A/Prof Zhanming Liang ~ Associate Dean, Research Education

Dr Liang joined James Cook University at the beginning of 2021 and established the JCU Health Management Group in early 2022 with a vision of providing targeted and effective management training to health managers and developing health management research capacity in Northern QLD and Asia Pacific  https://www.jcu.edu.au/college-of-public-health-medical-and-veterinary-sciences/jcu-health-management-group

Dr Liang is a leading researcher in health service management competency studies and the leader of the Management Competency Assessment Partnership (MCAP) Program, which has resulted in the development and validation of an evidence-based Managerial Competency Assessment Tool. The MCAP Tool can assess the competence of middle and senior level managers working in the health sector and provide evidence to guide the direction of management training and development. In the past three years. Dr Liang has been working with partners in China, Thailand and Iran to develop the capacity in health service management training, education and research in these countries.

As President of the Society for Health Administration Programs in Education, Dr Liang has played a leading role in shaping the health service management training and development in Asia Pacific.

In addition to the outstanding management competency research strength, Dr Liang also has expertise and extensive experience in teaching and researching in the areas of evidence-informed decision-making, health management workforce development, healthcare quality and safety, and program planning and evaluation.

The book she co-authored with colleagues entitled ‘Project management in health and community services: getting good ideas to work’ has been adopted as a textbook by majority of the Master of Health Administration Programs in Australia. The 2nd edition of the book has also been translated into Mandarin and published by The People’s Medical Publishing House, China in 2018.

Prior to becoming an academic in 2005, she worked in diverse roles as a medical practitioner, planning and evaluation consultant and senior health service manager.

Teaching

• RM8301: Research Planning in Tropical Health and Medicine (Level 8; CNS & TSV)
• RM8302: Research Project in Tropical Health and Medicine (Level 8; CNS & TSV)
• TM5513: Public Health Management, Leadership, Planning and Policy (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Professional

• Management competency assessment on health managers and health management groups
• Develop management capacity for healthcare organizations
• Design targeted training to health managers

Research

• Management Competency development
• Health management workforce training and development
• Health service management training and research workforce - challenges and sustainability
• Professional identify of medial workforce
• Quality and Safety in health services
• Project planning and evaluation
• Management capacity building in developing countries
• Project planning and evaluation

Teaching

• Health economics
• Health Care Quality and Safety
• Project planning and evaluation
• Australian health system and comparative healthcare systems

Experience

• 2022 to present - Visiting Scholar, Centre for Aged Care and Health Management Research, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong)
• 2021 to present - Editorial Board, BMC Health Service Research (UK)
• 2021 to present - Adjunct Professor, ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Mahidol University (Bangkok)
• 2021 to present - Council member, DRUG-ARM National Policy Council (Brisbane)
• 2020 to present - Adjunct Professor, The Second Affiliating Hospital of Shandong No. 1 Medical University
• 2020 to present - Adjunct Professor, The First Affiliating Hospital of Shandong No. 1 Medical University (China)
• 2019 to present - Adjunct Professor, Shandong University, China (China)
• 2019 to present - Editorial Board, Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy (China)
• 2018 to present - President, The Society for Health Administration Programs in Education
• 2009 to 2020 - Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University
• 2018 to 2019 - International Expert Fellowship, Shandong University (China)
• 2016 to 2019 - Adjunct Professor, Narasuan University (Thailand)
• 2012 to 2018 - National Secretory, The Society for Health Administration Programs in Education (Adelaide)
• 2011 to 2017 - National Secretary, The Society for Health Administration Program in Education (Adelaide)
• 2012 to 2016 - Book Review Editor, Australian Journal of Primary Health (Melbourne)
• 2007 to 2015 - Editorial Board, The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling (Sydney)
• 2005 to 2015 - Board Director, DRUG-ARM Australasia (Brisbane)
• 2007 to 2009 - Lecturer, La Trobe University (Melbourne)
• 2005 to 2007 - Lecturer, Griffith University (Brisbane)
• 2002 to 2005 - State Manager, Drug Awareness and Relief Foundation (Brisbane)

Research Disciplines

• Health services and systems (4203)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Evaluation of health and support services (2002)
• Expanding knowledge (2801)
• health (2099)

