Professor Alan Pearson

Biography/ Background

Alan Pearson AM is Professor of Evidence-based Health Care at the University of Adelaide and  Executive Director of the Joanna Briggs Institute.

Professor Pearson has extensive experience in clinical practice in the UK, the USA, Papua New Guinea and Australia. He has been the recipient of many competitive and commissioned research grants.

He has published over 50 books and research reports, over 40 book chapters, and over 140 refereed journal articles. He established the Joanna Briggs Institute in Adelaide in 1996 and is actively involved in advancing evidence-based healthcare in many countries.

Prof Pearson has supervised over 100 postgraduate students through to completion.He is a member of the Research Committee of the South Australian Health and Medical Research Committee; Director of the Cochreane Nursing Care Field; and Editor-in-Chief of the Internationbal Journal of Nursing Practice.

Qualifications

PhD (University of London)

MSc (University of Manchester)

Diploma of Advanced Nursing Studies (University of Manchester)

Fellow of the College of Nursing

Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, Australia

Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing (UK)

Fellow of the Australian Association of Gerontology

 

Publications

Recent Books:

Pearson, A., Weeks, S. and Stern, C. (2011) Translation Science and The JBI Model of Evidence-Based Healthcare. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.

Pearson, A., Robertson Malt, S.. and Rittenmeyer,L. (2011) Synthesising Qualitative Evidence. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.

 

Recent Refereed journal articles

Pearson A, Jordan Z, Munn Z (2011) Translational science and evidence based healthcare: a clarification and reconceptualization of how knowledge is generated and used in healthcare. Nursing Research and Practice (in press)

Lang DSP, Hagger C, Pearson A (2011) Safety of rapid rituximab infusion in adult cancer patients: A systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 17 (4): 357-369

Norton-Westwood D, Pearson A and Robertson-Malt S (2011) The ability of environmental healthcare design strategies to impact event related anxiety in paediatric patients: a comprehensive systematic review. The JBI Library of Systematic Reviews, 9(44): 1828-1882

Moola S, Pearson A, Hagger C (2011) Effectiveness of music interventions on dental anxiety in paediatric and adult patients: a systematic review. The JBI Library of Systematic Reviews, 9(18): 588-630

Cheng H, Lang D, Pearson A, Worthley S (2011) Measurement accuracy of non-invasively obtained central blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The JBI Library of Systematic Reviews, 9(52): 2166-2214

 

Pearson A (2010) The evidence base for nursing practice: The potential impact of spearheading leading-edge nursing research on improving global health. Journal of Research in Nursing, 15 (5): 385-90

Field J; Pearson A (2010) Caring to death: the murder of patients by nurses.  International Journal of Nursing Practice, 16 (3): 301-9

Pearson A; Jordan Z (2010) Evidence-based healthcare in developing countries.  International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 8 (2): 97-100

Hannes K, Lockwood C and Pearson A (2010) A Comparative Analysis of Three Online Appraisal Instruments' Ability to Assess Validity in Qualitative Research. Qual Health Res 20: 1736

 

Recent Book Chapters

Pearson A, (2010) ‘The Joanna Briggs Institute Model of Evidence-Based Healthcare as a Framework for Implementing Evidence.’ In Rycroft-Malone J, Bucknall T editors, Models and Frameworks for Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: Linking Evidence to Action, Wiley-Blackwell, p185-203.

Pearson A, (2010) ‘Evidence about clients’ experience and concerns’ In Hoffman T, Bennett S, Del Mar C editors, Evidence-Based Practice across the health professions, Chatswood, Elsevier, p206-222.

 

 

Entry last updated: Thursday, 24 Nov 2011