
Conjoint Associate Professor Pooshan Navathe
Conjoint Associate Professor
School of Medicine and Public Health
- Email:pooshan.navathe@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4939 2252
Career Summary
Biography
Associate Professor Pooshan Navathe is and has been a practising clinician specialising in occupational and aviation medicine for many years, and is internationally respected as a thought leader in evidence based aeromedical decision making. He continues to maintain his clinical currency, even as he works as the Director Medical Services for the Maitland and Lower Hunter Hospitals . He describes his role as that of a Senior Staff Specialist in safety, quality, and system integrity. Pooshan’s special interests are safety and governance, the education and mentoring of health professionals, implementing change, and enabling colleagues to attain professional excellence in their practice.
Over a clinical career lasting over three decades, Pooshan has worked on several internally and externally (Grant) funded research projects. While the grants total up to about a million dollars, much of the work was done as task directives within the organisations that Pooshan has worked for. His strong international reputation is supported by publications in pre-eminent journals in aviation medicine and his Fellowships and Memberships of premier international bodies such as the Aerospace Medical Association, The Royal Aeronautical Society, and the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine. He has contributed to or led nearly 50 departmental projects of varying magnitude and significance. He has also written book chapters and contributed to several papers and conference presentations and sessions including as Chair. His definition of spatial disorientation, and his approach to evidence based clinical aeromedical decision making are among those academic achievements that have led the world in those areas. He brings to his research a difficult balance – a combination of academic purity, scientific rigour, and real world pragmatism.
Pooshan has a strong educational emphasis in his practice, and his degree in education has been supplemented by over two decades as a teacher in Universities and Professional colleges. He has demonstrated leadership in education by participating and chairing the education committees of most professional colleges that he has worked with – an interest that he continues to maintain in spite of his busy schedule. He has supervised, and continues to supervise students for the grant of MD degrees, for a Masters in Health Science (by research) degree, and for trainees in occupational medicine, aviation medicine and medical leadership.
Research Expertise
After completing a PhD in the effects of acclimatization on psychomotor performance at altitude, Pooshan has worked on spatial disorientation, and on the aeromedical decision making of diverse subjects ranging from cardiology, neurology, to urology, and diabetes. He has worked on risk assessment and risk management, and is currently pursuing a PhD in the management of risk and uncertainty in clinical aeromedical decision making. His current research Interests are Clinical reasoning, evidence based clinical decision making, impact of quality projects on medical practice, assessment of medical education & professional competence, medical ethics, and health services research.
Teaching expertise
Pooshan has been a post- graduate teacher for over two decades, with appointments across India, New Zealand and Australia. More recently, he has been involved in the teaching and mentoring of undergraduate medical students.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Medicine, Bangalore University - India
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Pune - India
- Bachelor of Education, Annamalai University - India
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Delhi - India
- Diploma in Occupational Medicine, University of Auckland - NZ
- Diploma of Aviation Safety Regulation, Swinburne University of Technology
- Master of Business Administration, Australian National University
Keywords
- Aviation Medicine
- Governance
- Medical Education
- Occupational Medicine
Languages
- Hindi (Mother)
- English (Mother)
- Maori (New Zealand) (Working)
- Punjabi (Fluent)
- Bengali (Working)
- Nepali (Fluent)
Professional Experience
Academic appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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11/11/2003 - 11/11/2007 | Senior Lecturer | The University of Auckland New Zealand |
27/7/2010 - 12/1/2015 | Associate Professor | Australian National University Australia |
27/6/2006 - 12/1/2010 | Clinical Senior Lecturer (and Course Director) | Wellington School of Medicine (Otago UNiversity) New Zealand |
1/1/2010 - 1/1/2015 | Clinical Senior Lecturer | Wellington School of Medicine (Otago UNiversity) New Zealand |
Professional appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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12/1/2015 - | Director Medical Services | Hunter New England Health Australia |
27/2/2008 - 12/1/2015 | Principal Medical Officer | Civil Aviation Safety Authority Australia |
20/6/2001 - 27/2/2008 | Senior Medical Officer | Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand New Zealand |
Awards
Award
Year | Award |
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2014 |
John A Tamisea Award Civil Aviation Medical Association (USA) |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Chapter (2 outputs)
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2017 | Navathe P, Navathe S, 'The role and scope of psychological testing in risk reduction', Pilot Mental Health Assessment and Support: A Practitioner's Guide, Routledge, Oxon, NY 159-178 (2017) [B1] | |||||||
2014 |
Gomez G, Griffiths R, Navathe P, 'Concept maps as replacements of written essays in efficient assessment of complex medical knowledge', Cases on Teaching Critical Thinking through Visual Representation Strategies 223-271 (2014) © 2014, IGI Global. Marking efficiency and timely student feedback are two aspects of assessment that may be greatly improved with concept maps (cmaps), if student learning style ... [more] © 2014, IGI Global. Marking efficiency and timely student feedback are two aspects of assessment that may be greatly improved with concept maps (cmaps), if student learning style preference for more traditional approaches can be overcome. A semester-long exploratory case study was designed and performed in a distance aviation medicine course. This involved participant observations, interviews, and task analysis to investigate cmaps' claimed advantages for meaningful learning. The results showed that cmaps could be suitable replacements of written essays in the assessment of complex medical conceptual knowledge. Both present similar strengths and weaknesses; however, cmaps are faster to mark, and quickly reveal student understanding of a particular topic. The discussion of results is informed by relevant literature on concept mapping (cmapping) in medical education, assessment for deep understanding, and learning styles. This research can benefit online postgraduate education programmes searching for alternatives to improve the assessment process.
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Journal article (18 outputs)
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2018 |
Vuorio A, Laukkala T, Junttila I, Bor R, Budowle B, Pukkala E, et al., 'Aircraft-Assisted Pilot Suicides in the General Aviation Increased for One-Year Period after 11 September 2001 Attack in the United States', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 15 (2018)
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2018 |
Laukkala T, Vuorio A, Bor R, Budowle B, Navathe P, Pukkala E, Sajantila A, 'Copycats in Pilot Aircraft-Assisted Suicides after the Germanwings Incident', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 15 (2018)
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2017 |
Vuorio A, Laukkala T, Navathe P, Budowle B, Bor R, Sajantila A, 'Bipolar Disorder in Aviation Medicine', AEROSPACE MEDICINE AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE, 88 42-47 (2017)
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2015 |
Vuorio A, Laukkala T, Navathe P, Budowle B, Eyre A, Sajantila A, 'On doctors' accountability and flight deck safety', CROATIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 56 385-386 (2015) [C3]
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2013 |
Michael A, Drane C, Navathe P, Clem P, 'Aeromedical Certification of Aircrew and Controllers with Renal Calculi', AVIATION SPACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE, 84 1074-1081 (2013)
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Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2018 | PhD | An Evaluation of the Assumptions Underpinning Hypoxia Awareness Training, to Better Understand the Extent to which it Provides a Valid and Reliable Safety Measure in Order to Enhance the Way Military Aircrew Identify and Respond to Suspected Hypoxia in a Modern Air Force. | PhD (Human Physiology), College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Conjoint Associate Professor Pooshan Navathe
Position
Conjoint Associate Professor
School of Medicine and Public Health
College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing
Contact Details
pooshan.navathe@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | (02) 4939 2252 |