2024 Learning and Teaching Conference

Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd October 2024

About the Conference

I am delighted to share with you the full program of our 2024 MDHS Learning and Teaching Conference.

The themes of conference plenary sessions are Learning with GenAI and Learning Through Practice. Expect compelling student voices, a conversation led by the Dean, and keynotes on places, people and technologies that are informing our educational practices and possibilities.

The themes of the sessions that follow extend and expand from those of the morning, incorporating also collaborations, student experience, engagement and wellbeing, and more. And a guiding theme, to draw from the language of interprofessional education, is of learning about, from and with each other. From the special breakfast sessions - registrations still possible - to the concluding lunches, this is what this conference is all about.

Professor Elizabeth Molloy
Deputy Dean Education, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences

Conference inquiries: Tim Beaumont

Breakfast workshops
Elevating Education with Mindfulness and Contemplative Practice
A breakfast workshop that will enhance your engagement with the conference and highlight the potential of contemplative pedagogies. Event and speaker details and registration.

Social Prescribing in Action
A breakfast workshop that sets the scene for social prescribing (SP) in and beyond Australia and examines how SP may be embedded in health professional education. Event and speaker details and registration.

Breakfast workshops: 8.00 – 9.00am, Monday, October 21, Woodward Conference Centre, Level 10 Melbourne Law Building, (Contemplative Practices: South Room; Social Prescribing: West Room).

9.30am – 2.00pm, 21 – 22 October 2024 Woodward Conference Centre
Contact: Tim Beaumont | timothy.beaumont@unimelb.edu.au

