Dr Liz Crowe
Centre for Health Services Research
Qualifications
PhD, Bachelor of Social Work
Biography
Liz’s PhD is focused on exploring the risk and protective factors contributing to paediatric intensive care staff burnout and forming recommendations to reduce burnout and promote wellbeing. Liz has a strong interest in understanding what creates vulnerability and resilience for health care professionals.
Research Reports
- Crowe E. (2010) “Change, Loss and Grief” for Australian secondary school students. ‘MindMatters’ programme. Federal Government
- Crowe, E (2009) “Allied Health Workforce Issues Paper and Recommendations for Paediatric Oncology and Haematology”, QCCC, Queensland Health
Professional Awards
- November 2019 Invited Keynote Speaker to give the prestigious William J.Rashkind Memorial Lecture at the American Heart Association Conference in Philadelphia. First Australian to be awarded this honour. Title ‘Conflict in Teams: Is it a Hole in the Heart or at the Heart of Wellbeing?’
- November 2019 Awarded the Abigail Faith Remis Visiting ‘Professorship’ 3 days at Boston Children’s Cardiology and Harvard Medical School as an invitation to educate and supervise leaders and cardiologists on staff wellbeing and engagement. Second Australian to be invited. One of the first non-medical award recipients.
Journal Articles
Crowe, Liz, Young, Jeanine, Smith, Anthony C. and Haydon, Helen M. (2023). Factors that may threaten or protect the wellbeing of staff working in paediatric intensive care environments. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 78 103476, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2023.103476
Crowe, Liz, Young AM, Jeanine, Smith, Anthony C., Vitangcol, Kathryn and Haydon, Helen M. (2022). Critical care staff wellbeing: a new paradigm for understanding burnout. Australian Critical Care, 36 (1), 59-65. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2022.10.010
Elliott, Rosalind, Crowe, Liz, Pollock, Wendy and Hammond, Naomi E. (2022). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on critical care health care professionals work practices and wellbeing: A qualitative study. Australian Critical Care, 36 (1), 44-51. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2022.10.001
Mair, Shona, Crowe, Liz, Nicholls, Mark, Senthuran, Siva, Gibbons, Kristen and Jones, Daryl (2022). Prevalence, features and workplace factors associated with burnout among intensivists in Australia and New Zealand. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 24 (3), 280-288. doi: 10.51893/2022.3.OA8
Elliott, Rosalind, Crowe, Liz, Abbenbroek, Brett, Grattan, Sarah and Hammond, Naomi E. (2022). Critical care health professionals’ self-reported needs for wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: a thematic analysis of survey responses. Australian Critical Care, 35 (1), 40-45. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2021.08.007
Crowe, Liz, Young, Jeanine and Jane Turner, M. (2021). What is the prevalence and risk factors of burnout among pediatric intensive care staff (PICU)?: a review. Translational Pediatrics, 10 (10), 2825-2835. doi: 10.21037/tp-20-400
Hammond, Naomi E., Crowe, Liz, Abbenbroek, Brett, Elliott, Rosalind, Tian, David H., Donaldson, Lachlan H., Fitzgerald, Emily, Flower, Oliver, Grattan, Sarah, Harris, Roger, Sayers, Louise and Delaney, Anthony (2021). Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on critical care healthcare workers' depression, anxiety, and stress levels. Australian Critical Care, 34 (2), 146-154. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2020.12.004
Moynihan, Katie M., Taylor, Lisa, Crowe, Liz, Balnaves, Mary-Claire, Irving, Helen, Ozonoff, Al, Truog, Robert D. and Jansen, Melanie (2021). Ethical climate in contemporary paediatric intensive care. Journal of Medical Ethics, 47 (12) e14, 1-8. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106818
Brindley, Peter G, Olusanya, Segun, Wong, AdrianVK, Crowe, Liz and Hawryluck, Laura (2019). Psychological ‘burnout’ in healthcare professionals: Updating our understanding, and not making it worse. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 20 (4), 358-362. doi: 10.1177/1751143719842794
Carley, Simon, Beardsell, Iain, May, Natalie, Crowe, Liz, Baombe, Janos, Grayson, Alan, Carden, Richard, Liebig, Ashley, Gray, Chris, Fisher, Ross, Horner, Daniel, Howard, Laura and Body, Richard (2018). Social-media-enabled learning in emergency medicine: a case study of the growth, engagement and impact of a free open access medical education blog. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 94 (1108), 92-96. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2017-135104
Crowe, Liz (2017). Tips on building resilience and improving well-being. Emergency Nurse, 24 (10), 14-14. doi: 10.7748/en.24.10.14.s16
Crowe, Liz, Quinn, Val, Chenoweth, Lesley, Kularatna, Sanjeewa, Boddy, Jenny and Wheeler, Amanda J. (2015). Advance care planning for older Australians living in the community: the impact of a group education session. Sage Open, 5 (2), 215824401559311. doi: 10.1177/2158244015593117
Suresh, Sadasivam and Crowe, Elizabeth (2012). Family-centered Care: generating evidence in pediatric clinical practice. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 186 (11), 1073-1074. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201209-1740ED
Bradford, Natalie, Bensink, Mark, Irving, Helen, Murray, Judith, Pedersen, Lee-Anne, Roylance, Julie, Crowe, Liz and Herbert, Anthony (2012). Paediatric palliative care services in Queensland: an exploration of the barriers, gaps and plans for service development. Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 15 (1), 2-7.
Conference Papers
Crowe, L., Turner, J. and Young, J. (2018). What causes distress for staff and how do they want to be supported?. The 42nd Australian and New Zealand Annual Scientific meeting on Intensive Care and the 23rd Annual Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 13-17 October 2017. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2017.12.016
Larson, C., Crowe, L., Cross, J., Festa, M., Ganu, S., Jackson, H., Miles, F., Swil, K., Dryden-Palmer, K., Parshuram, C. and Millar, J. (2018). Abstract PD-039: a national survey of moral distress in paediatric intensive care practitioners. Unknown, Unknown, Unknown. Philadelphia, PA USA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. doi: 10.1097/01.pcc.0000537441.91439.d6
Crowe, L., Tilbury, J. and Pfitzer, V. (2018). Outcomes of a wellbeing programme for staff in the PICU. 42nd Australian and New Zealand Annual Scientific meeting on Intensive Care and the 23rd Annual Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, October 2017. Philadelphia, PA USA: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2017.12.018
Herbert, A., Sen Gupta, S., Sargent, P., Crowe, L., Kelly, G., Joy, K. and Bradford, N. (2016). Components of good end of life care within the paediatric intensive care setting – an online survey. 2nd Annual Children's Health Queensland Research Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, 2-3 November 2016.
Crowe, L., Herbert, A. and Mattke, A. (2013). Is it appropriate to initiate palliative care in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). International Society of Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 9-11 May 2013. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000491.100
Crowe, L., Boddy, J. and Chenoweth, L. (2013). Knowledge and attitudes about advance care planning amongst an older adult population living in South East Queensland. International Society of Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia , 9-11 May 2013. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000491.25
Crowe, L., Boddy, J. and Chenoweth, L. (2013). 'I am so angry and frightened to be at this stage of my life': observations of grief and loss in community advance care planning group education. International Society of Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 9-11 May 2013. BMJ. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000491.38
Thesis
Crowe, Elizabeth (2022). Understanding the risk and protective factors for burnout and wellbeing of staff working in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit: PICU staff wellbeing. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/d6cde7e