End-of-Life Essentials staff publications and presentations

2025

• Winsall M, Devery K, Phelan C. Healthcare Professionals' Advice to Guide End-Of-Life Care Education Delivery in Hospitals: A Qualitative Study. J Adv Nurs. 2025 Jul 1. doi: 10.1111/jan.70031.

2022

• Devery K, Winsall M, Rawlings D. A qualitative study exploring challenges and solutions to negotiating goals of care at the end of life in hospital settings. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Volume 34, Issue 4, 2022, mzac089. https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzac089

• Devery K, Yin H, Rawlings D. End-of-Life Essentials education modules: a quality and safety initiative to improve health professionals end-of-life care knowledge, skills, attitude and confidence. BMJ Open Quality. 2022 Sept 7;11e001925. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2022-001925

• Devery K, Winsall M, Rawlings D. Teams and continuity of end-of-life care in hospitals: managing differences of opinion. BMJ Open Quality. 2022 Apr 20;11:e001724. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001724

• Rawlings D, Winsall M, Yin H, Devery K. "Holding back my own emotions": Evaluation of an online education module in pediatric end-of-life care. J Child Health Care. 2022 Apr 5:13674935221076214. doi: 10.1177/13674935221076214.

• Devery K, Rawlings D, Winsall M, and Yin H. (2022) End-of-Life Essentials: An online end-of-life care education resource. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal Apr-Jun 2022 27(7), 37.

• Rawlings D, Winsall M, Yin H, and Devery K. (2022) How hospital staff say goodbye to dying patients – Evaluation of an online education module: Imminent death. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal online ahead of print. 

2021

• Rawlings D, Devery K, Tieman J, and Winsall M. (2021) Dying, a normal part of life: what learners see as the one thing they could change in the workplace to more appropriately provide end-of-life care. RePaDD White paper No. 7. Adelaide, South Australia: Flinders University Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying.

• Devery K, Yin H, Morgan D, and Rawlings D. (2021). End-of-Life Online Health Education Uptake and Usage by Australian Health Professionals: Urban, Rural and Remote Settings. RePaDD White paper No. 5. Adelaide, South Australia: Flinders University Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying: 2021.

• Rawlings D, Winsall M, Yin H, Devery K. (2021). What is a compassionate response in the emergency department? Learner evaluation of an End‐of‐Life Essentials online education module. Emergency Medicine Australasia.

• Morgan DD, Litster C, Winsall M, Devery K, Rawlings D. "It’s given me confidence”: a pragmatic qualitative evaluation exploring the perceived benefits of online end‐of‐life education on clinical care. BMC Palliat Care 20, 57 (2021).

2020

• Rawlings D, Winsall M, Yin H, Devery K, Morgan DD. Managing prognostic uncertainty: Evaluation of an End-of-Life Essentials online education module on chronic complex illness end-of-life care. Healthcare 2020.

• Rawlings D, Yin H, Devery K, Morgan DD, Tieman J. (2020). End of life in acute hospitals: practice change reported by health professionals following online education. Healthcare. 8(3), 254.

2019

• Rawlings D, Devery K, Poole N. (2019). Improving quality in hospital end-of-life care: honest communication, compassion and empathy. BMJ Open Quality. 2019;8:e000669.

2018

• Hutchinson C, Tieman J, Devery K. Evaluation of a toolkit resource package to support positive workplace behaviours in relation to quality end-of-life care in Australian hospitals. BMJ Open Quality 2018;7:e000286.

Title	Presenter
2026
2026 Roadshow - Communication in End-of-Life Care SA | VIC | NSW	A/Prof Kim Devery
2025
How can we strengthen end-of-life care? Western Sydney PHN | Virtual	A/Prof Kim Devery
Communication in end-of-life care Roadshow SA | VIC | NSW	A/Prof Kim Devery
2024
Improving patient care at the end of life Schwartz Round SALHN | Adelaide	A/Prof Kim Devery
Palliative Care Conversations: Finding compassion and clarity in challenging situations PCNA | Melbourne	Distinguished Professor Patsy Yates; A/Prof Kim Devery; A/Prof Mark Boughey
What matters - the power of the patient's perspective in driving safe and quality dignity in care PCNA | Melbourne	A/Prof Kim Devery; Dr Caroline Phelan
"Holding back my own emotions": Evaluation of an online education module in pediatric end-of-life care Journal of Child Health Care podcast series	A/Prof Kim Devery; Ms Megan Winsall; Dr Liz King (host)
2023
Driving Quality and Safe End-of-Life Care in Hospitals: Accreditation Essentials, workforce development and more OPCC | Sydney	Heading, Vanessa; Devery, Kim
Does completion of an online end-of-life communication module lead to intended or actual practice change in health professionals? OPCC | Sydney	Devery, Kim; Yin, Huahua; Rawlings, Deb
2022
Equity of well-timed end-of-life care, practical considerations CNSA | Brisbane	Devery, Kim
End-of-Life care for people with dementia in hospitals International Dementia Conference | Sydney	Devery, Kim; Rawlings, Deb; Yin, Huahua; Winsall, Megan
2021
Australian Physiotherapy Association - End of Life Care Opportunities Australian Physiotherapy Association | SA branch	Devery, Kim; Rawlings, Deb
CRANAplus Webinar - End of Life Care Opportunities	Devery, Kim; Rawlings, Deb
The importance of teams and psychological safety for staff Cancer Nurses Society of Australian | SA State Group Workshop	Devery, Kim; Rawlings, Deb
The importance of healthcare teams and negotiating conflict OPCC | Virtual	Devery, Kim; Rawlings, Deb; Winsall, Megan
Dealing with a fear of getting it wrong OPCC | Virtual	Devery, Kim; Rawlings, Deb; Yin, Huahua