Associate ProfessorPatrina Caldwell

Associate Professor

Faculty of Medicine and Health

Research projects & supervision summary

  • eADVICE - an eHealth tool using a virtual online agent to help manage urinary incontinence in children while they are awaiting a specialist appointment
  • Code word alarm project - development, patenting and RCT of enuresis alarm for treatment of childhood bedwetting
  • TENS projects – using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for treating children with overactive bladder
  • Adolescent urinary incontinence – exploring the health needs of adolecents with urinary incontinence and the transition process
  • Toilet training for children with special needs eg Potty Monkey study
  • Tools to education young people and parents on search for and appraise online health information
  • Systematic reviews - training in and supervision of various paediatric systematic reviews
  • Teaching evidence based medicine, research training and critical thinking in countries
  • Assessing education needs and developing critical thinking skills for health practitioners in resourse limited settings

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Optimising learner agency in feedback about performance: Influences on agentic feedback behaviour and an educational intervention to improve it