Awards

• 2021 - La Trobe University Chancellor's Award
• 2020 to 2021 - Certificate, Safety Quality Informatics and Leadership, Harvard University
• 2017 - Best Research Paper Award, 6th Annual Global Healthcare Conference, Singapore, 2017
• 2003 to 2007 - PhD (Public Health) - Griffith University Titled: The impact of health reform on senior health executives in NSW
• 2004 - Mary Harris Student Bursary, the Society for Health Administration Programs in Education (SHAPE)
• 2001 - Coordinator of the year award, Liverpool City Council (NSW)
• 1998 to 1999 - Master of Health Science (Mental Health) - University of Wollongong
• 1988 to 1994 - MB BS - Jinan University

Fellowships

• 2009 - Fellow, Australasian College of Health Service Manager

Memberships

• 2021 - Member, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Han S, Xu M, Lao J and Liang Z (2023) Collecting patient feedback as a mean of monitoring patient experience and hospital service quality- learning from a government-led initiative. Patient Preference and Adherence, 17. pp. 385-400
• Kakemam E and Liang Z (2023) Guidance for management competency identification and development in the health context: a systematic scoping review. BMC Health Services Research, 23.
• Bastani P, Bahmaei J, Kharazinejad E, Samadbeik M, Liang Z and Schneider C (2022) How COVID-19 affects the use of evidence informed policymaking among Iranian health policymakers and managers. Archives of Public Health, 80 (16).
• Brommeyer M, Whittaker M, Mackay M, Ng F and Liang Z (2022) Building health service management workforce capacity in the era of health informatics and digital health – A scoping review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 169.
• Brommeyer M and Liang Z (2022) A systematic approach in developing management workforce readiness for digital health transformation in healthcare. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (21).
• Khalil H, Liu C, Karimi L, Ferrier J, Liang Z and Leggat S (2022) General wellbeing and work impacts among community pharmacists during crisis management. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 29 (1). pp. 56-63
• Liang Z, Xu M, Liu G, Zhou Y and Howard P (2022) Patient-centred care and patient autonomy: doctors' views in Chinese hospitals. BMC Medical Ethics, 23 (1).
• Liu C, Wu Q, Liang Z, Karimi L, Ferriers J, Sheats J and Khalil H (2022) Adaptation strategies in transnational education: a case study of an Australian Master of Health Administration Course offered to Chinese managers. BMC Medical Education, 22 (52).
• Brommeyer M, Mackay M, Liang Z and Balan P (2021) Protocol for automated content analysis of corpus to determine informatics competencies amongst health service managers. Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 16 (3).
• Kakemam E, Janati A, Mohaghegh B, Gholizadeh M and Liang Z (2021) Developing competent public hospital managers: a qualitative study from Iran. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 14 (2). pp. 149-163
• Sandhu M and Liang Z (2021) Competency assessment of project managers of a national NGO in India. Journal of Health Management, 23 (3). pp. 558-574

Conference Papers

• Brommeyer M, Mackay M, Liang Z, Schaper L and Balan P (2021) A proposed approach to investigate whether postgraduate health care management education in Australian universities facilitates the development of informatics competencies. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics: nurses and midwives in the digital age. In: NI 2021: 15th International Congress in Nursing Informatics, Virtual, 23 August - 2 September 2021

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 27+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Zhanming Liang from 2016 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• The Relationship Between Workplace Incivility and Perceptions of Patient Safety in Australian Hospitals: Mechanisms Underlying the Relationship and Intervention/Prevention (PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• Forced separation between people and their pet dogs: impact on both species (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Developing Leadership and Management Competencies for the Veterinary Industry. (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Digital Health and the Australian Medical and Allied Health Workforce Readiness (froma Change Management/Digital Transformation Perspective) (Masters , Primary Advisor)
• Developing a Competency Health Service management Workforce in Nepal - what is the Training and Development direction? (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Understanding the competency development needs of Senior and Middle Managers in Publicly Funded Hospitals in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Trial of Image Enhancement Software as an Educational Tool in Melanoma Diagnosis for Medical Students (Masters , Secondary Advisor)
• Improving Digital Health Competencies for Health Service Managers in Australia (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)

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