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qualifications: BSc, BMBS, MSc, PhD, FHEA
position: Professor Health Professional Education
Australia
Professor Nicky Hudson is Professor of Health Professional Education at the University of Adelaide. She is a general medical practitioner who has worked in urban, indigenous and remote health in South Australia. She started her academic career at the University of Adelaide, playing a major role in medical curriculum development and reform, as well as completing a PhD on the challenge of linking theory to practice in medical education. As a foundation staff member (Academic Leader in Human Function) at Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England, she gained further valuable experience to subsequently contribute to the development of an innovative medical curriculum at the Graduate School of Medicine (GSM) at the University of Wollongong. At the GSM, as Chair of the Assessment she led in the implementation of a competency-based assessment programme, and as leader of the Clinical Competency theme she developed two clinical skills centres and the associated skills programme. As Associate Dean Community-based Health Education (CBHE) at the GSM, she led in the development and implementation of longitudinal integrated clinical clerkships in regional, rural or remote New South Wales for all senior students. Following this she was Director of Rural Health at the University of Newcastle in NSW, maintaining her passion for rural health. Her research interests include assessment, the impact of longitudinal integrated community based education on all key stakeholders, including patients, interprofessional education and rural workforce and health education. She is an active member of the global health and medical education community, presenting regularly at international medical education conferences and publishing in the international literature.
Articles contributed to by this person
Original Research 17 April 2012
Medical students on long-term regional and rural placements: what is the financial cost to supervisors?
Original Research 21 September 2015
When a LIC came to town: the impact of longitudinal integrated clerkships on a rural community of healthcare practice
Commentary 29 August 2017
Rural multidisciplinary training: opportunity to focus on interprofessional rapport-building
Comment 11 July 2012
Reply to Comment on: Medical students on long-term regional and rural placements: what is the financial cost to supervisors?
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