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Professor Simon Cooper

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Email: simon.cooper@ecu.edu.au

Professor Simon Cooper is a part time professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery and is an expert in patient safety and healthcare education.

Background

Simon worked clinically in the UK in ICU and resuscitation. He has also worked at the University of Plymouth (UK), Monash University and Federation University Australia.

Simon is the primary developer of the Team Emergency Assessment Measure (TEAM) which has been translated into 15 languages and used internationally to assess teamwork skills in emergencies: TEAM – The Team™ is a valid, reliable and feasible measure of teamwork in medical emergencies.

He is also well known as a developer of the First2Act patient deterioration program which includes innovative virtual simulations. To date 26,000+ participants have completed the 1.5 hour program with the scenarios completed 130,000+ times.

From 2018 Simon worked with Deans of Nursing to develop a student clinical Placement Evaluation Tool (PET) and in 2020 he commissioned the National Placement Evaluation Centre (nursing and midwifery) which has received over 35,000 clinical placement evaluations from across Australia. The Australian National Placement Evaluation Centre – The Australian National Placement Evaluation Centre.

Simon’s primary aim is to translate his research into collaborative work that has a clinical impact. He has supervised 17 PhD students to completion.

Research areas and interests

  • Patient safety
  • Clinical workforce performance
  • Emergency care
  • Teaching and learning: this includes resuscitation survival prediction models, emergency care practitioner studies, inter-professional education, team and leadership performance, health promotion, simulation and patient deterioration studies.

Qualifications

  • Master of Education, England, 2002.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, England, 2000.
  • Bachelor of Arts with Honours, England, 1992.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

  • Dabkowski, E., Cooper, S., Duncan, J., Missen, K. (2025). Investigating Falls Risk Awareness in Hospitals Using the Self-Awareness of Falls Risk Measure (SAFRM): Empirical Research Quantitative. Nursing Open, 12(1), article number e70099. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.70099.
  • Browning, M., Cooper, S., McKenna, L. (2025). Nurse academics' attitudes towards technology: A mixed methods study. Nurse Education Today, 145(2025), article number 106490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106490.
  • Kearney, L., Bloxsome, D., Hunter, S., Brown, A., Cooper, S., Bogossian, F. (2025). A qualitative analysis of Australian midwifery students’ perspectives of Midwifery Practice Experience: Characteristics that enhance or diminish clinical education placements. Women and Birth, 38(2), article number 101887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2025.101887.
  • Bogossian, F., Bloxsome, D., Brown, A., Cant, R., Hunter, S., Kearney, L., Kuliukas, L., Ross, C., Cooper, S. (2025). Confirming the validity and reliability of the Placement Evaluation Tool to evaluate midwifery practice placements (PET-Midwifery). Midwifery, 143(2025), article number 104310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2025.104310.

