Tracy Levett-Jones
Professor Tracy Levett-Jones is working towards evidence-based curricula redesign to ensure future health professionals are equipped to provide safe, effective
The Centre for Health Professional Education is committed to engaging in a systematic and rigorous program of research that will examine the effectiveness of curricula interventions as well as the impact of health professional education on patient outcomes.
Although health professionals are committed to evidenced based practice, this has for the most part, not translated to a rigorous examination of educational practices and outcomes. While evaluations seeking feedback on students' perspectives of the quality of their educational experiences is regularly sought, a more in depth, rigorous and evidence based approach to health professional education is needed.
Our research centre is interprofessional and based on the premise that effective team work and communication are essential to both clinical practice and educational preparation of health professionals.
Qualitative and quantitative approaches, mixed methods, evaluation studies, cases studies, phenomenology, critical ethnography, cross sectional surveys, narrative inquiry, discourse analysis, Delphi technique, cost-benefit analysis, longitudinal and experimental designs.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.