DrAmy Montgomery

Dr. Montgomery's PhD research focused on the development and implementation of delirium educational package using simulation (Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)), to enhance the self-efficacy, knowledge, and clinical practice of undergraduate medical students and post-registration healthcare practitioners (The Delirium Puzzle: Piecing best practice to clinical care). The program of work conducted in her thesis has led to the development of the Delirium Foundations Workshop in collaboration with the Australasian Delirium Association (ADA). The Delirium Foundations Workshop is an interactive, interprofessional workshop facilitated by leading delirium experts and consists of two parts: (1) a series of lecturers, and (2) interprofessional group simulation sessions (group-OSCEs). The interprofessional group simulation sessions provide hands on experience in delirium assessment, treatment, management and communication. The workshop has now been conducted in Sydney, Brisbane and the Northern Territory. The workshops have successfully trained over 110 healthcare practitioners across various healthcare settings in evidence-based delirium care, emphasising interprofessional collaboration.

Dr. Montgomery work for over four years as a Lecturer in the School of Nursing, University of Wollongong. She has experience in subject coorindation (both undergraduate and postgraduate) and curriculum and assessment task development.