Melbourne Medical School’s Associate Professor Robyn Woodward-Kron warns some groups in our culturally diverse society may become more marginalised and vulnerable as the COVID-19 crisis continues to develop.

The Department of Medical Education holds regular research events including a weekly research roundtable presented by both our own staff and visitors to the Department.

In this episode, Dr Victor Lee, Director of Emergency Medicine Training from Austin Health (Melbourne) talks about rater cognition. We talk about what our assessor role is in clinical education, biases when we assess, and some things to think about when we are assessing.

Choose from the most comprehensive suite of Clinical Education, Research and Leadership courses offered by any Australian university.

In this episode, Professor Tim Wilkinson from the Otago Medical School, University of Otago (New Zealand) talks about failure to fail and conditional passes.

In this episode, Professor Steve Trumble from the Melbourne Medical School, talks about the challenging learner. We talk about what makes us perceive a learner as challenging, how we might help them, and we finish up with a practical strategy for the clinical educator.

The Graduate and Custom Programs team at the DME have been busy in 2018 delivering a huge range of bespoke short courses across Victoria.

Hear from PhD student Josh Waring on his project, supervised by DME’s Professor Elizabeth Molloy, Dr Anna Ryan and Professor Richard O’Brien.

The days are getting longer and the weather warmer. This change in season, means many staff and students choose to use the University facilities late into the evening, particularly as exams approach.

In this episode, Dr Karen Freilich (@KarenFreilich), a junior doctor from Melbourne, Australia talks about medical education podcasting. We talk about how to go about setting up a podcast, picking topics and sharing the podcast with the world.

Elections for the Australia Medical Student Association (AMSA) 2020 National Executive were held over the weekend of 14-15 September 2019. We are happy to announce that our student team has been successful - with Daniel Zou (President), Jelyn Thong (VPi) and Travis Lines (Policy Officer), all from the University of Melbourne. Congratulations to Daniel and his team on their election.

In this episode, Dr Simone Gibson from the School of Clinical Sciences and Associate Professor Claire Palermo from the Monash Centre for Scholarship in Health Education at Monash University (Australia) talk about clinical supervision in allied health. We talk about supervision ratios, placement sites and attributes of effective clinical educators.

Associate Professor Anna Ryan from the Department of Medical Education and Professor (Honorary) Dave Swanson from the American Board of Medical Specialties talk about assessment in medical education generally and multiple choice questions (MCQs) specifically.

After a comprehensive recruitment process the Melbourne Medical School is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Nicola Lautenschlager as the Deputy Head and Research Director.

Dr Margreet Stegeman is an Alumnus of the Master of clinical Education who is putting what she learnt throughout the course into action and seeing great results.

Professor Elizabeth Molloy and Brett Vaughan were warmly welcomed by Zhe Jiang and Tsinghua University, our partner institutions in China, to deliver clinical supervision training to their medical school clinical educators.

We welcomed one of our collaborators and friends, Professor Wendy Hu in May this year.  Wendy collaborates with a number of academics within the DME and contributed to our discussions around curriculum review during her visit.

Meet PhD candidate Dr Crystal Zhao who is investigating how GPs manage situations where patient requests for tests and treatments the GP believes to be medically unnecessary.

Led by the Clinical Research team in the Department of Medical Education, the first of three sessions in our comprehensive Advanced Clinical Trial Design short course series was launched in May

Professor Elizabeth Molloy was a visiting scholar and invited speaker at the Canadian Conference on Medical Education in April.

We have been busy working on a new engagement project in the Department of Medical Education - a podcast for clinical education enthusiasts! We'd like to introduce you to The Med Ed Source, your source for expertise and trends in medical and health professions education.

Vital supervision skills for clinicians with limited time. We've launched a practical mobile friendly short course to help clinical educators create a learning environment within which their learners will thrive.

In March, 2019, the DME welcomed its new PhD candidates and officially launched the PhD study room to accommodate our growing community of researchers.​

Graduating with this degree is a very special achievement. Our 2018 graduates have balanced very busy clinical and teaching practices with their education research. Their research is now contributing to health professions education scholarship, and their education leadership is influencing clinical practice and education in the workplace.  Congratulations!

In January we welcomed our newest member of the Clinical Research team.  Ken will take a leading role in developing and delivering our Master of Clinical Research and associated short courses.

Feedback is a dance between students and teachers; and to make it work, both parties need to know the steps, yet for decades efforts have exclusively focused on only teaching the teachers the moves.

The Department of Medical Education recently hosted a symposium  "New directions in curriculum and assessment in medical education". See presentations from Professor John Prins, Professor Kevin Eva and Professor Wendy Hu.

The Department of Medical Education is delighted to welcome back our Honorary, Professor Kevin Eva, who is visiting from Universeity of British Columbia in Canada between 1-10 May.  Kevin is Associate Director and Senior Scientist in the Centre for Health Education Scholarship (CHES), and Professor and Director of Educational Research and Scholarship in the Department of Medicine, at the University of British Columbia. He is Editor-in-Chief for the journal Medical Education.

The University of Melbourne brings you this comprehensive and industry relevant short course in clinical trial design. Explore trends and issues involved in the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Join leading experts from industry and academia and gain their insights on the latest developments in trial design.

The Melbourne Medical School is delighted to officially launch a brand new initiative: the Strategic Grants for Outstanding Women. This scheme aims to assist talented female academics to negotiate some of the challenges they face in sustaining and building their careers with a view to facilitating their progression to senior academic positions.

The Melbourne Medical School is a proud supporter of International Women’s Day and in 2019 we have answered the call for #BalanceforBetter through launching an exciting new initiative to support career progression in outstanding academic women.