Learning with GenAI

8:00-9:00	Pre-conference workshop: Elevating education with mindfulness and contemplative practice South Room, Woodward Conference Centre A breakfast workshop that will enhance your engagement with the conference and highlight the potential of contemplative pedagogies. Facilitators A/Prof Nicholas Van Dam, Inaugural Director of the Contemplative Studies Centre, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences Dr Christopher T. McCaw, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Education Fellow at the Contemplative Studies Centre Registrations and further details
8:00-9:00	Pre-conference workshop: Social prescribing in action: Shaping future health professionals West Room, Woodward Conference Centre A breakfast workshop that sets the scene for social prescribing (SP) in and beyond Australia and examines how SP may be embedded in health professional education. Facilitators A/Prof Karen Donald, Course Coordinator and Fitness to Practice Officer - Doctor of Physiotherapy, Director of Teaching and Learning - Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, MDHS Siân Slade, Enterprise Fellow (Honorary) and PhD Candidate at the Nossal Institute for Global Health Registrations and further details
9:00-9:30	Conference registration Woodward Conference Centre Foyer
9:30-9:40	Welcome Main Room, Woodward Conference Centre Professor Elizabeth Molloy, Deputy Dean Education, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
9:40-10:00	Keynote: Navigating the future of teaching and learning with GenAI Dr Eduardo Araujo Oliveira, Senior Lecturer, CIS Student Engagement Coordinator, GEM Scott Teaching Fellow, School of Computing and Information Systems. In this keynote, Eduardo will explore the evolving role of generative AI (GenAI) in reshaping the future of higher education. As AI tools become integral to academic and professional practices, educators face both exciting possibilities and critical challenges. The focus will be on integrating AI thoughtfully into human-centred processes, ensuring it amplifies rather than diminishes creativity, critical thinking, and disciplinary expertise. Eduardo will reflect on the risks of over-delegating tasks to AI, which may lead to homogenised, mediocre outcomes, and will outline strategies to avoid such pitfalls. He will also discuss the importance of AI literacy and frameworks to scaffold and understand the competencies necessary to work alongside AI meaningfully.
10:00-10:50	Learning with GenAI: Student experiences, perspectives and interests Assumptions abound about student uses of GenAI for learning. But what are students actually doing, what are they seeing be done, and what do they want? Beginning with some short video snapshots of student uses of GenAI, this special conference event, chaired by Cory Dal Ponte, himself a PhD student as well as a staff member, will then enable sharing and discussion of current students’ experiences and perspectives on uses of GenAI for learning. Areas of discussion may touch on journeys in usage, innovative applications, and students’ views on what educators – including those right here at this conference – could understand, do and develop for – and with – students as we all engage with the dynamic practices and possibilities for learning afforded by generative AI. Student panellists Abi Appathurai, Third year Bachelor of Biomedicine (MDHS) Jaidah Fergus-Mackie, First year PhD student (MDHS) Sam Hickman, Final year Bachelor of Science (Faculty of Science) Brian Kim, Fourth year Doctor of Dental Surgery (MDHS) Nicole Sze Yong Nga, Third year Bachelor of Biomedicine (MDHS) Liyara Weerasinghe, First year Bachelor of Science (Faculty of Science)
10:50-11:10	Break
Day 1 Presentation abstracts
	Extending engagment Chair: Jess Sturk, Venue: Main Conference Room, South Side	Collaborations Chair: Dr Peter Carew, Venue: Main Conference Room, North Side	Assessment and feedback Chair: A/Prof Snezana Kusljic, Venue: West Room	GenAI Chair: Dr Amber Willems-Jones, Venue: South Room
11:10-11:30	Neurodiversity-affirming practice in healthcare education Ms Stephanie Weir, Dr Hannah Stark, Ms Amy Bonsor, Ms Melissa Vallence, Ms Amy Fitzpatrick	Designing and delivering a global classroom interprofessional learning experience in the area of integrated care for older adults Dr Marianne Piano, Prof Daisuke Sawamura, Dr Sandra Iuliano, Joanne Bolton, A/Prof Naoya Hasegawa, Prof Rika Yano, Dr Risa Takashima, Dr Thomas Coleman, Prof Peter Lee, A/Prof Kwang Cham	Investigating the effectiveness of an assessment literacy module to improve student evaluative judgement Dr Angelina Fong, Mr Conor Fitzmaurice, Dr Benjamin Siveges, A/Prof Meredith McKague, Dr Yossi Rathner, A/Prof Piers Howe	Interdisciplinary views of healthcare professions students on artificial intelligence driven virtual patients for learning communication skills Mr Patrick Bowers, Dr Tracii Ryan, Dr Jey Han Lau, Dr Kelley Graydon, A/Prof Dani Tomlin
11:30-11:50	Culturally safe healthcare for Rainbow Mob Dr Ngaree Blow, Dr Nicolle Maganga, Ms Madeline Hudson-Buhagiar, Ms Natalie Bassett-Bokic, Ms Jad David De Busch	Bridging the university-hospital divide: A collaborative approach to health professional education Ms Lichin Lim, Ms Claire Bauer	Preparing learners for feedback conversations in the health workplace: Findings from a simulation-based pedagogy Ms Carolyn Cracknell, Mrs Tamara Clements, A/Prof Leonie Griffiths, Dr Vinita Rane, Ms Lia Carrick, Prof Elizabeth Molloy	Socratic tutor bots powered by GenAI: Responsible training and deployment practices Mr Keenan Hellyer, A/Prof Charles Sevigny
11:50-12:10	Introduction of a trauma-informed curriculum in the DPT: Creating safer spaces for physiotherapy student learning of peer physical examination Ms Jessica Lees, Dr Free Coulston, Dr Rachel Toovey, Dr Kim Allison, Dr Kath Sellick, A/Prof Selina Parry, Dr Megan Sharp, Prof Catherine Granger	Fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration to enhance mental health and alcohol and other drugs (MH AOD) student placements Ms Jo Bolton, Mr Thomas Connell, Ms Carolyn Cracknell, Ms Denise Ho, A/Prof Vivienne Mak, Ms Meredith Oldis, Ms Victoria Rayner	Transforming large classrooms: rethinking assessment for learning and feedback using two-stage exams A/Prof Odilia Wijburg, Dr Jiangli Tan, A/Prof Terry Mulhern, Dr Charlotte Clarke, Dr Michael Murray, A/Prof Vicki Lawson, Ms Louise Adams	Hands on with generative AI workshop (11.50 - 12.50) Mr Cory Dal Ponte, and Dr Kayley Lyons
12:10-12:30	Incorporating lived experience in the design and delivery of mental health curricula across the Faculty of MDHS Dr Caitlin McDowell, Ms Hannah Blackwell, Dr Kath Sellick, Dr Cathy Daniel, Prof Lisa Phillips, A/Prof Mahesh Jayaram, Chrissie Loft, A/Prof Paul Badcock	Speech Pathology & Nursing students’ experience of an inter-professional EMR-based patient case simulation Dr Sophie Jones, Ms Stephanie Weir, Dr Josh Allen, Dr Lauren Zarb, Ms Lottie Morrison	Reflecting on the process of learning leads to deep critical reflection Dr Charlotte Clark, Alexa Chua-San Andres
12:30-12:50	TikTok: A way for health students to learn together Dr Wonie Uahtanasakul, Dr Stephanie Brown, Dr Carolyn Van Heerden, Mr Tomas Arvanitis	Collaborative development of a framework for interprofessional experiential learning in health research and evaluation to optimise student outcomes Dr Rachel Toovey, A/Prof Lucio Naccarella, Dr Free Coulston, Ms Georgia Bartlett	Developing effective communication skills in audiology using anonymous patient feedback Dr Kelley Graydon, Mr Patrick Bowers
12:50-1:00	Theme wrap up	Theme wrap up	Theme wrap up
1:00-2:00	Lunch at the Woodward

