• Leadership-1: Teaches in accordance with professional and ethical standards
  • Leadership-2: Collaborates by creating opportunities for colleagues to network and share expertise
  • Leadership-3: Creates resources for the broader teaching community
  • Leadership-4: Mentors others to enable them to teach more effectively
Assistant Editor: Anatomical Sciences Education

Assistant Editor: Anatomical Sciences Education

In 2021, I was appointed Assistant Editor of Anatomical Sciences Education.

In 2021, ASE had an H-index of 51 and is a Q1 ranked journal.

Developing an International Community of Anatomy Educators

Developing an International Community of Anatomy Educators

In response to the challenges of COVID, led the development of the IFAA Federative International Program for Anatomical Education.  The overarching aime of this program is to create an Anatomy Education Network with four main goals related to promoting and further developing Anatomical Education:

a.    

2021 UNSW Education Festival: Student Success and Wellbeing

2021 UNSW Education Festival: Student Success and Wellbeing

Served on the organising committee and co-host of the Student Success and Wellbeing afternoon program

Accelerated Remote Delivery: Gathering Information and Applying Learnings

Accelerated Remote Delivery: Gathering Information and Applying Learnings

Scientia Education Academy Lecture

Accelerated Remote Delivery: Gathering Information and Applying Learnings
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically reshaped our society, our practice and our student’s lived education experience. The almost overnight pivot to remote delivery in March 2020, while accelerating change, has laid bare the need for

Embedding a Humanistic Curriculum in Anatomy Education

Embedding a Humanistic Curriculum in Anatomy Education

Developments in biology and genetics in recent decades have caused significant shifts in the understanding and conceptualization of human biological variation. Humans vary biologically in different ways, including individually, due to age, ancestry, and sex. An understanding of the complexities of all levels of biological variation is necessary for efficient health care delivery. Important

Scholarship of Learning and Teaching

Scholarship of Learning and Teaching

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications related to SoLT

Blaich R; Pather N; Prvan T; Engel R; Hulme A; Strkalj G, 2021, 'Anatomy knowledge retention in Australian osteopathic training: A comparative study', European Journal of Anatomy, vol. 25, pp. 433 - 445

Štrkalj G; Pather N, 2021, 'Beyond the Sex Binary: Toward the Inclusive Anatomical Sciences

Design and Implementation of Virtual Reality Learning Resources

Design and Implementation of Virtual Reality Learning Resources

I lead the development of virtual learning resources in anatomy to engage learners outside the lab and to support learning of students from diverse backgrounds.  I partnered with  the PVCESE Immersive Technologies team and group of student tutors to scale-up the initial 'proof of concept' prototype I designed.  This is an example of one of the co-developed resources created.

Development of the Teaching Technology Toolkit

Development of the Teaching Technology Toolkit

A wide variety of learning technologies were used across UNSW in the transition to blended learning. With the number of options available, it can be difficult to select educational technology that is best suited to desired learning outcomes. This toolkit was a pilot project idesigned by initially surveying staff with teaching responsibilities on their current practice and on what they needed

Fellow of ANZAHPE (Australia and New Zealand Association of Health Professional Educators)

Fellow of ANZAHPE (Australia and New Zealand Association of Health Professional Educators)

In 2021, I was awarded the Fellowship of ANZAHPE (Australia and New Zealand Association of Health Professional Educators) in recognition of my expertise and leadership in medical education. 

Supporting Student Wellbeing: The Care Factor: Foundations and practice of supporting student success and wellbeing

Supporting Student Wellbeing: The Care Factor: Foundations and practice of supporting student success and wellbeing

International research has identified the need for a radical shift in the way we teach and support students’ success and wellbeing in higher education settings. As educators, we are faced with the challenge to provide engaging and supportive learning environments that deliver positive, meaningful short-term and long-term outcomes for students. To facilitate these outcomes, the University needs

Integrate Virtual Reality using Complete Anatomy in Phase I Medicine AEA, 2021

Integrate Virtual Reality using Complete Anatomy in Phase I Medicine AEA, 2021

Integrating VR using Complete Anatomy and optimising its usefulness by promoting student advocacy

Complete Anatomy is platform of 3D Anatomy models. In 2021 TP4, M&H Faculty made a subscription of the Complete Anatomy (CA) platform available to the discipline of Anatomy.  

2021 Assessor: Australian Awards for University Teaching

2021 Assessor: Australian Awards for University Teaching

In 2021, I was selected and served as an assessor for the 2021 Australian Awards for University Teaching for the Citations For Outstanding Contributions To Student Learning.

Lead: Federative International Program for Anatomical Education (FIPAE)

Lead: Federative International Program for Anatomical Education (FIPAE)

In August 2019, I was elected to Chair the IFAA Federative International Program for Anatomical Education.

1. Vision

FIPAE: A vibrant international academy of anatomists co-operating to enhance anatomical education across the world through collaboration, innovation, and evidence-based scholarship.

2. Mission

FIPAE: Aiming to nurture a