Healthcare is a complex and rapidly changing environment and the Melbourne Medical School is poised to adapt to these real-world challenges.

The Department of Medical Education together with three Melbourne groups from STEMM and HASS disciplines co-convened a half day symposium on interdisciplinary communication research and engagement for 21st century healthcare.

On 6 December, we celebrated the dedication and passion of a number of our clinical teachers at the first awards ceremony for the Academy of Clinical Teachers since 2015.

In November clinical and surgical education Masters students showcased their research projects in an annual collaboration between the University of Melbourne’s Excellence in Clinical Teaching program (EXCITE) and the Surgical Education program.

Registrations are now open for the 2019 Clinical Leadership Intensive.  Register now to take the next step in your health professional career.

EXCITE your passion for clinical teaching and apply now to study with the Excellence in Clinical Teaching program in 2019.

We celebrated the contribution of Associate Professor Eleanor Flynn on 11 December 2018 with a retirement farewell. Eleanor has been a key member of the medical course since 1999 and we would like to thank her for her dedication and commitment.

Applications are open for the 2019 Graduate Programs in Clinical Research. Apply now. Places are limited.

St Vincent’s Clinical School held their annual Graduation Mass in December, celebrating both teachers and students.

Each year in November our Bachelor of Medical Science team travel to Indonesia to present the graduating class with their University of Melbourne award certificates and prizes.

We are delighted to announce one of our final year Doctor of Medicine (MD) students - Elisabeth Clinch - has won a Nutrition in Medical Education Award. Elisabeth took out the top prize at an annual NHMRC symposium in Canberra regarding nutrition education across the health professions.

Dr Elizabeth Kennedy from the University’s Shepparton Medical Centre has been honoured with one of four national teaching awards following Australia wide nominations from medical students.

Three groups of Department of Medical Education academics have received Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Teaching and Learning Seed funding for faculty wide initiatives in 2019.

An exciting new collaboration between Melbourne Medical School, Monash, Deakin and an Australian airline group sees the Department of Medical Education's Liz Molloy researching aviation education processes.

DME was well represented at the recent Digital Literacy Show and Tell Event hosted by the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and Scholarly Services.

Associate Professor Clare Delany from the Department of Medical Education recently appeared on ABC radio's The Philosopher's Zone.

Dr Anna Ryan from the Department of Medical Education highlights some of the innovative learning and teaching practices we are using.

The Department of Medical Education has welcomed some exciting new faces to our academic team over the last year.

Samantha Hiew is one of our Doctor of Medicine students undertaking a Department research project for her third-year research coursework, supervised by the DME’s Robyn Woodward-Kron.

Join us in congratulating the DME’s Clare Delany and Liz Molloy on their latest book. Their practical guide for clinical teachers launched at August’s Research Symposium.

In August 2018, over 80 clinical educators and researchers attended the DME’s inaugural health professions’ research symposium evening at University House, the University of Melbourne.

The Department of Medical Education has welcomed some exciting new faces to our academic team over the last year.

What happens when you pass complete responsibility of an entire university subject to a handful of medical students? The Doctor of Medicine’s Student Conference (MDSC). The ultimate embodiment of the mantra “by the students, for the students”.

The DME has introduced a new research initiative, the Short Study Secondment (SSS). Clinical staff can apply to take time away from their usual roles to work with the DME developing medical education research activities.  Read about Keryn Bolte’s experience as one of our successful SSS applicants…

We would like to congratulate one of our EXCITE alumna, Anthea Cochrane on the recognition of her significant teaching and learning contribution to the University’s Doctor of Optometry.  Anthea tells us a little more about her love of teaching, the award and EXCITE...

We had the pleasure to host three prominent scholars in the field of medical education over winter.

The Department of Medical Education has welcomed some exciting new faces to our academic team over the last year.

Professor Jill Klein writes in Pursuit that medical students and junior doctors have to cope with high stakes on a daily basis; now a new program is helping them build resilience

A new resource to introduce researchers to qualitative research is now available to researchers and students across the University of Melbourne.

Professor Jill Klein tells us of her record breaking game of women's soccer by the Dead Sea, and what it means for developing resilience and a growth mindset.

Learn what led Elizabeth Molloy to her role as Professor of Work Integrated Learning at the Melbourne Medical School and how she is working to enhance the learning experiences of our students in clinical settings.

A study funded by the Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand identifying the benefits to health services of medical student clinical placements, conducted by a team from the Department of Medical Education.

The art of healing: Australian Indigenous bush medicine is the current exhibition at the Medical History Museum. The exhibition is open between Monday 23 April and Saturday 29 September 2018.

New research from the University of Melbourne examines complaints about chiropractors, physiotherapists and osteopaths. DME’s Dr Anna Ryan says more research is needed to understand the differences in complaints rates between these professions. Dr Ryan says further investigation should explore profession-specific therapeutic techniques, patient volume, group practice, interdisciplinary integration and evidence based care.

This newsletter provides an overview of the main DME research activities, completions and publications.

While most students are on break in June, Doctor of Medicine (MD) students gather at the Melbourne Convention Centre for the MD Student Conference (MDSC). MDSC is an educational initiative unique to the Melbourne Medical School, and for the last seven years, the annual event has been well received by students.

Elizabeth (Liz) Molloy has been appointed Professor in Work Integrated Learning in the Department of Medical Education, Melbourne Medical School.

The Department of Medical Education announces new series of graduate programs for health professionals

This newsletter provides an overview of the main DME research activities this year and the research activities and goals for 2017.

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