She is interested in work that is academically rigorous, clinically relevant, and capable of informing meaningful change. Her research reflects a broader commitment to understanding the experience of clinicians, improving training and workforce sustainability, and strengthening the role of general practice within the health system.
Research Interests
Areas of research interest include:
Research Approach
Her approach to research is shaped by clinical experience, educational leadership, and governance insight. She is particularly interested in questions that sit at the intersection of policy, practice, and lived experience. In producing work that is useful not only in academic settings, but in real practices and communities.
Publications
Selected research, publications, and academic contributions
“NSW workers' compensation: a system that needs healing”
R. Hoffman
Published: MJA opinion piece
“Diverse and vulnerable: experiences of private allied health practices managing through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Implications for the financial viability of Australian primary care.”
M. Petrozzi, M. Wright, R. Hoffman, B. Goodger, S. Wise
Published: Australian Health Review
“Stress, burnout, and parenting: a qualitative study of general practice registrars.”
R. Hoffman, J. Mullan, C. Metusela, A. Bonney
Published: Australian Journal of Primary Health
“A cross-sectional study of burnout among Australian general practice registrars”
R. Hoffman, J. Mullan, A. Bonney
Published: BMC Med Educ 23, 47
“General practice experiences of Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout: lessons for primary care reform.”
Wright, M., Hoffman, R., Petrozzi, M.J., & Wise, S.
Published: Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association
“Development of a COVID-19 virtual community of practice in New South Wales: A qualitative study.”
Mullan J, Metusela C, Guppy M, Pond D, Ivers R, Hoffman R, Rhee J, Hespe CM, Davis A, Barnett S, Bonney A.
Published: Aust J Gen Pract. 2022 Apr;51(4):263-269. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-03-21-5881. PMID: 35362011.
“Analysis of current maternity leave policies for doctors in training”
R. Hoffman, J. Mullan, A. Bonney
Published: Australian Health Review, Published online 14th September 2021
“Gender Equity in Australian Health Leadership”
A. Cohn, M. Cubitt, A. Goh, A. Hempenstall, R. Hoffman, C. Lai, J. Munro, C. Silvester, C. Skinner, D. Verran, J. Walter
Published: Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management; Vol 16(1)2021 pg6-10
“Australian Medical Student Expectations of Work Life Balance as a doctor”
S. Suresh, R. Hoffman, S. Loi, A. Gosbell
Published: MedEdPublish Volume 9(1) 256
“Medicine and Motherhood; systematic review of the experiences of mothers who are doctors”
R. Hoffman, J. Mullan, M. Nguyen, A. Bonney
Published: MJA 2020 (October)
Presented: MPANZ 2020, Gold Coast
“Junior doctor burnout; Understanding the experience of burnout in General Practice and hospital equivalents”
R. Hoffman, A. Bonney
Published: Australian Journal of General Practice, VOL. 47, NO. 8, AUGUST 2018; 571-575
Presented: GPtec Sydney 2017; MPANZ Melbourne 2018; GP18 Gold Coast 2018
“Case report: Total knee arthroplasty polyethylene liner disengagement identified by arthrography.”
D. Bradshaw, B. Lam, R. Hoffman, B. Zicat
Published: Knee. 2014 Dec;21(6):1288-90.
“Enoxaparin vs Rivaroxaban Morbidity post Total Knee Replacement”
R. Hoffman, S. Adie, J. Naylor
Published: Combined Australian and New Zealand Society for Vascular Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting, 2011
“Alterations in use of Negative Pressure Dressings translated to cost savings for a major trauma center”
R. Hoffman, S. Aitken, J. Iliopoulos
Published: Australian and New Zealand Society for Vascular Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting October 2012
“Cost of Care and Complications Post Joint replacement”
R. Hoffman
Published: University of Sydney (Masters Surgery; Orthopaedics) March 2013. Supervisors: J. Naylor, I. Harris
