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: Everybody's Business (17 Sep 2026)

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 03:00:00 GMT

ANZAHPE ONLINE Professional Development Program

Disability Inclusion: Everybody's Business

Presenters: Laura Gray, Gisselle Gallego, Lise Mogensen, Bryony McNeill and Louisa Ng

Date: Thursday 17th September 2026
Time: 1.00pm - 2.00pm (AEST)

Disability inclusion in health professions education is about more than accommodations; it challenges us to rethink our assumptions about capability, belonging and who can become a health professional.

This interactive webinar will explore the current landscape of disability inclusion in health professions education, including the legislative and accreditation context, lived experiences of students, and the cultural and systemic factors that shape inclusion. Through case examples, reflection activities and practical discussion, participants will examine their own assumptions, consider where meaningful change is possible, and explore a lifecycle approach to creating more inclusive learning environments.

ABOUT OUR PRESENTERS:

The presenters are members of The Disability Inclusive Health Professions Education Alliance ANZ (DIHPEA) seek to connect and support health professions educators across Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand, to collaboratively advance disability inclusion.

Laura Gray is the Director of the Drapac Centre for Equity in Health Professions Education and an Associate Professor with the School of Medicine, Deakin University.

She leads programs of research, evaluation, strategy and policy design and implementation, with a focus on equity and inclusion. With extensive experience in higher education leadership, she is committed to advancing equitable access to higher education and programmes to enable all students to thrive.

Gisselle Gallego is a senior lecture at the School of Medicine at the University of Notre Dame Australia and a Centre for Disability Research and Policy, The University of Sydney affiliate.

She is a clinician, health professional educator, disability researcher and advocate. Her research and teaching focus on the experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse people and those living with disability, as well as the intersection of these. Her research has a strong focus on accessibility and inclusion across the spectrum of health and higher education for people with disability.

Lise Mogensen is the Associate Professor in Medical Education, and the Director, Learning and Teaching at the Western Sydney University School of Medicine.

Lise’s research focuses on advancing disability access and participation in medical and health professional education in Australia with translation to policy and practice. She is the author and facilitator of the microcredential ‘Disability Access & Participation in Health Education and Work’.

Bryony McNeill is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Physiology and Deputy Course Director (Foundations of Medicine) of the Deakin University Doctor of Medicine program.

In this role, she is committed to improving access to medical study and fostering inclusive, accessible learning environments. Her medical education research uses a co‑design approach with students and focuses on understanding the experiences of neurodivergent medical and health students, particularly within clinical learning contexts.

Louisa Ng is a senior clinician-academic and rehabilitation physician whose academic work spans the University of Melbourne’s graduate-entry Doctor of Medicine (MD) program, the Royal Melbourne Hospital Clinical School and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

She is the Subject Coordinator for final year MD subjects Transition to Practice and Clinical Scholar, the latter of which she designed from inception and is focused on student choice, innovation, advocacy, and leadership. She has a long-standing commitment to equitable student support and disability inclusion.

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.