ANZAHPE upcoming events

ANZAHPE ONLINE PD: Turning Teaching into Scholarship: Research Pathways for Health Professions Educators (20 Aug 2026)

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 03:00:00 GMT

ANZAHPE ONLINE Professional Development Program

Turning Teaching into Scholarship: Research Pathways for Health Professions Educators

Presenter: Professor Sandra Carr

Date: Thursday 20th August 2026
Time: 1.00pm - 2.00pm (AEST)

This session offers insights into transitioning from clinician or educator to researcher, with practical strategies for developing SoTL projects, research collaborations, and early publications.

Drawing on three decades of experience, Professor Sandra Carr from the University of Western Australia will help participants identify practical pathways for clinicians and educators to develop a research identity, build a scholarship focus, and begin publishing in health professions education.

ABOUT OUR PRESENTER:

Professor Sandra Carr is Head of Health Professions Education at the University of Western Australia and leads the Health Humanities Research Network. She is an internationally recognised leader in health professions education, known for driving innovation in curriculum design and advancing evidence-informed approaches to preparing the future health workforce.

With a clinical background in nursing and midwifery, her research spans student selection, learner motivation, clinical education, assessment, curriculum design, and program evaluation, with a growing focus on the role of the health humanities in shaping reflective, person-centred practice.

Sandra has demonstrated sustained leadership in medical and health professions education, including leading curriculum development in medicine at UWA for 15 years and advancing faculty development in clinical education. She has also led the development and growth of postgraduate Health Professions Education programs, building a global community of educators.

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 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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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.

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.