Occupational Wellbeing Among Australian Emergency Clinicians: A Longitudinal Comparison of Nurses and Doctors
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Concurrent Stream 1
| Thursday, October 15, 2026 |
| 2:15 PM - 2:35 PM |
| Grand Ballroom 1 |
Overview
Elizabeth Elder
Speaker
Dr Elizabeth Elder
Lecturer/Nurse Researcher
Griffith University & Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
Occupational Wellbeing Among Australian Emergency Clinicians: A Longitudinal Comparison of Nurses and Doctors
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMBiography
Dr Elizabeth Elder is a Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Griffith University, Australia, and an emergency nurse with more than 20 years of clinical experience. Her research focuses on emergency nursing, clinician wellbeing, workforce sustainability, and the translation of evidence into practice. Dr Elder has established a growing program of research examining stress, coping, burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and retention among emergency department clinicians. She has led and collaborated on a range of multidisciplinary and international research projects and has secured over AUD $1 million in competitive research funding. Dr Elder has published extensively in high-impact journals and is committed to building research capacity among clinicians working in emergency care settings. Her work aims to generate evidence that improves clinician wellbeing, strengthens workforce resilience, and supports the delivery of high-quality emergency care.