In this lecture, I describe the development of my teaching practice, based in experience and evidence, naming the challenges associated and describing the solutions that have contributed to success. 

Reviewing this, it is easy to see how my current interest has developed into oral assessment, especially with regard to disciplinary oracy, as a cross-institutional approach to

I have taught at UNSW Sydney for over 20 years, the past fifteen years as Convenor of the Clinical Skills element of the UNSW Medicine program (BMed MD), a role which I retain since being appointed as a UNSW Nexus Fellow in 2023. My teaching in Medicine relates to communication, physical examination and procedural skills. As such, I focus on the interaction and

As can be seen from the rest of my portfolio, whilst I directly teach for a proportion of my role, a much larger part of my work is directed to effective leadership, support, development and coordination of this very significant teaching effort. As evidence and recognition of the enormous scope of this coordination, management and support role, in 2011, I was

Across 2024/2025, I led implementation of a large-scale educational innovation using SimConverse, an AI-driven virtual patient (VP) platform, to enhance teaching of advanced communication skills in the Medicine program and addressing a persistent challenge in medical education: the provision of consistent, high-quality experiential learning in communication across large and