2024

Journal Articles

  • Bourke, S., McKenna, L., Cooper, S., Lam, L. (2024). Contextual determinants impacting final year nursing students' emergency team communication during deteriorating patient simulations: A grounded theory study. Nurse Education Today, 138(2024), article number 106183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106183.
  • Cant, R., Ryan, C., Hughes, L., Ossenberg, C., Cooper, S. (2024). Nursing student voices: A qualitative thematic synthesis of education elements supporting nursing students' clinical learning during placement. Nurse Education in Practice, 80(2024), article number 104150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2024.104150.
  • Ryan, C., Hyun, A., Hughes, L., Bogossian, F., Cooper, S. (2024). Nursing students’ evaluation of clinical placement education quality: A national database analysis. Nurse Education in Practice, 81(2024), article number 104185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2024.104185.
  • Levett-Jones, T., Bogossian, F., Cooper, S., Hopmans, R., McKenna, L., Nguyen, H., Pich, J., Seaton, P. (2024). An examination of nursing students’ performance in and Satisfaction with a Patient Safety E-Learning Module. Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research, 31(5), 327-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2024.06.003.
  • Hyun, A., Tower, M., Bogossian, F., Seib, C., Ryan, C., Cooper, S. (2024). Factors influencing nursing student satisfaction in aged care placements: An Australian cross-sectional study. Nurse Education in Practice, 79(2024), article number 104064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2024.104064.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Dabkowski, E., Missen, K., Duncan, J., Cooper, S. (2023). Falls risk perception measures in hospital: a COSMIN systematic review. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 7(1), article number 58. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41687-023-00603-w.
  • Dabkowski, E., Cooper, S., Duncan, J., Missen, K. (2023). Exploring Hospital Inpatients’ Awareness of Their Falls Risk: A Qualitative Exploratory Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(1), article number 454. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010454.
  • Cooper, S., Connell, C., Cant, R. (2023). Review article: Use of the Team Emergency Assessment Measure in the rating of emergency teams' non-technical skills: A mapping review. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 35(3), 375-383. https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.14184.
  • Allen, L., Cooper, S., Missen, K. (2023). Perceptions of being a registered nurse (PRN): development and validation of a survey tool. BMC Nursing, 22(1), article number 159. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01324-7.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Cant, R., Cooper, S., Ryan, C. (2022). Using virtual simulation to teach evidence-based practice in nursing curricula: A rapid review. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 19(5), 415-422. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12572.
  • Al-Moteri, M., Plummer, V., Cooper, S. (2022). Decision-Making Errors During Recognizing and Responding to Clinical Deterioration: Gaze Path-Cued Retrospective Think-Aloud. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 73(2022), 29-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2022.08.002.
  • Allen, L., Cooper, S., Missen, K. (2022). Bachelor of Science in Nursing students' perceptions of being a nurse: A scoping review. Journal of Professional Nursing, 42(2022), 281-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2022.07.021.
  • Cant, R., Cooper, S., Liaw, S. (2022). An Update on the Most Influential Nursing Simulation Studies: A Bibliometric Analysis. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 69(2022), 7-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2022.05.003.
  • Dabkowski, E., Cooper, S., Duncan, J., Missen, K. (2022). Adult Inpatients’ Perceptions of Their Fall Risk: A Scoping Review. Healthcare, 10(6), article number 995. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10060995.
  • Ryan, C., Cant, R., Hughes, L., Luders, E., Cooper, S., Ossenberg, C., Ahchay, D., Fitzgerald, M. (2022). Upskilling Australian registered nurses to enhance students’ clinical placement experiences: a contemporary discussion. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 39(3), 54-59. https://doi.org/10.37464/2020.393.645.
  • Chung, C., McKenna, L., Cooper, S. (2022). Contextual factors influencing patients' experiences of acute deterioration and medical emergency team (MET) encounter: A grounded theory study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 78(12), 4062-4070. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15336.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Luders, E., Cooper, S., Cant, R., Waters, D., Tower, M., Henderson, A., Hood, K., Willetts, G., Ryan, C., Reid-Searl, K. (2021). Nursing degree students’ clinical placement experiences in Australia: A survey design. Nurse Education in Practice, 54(2021), article number 103112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103112.
  • Cant, R., Ryan, C., Cooper, S. (2021). Nursing students' evaluation of clinical practice placements using the Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision and Nurse Teacher scale – A systematic review. Nurse Education Today, 104(2021), article number 104983. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104983.
  • Bourke, S., Cooper, S., Lam, L., McKenna, L. (2021). Undergraduate Health Professional Students’ Team Communication in Simulated Emergency Settings: A Scoping Review. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 60(2021), 42-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2021.07.004.
  • Karlgren, K., Dahlström, A., Birkestam, A., Drevstam, NA., Forss, G., Andersson, FM., Cooper, S., Leijon, T., Paulsson, C. (2021). The TEAM instrument for measuring emergency team performance: validation of the Swedish version at two emergency departments. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 29(1), article number 139. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-021-00952-9.
  • Cooper, S., Cant, R., Kelly, M., Levett-Jones, T., McKenna, L., Seaton, P., Bogossian, F. (2021). An Evidence-Based Checklist for Improving Scoping Review Quality. Clinical Nursing Research, 30(3), 230-240. https://doi.org/10.1177/1054773819846024.
  • Cant, R., Ryan, C., Hughes, L., Luders, E., Cooper, S. (2021). What Helps, What Hinders? Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Clinical Placements Based on a Thematic Synthesis of Literature. Sage Open Nursing, 7(2021), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608211035845.
  • Connell, C., Cooper, S., Endacott, R. (2021). Measuring the safety climate in an Australian emergency department. International Emergency Nursing, 58(2021), article number 101048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ienj.2021.101048.
  • Bur, J., Missen, K., Cooper, S. (2021). The impact of intellectual disability nurse specialists in the United Kingdom and Eire Ireland: An integrative review. Nursing Open, 8(5), 2018-2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.690.
  • Connell, C., Endacott, R., Cooper, S. (2021). The prevalence and management of deteriorating patients in an Australian emergency department. Australasian Emergency Care, 24(2), 112-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.auec.2020.07.008.
  • Kinsman, L., Cooper, S., Champion, R., Kim, J., Boyle, J., Cameron, A., Cant, R., Chung, C., Connell, C., Evans, L., McInnes, D., McKay, A., Norman, L., Penz, E., Rana, M., Rotter, T. (2021). The impact of web-based and face-to-face simulation education programs on nurses' response to patient deterioration: A multi-site interrupted time series study. Nurse Education Today, 102(2021), article number 104939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104939.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Chung, C., McKenna, L., Cooper, S. (2020). Patients’ experiences of acute deterioration: A scoping review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 101(2020), article number 103404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.103404.
  • Gill, B., Cant, R., Lam, L., Cooper, S., Lou, V. (2020). Non-pharmacological depression therapies for older Chinese adults: A systematic review & meta-analysis. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 88(2020), article number 104037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2020.104037.
  • Al-Moteri, M., Cooper, S., Symmons, M., Plummer, V. (2020). Nurses' cognitive and perceptual bias in the identification of clinical deterioration cues. Australian Critical Care, 33(4), 333-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2019.08.006.
  • Levett-Jones, T., Andersen, P., Bogossian, F., Cooper, S., Guinea, S., Hopmans, R., McKenna, L., Pich, J., Reid-Searl, K., Seaton, P. (2020). A cross-sectional survey of nursing students' patient safety knowledge. Nurse Education Today, 88(2020), article number 104372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104372.
  • Goh, P., Ser, T., Cooper, S., Cheng, L., Liaw, S. (2020). Nursing teamwork in general ward settings: A mixed-methods exploratory study among enrolled and registered nurses. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29(19-20), 3802-3811. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15410.
  • Cooper, S., Cant, R., Chung, C. (2020). The Impact of Emerging Simulation-Based Technologies on the Management of Deteriorating Patients: Aiming for a Gold Standard Educational Evaluation. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 45(2020), 50-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2020.05.004.
  • Cooper, S., Cant, R., Waters, D., Luders, E., Henderson, A., Willetts, G., Tower, M., Reid-Searl, K., Ryan, C., Hood, K. (2020). Measuring the quality of nursing clinical placements and the development of the Placement Evaluation Tool (PET) in a mixed methods co-design project. BMC Nursing, 19(1), article number 101. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-020-00491-1.
  • Cooper, S., Cant, R., Luders, E., Waters, D., Henderson, A., Hood, K., Reid-Searl, K., Ryan, C., Tower, M., Willetts, G. (2020). The nominal group technique: Generating consensus in nursing research. Journal of Nursing Education, 59(2), 65-67. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20200122-02.
  • Cant, R., Cooper, S., Lam, L. (2020). Hospital Nurses' Simulation-Based Education Regarding Patient Safety: A Scoping Review. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 44(2020), 19-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2019.11.006.

