprofessional teams, including their contributions to managing and coordinating their care. However, little is known about experiences and perspectives of these teams. OBJECTIVE: To investigate (i) patients' and carers' experiences of actively engaging in interprofessional care by enacting the patient-as-professional role and (ii) clinicians' …
Evidence-based training in professional music therapy
Background: Across health-care education, practitioners are expected to engage in evidence-based practice. Students are taught to find and use credible evidence. Educators also need to consider evidence about teaching practices and how to best teach music therapy knowledge and skills. Scant evidence exists in this area.Objective: This paper explores evidence-based teaching practices in music therapy training programs to understand existing knowle…
Why collaborate in music therapy? Exploring advances in relation to interprofessional publication practices
Background: Based in humanities and influenced by individual research practices, the profession of music therapy has limited evidence of collaboration compared to medical, nursing and allied health fields. Reviewing collaborative practices in other fields provides a rationale for interprofessional collaborative practices in music therapy.Objective: The presentation aims to compare interprofessional collaborative practices across music therapy and…
Teaching cultural sensitivity in music therapy
Background: In the context of multicultural communities worldwide, culturally diverse clients seek music therapy sessions. Cultural sensitivity is needed in practising the specialist Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM); therefore, GIM therapists need to be well prepared to understand their cultural needs. Beyond an often-applied “trial and error” authentic approach, relevant frameworks exist and music therapists can be trained in how t…
Designing narrative for professional development
To maintain and improve skills for practice, health care professionals across all disciplines need to engage in ongoing professional development. However, helping clinicians learn and apply new knowledge in practice can be challenging. This article reports on a purpose-designed professional development programme targeting experienced practitioners of a particular music therapy, focusing on their cultural competency. The author conceptualised a wo…
The application of the Music Therapy Visual Schedule Approach (MT-ViSA) within a group music therapy program
Introduction: There is evidence to suggest that the use of visual schedules within music therapy practice is beneficial; however, there is a paucity of supporting literature for using these tools in programs for families with complex needs. This study investigates the application of the existing Music Therapy Visual Schedule Approach (MT-ViSA) to this focus population group.Method: Participants considered to be families with complex needs were re…
Challenges and innovations during the Covid-19 pandemic
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic affected educational institutions and clinical organizations, with universities and clinical sites experiencing a complete lock down with unexpected changes to meeting students' and clients' needs within this new landscape. Consequently, music therapy educators had to pivot from their current teaching and practicum format to comply with university and governmental restrictions
Songlines for Parkinson's
Participatory research promotes inclusive practice and enables stakeholder expertise to be recognized as a valuable contribution throughout the research cycle. However, there is little guidance regarding how to disseminate these qualitative processes, and the methodological insights gained. Based on preliminary research, we had developed a session framework for a new intervention using music to improve motor and non-motor symptoms for people with…
Using Music to Explore Needs and Engage With a Culturally Based Marginalised Group
Attendance for regular antenatal care from early in pregnancy is essential for the health and wellbeing of mother and baby. Delayed antenatal care means that any problems may not be identified early enough and hence may become much more serious and have negative health consequences. A regional health service in urban Australia identified that Pasifika women were typically not attending the available antenatal clinics and asked for assistance in u…
Medicine (9 works) · Music Therapy and Health (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Medical education (6 works) · Music therapy (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Psychotherapist (4 works) · Diverse Music Education Insights (3 works)