Health Professions Education

Overview

The Health Professions Education Research Group comprises Faculty members interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning in the various health professions.

Objectives

The goals for the HPE Research Group are to:

• Co-ordinate health professions education research activities within the Faculty
• Develop an ethos of health professions research within the Faculty
• Establish focus areas in research in terms of the current and future trends in health professions education
• Provide staff development to promote health professions education research through workshops, journal clubs, and discussion forums
• Provide guidance and resources for those interested in health professions education research
• Promote health professions education research within the region, nationally and internationally by establishing networks of collaborators
• Promote and facilitate teaching and learning scholarship by publishing research in peer-reviewed journals, and presenting at local, national and international conferences
• Communicate results of research activities to decision and policy-makers
• Secure funding for health professions research activities
• Involve students in the activities of the research group, as appropriate

Mission Statement

To act as a co-ordinating body within the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, for individuals or groups interested in health professions education in order to promote scholarly activities in teaching and learning locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

Key Staff & Researchers

• Associate Professor Patricia Johnson (Co-ordinator)
• Professor Michelle McLean (Co-Coordinator)
• Professor Richard Hays
• Professor Peter Jones
• Professor Roger Hughes
• Professor Chris Del Mar
• Associate Professor Katrina Bramstedt
• Associate Professor Victoria Brazil
• Associate Professor Linda Crane
• Associate Professor Gary Hamlin
• Associate Professor Charles Leduc
• Associate Professor Jane Smith
• Associate Professor Janie Dade Smith
• Assistant Professor Patricia Green
• Assistant Professor Christina Wolfe

Major Projects & Studies

Several research projects are currently underway, some of which are being offered as PhD projects:

• Professional identity development in medical students (Patricia Johnson; Michelle McLean, Victoria Brazil, Peter Jones, Patricia Green)
• Interprofessional training in undergraduate medical education: Trainer and trainee perceptions (Patricia Johnson; Michelle McLean, Victoria Brazil, Janie Smith)
• Learning in a problem-based learning curriculum (Michelle McLean, Gary Hamlin)
• The impact of a compressed curriculum on students, faculty and administrative staff (Michelle McLean, Gary Hamlin, Richard Hays)
• A critical examination of health professional learning and teaching practices in Australian Universities (Roger Hughes, Richard Hays)
• Simulation in health professions educations (Victoria Brazil, Patricia Green, Tracy Nielsen)
• Cognitive and psychomotor skills development in health professions education (Victoria Brazil)
• Factors involved in specialty choice (Katrina Bramstedt, Richard Hays)
• Evaluating clinical placements integrating pedagogical quality and human needs satisfaction (Charles Leduc, Sue Besomo)
• Professionalism issues identified through workplace-based assessment predicts poor performance of medical students in written and clinical examinations (Peter Jones, Charles Leduc, Barry Rigby)
• Enablers and barriers to post-graduate studies in the health care professions (Linda Crane, Janie Smith, Christina Wolfe)
• Communicating evidence to simulated patients (Chris del Mar, Charles Leduc)
• Struggling students: Do they set their goals too high or too low? (Gary Hamlin, Michelle McLean)
• Therapeutic choices of undergraduate medical students during their first GP placement (Jane Smith)

Completed Projects

• Student perceptions of what constitutes “disease” (Chrissy Erueti, Chris del Mar)