Barbara Parker

APrf Barbara Parker

Executive Director: UniSA Online

UniSA Online

Teaching Enterprise

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As Executive Director: UniSA Online Barb is responsible for the operation of UniSA Online, with a particular focus on fostering a customer service culture to continually improve the experience of students and help them achieve their career aspirations. UniSA Online provides a suite of career-focused 100% online degrees and single courses and supports key national and international projects that meet UniSA's strategic ambitions. The online offerings are specifically designed for online learning and are delivered in an engaging and flexible way. The curricula are research and industry informed and delivered through media-rich materials and by specialist academic staff. Courses are offered in 10-week blocks with 4 start dates a year - January, April, June and September. Students can access the online environment and course materials 24/7, all assessments are completed online and academic and support services are available to students out of hours and on weekends. 
Barb joined UniSA in 2005 following an extensive clinical career as a Registered Nurse in both public and private healthcare settings. After completing further studies in the area of science, and with a PhD in Medicine, Barb undertook teaching, research and leadership roles in the antecedent Division of Health Sciences until her appointment as the inaugural Academic Director: UniSA Online in 2017 and then as Executive Director:UniSA Online in 2021. Barb has published in the areas of appetite regulation, diabetes and nutrition, clinical assessment and simulation actvities in health, and current research interests include best practices in online education and supporting early career academics. Barb is a Fellow of the Governors Leadership Foundation program (2010 cohort) and on the Register of TEQSA Expert Reviewers.

Online T&L, UniSA Online Research Group (Chair), clinical practice assessment and evaluation,competency and skill assessment in simulated clinical units, gastrointestinal physiology, nutrition, appetite and satiety,obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes

Member of C3L - Centre for Change and Complexity of Learning - researching human and artificial cognition and knowledge processes

Year Citation
2023 McKitterick, D. J., Jayasekara, R., & Parker, B. (2023). Effectiveness of simulation in undergraduate nursing programs: systematic review. Science Talks, 6(100186), 1-3.
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2019 Kehrwald, B. A., & Parker, B. (2019). Editorial: Implementing online learning: stories from the field. Journal of university teaching and learning practice, 16(1), 1-5.
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2018 Parker, B. A., & Grech, C. (2018). Authentic practice environments to support undergraduate nursing students' readiness for hospital placements. A new model of practice in an on campus simulated hospital and health service. Nurse education in practice, 33, 47-54.
DOI Scopus13 WoS11 Europe PMC5
2015 Ullrich, S., McCutcheon, H., & Parker, B. (2015). Undernutrition in older people in Australia. British journal of nursing, 24(7), 364-370.
DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC2
2014 Murphy, K., Parker, B., Dyer, K., Davis, C., Coates, A., Buckley, J., & Howe, P. (2014). A comparison of regular consumption of fresh lean pork, beef and chicken on body composition: a randomized cross-over trial. Nutrients, 6(2), 682-696.
DOI Scopus40 WoS35 Europe PMC18
2014 Ullrich, S., McCutcheon, H., & Parker, B. (2014). Nursing practice in nutritional care: a comparison between a residential aged care setting and a hospital setting. Journal of advanced nursing, 70(8), 1845-1855.
DOI Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC7
2011 Ullrich, S., McCutcheon, H., & Parker, B. (2011). Reclaiming time for nursing practice in nutritional care: outcomes of implementing protected mealtimes in a residential aged care setting. Journal of clinical nursing, 20(9-10), 1339-1348.
DOI Scopus31 WoS31 Europe PMC27
2009 Madsen, L., Magor, C., & Parker, B. A. (2009). Comparison of two bowel treatments to prevent constipation in post-surgical orthopaedic patients. International journal of orthopaedic and trauma nursing, 14(2), 75-81.
DOI Scopus9 WoS7
2007 Chapman, I., Parker, B., Doran, S., Feinle-Bisset, C., Wishart, J., Lush, C., . . . Horowitz, M. (2007). Low-dose pramlintide reduced food intake and meal duration in healthy, normal-weight subjects. Obesity, 15(5), 1179-1186.
DOI Scopus61 WoS51 Europe PMC45
2005 Parker, B., Doran, S., Wishart, J., Horowitz, M., & Chapman, I. (2005). Effects of small intestinal and gastric glucose administration on the suppression of plasma ghrelin concentrations in healthy older men and women. Clinical Endocrinology, 62(5), 539-546.
DOI Scopus78 WoS68 Europe PMC61
2005 Chapman, I., Parker, B., Doran, S., Feinle-Bisset, C., Wishart, J., Strobel, S., . . . Horowitz, M. (2005). Effect of pramlintide on satiety and food intake in obese subjects and subjects with type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia, 48(5), 838-848.
DOI Scopus195 WoS160 Europe PMC133
2004 Parker, B., & Chapman, I. (2004). Food intake and ageing - the role of the gut. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 125(12 SPEC.ISS.), 859-866.
DOI Scopus76 WoS67 Europe PMC51
2004 Parker, B., Ludher, A., Loon, T., Horowitz, M., & Chapman, I. (2004). Relationships of ratings of appetite to food intake in healthy older men and women. Appetite, 43(3), 227-233.
DOI Scopus22 WoS22 Europe PMC21
2004 Brinkworth, G., Noakes, M., Parker, B., Foster, P., & Clifton, P. (2004). Long-term effects of advice to consume a high-protein, low-fat diet, rather than a conventional weight-loss diet, in obese adults with Type 2 diabetes: one-year follow-up of a randomised trial. Diabetologia, 47(10), 1677-1686.
DOI Scopus155 WoS140 Europe PMC122
2004 Sturm, K., Parker, B., Wishart, J., Feinle-Bisset, C., Jones, K., Chapman, I., & Horowitz, M. (2004). Energy intake and appetite are related to antral area in healthy young and older subjects. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 80(3), 656-667.
DOI Scopus157 WoS146 Europe PMC118
2004 Parker, B., Sturm, K., MacIntosh, C., Feinle-Bisset, C., Horowitz, M., & Chapman, I. (2004). Relation between food intake and visual analogue scale ratings of appetite and other sensations in healthy older and young subjects. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 58(2), 212-218.
DOI Scopus266 WoS260 Europe PMC226
2003 Sturm, K., MacIntosh, C., Parker, B., Wishart, J., Horowitz, M., & Chapman, I. (2003). Appetite, food intake, and plasma concentrations of cholecystokinin, ghrelin, and other gastrointestinal hormones in undernourished older women and well-nourished young and older women. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 88(8), 3747-3755.
DOI Scopus141 WoS125 Europe PMC102
2002 Luscombe-Marsh, N., Clifton, P., Noakes, M., Parker, B., & Wittert, G. (2002). Effects of energy-restricted diets containing increased protein on weight loss, resting energy expenditure, and the thermic effect of feeding of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care, 25(4), 652-657.
DOI Scopus88 WoS84 Europe PMC64
2002 Parker, B., Noakes, M., Luscombe-Marsh, N., & Clifton, P. (2002). Effect of a high-protein, high-monounsaturated fat weight loss diet on glycemic control and lipid levels in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care, 25(3), 425-430.
DOI Scopus283 WoS234 Europe PMC197
2002 Clifton, P., Noakes, M., & Parker, B. (2002). The effect of a high protein weight loss diet in overweight subjects with type 2 diabetes.. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION, 75(2), 343S.

