Congratulations to Danielle Ní Chróinín on her Associate Fellowship with ANZAHPE.
Danielle is a Consultant Geriatrician and leads the program of aged care research at Liverpool Hospital. She is a Conjoint Associate Professor with UNSW Medicine. She holds dual fellowships in Geriatric and General Medicine, with over 20 years experience in clinical and academic medicine, here and in Ireland. She is a member of several research and professional bodies, and has led/helped with development of guidelines particularly in the orthogeriatric space. Her research focusses on clinically meaningful, collaborative and multidisciplinary research focusing on patient-centred care of older persons. She is an enthusiastic (if over-caffeinated) teacher, with roles within the hospital, UNSW and RACP, with several teaching accolades. In her spare time, she runs around after her children who have active social lives and many birthday parties to attend.
"As a geriatrician, I am very lucky to work in a team-focused specialty. And in the same way that being supported and inspired by colleagues on the ward helps optimise the care I provide to patients and carers, when it comes to teaching and supervision, I enjoy being surrounded by a group of educational experts and enthusiasts. This is what ANZAHPE offers. Since I first became involved in the association a few years ago, I have enjoyed- and benefitted from- the many offerings which ANZAHPE affords, such as online presentations, SIGs, and research collaborations, and I would like to ‘give back’. Like many who wear clinician-researcher-teacher hats, my research interests incorporate a mix of clinical and education-related, but no matter the setting or the participant population, the research questions are driven by a desire to optimise the care which we can offer to our patients. Educational research makes me think about what I’m doing and why, so when I greet a group of students or trainees, I’m trying to deliver evidence-based teaching, just as I aim to provide (and teach) evidence-based medicine. Of course, the evidence base isn’t always perfect, and that’s when I’ll look at seeing whether that gap can be closed.
I’m a fan of FoHPE, because the research which features therein often addresses questions which clinician teachers encounter in day to day practice. And now it’s open access too, which means the knowledge can be even more easily shared. ANZAHPE’s strengths of shared expertise and promotion of high quality health professional education and innovation help ensure that, as educators, we can equip our students and trainees to deliver the best care possible to our patients."
