Michelle Guerin

Teaching Strengths

Simulation-based Allied Health Training
Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning
Evidence-informed Teaching
Authentic assessment
Interprofessional Practice

Dr Michelle Guerin

Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy

School of Allied Health and Human Performance

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr Michelle Guerin (PhD, B.Physio) is a Lecturer at the University of South Australia within the Allied Health and Human Performance Academic Unit. Michelle is interested in improving the quality of health care through teaching and researching in evidence-based practice, service delivery and health care system design across a range of areas including acute, community, disability and aged care.  Michelle’s teaching and research has a strong focus on those that are vulnerable in our health care system.
Michelle has considerable experience as a qualitative researcher (primary and secondary research) and has successfully undertaken a range of research projects focussing on those members of society that are traditionally excluded from research, including people living with moderate to severe acquired and traumatic brain injuries, people with advanced dementia and those living in residential care.
Michelle is passionate about positively impacting health care and improving health outcomes.

Dr Guerin is passionate about positively impacting health care and improving health outcomes, particularly for those that are vulnerable in our health care system.  

Dr Guerin is currently collaborating with Relationships Australia South Australia to co-lead a key project into the development and evaluation of a trauma-informed training package for Australian counsellors to support them to collaborate therapeutically with individuals living with disability, their families and carers. 

Dr Guerin currently has an interprofessional collaborations with the University of Sydney investigating the properties of a standardised tool (Evaluation of Foundational Placement Competencies tool) for assessing students’ readiness for transitioning from on-campus ‘theoretical-based learning’, to clinical-based ‘experiential learning’. 

Year Citation
2025 Orlando, J. F., Burke, A. L. J., Beard, M., Guerin, M., & Kumar, S. (2025). Hospitalisations for non-specific low back pain in people presenting to South Australian public hospital emergency departments. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 37(1, article no. e14504), 1-10.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2025 Orlando, J. F., Beard, M., Burke, A. L. J., Guerin, M., & Kumar, S. (2025). 'I have never been in that kind of all-consuming pain … I did not know what else to do': the journey to hospital admission with low back pain from the perspectives of patients. Health Expectations, 28(3, article no. e70269), 1-11.
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2025 van Kessel, G., Mackintosh, S., Murray, C. M., Guerin, M., Fryer, C. E., & Stanley, M. (2025). Empowerment through choice: the interplay of choice and control after spinal cord or brain injury. Disability and Rehabilitation, 47(14), 3613-3620.
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2025 Paranjape, I., Crozier, A., Guerin, M., & Stenner, B. J. (2025). Walking sports and subjective wellbeing in older adults: a comparative study. Translational Exercise Biomedicine, 2(3), 178-187.
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2023 Orlando, J. F., Beard, M., Guerin, M., & Kumar, S. (2023). Systematic review of predictors of hospitalisation for non-specific low back pain with or without referred leg pain. Plos One, 18(10 October), 27 pages.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2023 Murray, C. M., Milanese, S., Guerin, M., Bilton, R., Baldock, K. L., & Parfitt, G. (2023). Exploring what matters to residents of Australian aged care facilities with the Happy Life Index: comparison of qualitative responses between pre- and mid-Covid-19 pandemic time points. Quality of Life Research, 32(8), 2247-2257.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2022 Murray, C. M., Weeks, S., van Kessel, G., Guerin, M., Watkins, E., Mackintosh, S., . . . Stanley, M. (2022). Perspectives of choice and control in daily life for people following brain injury: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis. Health Expectations, 25(6), 2709-2725.
DOI Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC6
2019 Murray, C., van Kessel, G., Guerin, M., Hillier, S., & Stanley, M. (2019). Exercising choice and control: a qualitative metasynthesis of perspectives of people with a spinal cord injury. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 100(9), 1752-1762.
DOI Scopus8 WoS6 Europe PMC5
2018 Rando, T., Kang, A. C., Guerin, M., Boylan, J., & Dyer, A. (2018). Simplifying wound dressing selection for residential aged care. Journal of Wound Care, 27(8), 504-511.
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2013 Guerin, M., Grimmer, K., & Kumar, S. (2013). Community services' involvement in the discharge of older adults from hospital into the community. International Journal of Integrated Care, 13(3), 20 pages.
DOI Scopus11 WoS7 Europe PMC11
2012 Guerin, M. R., Grimmer Somers, K., Kumar, S., & Dolejs, W. (2012). The discharge of individuals from hospital: do we need to refocus our research?. Journal of nursing education and practice, 2(3), 1-8.
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2009 Grimmer Somers, K., Guerin, M., Luker, J., Jones, D., & Zucco, M. (2009). Guiding principles for chronic disease management for vulnerable and disadvantaged people : pilot study findings. Internet journal of allied health sciences and practice, 7(2), 1-8.
2009 Prior, M., Guerin, M., & Grimmer, K. (2009). An evidence-based approach to hamstring strain injury : a systematic review of the literature. Sports health : a multidisciplinary approach, 1(2), 154-164.
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2008 Guerin, M., Mackintosh, S., & Fryer, C. (2008). Exercise class participation among residents in low-level residential aged care could be enhanced: a qualitative study. Australian journal of physiotherapy, 54(2), 111-117.
DOI Scopus29 WoS24 Europe PMC15
2008 Prior, M., Guerin, M., & Grimmer Somers, K. (2008). The effectiveness of clinical guideline implementation strategies - a synthesis of systematic review findings. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 14(5), 888-897.
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2006 Grimmer, K., Dryden, L., Puntumetakul, R., Young, A., Guerin, M., Deenadayalan, Y., & Moss, J. (2006). Incorporating patient concerns into discharge plans: evaluation of a patient-generated checklist. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice, 4(2), 1-23.

Courses I teach

  • HLTH 5197 Strength and Conditioning (2025)
  • REHB 2012 Physiotherapy Practice with Older Adults (2025)
  • REHB 3011 Rehabilitation (2025)
  • REHB 4034 Ethics and Communication (2025)
  • REHB 4050 Advanced Physiotherapy Practice B (2025)
  • REHB 5134 Rehabilitation Skills in Physiotherapy (2025)
  • REHB 6019 Advanced Practice in Physiotherapy GE (2025)
  • REHB 2012 Physiotherapy Practice with Older Adults (2024)
  • REHB 3007 Acute Care (2024)
  • REHB 4034 Ethics and Communication (2024)
  • REHB 5066 Physiotherapy Professional Practice (2024)
  • REHB 6014 Participatory Community Practice GE: Planning (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2022 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Joseph Orlando

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