• Expertise-1: Continuously updates disciplinary knowledge
  • Expertise-2: Undertakes professional development in pedagogy and implements new strategies
  • Expertise-3: Improves teaching practice through reflection and feedback
  • Expertise-4: Engages in educational scholarship that informs own teaching practice and influences others
Published contributions to Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

Published contributions to Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

My contribution to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning centres on competency based health professions education (CBHPE), in particular advancing understanding of trust, risk and entrustment in clinical education. Through a body of research spanning qualitative, quantitative and review methodologies, I have generated scholarship, often with local and international colleagues, that informs

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Medical Education, UNSW Sydney, 2025

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Medical Education, UNSW Sydney, 2025

My doctoral thesis was entitled 'Trust and risk in clinical teaching: a mixed methods study'. In this original research, I explored trust as experienced by clinical teachers, identifying how perceptions and relationship with risk influence decision making in clinical task delegation using both qualitative and quantitative methodology.

The research has

Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (FANZHAPE) from 2020

Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (FANZHAPE) from 2020

The Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators is the peak organisation for practitioners involved in education and training of health professionals in Australia, New Zealand and the Western Pacific region. Fellowship to ANZAHPE recognises senior educators, clinicians, and researchers who have demonstrated a sustained, high-level commitment to health

Masters of Medical Education (MMedEd) Sydney University, 2004–2006

Masters of Medical Education (MMedEd) Sydney University, 2004–2006

Undertaking a Master of Medical Education transformed my approach to teaching from one based largely on intuition and personal experience to one grounded in educational theory and evidence. The program provided a deeper understanding of curriculum design, assessment, feedback, workplace-based learning and educational research methods. It gave me the language and conceptual frameworks to

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in Rheumatology, admitted 2004

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in Rheumatology, admitted 2004

I am a specialist Rheumatologist who see patients in both public (Prince of Wales Hospital) and private settings. As a practicing physician I must annually satisfy RACP and AHPRA requirements for currency of practice and continuing professional development. Because I work in a teaching hospital, I also need to keep my NSW Health mandatory training up to date. 

Ongoing

Combined Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BScMBBS). Graduated with Honours: Class 2, Division 1. University of New South Wales, Sydney 1990–1996
Conscientious development of leadership, governance and social accountability skills.

Conscientious development of leadership, governance and social accountability skills.

2026 – Courageous Conversation® South Pacific Institute (CCSPI) ‘Courageous Conversation ® Practitioner Programme

2025 – Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand (MDANZ) ‘Leadership Retreat’, Q Station, Manly

2025 – Australian Graduate School of