At the wonderful launch of the 2020 ANZAHPE ONLINE program, Professor Gary Rogers FANZAHPE, outgoing Chair of the ANZAHPE Fellowship Scheme, welcomed our new Fellows and Associate Fellows for 2019/2020 to the Fellowship community, and introduced myself as the newly appointed Chair of the Fellowship Scheme. I am honoured to receive the support of the ANZHAPE Committee of Management to take up this role. On behalf of the fellowship scheme membership I congratulate Gary for his contribution as the inaugural Chair and instigator of the Fellowship Scheme. We are delighted that Gary will continue to contribute as a member of the Fellowship Committee. I am guided by Gary’s vision for the Fellowship Scheme as means for recognition of health professional education (HPE) as a professional discipline and career path, as well as a means of hosting an interactive community of mentors able to foster the growth of individuals in the discipline of HPE.  

A big thank you to the 20 Fellows and Associate Fellows who volunteered to facilitate the successful Launch event online breakout groups which explored ways in which ANZAHPE can support professional development for its members. This was a collaboration with the ANZAHPE 2020 organising group and Joy Rudland, as the lead for professional development on the ANZAHPE Committee of Management. The many good suggestions that came from these discussion have been collated and will provide a basis for ongoing planning by the newly formed professional development group. As part of this group, and Chair of the Fellowship Committee, I was interested to see a desire for a more formal mentorship program. This will be a task to focus on, so I will keep you updated. 

Lastly, can I encourage ANZAHPE members to apply for Associate Fellowship or Fellowship. Details can be found here.

Best wishes,
Julie Ash, FANZAHPE

LIME Connection VIII –  Pouhine Poutama: Embedding Indigenous Health Education

The eighth biennial Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network LIME Connection was held in Õtautahi (Christchurch), Aotearoa/New Zealand in 2019. The event was hosted by The University of Otago Christchurch. The theme Pouhine Poutama: Embedding Indigenous Health Education was developed by host university representatives Associate Professor Suzanne Pitama and Ms Tania Huria, who sought the support of Te Marino Lenihan (Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Ngati Huirapa, Ngait Huikai).

Check out the Best Practice Approaches to Supporting Indigenous Health Academics in Medical Schools LIME Connection VIII report, Highlights video, and Keynote and panel presentations  Slice of LIME Seminars. 

The LIME Network Reference Group have developed best practice approaches to support Indigenous Health Academics in medical schools. This document draws primarily on the Australian Medical Council Standards for Accreditation and principles from CDAMS

 Indigenous Health Curriculum Framework. It aims to provide guidance around best practice for Indigenous academics and their supervisors and could be utilised in annual performance reviews or other discussions about roles and responsibilities. 

Download the Best Practices Approaches to Supporting Indigenous Health Academics in Medical Schools

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Becoming a member of the LIME Network will mean that you can keep in touch with what we are doing and have access to our latest resources and publications. We will let you know about upcoming LIME Connection Conferences and you will also receive our Newsletters three times per year.

Dr Keri Moore, PhD is the Founding Director of Moore Clinical Education Specialist Consultants and Researchers, and the lead of the ANZAHPE SIG – Clinical Education. A registered osteopath for 21 years, Keri has qualifications in Clinical Education and Applied Law, and is a member of TEQSA Register of Experts.

Keri’s main interests are in the quality of clinical education offered by allied health programs, Duty of Care in Clinical Supervision and the assessment of clinical skills in workplace-based learning. She has been instrumental in the preparation of clinical educators in Australian university programs at RMIT, UNSW, and SCU.

A member since 2006 her fellowship supports ANZAHPE’s focus on the education and training of health professionals.

The recent election saw Jo Bishop and Anna Vnuk join the ANZAHPE Committee of Management (CoM).

Welcome Jo and Anna!  

Jo Bishop

Jo's current role as Associate Dean of student Affairs and Service quality and Curriculum lead for the Bond Medical Program enables her to work with key stakeholders within the tertiary and health service sector. 

Anna Vnuk

Anna has been attending ANZAHPE conferences for over 20 years.  She has a passion for and strong interest in quality health professional education which is reflected in her career.

