ANZAHPE upcoming events

ANZAHPE ONLINE: Masterclass - Making Sense of Complexity: An Introduction to Realist Research in Health Professions Education (18 Jun 2026)

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 03:00:00 GMT

ANZAHPE ONLINE MASTER CLASS

Making Sense of Complexity: An Introduction to Realist Research in Health Professions Education

Presenter: Dr Rachelle Martin

Health professions education occurs within complex social, organisational, cultural, and clinical systems. Educational interventions that succeed in one context may fail in another, raising important questions about how educators and researchers understand “what works” in education and training. Realist research methods offer an approach for exploring these complexities by examining how outcomes are shaped through interactions between people, contexts, and underlying mechanisms.

This interactive introductory session will provide participants with a practical introduction to realist thinking and realist methodologies, including realist evaluation and realist review. Using accessible examples from health professions education and healthcare practice, the session will explore key concepts such as context, mechanisms, outcomes, and programme theory, while demonstrating how realist approaches can help unpack variation in educational effectiveness across settings and learner groups.

Participants will be introduced to the core realist question — “What works, for whom, in which contexts, how, and why?”— and will have opportunities to apply realist thinking through small-group discussion. By the end of the session, participants will have a foundational understanding of realist approaches, greater confidence in recognising when realist methods may be useful, and practical ideas for applying realist thinking within their own educational or research contexts.

ABOUT OUR PRESENTERS:

Dr Rachelle Martin (Dip Phys; MHSc endorsed in Rehabilitation; PhD)

Rachelle is an experienced academic [University of Otago] and rehabilitation researcher with a background in neurorehabilitation as a physiotherapist (25 years) and over 15 years of work at the intersection of disability and health research. Her work is grounded in equity, the social model of disability, and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, with a strong focus on co-design, participatory approaches, and evidence-informed practice. Rachelle has led research involving disabled people, tāngata whaikaha Māori, whānau, providers, and policy stakeholders, with particular expertise in inclusive engagement within complex health and disability systems.

A central feature of Rachelle’s work is the use of realist research methodologies, including realist review and realist evaluation, to understand how and why complex interventions work differently across contexts. She frequently leads and supervises projects employing realist approaches to examine “what works, for whom, in which contexts, and how,” generating practical insights for policy, commissioning, and service design. Her research focuses on how people respond to interventions and how personal, environmental, organisational, and societal contexts shape equitable health and disability outcomes. Rachelle is committed to person-centred, future-focused solutions and to creating enabling societies that support flourishing lives for disabled people and their whānau.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Kind Regards,

Kathryn Fitzgerald
Professional Development Portfolio
ANZAHPE

A recording of this session will be made available to all ANZAHPE members following the session.

ANZAHPE ONLINE PD: Disability Inclusion Tool (17 Sep 2026)

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 03:00:00 GMT

ANZAHPE ONLINE Professional Development Program

Disability Inclusion Tool

Presenters: Laura Gray and Team

Date: Thursday 17th September 2026
Time: 1.00pm - 2.00pm (AEST)

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ABOUT OUR PRESENTERS: TBA

This event is FREE for ANZAHPE members. Non-members are welcome to join this discussion for a small fee.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Kind Regards,

Kathryn Fitzgerald
Professional Development Portfolio
ANZAHPE

A recording of this session will be made available to all ANZAHPE members following the session.

ANZAHPE ONLINE: Masterclass - Psychological Safety and Wellbeing in HPE (22 Oct 2026)

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 02:00:00 GMT

ANZAHPE ONLINE MASTER CLASS

Learning, Caring, and Belonging: Fostering Psychological Safety in Health Professions Education

Presenter: Julie Loveny

Psychological safety is essential for thriving workplaces and learning environments and the psychosocial conditions we experience and create as educators are intertwined with those of our students. When staff are overloaded, undermined or working in unsafe conditions, it becomes significantly more difficult to model the curiosity, openness and professional behaviours we expect of students. Learners, in turn may remain silent rather than to seek help, acknowledge uncertainty or name harm. Psychosocial risks and increasing stress erode wellbeing, trust and the overall quality of learning.

Without a shared understanding, clear expectations and intentional modelling and design, it is challenging to identify and address psychosocial risks and foster psychological safety.

This masterclass will explore how staff and student experiences sit within broader workplace wellbeing, legal responsibilities and professional standards, and how building positive workplace and learning environments where people feel seen, heard and valued is a shared responsibility.

By the end of this masterclass, participants will be able to:

Explain how psychosocial conditions in workplaces and learning environments shape staff and student capacity to engage, learn and provide safe care and services.
Distinguish between psychosocial safety and psychological safety and describe how they intersect for staff and learners.
Recognise key psychosocial risks affecting educators and learners in their own contexts.
Identify practical strategies to design and facilitate learning environments that foster psychological safety for both educators and students.

ABOUT OUR PRESENTER:

Julie Loveny is a social worker, academic at the University of Western Australia, and organisational development practitioner specialising in leadership, workplace wellbeing, psychosocial risk and psychological safety. She works at the intersection of research and practice, partnering with leaders and teams to translate evidence into everyday practices and behaviours that make work safer and more human.

As a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, grounded in Brené Brown’s research on courage and vulnerability, Julie is particularly interested in how everyday moments of curiosity and care can build trust and psychological safety, especially in clinical and educational settings. Her recent work includes the Leading Thriving Workplaces project, a multi year initiative with health professions partner organisations funded through the WA Mentally Healthy Workplaces Grant Program, combining qualitative research, survey data and capability building workshops to strengthen positive workplace practices.

Julie’s interests span staff–student wellbeing interconnections in universities and the critical role leaders play in enabling speaking up cultures, managing psychosocial hazards and modelling positive workplace practices. She believes people matter, and that workplaces must intentionally foster psychological safety, so that everyone has the conditions they need to thrive.

This event is FREE for ANZAHPE members. Non-members are welcome to join this discussion for a small fee.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Kind Regards,

Kathryn Fitzgerald
Professional Development Portfolio
ANZAHPE

A recording of this session will be made available to all ANZAHPE members following the session.