2019

Journal Articles

  • James, A., Cooper, S., Stenhouse, E., Endacott, R. (2019). What factors influence midwives to provide obstetric high dependency care on the delivery suite or request care be escalated away from the obstetric unit? Findings of a focus group study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19(1), article number 331. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2487-0.
  • Al-Ghareeb, A., McKenna, L., Cooper, S. (2019). The influence of anxiety on student nurse performance in a simulated clinical setting: A mixed methods design. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 98(2019), 57-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.06.006.
  • Cant, R., Cooper, S., Sussex, R., Bogossian, F. (2019). What's in a Name? Clarifying the Nomenclature of Virtual Simulation. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 27(2019), 26-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2018.11.003.
  • Bogossian, F., Cant, R., Ballard, E., Cooper, S., Levett-Jones, T., McKenna, L., Ng, L., Seaton, P. (2019). Locating “gold standard” evidence for simulation as a substitute for clinical practice in prelicensure health professional education: A systematic review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28(21-22), 3759-3775. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14965.
  • Al-Moteri, M., Plummer, V., Cooper, S., Symmons, M. (2019). Clinical deterioration of ward patients in the presence of antecedents: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Australian Critical Care, 32(5), 411-420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2018.06.004.
  • Seaton, P., Levett-Jones, T., Cant, R., Cooper, S., Kelly, M., McKenna, L., Ng, L., Bogossian, F. (2019). Exploring the extent to which simulation-based education addresses contemporary patient safety priorities: A scoping review. Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research, 26(1), 194-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2018.04.006.
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