• Teach-1: Inspires and motivates students from diverse backgrounds to engage in critical thinking and active learning
  • Teach-2: Uses technology effectively to communicate with students and promote learning
  • Teach-3: Creates inclusive, safe, and supportive learning environments for students
  • Teach-4: Uses evidence-informed teaching approaches to enhance students' learning
Instructing Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) to Higher Education Health Students

Instructing Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) to Higher Education Health Students

As a licensed MHFA instructor, I facilitated, incorporated and instructed MHFA training for pharmacy students from 2017-2022 at UTS, an evidence-based 12 hour course. This enabled students to be equipped with these valuable skills prior to their placements and internships, thus enhancing their learning and supporting practical skills. 

Led the Development, Implementation and Evaluation of the RACA assessment: Reflective Ability Clinical Assessment

Led the Development, Implementation and Evaluation of the RACA assessment: Reflective Ability Clinical Assessment

The RACA (Reflective Ability Clinical Assessment) is an assessment strategy derived from my PhD, designed to assist students with communication skills, clinical decision making and reflective practice. This strategy can be utilised across all health disciplines. 

The publications related to this design of this assessment strategy are listed in the links below.

Led the Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Reliable Reflective Rubric - Interrater reliability tested and embedded in 4 institutions across 5 countries

Led the Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Reliable Reflective Rubric - Interrater reliability tested and embedded in 4 institutions across 5 countries

Led the development of a reflective rubric as an assessment tool, an output of my PhD, interrater reliability tested across 3 countries and is currently embedded in pharmacy curriculums in 4 institutions across 5 countries. Publications related to the development and iterations of this rubric are listed below in the links. 

 

Awarded the 2019 Australian Award for University Teaching Citation: Individual Category: Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning

Awarded the 2019 Australian Award for University Teaching Citation: Individual Category: Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning

AAUT Citation was awarded in the Individual Category for: Influencing and motivating Pharmacy students to become lifelong reflective learners prepared for the diversity of future professional practice contexts.

In addition to the 2019 national recognition for educational excellence, I have been awarded the following University Teaching and Learning honours and external Teaching

Supervision and Co-Supervision of PhD, Masters and Research by Course Work Students

Supervision and Co-Supervision of PhD, Masters and Research by Course Work Students

Supervising and Co-Supervising PhD students on Health Educational Based PhDs to completion within 3 years and mentoring research by course work students on Educational Research Projects within the 1 year period has enabled me to keep up to date with the latest research methods and technologies ustilised to enhance teaching, learning and training practices. This has also informed many