Welcome to ANZAME Conference 2008
We are planning an exciting conference that will explore the theme The conference will be held in the new Law School at the University of New South Wales. These facilities are ideal for a small intimate conference, with ample room for the small group discussions that exemplify the spirit of ANZAME. We are delighted to announce our keynote speakers for the conference. Our keynote speakers are – Professor John Hamilton - Previously, Academic Director of the MBBS Phase One Medicine Programme at Durham University UK, is a medical educator of international renown.
Professor Hamilton qualified in medicine in London in 1960. He worked in St Francis Hospital Katete, Zambia, and then trained as a gastroenterologist in London. In 1969 he joined the founding faculty of McMaster University Medical School as Director of Gastroenterology and Chair of student admissions and Chair of the undergraduate curriculum committee. McMaster introduced PBL. In 1978 he joined the new medical school of Ilorin, Nigeria as Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Curriculum committee. This established a community based programme of education and service COBES. After two years with the World Bank he was appointed dean of medicine and Health Sciences at Newcastle medical School, the third founding school of the Network with which he has been associated. This introduced PBL to Australia and extended medical education to community settings, widened the criteria for student selection and established the first formal programmed to train indigenous medical students. He was also the founding Chair of the new Australian Medical Council accreditation committee, of the Commonwealth Rural Undergraduate Steering committee, responding to the needs of rural health care, and the Australian Quality of Health Care Study. In 1999 he commenced five years at Durham University, UK, establishing a community oriented curriculum in a disadvantaged industrial region. He is now retired but continues assisting medical schools in a number of countries.
Professor Davis has run over 30 international workshops in medical education in relation to her research interests. These workshops have taken place at various medical schools and postgraduate institutions in North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Professor Davis research activities relate to assessment, staff development, distance education, curriculum development and educational evaluation. Has attracted research income of approx. £1 million. Professor Davis leads the award-bearing courses in medical education at postgraduate certificate, diploma, Masters and PhD level provided by the Centre for Medical Education on a face-to-face and distance-learning basis. There are currently approximately 2000 enrolled participants from 75 countries throughout the world. The programme graduates over 150 participants per year. Professor Davis also runs the Centre’s annual programme of short courses that attracts participants from throughout the world. Professor Davis has had 6 book chapters published, 70 publications in peer reviewed journals,60 abstracts presentations at scientific meetings, posters and other journal papers around the world.
Dr Reid is the Medical Director of the New South Wales Medical Board. As the only medically qualified staff member, she is involved in all aspects of the Board’s work. Dr Reid has been closely involved with the development of nationally consistent assessment and registration pathways for International Medical Graduates, based on a risk approach. She is a member of both the Technical Committee which is overseeing the development of the pathways and AMC’s Interim Accreditation Committee. Dr Reid is a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine. Prior to her current appointment, she spent six years as the Chief Executive of the 1400 bed Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong and before this, was Tasmania’s deputy Chief Health Officer.
Professor of Nursing and Head of School, Health and Human Sciences Professor Graham is a mental health nurse, qualifying in that speciality in 1981 after initially registering in general care nursing within the UK. Professor Graham has a background in advanced clinical practice, health service management and education. He has held various academic and service positions in the UK and this is his first appointment in Australia. Professor Graham is a visiting professor in nursing to the Vandebilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, and the University of Northumbria, Newcastle, England, UK. He holds fellowships with the European Academy of Nurse Scientists and the Royal Society of Health. He has also been an active project lead for Sigma Theta Tau International, the Nurse Honours Society. From 2005-2007, Professor Graham was President of the Consortium of Higher Education, Health and Rehabilitation Educators, a European-based organisation promoting interprofessional education. Professor Graham has been a member of various British policy and strategy committees, including the Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee, the Council of Deans (UK) and the National Health Service Health Workforce Development and Modernisation Taskforce. Professor Graham is a systems thinker, leader, change agent, global thinker, international collaborator and avid reader. His research interests span the work of Rosemary Parse, the patient experience and the evolution of health services and roles. He teaches in the areas of leadership, nursing theory, health policy and supervises students at both the doctoral and masters level.
Being near the coast in a bustling city will provide opportunity for rest and relaxation outside the conference. This year there will be one innovation and the resurrection of a former presentation format. The innovation, GEMS, allows conference delegates to nominate topics at the forefront of health professional education for discussion and debate. This year, in response to current imperatives for Australian university researchers, we are inviting full papers describing completed research. These will be published in the ANZAME Conference Proceedings, in a format that will satisfy DEST requirements. So come and join us in the experience that is the ANZAME annual conference from Thursday 10 July to Sunday 13 July at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Ian Wilson
Updated: Friday, March 28, 2008 10:02 AM |