See the all ANZAHPE CoM members here

This award honours an outstanding individual or team that demonstrates excellence in innovative and research informed education for students from health professions to support excellence in the delivery of patient-centred health care.

The award is peer recognition for an outstanding individual or team that advances Health Professional Education in Australia or New Zealand.

2020 Award recipient: Roma Forbes

Further details

ANZAHPE Honorary Membership is a prestigious category of membership which recognises exceptional, sustained contributions and loyalty to ANZAHPE over a long period of time.

It is granted to those who have enhanced ANZAHPE by their special qualities, their continuing interest in the association and by the excellence of their reputation in their field of health professional education.

In 2020 we are delighted to announce ANZAHPE Honorary Membership is awarded to:

Professor Gary Rogers

Listing of ANZAHPE Honorary members

Further information on Honorary Membership 

Available Here

ANZAHPE congratulates the following winners of ANZAHPE Student Prizes in 2020. Many outstanding applications were received and the recipients listed below are just a small sample of the fantastic amount of research being completed in health professional education in Australia & New Zealand.

ANZAHPE PRE-REGISTRATION STUDENT PRIZE SPONSORED BY AUSTRALIAN MEDICINES HANDBOOK

Nikola Fraser  (University of Otago)

Project title:  "Student direction:  Creating videos to orient the surgical environment."

POST-REGISTRATION STUDENT PRIZE SPONSORED BY AUSTRALIAN MEDICINES HANDBOOK

Ruyi Tong  (Curtin University)

Project title:  "Final year pre-licensure health professional perceptions of interprofessional identity following participation in clinical placements."

THE ANZAHPE PRE-REGISTRATION STUDENT PRIZE IN CLINICAL EDUCATION (SUPPORTED BY RICHARD HAYS)

This prize was not awarded in 2020

A  high number of applications was received for the 2020 round of Research Grants.

The 2020 Research Grant recipients were announced at the ANZAHPE ONLINE launch on July 12.

Amanda Carter, Linda Sweet, Michelle Gary, Tania Fleming, Dristen Graham, Dolores Dooley 

Project title: Critical Thinking Development in Undergraduate Midwifery Students:  An Australasian validation study

Catherine Easton, Linda Wilson

Project title: Building flexibility in allied health education:  An evaluation of student competency development in a simulated telehealth clinic.

David is the Director of Academic Program for postgraduate public health and health science with the Western Sydney University. David formally joined academia some 7 years ago, and has a keen interest in curriculum evaluation, career pathways and professional development. Despite being new to the ANZAPHE community, he is keen to contribute and learn.

The ANZAHPE Fellowship Scheme provides an opportunity to network with the wider clinical education community.

Cathy Rogers has been teaching at CSU since 1998 with the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health (SNMIH) and has been based at the Dubbo campus since 2002 teaching on campus and online with nursing and midwifery students. Cathy commenced with the Three Rivers University Department of Rural Health (UDRH) in September 2017 as a Lecturer in Rural Health (Clinical Educator). Cathy was Head of Campus at Dubbo from 2016-2018 and enjoys engaging with the community.

Cathy has undertaken study through both the hospital and tertiary systems in on campus and online modes. Cathy has worked in both QLD and NSW with the health services, private schools and has been employed with Universities in both these states. Cathy still practices as a casual community midwife with NSW Health.

Cathy is a Registered Nurse, a Registered Midwife and holds a Graduate Certificate in Child, Adolescent Health and a Master of Health Science (Nursing) degree. She is currently enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in University Leadership and Management.

From Cathy: I applied to be an  Associate Fellow as I am passionate about furthering educational and research opportunities for health professionals in rural and remote areas of Australia. I am committed to lifelong learning for myself but also for future health professionals. My current role exposes me to many different health professionals and students enrolled in health professional courses from all universities. I would like to see a more integrative approach to curricula, and would like to see more opportunities for collaborative practice and inter-professional learning opportunities in rural clinical practice. Peer support is essential in rural and remote areas. It is important to contribute, promote, support and advance the practice of health professionals. My research interests are varied but centre on undergraduate rural health students, clinical education, clinical placements, rural and remote areas, professional identities and models of clinical placements. I have also undertaken research with nursing and international clinical placements. Here is my Orcid link  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7364-3782