Dr. Elaine Burke
Assistant Professor, Medical Education
Assistant Professor, School Office - Medicine
Biography
I am an Assistant Professor in the Discipline of Medical Education in Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Ireland. I studied Medicine at University College Cork, Ireland, graduating in 2005 with an honours degree, following which I spent 10 years in full-time clinical practice, working in Internal and Palliative Medicine.
Since 2015 I have held a formal educational role in Trinity College Dublin when I joined the Trinity Intern Training Network as Intern Lecturer/ Registrar and subsequently Course Co-ordinator for the Master in Medicine, Research Fellow, and now Assistant Professor.
In 2018, I graduated with distinction from a Master"s degree in Medicine (Population Health) (TCD), and completed a PhD in Medical Education on the subject of clinical academic careers in 2022 (TCD). I am one of the founders of the Academic Internship Track, a combined clinical and academic training programme for junior doctors in Ireland.
My research interests are in the field of clinical academic careers and equality. My goals are to contribute to building and sustaining a diverse and inclusive clinician scientist skills pool in Ireland, and explore how strategies to sustain this workforce could be deployed more generally to improve healthcare professionals' training experiences and retention. Other work has included the creation of an educational board game to help junior doctors navigate collaboration in the clinical work environment, which was awarded funding from the HSE NDTP (National Doctors Training and Planning body) to upscale nationally.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Elaine Burke, The IMAJINE Study: preliminary findings, INHED 17th Annual Scientific Meeting, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, 25/01/2024, 2024
Elaine Burke, Declan Byrne, Mark Donegan, Oisin Hannigan, Julie O'Grady, Alice Waugh, Martina Hennessy, PlayDecide Teamwork: A discussion game for junior doctors to explore workplace bullying and harassment, BMC Medical Education, 2024
Emma Prescott, Elaine Burke, Sex and gender representation in cardiothoracic surgery textbooks, INHED 17th Annual Scientific Meeting, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin, 24/01/2024, 2024
Elaine Burke, Catherine Darker, Isabelle Molly Godson-Treacy, Columb Kavanagh, David Mockler, Natasha Slattery, Martina Hennessy, Gender equality in academic medicine before, during and after COVID-19: A systematic review., The Clinical Teacher, 2024
Elaine Burke, Elizabeth Heron, Martina Hennessy, Gender bias in academic medicine: a resume study, BMC Medical Education BMC series - open , 23, 2023
Burke E, Kavanagh C, Godson-Treacy IM, Mockler D, Slattery N, Hennessy M., Gender balance in academic medicine " what works? A systematic review, INHED 16th Annual Scientific Meeting, Queen's University Belfast, March 2023, 2023
Burke E, Hennessy M, Gender balance in clinical academic careers: a real world resumé study., AMEE Hybrid Conference, Lyon, France, August 2023, 2023
Burke E, Misstear K, Hennessy M, Use of a combined qualitative and quantitative technique, repertory grid, to explore professional identity in clinical academics., INHED 15th Annual Scientific Meeting, Online, March 2022, 2022
Burke E, Hennessy M, On the right track: outcomes of a combined clinical academic training programme for junior doctors, the academic internship track, INHED 14th Annual Scientific Meeting, Online, 2021
Burke E, Heron E, Hennessy M., Girls allowed: enhancing gender balance and mitigating unconscious bias in recruitment to a combined clinical academic programme, INHED 14th Annual Scientific Meeting (, Online, 2021
Burke, E., HEennessy, M, Evaluation of an early career clinical academic training programme using the CIPP model, BMJ Open , 11, (11), 2021
Burke E, Misstear K, Hennessy M., . Integrity, Innovation and Collaboration: towards a holistic view of the clinical academic, INHED 14th Annual Scientific Meeting, Online, March 2021, 2021
Ward M, Ní Shé É, De Brún A, Korpos C, Hamza M, Burke E, Duffy A, Egan K, Geary U, Holland C, O'Grady J, Robinson K, Smith A, Watson A, McAuliffe E, The co-design, implementation and evaluation of a serious board game 'Play/Decide patient safety' to educate junior doctors about patient safety and the importance of reporting safety concerns, BMC Medical Education, 2019
Burke E., Play/Decide: Teamwork. Development of an educational game for junior doctors to address workplace conflicts., INMED 12th Annual Scientific Conference, 2019
Burke E, Hennessy M, Clinical academic: a concept analysis, INMED 12th Annual Scientific Conference,, 2019
