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

A major challenge I faced when first teaching and convening the Clinical Skills (CS) sessions in Phase 1 of the medical program was engaging and managing up to 30 students per class, and, from the perspective of Convenor, for multiple sessions thereof (it takes 20 sessions across a fortnight to teach every student in the Phase in a skills session). To meet this