9.30am – 2.00pm, 21 – 22 October 2024 Woodward Conference Centre
Contact: Tim Beaumont | timothy.beaumont@unimelb.edu.au

Learning through Practice

7:45-9:00	Melbourne Academy of Clinical Educators networking breakfast South Room, Woodward Conference Centre A networking breakfast for leaders in clinical education to introduce the Melbourne Academy of Clinical Educators and explore new research into clinical educator experiences.
9:00-9:30	Conference registration Woodward Conference Centre Foyer
9:30-9:45	Welcome and reflections Professor Elizabeth Molloy, Deputy Dean Education, MDHS Main Room, Woodward Conference Centre
9:45-10:05	Advancing clinical educator learning, connections and recognition What are clinical educators saying, and what are we doing? Join Professor Jane Gunn, Associate Professor Caroline Johnson and Associate Professor Anthea Cochrane for a sharing of personal experiences and reflections, some findings of major research project into experiences of clinical educators, and a new approach for clinical educator learning, connections and recognition. In conversation: Professor Jane Gunn AO, Dean, MDHS; Associate Professor Caroline Johnson, Academic Specialist – Primary Care, Department of General Practice and Primary Care and Co-director of Clinician-Educator Pathways, Melbourne Medical School, MDHS: Associate Professor Anthea Cochrane, Director, Melbourne Academy of Clinical Educators and Clinical Placement Coordinator, Optometry and Vision Sciences, School of Health Sciences
10:05-10:20	Feedback cultures: Learning through practice Charlotte will present on a program of research exploring feedback cultures in specialty medical training. This presentation will reflect on learning through practice and the influence of people and place in understanding practices. Presenter: Dr Charlotte Denniston, PhD, AFANZHPE, Senior Lecturer, Medical Education Research, Lead MD Professional Practice Curriculum, ANZAHPE Board Member – President, Department of Medical Education/Melbourne Medical School, MDHS
10:20-10:35	Learning through telephone talk Walter will present findings from his research about work-related telephone talk and highlight two main insights about: (a) the potential for learning from this everyday workplace practice; (b) strategies for clinical educators to support learning through telephone talk. Presenter: Professor Walter Eppich, MD, PhD, Professor of Work Integrated Learning Research, Department of Medical Education & Collaborative Practice Centre, MDHS
10:35-10:50	Discussions and implications To conclude the plenary, Elizabeth Molloy will invite your input on Faculty practices and directions for strengthening learning through practice.
10:50-11:10	Break
Day 2 Presentation abstracts
	Preparation for practice Chair: Dr Roisin McGrath Venue: Main Conference Room, South side	Student experience, engagement and wellbeing Chair: Tim Beaumont Venue: Main Conference Room, North side	Beyond the subject Chair: Dr Vivian Romero Venue: West Room	Educational design and innovation Chair: Associate Professor Saw Hoon Lim Venue: South Room
11:10-11:30	The pointy end of professionalism education Kyahl Anderson, Rachael Purcell, A/Prof Lisa Cheshire	The graduate student voice: mental health and wellbeing  Ms Jessica Lees, Dr Tandy Hastings-Ison, A/Prof Melissa Russell, Dr Abi Brooker, Dr Elaina Kefalianos, A/Prof Kwang Cham, Dr WIlliam Abur, Ms Bronwyn Tarrant, Dr Roisin McGrath, Dr Kelley Graydon, Dr Vinita Rane	Level Up! Programmatic Assessment and Curriculum Mapping Analysis (PACMAN) to enhance the Bachelor of Biomedicine Dr Charlotte Clark, Mr Abi Appathurai, Dr Rosa McCarty, Dr Jessica Welch	Inner Ear Secrets: exploring a student led audiology podcast Mr Patrick Bowers, Ms Jocelyn Phillips, Ms Sara Durgude, Ms Sabrina Huang, Ms Aardra Kuniyil
11:30-11:50	Cultivating Capabilities: a microlearning approach for faculty development of small group learning strategies in medicine, supported by a community of practice Dr Kylie Fitzgerald, Dr Michael Poulton, Dr Brett Vaughan, A/Prof Lisa Cheshire, Ms Tamara Clements	Understanding first-year students’ experiences of university life: Do teachers and students share the same expectations? Dr Abi Brooker, Ms Sarah Scholz	Lights, camera, collaboration: Video vignettes for interprofessional healthcare education Dr Olga Birchall, Ms Emma White, Ms Aislinn Twomey, Ms Diana Mina, Ms Rosie Zocco, Ms Chloe Ma	Design and delivery of cultural safety assessment in a First Nations context Ms Ellie White, Ms Sarah Large, Ms Nikkei Simon, Dr Rachel Toovey, Ms Jessica Lees, Dr Free Coulston
