Anna O'Callaghan is a lecturer of speech pathology in the School of Community Health at Charles Sturt University (CSU), Australia. She is a member of both the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and Speech Pathology Australia.

Dr O'Callaghan teaches in the areas of communication, disability and neurological impairment. Her teaching covers the causes, effects, assessment and therapeutic options available to speech and language practitioners in relation to professional engagement with adults who have communication difficulties following neurological insult (such as stroke, acquired brain injury, dementia, progressive neurological diseases and other conditions). Dr O'Callaghan also teaches issues and syntheses in speech pathology.

Dr O'Callaghan's research focuses on communication impairments following acquired brain injury. She also researches clinical care guidelines in adult rehabilitation, innovation in service delivery and rural health.

Dr O'Callaghan is employed jointly by the School of Community Health, Charles Sturt University and Albury Hospital, Albury Wodonga Health.

Research

Research Interests
  • Adults with neurological impairment
  • Clinical care guidelines
  • Issues with service delivery
  • Speech-language pathology professional practice
  • Rural health
Scholarships obtained to support research interests
  • Australia Postgraduate Award (2008-2009)
  • Speech Pathology Australia Postgraduate Grant (2008)
  • Australian Rural and Remote Health Professionals Scholarship Scheme (2007)

Professional Activities

Professional membership    
  • Speech Pathology Association of Australia (2002-2010)
  • American Speech Language Hearing Association (2010)  
Peer reviewer
  • Advances in Speech-Language Pathology
  • Australian Journal of Rural Health    

Publications

Book chapters
  • Shanahan, L., Wilson, L., O'Callaghan, A., & Dawe, T. (2009). Involving stakeholders in the development, implementation and quality review of a clinical education program: An action research study. In L.McAllister, M.Paterson, J.Higgs, & C.Bithwell (Eds.), Innovations in allied health fieldwork education: A critical appraisal. The Netherland: Sense Publishers. Manuscript in preparation.
Peer reviewed journal articles
  • O'Callaghan, A. M., McAllister, L., & Wilson, L. (2010). Experiences of care reported by adults with traumatic brain injury in Australia. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, accepted for publication.
  • O'Callaghan, A. M., McAllister, L., & Wilson, L. (2009). Sixteen years on has quality of care for rural and non-compensable traumatic brain injury clients improved? Australian Journal of Rural Health, 17 (3), 119-123.
  • O'Callaghan, A. M., McAllister, L., & Wilson, L. (2005). Consumers??? proposed solutions to barriers to access of rural and remote speech pathology services. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology, 7 (2),58-64.
  • O'Callaghan, A.M., McAllister, L., Wilson, L. (2005). Barriers to accessing rural paediatric speech pathology services: Health consumers??? perspectives. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 13(3), 162-171.
Conference presentations
  • O'Callaghan, A. M., McAllister, L., & Wilson, L. (2010). A model for planning adult TBI service provision. Paper presented at the Speech Pathology Australia International Conference, Melbourne, May 2010.
  • Shanahan, L., O'Callaghan, A., Wilson, L., & Dawe, T. (2010). The development of a clinical education program in regional New South Wales. Poster presented at the Speech Pathology Australia International Conference, Melbourne, May 2010.
  •   Thavaseelan, T., Dawe, T., O'Callaghan, A., & Shanahan, L. (2010). Feed me: Integrating clinical education with a volunteer feeding program in the acute setting. Poster presented at the Speech Pathology Australia International Conference, Melbourne, May 2010.
  • O'Callaghan, A. M., McAllister, L., & Wilson, L. (2009). Factors effecting access to care: Perceptions of TBI healthcare consumers. Paper presented at the Speech Pathology Australia International Conference, Adelaide, May 2009.
  • O'Callaghan, A. M., McAllister, L., & Wilson, L. (2008). Reflecting on the connection between best practice guidelines and current rehabilitation patterns following TBI in adults. Paper presented at the Speech Pathology Australia International Conference, Auckland, May 2008.
  • O'Callaghan, A. M., McAllister, L., & Wilson, L. (2007). Traumatic brain injury, continuum of care and rural health: A literature review. Paper presented at the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Sydney, May 2007.
  • O'Callaghan, A. M., McAllister, L., & Wilson, L. (2003). An investigation of rural speech pathology services from the perspective of health care consumers. Paper presented at the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Hobart, 4-8th May 2003.
Conference proceedings
  • O'Callaghan, A. M., McAllister, L., & Wilson, L. (2003). An investigation of rural speech pathology services from the perspective of health care consumers. Nature, Nurture, Knowledge: Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Conference Program & Abstracts.