Anthony Smith
Anthony Smith has been associated with CIMT as Adjunct Professor since October 2014.
Anthony Smith
- PhD, MEd. (Adult & Workplace
Training), BNurs., RN. - Anthony Smith is the director of
the University of Queensland’s
Centre for Online Health at the
Royal Children’s Hospital,
Queensland, Australia.
Anthony Smith is employed as a professor at CIMT from Oct. 2014 – Oct. 2024 via funds from OUH's Internationalisation pool.
Dr. Smith has a unique background as a registered nurse and a doctorate degree in medicine. He also has extensive experience in health technology assessment and telemedicine as well as being the Director of the University of Queensland’s Centre for Online Health (COH).
Dr. Smith has almost 20 years of research experience involving the planning, implementation and evaluation of applications for the benefit of clinicians and patients in regional and remote areas of Queensland, Australia. His specific research interests include the evaluation of feasibility, cost-effectiveness and diagnostic accuracy of telemedicine applications in the context of paediatrics and child health.
Dr. Smith has developed and sustained an international track record in the establishment and evaluation of telehealth, principally in paediatrics and more recently in the adult and aged care disciplines. He is also the Editor in Chief for the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare and has made a significant contribution to the literature on telepaediatrics publishing more than 90 papers in peer-reviewed journals, three edited books and 12 book chapters on telemedicine related topics.
COLLABORATION WITH CIMT
Visiting Denmark once or twice a year, Anthony will give lectures to the master students in clinical nursing, give lectures in relevant conferences in nursing and health technology, offer lectures for the clinical staff in the Region of Southern Denmark and define mutual research projects with CIMT researchers leading to common publications.
When relevant, Anthony can hold an opponent function for PhD defenses.