Fields of Research

Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy
Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development
Education assessment and evaluation
Health services and systems
Epidemiology
Gender, sexuality and education
Health informatics and information systems

Research Objectives

Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum
Learner and learning
Teacher and instructor development
Public health (excl. specific population health)
Pedagogy
Gender aspects in education
Behaviour and health
Disease distribution and transmission (incl. surveillance and response)
Health education and promotion
Preventive medicine

Career Best Publications

The Man Check Sensitive Examination Training DVD Resource

Research Publications

'Clinical Teaching Associates: the developing wave of teaching and competence assessment support for sensitive examinations in medical education; Proceedings of the 15th Ottawa Conference
A guide for growing your own male clinical teaching associates; Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators
An ethical approach to developing a community based program for teaching sensitive examination techniques in men's health; Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators
Assessing Medical students sensitive examination skills: What’s working - results of a Clinical Teaching Associate program; 15th Ottawa Conference
Clinical Teaching Associates Program, Review report
Curriculum review of Graduate Diploma of Midwifery report
Desensitization strategies for training community-sourced Male Clinical Teaching Associates; SimHealth Conference
Developing a community-based program for teaching sensitive examination techniques: Maintaining ethics from education to practice; Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators
Embracing the possibilities in our changing inner space: Establishing a Simulated Patient Community of Practice; Teaching Matters Conference 2014
International students and sensitive male examinations: implications for teaching men's health; Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Education
Nursing Board of Tasmania, Graduate Diploma of Midwifery, curriculum accreditation review consultant
Pelvic assessment for continence training (PACT); The 8th Conference of the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners
Royal Hobart Hospital Perinatal data report
Sensitive male examinations:better experience and supervision at rural sites; Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators
Sexual health literacy of the student population of the University of Tasmania: results of the RUSSL Study; Sexual Health (Print): an interdisciplinary journal of sexual health including HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections
Sexuality-related attitudes significantly modulate demographic variation in sexual health literacy in Tasmanian university students; Sexual Health
Shortfalls in the performance and interpretation of male genitorectal examinations by medical students; Australian & New Zealand Journal of Sociology
Standardised Patients: Developing a Community-Based Male Clinical Teaching Associates Program; SimHealth Conference
Teenage pregnancy - Models of care at the Royal Hobart Hospital
The 'LINC' model: an interdisciplinary practice development model for collaborative teaching; Women's Health & Children's Health Association, WHACHA International Conference
The 'PACT' Pelvic Assessment for Continence Training - authentic learning program
The 'Well Woman Check' Obstetrics and Gynaecology Training DVD Resource
The Man Check Sensitive Examination Training DVD Resource
Turning rough diamonds into ambassadors for men's health: strategies for training community-sourced male clinical teaching associates; Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators
What’s working: Improve medical students clinical examination skills for sensitive examination - results of a Clinical Teaching Associate program; 5th International Clinical Skills Conference
Year 3/4 OSCE's quality control audit report

Research Projects

Research Candidate Supervision