Teaching Strengths
Ms Tara McCracken
Lecturer, Nursing and Rural Health
School of Nursing and Midwifery
College of Health
Tara is a Registered Nurse with a clinical background in critical care, acute care, aged care nursing and clinical facilitation of nursing students. Tara has a passion for aged care and is currently working in this area. Based at Adelaide Univeristy's Mount Gambier Campus, she teaches and coordinates courses in the Bachelor of Nursing within the College of Health. Tara's research interests relate to clinical education, rural health, e-professionalism, mental health and she is a member of the Adelaide University Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Research Education Group.
Tara is a member of the Adelaide University Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Research Education Group.
ACHIEVE project
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 - ongoing | Lecturer in Nursing Level B | Adelaide University |
| 2024 - 2026 | Lecturer in Nursing Level B | University of South Australia |
| 2023 - ongoing | Registered Nurse | Boandik Aged Care |
| 2013 - 2024 | Lecturer in Nursing Level A | University of South Australia |
| 2011 - 2013 | Nursing Lecturer | TafeSA |
| 2009 - 2013 | Associate Clinical Services Coordinator | Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Achievement | Summative Peer Review of Teaching Reviewer | University of South Australia | Australia | - |
| 2022 | Achievement | UniSA Summative Peer Review of Teaching | University of South Australia | Australia | - |
| 2019 | Award | Mount Gambier Chamber of Commerce-UniSA Mount Gambier Campus | University of South Australia Mount Gambier Campus | Australia | - |
| 2017 | Award | UniSA Excellent Educator Simulation-Student Nominated Excellent Educator Award | UniSA | Australia | $1000 |
| 2014 | Scholarship | Australian College of Nursing Scholarship | Australian College of Nursing | Australia | 10,000.00 |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2016 | University of South Australia | Australia | Master of Nursing |
| 1992 - 1994 | University of South Australia | Australia | Bachelor of Nursing |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training | TafeSA | Australia |
| 2005 | Graduate Certificate in Retrieval Nursing | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| 2001 | Graduate Certificate in Clinical Management | NSW College of Nursing | Australia |
| 1996 | Graduate Certificate in Critical Care | St Andrew's Hospital | Australia |
| 1989 | Diploma of Applied Science -Nursing | South Australian College of Advanced Education | Australia |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Hoffman, H. M., Murray, M., Irwin, A. E., & McCracken, T. (1996). Developing a virtual reality - Multimedia system for anatomy training. In S. J. Weghorst, H. B. Sieburg, & K. S. Morgan (Eds.), MEDICINE MEETS VIRTUAL REALITY Vol. 29 (pp. 204-210). CA, SAN DIEGO: I O S PRESS. WoS7 |
UniSA Teaching and Learning Development Grant -Enhancing e-professionalism through digital innovation in nursing and midwifery preregistration education.
ACHIEVE project
Courses I coordinate
NURS 3901 Professional Experience Placement 5
Courses I teach
- NURS 1001 Aboriginal Health (2026)
- NURS 2005 Health Assessment, Diagnostics and Pharmacotherapeutics
- NURS 2022 Health of Adults (2026)
- NURS 1000 Social and Political Determinants of Health (2026)
- HLTH 1036 Global and National Health (2025)
- HLTH 1047 First Peoples' Health (2025)
- NURS 2023 Health of Adults (2025)
- NURS 3055 Evidence Based Nursing Practice (2025)
| Date | Title | Engagement Type | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 - ongoing | Limestone Coast Women's Health Collective Health Expo | Public Community Engagement | Adelaide University and the Limestone Coast Women's Health Collective | Australia |
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