Morning Program
The Student Experience: Woodward Conference Centre
9:15 – 9:30 | Arrival |
9:30 – 9:35 | Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome Professor Marilys Guillemin, Associate Dean Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences |
9.35 – 9:50 | Belonging to Melbourne: Enhancing Student Life and Success Professor Marilys Guillemin, Associate Dean Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences |
9:50 – 10:45 | Student Experience Showcase A selection of initiatives from across the Faculty and University that are enhancing the student experience, with presentations from academic and professional staff as well as students. - Teddy Bear Hospital: The Student Volunteer-led Education Program Providing Children with Positive Healthcare Experiences: Kathy Zhang, Student and Teddy Bear Hospital Promotions Officer
- Back to Base: The Melbourne Dental School Program Facilitating Connections between Students and University Services and Resources: Cassie Kearns, Academic Program Manager, Melbourne Dental School
- The Graduate Research Experience in MDHS, presented by SPASIM (Special Postgraduate Association for Students in Immunology and Microbiology): Ashley Hirons, PhD candidate and President of SPASIM (Special Postgraduate Association for Students in Immunology and Microbiology)
- MDHS Student Societies: How the Learning and Teaching Unit are Supporting Student Societies to Support our Students: Sonya Klimpsch, Student Support Office - Learning anf Teaching Unit and Ashviney Vigneswaran & Chamasha Dissanayake, Student Representativeas of UMOSS (University of Melbourne Optometry Student Society)
- Biomedical Sciences Early Intervention Initiative: Isabel Cunningham, Academic Program Officer, School of Biomedical Science & Gillian Waters, Academic Program Manager, School of Biomedical Sciences
- Introducing Digital Course Planning Tools – showcase B Science and B Comm online tools: Alastair Ingham, Director, STOP 1 & Student Service Coordination, Student and Scholarly Services
- Compliance: A barrier to innovation? Jackson Harnwell, Manager, Student Placements, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science
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10:45 – 11:00 | Break |
11:00 – 11:30 | Student Experience Showcase (continued) - Hearing Voices Project: contextualising the clinical psychology lecture series through exploration of content co-designed and created by people living with mental illness: Dr Chris Groot, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences: Dr Chris Groot, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
- Chat Fest: A Melbourne School of Health Sciences Initiative: Associate Professor Louisa Remedios, Department of Physiotherapy, Melbourne School of Health Sciences
- Quality Assurance: How the Department of General Practice utilises its quality assurance policy to enhance the GP placement experience for students: Helen Steer, Manager, Learning and Teaching Department of General Practice, Melbourne Medical School
- Supporting Medical Students: The Melbourne Medical School Health and Wellbeing Practitioner Program: Danielle Clayman, Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, Melbourne Medical School.
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11:30 – 12:00 | Student Life at the University of Melbourne: A Strategy for Undergraduate Student Life Professor Richard James is Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Provost (Academic and Undergraduate). Update and forecast from the 'Belonging to Melbourne: Enhancing Student Life and Success' working groups: ‘Foundations and Belonging’, ‘Navigating and Thriving’, ‘Readiness’ and ‘Indicators’ |
12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch |