Brendan George McCormack

Brendan George McCormack
Born (1962-08-11) 11 August 1962
Streamstown, Co Westmeath
NationalityIrish
Known forResearch in Nursing and Person-centred Care
Academic background
Alma materBuckinghamshire New University
University of Surrey
University of Oxford
Academic work
DisciplineNursing
InstitutionsSusan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney

Brendan George McCormack (born 11 August 1962) is an Irish nursing academic.[1] He is the Head of The Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery & Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney.[2]

His research focuses on person-centredness with a particular focus on the development of person-centred cultures, practices and processes. [3]

Education

He holds a BSc in nursing from Buckinghamshire New University, a Post Graduate Certificate in the Education of Adults from the University of Surrey and a DPhil in Educational Studies from the University of Oxford.[4]

Career

McCormack started out his career as a psychiatric staff nurse in St Loman's Hospital, Mullingar Ireland.[5] Following becoming a Registered General Nurse, McCormack moved to the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, England where he worked as a staff nurse in Trauma Orthopaedics and General Medicine, before moving to Battle Hospital, Reading, England and working as a staff nurse in Urology. [6]

McCormack became the Head of The Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery & Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney in May 2022. [7]

Prior to this, McCormack was the Professor of Nursing and Head of the Divisions of Nursing, Paramedic Science, Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies, School of Health Sciences, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh (2014-2022). [8][9]

McCormack is currently Academic Chair of the CARE Program (Championing Australia’s Relational Economy) at the Sydney Policy Lab, University of Sydney.[10] The program adopts a community-led and multidisciplinary approach to embedding person-centred principles, values, and practices in Australian public policy. [11]

He serves as Specialty Chief Editor of the Frontiers in Health Services section on patient-centred health systems, which advances research in implementation science, workforce development, and safety from a person-centred perspective.[12] He is also engaged in the CAPAN (Capacity Building in Nursing) program in Denmark, a partnership with the University of Southern Denmark and Zealand University Hospital, which aims to strengthen research and development cultures in nursing and to support the transition of hospitals towards university-based health systems.[13]

Research

McCormack’s research focuses on person-centredness with a particular focus on the development of person-centred cultures, practices and processes.[14] McCormack has specific expertise in gerontology and dementia practices. However, McCormack's work extends through all specialities and is multi-professional. McCormack is methodologically diverse, but has a particular fondness for participatory/action research. Additionally, McCormack brings expertise and enthusiasm to the use of arts and creativity in healthcare research and development.[9]

The Susan Wakil Health Building, The University of Sydney, Australia.

Publications

McCormack has over 520 publications on Google Scholar[15] which have been cited over 25,500 times giving him an h-index of 65. His top five highest cited articles are:

  • Kitson, A; Harvey, G; McCormack, B (1998). "Enabling the implementation of evidence based practice: a conceptual framework". BMJ Quality & Safety. 7 (3): 149–158. doi:10.1136/qshc.7.3.149. PMC 2483604. PMID 10185141.
  • McCormack, B. and McCance, T.V. (2006), Development of a framework for person-centred nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 56: 472-479. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04042.x
  • Rycroft-Malone, J; Seers, K; Titchen, A; Harvey, G; Kitson, A; Titchen, A (2004). "What counts as evidence in evidence‐based practice?". Journal of Advanced Nursing. 47 (1): 81–90. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03068.x. PMID 15186471.
  • Kitson, AL; Rycroft-Malone, J; Harvey, G; McCormack, B; Seers, K; Titchen, A (2008). "Evaluating the successful implementation of evidence into practice using the PARiHS framework: theoretical and practical challenges". Implementation Science. 3 (1): 1. doi:10.1186/1748-5908-3-1. PMC 2235887. PMID 18179688.
  • McCormack, B., Kitson, A., Harvey, G., Rycroft-Malone, J., Titchen, A. and Seers, K. (2002), Getting evidence into practice: the meaning of `context'. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 38: 94-104. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02150.x

