Ms Janet Smith
Lecturer
Adelaide Nursing School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Ms. Janet Smith is an academic nurse with active research, clinical and teaching roles. Currently, undertaking a PhD at the Basil Hetzel Institute and University of Adelaide. Her research aims to evaluate sex differences in coronary heart disease, with particular interest in short-term and long-term clinical outcomes post cardiology-based interventions. The vision of this research is to ensure that women as well as men receive appropriate, equitable as well as accessible interventions for the management of their coronary heart disease.
Ms. Janet Smith is an academic nurse with active research, clinical and teaching roles. Currently, undertaking a PhD at the Basil Hetzel Institute and University of Adelaide. Her research aims to evaluate sex differences in coronary heart disease, with particular interest in short-term and long-term clinical outcomes post cardiology-based interventions. The vision of this research is to ensure that women as well as men receive appropriate, equitable as well as accessible interventions for the management of their coronary heart disease.
Her PhD role extends to the supervision of medical students undertaking research projects at the Basil Hetzel Institute. As a supervisor she provides support to the student with the end goal to produce a scoping review. This role includes guiding the student through the step-by-step process: searching for literature, screening research articles, extracting appropriate data to answer the research question as well as helping with the manuscript preparation process.
In addition to these roles, she is an experienced undergraduate nursing lecturer in the School of Nursing at the University of Adelaide. She has coordinated courses into both Undergraduate and Master of Nursing programs. Her teaching interest include promoting person centred care, the importance of assessing a person’s health care needs, understanding the impact of disease processes on the person's ability to self-care as well as the benefits of working in partnership with people receiving care.
Her teaching role extends to the supervision of master’s in nursing science students. This role entails guiding the post-graduate student through the research process. This guidance allows the student to learn how to formulate a research question, write a research proposal and ethics application, implement the research project, analyse data as well as produce a research manuscript ready for publication.
In addition to these roles, she has mentored junior staff in both casual and permanent teaching roles. Her philosophy in mentoring is to share knowledge and to build skills sets in staff to create an experienced teaching team that delivers quality education to students.
As an experienced Intensive Care Registered Nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, she provides evidence-based person centred care to people who have undergone cardio-thoracic surgical procedures. Her goal is to deliver care that improves clinical outcomes and recovery in people who live with cardio-thoracic conditions.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2025 - 2025 Curriculum Developer Merger Work University of Adelaide 2022 - ongoing Course Coordinator University of Adelaide 2019 - ongoing Clinical Lecturer University of Adelaide 2018 - 2021 Clinical Nurse Facilitator Royal Adelaide Hospital 2014 - 2014 Curriculum Developer Flinders University 2012 - 2021 Casual Academic Flinders University 2011 - 2015 Lead Nurse Preceptor Royal Adelaide Hospital 2011 - ongoing Registered Nurse Royal Adelaide Hospital 2010 - 2010 Registered Nurse Flinders Medical Centre 2010 - 2010 Registered Nurse Flinders Medical Centre 2003 - 2006 Undergraduate Research Supervisor University of Adelaide 2003 - 2006 Research Assistant University of Adelaide -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2023 - 2029 University of Adelaide Australia PhD Candidate 2013 - 2016 Flinders University Australia Masters of Clinical Education 2008 - 2009 Flinders University Australia Bachelor of Nursing 1998 - 2001 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Science (Hons) -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country 2023 PhD University of Adelaide Australia 2003 - 2005 Research Assistant University of Adelaide Australia 2002 - 2002 Honors Student University of Adelaide Australia -
Research Interests
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Journals
Ms Janet Smith is an experienced undergraduate nursing lecturer in the School of Nursing at the University of Adelaide. She has coordinated courses into both Undergraduate and Master of Nursing programs. Her teaching interest include promoting person centred care, the importance of assessing a person’s health care needs, understanding the impact of disease processes on the persons ability to self-care as well as the benefits of working in partnership with people receiving care.
Her expertise span a unique set of knowledge and skills drawn from both her tertiary science and nursing education, including the following areas:
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Pathophysiology
- Pharmacology
- Microbiology & Infection Prevention and Control
- Nursing Assessment, Clinical Skills & Simulation
- Research
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Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2023 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Team nursing in emergency nursing The University of Adelaide - Master Full Time Jing Li -
Mentoring
Date Topic Location Name 2025 - 2025 Microbiology and Infection Control (Course Coordinator Role) The University of Adelaide Suchi Wijeratne 2024 - ongoing Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing II The University of Adelaide Casual Academic Staff - Marking 2024 - ongoing Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing II The University of Adelaide Casual Clinical Skills Staff 2024 - ongoing Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing I The University of Adelaide Casual Academic Staff - Marking 2024 - ongoing Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing I The University of Adelaide Casual Clinical Skills Staff
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2023 - ongoing Member Coronary Vasomotor Dysfunction Working Group Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2024 - ongoing Member Australasian Nursing and Midwifery Clinical Trials Network Mentoring Program Australia 2023 - ongoing Member South Australian Cardiovascular Health Research Network Australia 2023 - ongoing Member Cardiac Society for Australia and New Zealand Australia 2023 - ongoing Member Australian College of Nursing Australia -
Presentation
Date Topic Presented at Institution Country 2025 - 2025 Sex Differences in 5-Year Clinical Coronary Events Among Patients with Angina and Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries (ANOCA) The Hospital Research Foundation Group 2025 Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research Conference Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research Australia 2025 - 2025 Sex Differences in 5-Year Clinical Coronary Events Among Patients with Angina and Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries (ANOCA) Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, Australia University of Adelaide Australia 2025 - 2025 Sex Differences in Angina and Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries: Chest Pain Characteristics Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland, Australia Cardiac Society for Australia and New Zealand Australia 2025 - 2025 Sex Differences in 5-Year Clinical Coronary Events Among Patients with Angina and Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries (ANOCA) Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland, Australia Cardiac Society for Australia and New Zealand Australia 2025 - 2025 Sex differences in Angina with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries Festival Tower, Station Road, Adelaide. South Australian Cardiovascular Research Network Australia
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