Burke E, O"Connell F, Hennessy M, Introduction of an academic track for internship in Ireland: providing opportunities for the clinical academics of the future., Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THE Conf),, 2019
Burke E, Teeling M, Hennessy M, Introduction of an academic Internship in Ireland: views of undergraduate medical students, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 2018
Burke E, Teeling M, Hennessy M, Introduction of an academic track for internship in Ireland: views of undergraduate medical students, INMED 11th Annual Scientific Conference,, 2018, 2018
Burke E, Nolan J, Egom E, O"Connell F, Conlon K, Hennessy M, Bridging the gap for novice physicians: Implementation and evaluation of a sub-internship rotation in final year medicine., INMED 9th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2016
Uppal M, Burke E., An audit of interns" knowledge of opioid prescribing., Irish Association for Palliative Care Annual Research and Education Seminar, 2014
Burke E, A Case Report on a Suspected Interaction between Methadone and Sunitinib., 7th Annual Symposium on Palliative Care, 2012
Ng N, Burke E, An Audit on the Co-prescribing of Laxatives with Strong Opioids, Irish Association for Palliative Care Annual Research and Education Seminar,, 2012
Burke E, Gleeson A, The Changing Face of Palliative Care in Ireland: A qualitative study exploring the changes that have occurred in the practice of palliative care in Ireland from staffs" perspectives, 13th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care,, 2011
Burke E, Donnelly S, An Audit on the Use of Anti-hypertensives in a Specialist Palliative Care Unit, National Institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin, 2007
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Elaine Burke, Karen Misstear, Martina Hennessy;, To the Editor: Boundary-Crossing Communities of Practice for Aspiring Clinician-Investigators, 2024
Elaine Burke, An exploration of the role of the clinical academic and strategies to sustain and build the clinical academic workforce., IDEA 2023, Queens University Belfast, March 2023, 2023
Elaine Burke, Karen Misstear, Martina Hennessy, This is us: a repertory grid analysis of the critical attributes for success as an ICAT Fellow and Supervisor, ICAT Annual Retreat, Malahide Castle, Dublin, 01/12/2022, 2022, Irish Clincial Academic Training programme
Burke E, O"Brien T., Palliative Care: earlier is better, Cancer Professional, 2014
Burke E, Hennessy B, Faul C., Cervical Cancer: Its Diagnosis and Management,, Irish Medical Times, 2011
Elaine Burke, Play/Decide: Teamwork. A card-based discussion game for junior doctors to address workplace bullying and harassment, -
Research Expertise
Description
My research goals are to help build and sustain a diverse and inclusive clinician scientist skills pool, and to explore how to improve healthcare professionals" training experiences and retention. My education research forms the basis for the real-world innovations in teaching and learning I have implemented. Research active institutions have better patient outcomes, and in recognition of this, Ireland is moving towards an Academic Health Sciences System. Clinical academics will be leaders in this system, and their skills need to be nurtured from an early career stage. My interest in clinical academic pathways began with my Master"s dissertation and continued with my PhD, titled "An exploration of the role of the clinical academic and strategies to sustain and build the clinical academic workforce". This work has been impactful beyond publication: findings have formed the evidence base for the creation, implementation and expansion of the Academic Internship Track (AIT), a combined clinical and academic training programme for junior doctors. My work in this field continues with investigating equality, diversity and inclusivity in this cohort, e.g., by exploring the social determinants for success in this career. Healthcare staff shortages are a major issue for the Health Service Executive and impact significantly on patient care. The AIT enhances doctor retention in Ireland, prompting my investigation of this phenomenon with the IMAJINE study (Intrinsic MotivAtion, Job satisfaction and retention among INtErns), supported by a TCD MED Seed funding award. This study investigates the hypothesis that the AIT supports interns" (junior doctors) basic psychological needs, thus improving job satisfaction and retention. Improving trainee experience in the workplace was also the focus of my project to develop an educational board game exploring bullying and harassment with junior doctors. This successful initiative was shared with other intern training networks nationally, supported by HSE funding.Recognition
Representations
Peer reviewer for BMC Medicine (IF=9.3)