11:50-12:10	Self-authorship: the addition of novel ‘eXtend modules’ into the final year physiotherapy curricula to support student choice towards transitioning to practice Dr Tandy Hastings-Ison, Ms Jessica Lees, Mr Matt White, Dr Deb Virtue	Mental health service awareness, access, barriers and information preferences in university students experiencing symptoms of mental ill-health Ms Leanne Ngo, A/Prof Melissa Russell, Prof Lena Sanci, Dr Ian Williams, Ms Ann-Maree Duncan	Enhanced curricular mapping to support Ways of Knowing, Learning, and Leading Together for Patient-Centred Care Dr Andreia Bruno-Tome, Dr Josh Allen, Dr Kim Allison, Ms Joanne Bolton, A/Prof Kwang Cham, Ms Sue Durham, A/Prof Christine Jackman, Dr Vivian Romero, Mr Neville Turner, Prof Tina Brock	Intergenerational interviews: A unique learning experience in physiotherapy education on healthcare for older adults Dr Kelly Bower, Dr Kim Allison, Dr Megan Keage, Dr Debra Virtue
12:10-12:30	Teaching clinical reasoning in gerontological physiotherapy: Experiences and perceptions of clinical supervisors Ms Hannah Sharma, Dr Cassie McDonald, Dr Brett Vaughan, Dr Kelly Bower	Motivation and barriers for student attendance for in-person practical classes in undergraduate biomedical sciences Ms Isabella Phillips, Dr Rex Barton-Smith, Dr Melody Chang, Dr Yossi Rathner, Dr Angelina Fong	Reflective discovery through learning journey maps Dr Vivian Romero	The successful incorporation of student-led inquiry into undergraduate laboratory practical classes – a tale of three experiential learning adventures Dr Daniel Clarke, Dr Sophie Paquet-Fifield, Dr Yu May Soh, Dr Elizabeth Aitken, Mr Keit Loi, Dr Jiangli Tan, A/Prof Theo Mantamadiotis, A/Prof Odilia Wijburg, Prof Karena Waller
12:30-12:50	Workshop: Learning through risk (12:30-12:50) A/Prof Lisa Cheshire, Kyahl Anderson, Dr Deb Virtue, A/Prof Anthea Conchrane, Elysia Corallo, Janine Tickle	The evidence on and students' beliefs about mandatory attendance of practical classes Dr Jessica Stander, A/Prof Karen Donald, Mr Travis Haber, Associate Professor Samantha Byrne, Associate Professor Lisa Cheshire, Ms Tamara Clements, Associate Professor Anthea Cochrane, Dr Nicole Hill, Dr Elaina Kefalianos, Ms Jessica Lees, Ms Miki Maruyama, Dr Lauren Story, Ms Bronwyn Tarrant, Dr Debra Virtue	Big jumps and little steps: learnings from an e-portfolio program seeking balance between demonstrating and promoting achievement Dr Peter Carew, Dr Lauren Story, Ms Lucy Shiels	"Escape” traditional learning: evaluating the impact of an escape toom program for hospital staff Ms Lichin Lim
12:50-1:10		Pioneering Pathways: Piloting a course advice program to support MD student’s elective choices Dr Kylie Fitzgerald, A/Prof Lisa Cheshire, Prof Steve Trumble	The challenges of using an ePortfolio to support self-authorship and self-regulated learning in health profession education Ms Jessica Lees, Dr Tandy Hastings-Ison, Dr Kim Allison, A/Prof Karen Donald	Advancing physical examination skills through technology-enhanced learning in health professions education Dr Mark Merolli, Mr Patrick Vallance, A/Prof Samantha Byrne, A/Prof Kwang Cham, A/Prof Charles Sevigny, A/Prof Thom Cochrane
1:10-2:00pm	Lunch at the Woodward

9.30am – 2.00pm, 21 – 22 October 2024 Woodward Conference Centre
Contact: Tim Beaumont | timothy.beaumont@unimelb.edu.au

9:30am-2:00pm, Monday 21st October 2024, Woodward Conference Centre

Registrations for Day 1 may fill. In the event you would like to join a wait list, contact Tim Beaumont.

9:30am-2:00pm, Tuesday 22nd October 2024, Woodward Conference Centre.

Registrations for Day 2 may fill. In the event you would like to join a wait list, contact Tim Beaumont.

9.30am – 2.00pm, 21 – 22 October 2024 Woodward Conference Centre
Contact: Tim Beaumont | timothy.beaumont@unimelb.edu.au