Books

  • Dewing, J., McCormack, B. and McCance, T. (2021) Person-centred Nursing Research:  Methodology, Methods and Outcomes, Springer Nature, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27868-7
  • McCormack B, McCance T, Martin S, McMillan A, Bulley C (2021) Fundamentals of Person-centred Healthcare Practice Wiley, Oxford https://www.perlego.com/book/2068078/fundamentals-of-personcentred-healthcare-practice-pdf
  • Titchen, A. and McCormack, B. with Tyagi, V. (2020) Dancing the Mandalas of Critical Creativity in Nursing and Healthcare. Centre for Person-centred Practice Research, Queen Margaret University Edinburgh https://www.cpcpr.org/critical-creativity
  • McCormack B, Eide T, Skovdal K, Eide H, Kapstad H and van Dulman S (2017) Person-centred Healthcare Research – ‘the person in question’: The Person-centred Research Handbook, Wiley Publishers, Oxford.
  • McCormack B and McCance T (2017) Person-centred Nursing and Health Care – Theory and Practice, Wiley Publishing, Oxford
  • Dewing J, McCormack B and Titchen A (2014) Practice Development Workbook for Nursing, Health and Social Care Teams, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.
  • McCormack B; Manley K and Titchen A (eds.) (2013) Practice Development in Nursing (Vol 2).  Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.
  • McCormack B and McCance T (2010) Person-centred Nursing: Theory, models and methods.  Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.
  • Kent B and McCormack B (2010) An enabling context for evidence-based practice.  Blackwell Publishing and Sigma Theta Tau International, Oxford.
  • Hardy S, Manley K, Titchen A and McCormack B (eds.) (2009) Revealing Nursing Expertise through Practitioner Enquiry.  Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.
  • Manley K, McCormack B and Wilson V (eds.) (2008) Practice Development in Nursing: International Perspectives.  Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.
  • McCormack B; Manley K and Garbett R (eds.) (2004) Practice Development in Nursing.  Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.
  • McCormack B (2001) Negotiating Partnerships with Older People - A Person-Centred Approach.  Ashgate, Basingstoke

References

  1. ^ Price, Jenna (16 June 2025). "Soaring doctor fees are a pain, but medics have another problem". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Professor Brendan McCormack's interview with Elder: Humanising Healthcare: Person-centred Practice Helping Patients and Professionals to Revolutionise the Care System:|Queen Margaret University|News and Events". www.qmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  3. ^ McCance, Tanya; McCormack, Brendan (13 March 2025). "The Person-centred Nursing Framework: a mid-range theory for nursing practice". Journal of research in nursing: JRN: 17449871241281428. doi:10.1177/17449871241281428. ISSN 1744-988X. PMC 11907491. PMID 40093819.
  4. ^ "Brendan McCormack is new adjunct professor". sdu. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  5. ^ "'When I was in school, nursing wasn't ever discussed as an option'". Nursing Times. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Excellence in Care: Keynote". www.gov.scot. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Leading the future of nursing education". University of Sydney.
  8. ^ "Q&A with Brendan McCormack on Osteoporosis and the Lydia Osteoporosis Project | Magzine". www.qmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Staff Profile". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  10. ^ Smith, Zenya. "Humanising Healthcare – Professor Brendan McCormack". Elder.org.
  11. ^ "Policy Bites – A whole-systems approach to person-centred care". events.humanitix.com. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  12. ^ "Frontiers in Health Services | Patient Centered Health Systems". www.frontiersin.org. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Meet Brendan McCormack". Helping Hands Home Care. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  14. ^ McCormack, Brendan (17 June 2025). "Digital Healthcare and the Illusion of Progress". Journal of Advanced Nursing. doi:10.1111/jan.70024. ISSN 1365-2648. PMID 40528578.
  15. ^ "Brendan McCormack - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.co.uk.
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