Year Citation
2005 Parker, B. A., Clark, R. A., & Hall, C. E. (2005). The safe administration of medicine website (SAM): A website to create the glue between theory and practice. In Breaking the Boundaries: The International Experience in Open, Distance and Flexible Education. www.unisa.edu.au/odlaaconference/referred-papers.htm: ODLAA.
2004 Chapman, I., Parker, B., Doran, S., Feinle-Bisset, C., Wishart, J., Wang, Y., . . . Horowitz, M. (2004). Effect of pramlintide on ad-libitum food intake in obese subjects and subjects with Type 2 diabetes: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study. In DIABETOLOGIA Vol. 47 (pp. A283-A284). Munich, GERMANY: SPRINGER.
2004 Chapman, I., Parker, B., Doran, S., Feinle-Bisset, C., Wishart, J., Wang, Y., . . . Horowitz, M. (2004). Effect of pramlintide on ad-libitum food intake in obese subjects and subjects with type 2 diabetes: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study. In DIABETES Vol. 53 (pp. A82). FL, Orlando: AMER DIABETES ASSOC.
WoS1
2002 Parker, B., Sturm, K., Macintosh, C., Feinle, C., Chapman, I., & Horowitz, M. (2002). Relationship between food intake and perception in healthy subjects: A role for mood?. In GASTROENTEROLOGY Vol. 122 (pp. A325). W B SAUNDERS CO.
2002 Sturm, K., Parker, B., Feinle, C., Jones, K. L., Chapman, I., & Horowitz, M. (2002). Relation of appetite and food intake with antral area after nutrient and non-nutrient 'pre-loads' in healthy subjects. In GASTROENTEROLOGY Vol. 122 (pp. A560-A561). W B SAUNDERS CO.
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2002 Wittert, G. A., Luscombe, N., Noakes, M., Parker, B., & Clifton, P. (2002). The effect of increased dietary protein on weight-loss and insulin resistance in obese men and women.. In DIABETOLOGIA Vol. 45 (pp. A269). BUDAPEST, HUNGARY: SPRINGER-VERLAG.
  • Position: Executive Director: UniSA Online
  • Email: barbara.parker@adelaide.edu.au
  • Alternative Contact: Camille Amerigo camille.amerigo@unisa.edu.au 8302 9357

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