ANZAHPE Member Networking
Let's talk about... thriving as a clinician educator
Presenters: Chris Nickson, Yobelli Jimenez, Joanne Somerville and Wonie Uahwatanasakul
Date: Thursday 15 February 2024
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm (AEDT)
In this month’s Member Networking session, our presenters will discuss approaches and strategies that help them thrive as clinician educators. This could include engaging in professional development of teaching skills, keeping up to date with health professions education literature, creating a community of practice, seeking a role model or mentorship, and many more!
We will then head to break out rooms to encourage an intimate discussion into what our members do, have done, or wish to do, to thrive in their respective areas!
Chris Nickson is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at the Alfred ICU in Melbourne. He is also a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University. He is a co-founder of the Australia and New Zealand Clinician Educator Network (ANZCEN) and is the Lead for the ANZCEN Clinician Educator Incubator programme. He is on the Board of Directors for the Intensive Care Foundation and is a First Part Examiner for the College of Intensive Care Medicine. He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and for improving the clinical performance of individuals and collectives. After finishing his medical degree at the University of Auckland, he continued post-graduate training in New Zealand as well as Australia’s Northern Territory, Perth and Melbourne.
Yobelli Jimenez is a radiation therapist and completed her PhD in 2018. Her PhD project brought together her interests in high quality patient care, education and technology. Yobelli's PhD project evaluated the use of a virtual reality tool to educate women with breast cancer about radiation therapy. Yobelli currently works as a Lecturer in the Discipline of Medical Imaging Science at the University of Sydney.
Joanne Somerville has a background in Paediatric Intensive Care nursing which progressed to Lecturer in undergraduate nursing at ECU for 5 years. Joanne also has a Masters in Public Health. Joanne's current role is within the School of Medicine as a medical educator/ senior lecturer (level C) / MD year 3 unit coordinator (36 point year-long unit within the 4 year MD course).
Wonie Uahwatanasakul is a general paediatrician with extensive clinical experience in paediatrics and child health in both developed world and resource poor settings, and with a particular passion for medical education. Wonie graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine/Surgery from Monash University before going on to complete a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at James Cook University.
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,
Charlotte Denniston
ANZAHPE Membership Secretary
A recording of this session will be made available to all ANZAHPE members following the session.