
GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY
Thursday 20 October 2022
6.00pm – 7.30pm | Welcome reception Doric Room, Sydney Masonic Centre |
Friday 21 October 2022
8.15am – 8.30am | Symposium opening Ionic Room, Sydney Masonic Centre Prof Esther May, ACDHS Chair |
SESSION 1 | Chair: Prof Russell Hoye, La Trobe University |
8.30am – 8.55am | Keynote: Health service needs and the future workforce: what the pandemic has taught us Dr Anne-marie Boxall, Chief Allied Health Officer, Department of Health and Aged Care |
8.55am – 9.15am | Keynote: Integrating into the curriculum the learning and teaching of work‐ready health professional graduate attributes: challenges and opportunities Prof Esther May Executive Dean, Clinical & Health Sciences; Dean, Clinical Education and Equity, The University of South Australia |
9.15am – 9.35am | Keynote: There is always a ‘Day 1’: an industry perspective of what Graduate Qualities are required for a new graduate to be work ready Olivia Millgate BAppScOT Capability Manager, The Rehabilitation Company |
9.35am – 9.55 am | Keynote: What does the research tell us? Prof Andrea Bialocerkowski Director, Micro-credentialing and Professional Development, Griffith Health, Griffith University |
9.55am – 10.00 am | Session wrap |
10.00am – 10.30am | Morning tea |
SESSION 2 | Chair: Prof Michelle Lincoln, University of Canberra |
10.30am – 11.30am | Perspectives from new graduates: Transition from student to new graduate: are we prepared? Lana Dwyer, Speech Pathologist, Ability Action Australia Emma Montgomery, Physiotherapist, TM Physio Jovana Urukalo, Podiatrist, NSW Health |
11.30am – 12.10pm | Small group discussion: What is missing from what we currently do (collectively) to assist new graduates to transition to the workplace? |
12.10pm – 12.15pm | Session wrap |
12.15pm – 1.15pm | Lunch |
SESSION 3 | Chair: Assoc Prof Michael Curtin, Charles Sturt University |
1.15pm – 2.15pm | Presentations: Enhancing work readiness and employability through a rural community engagement Dr Elyce Green Rural Health Education Lead, Three Rivers Department of Rural Health, Charles Sturt University Kathryn Fitzgerald Senior Lecturer, Western Australian Centre for Rural Health Dr James Debenham Academic Lead Allied Health, Majarlin Kimberley Centre for Remote Health |
2.15pm – 2.55pm | Rapid Fire Showcase: Innovations in curriculum design Dr Kristie Matthews Senior Lecturer, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University Dr Liza Seubert, Head, Discipline of Pharmacy, School of Allied Health Care, University of Western Australia Dr Ellie Sugden Lecturer and Academic Program Advisor, Western Sydney University |
2.55pm – 3.00pm | Session wrap |
3.00pm – 3.30pm | Afternoon tea |
SESSION 4 | Chair: Prof Megan Smith, Charles Sturt University |
3.35pm – 4.10pm | Panel: Out of the classroom and into the real world. Embedding graduate attributes: a collaborative approach Prof Andrea Bialocerkowski Director, Micro-credentialing and Professional Development, Griffith University Margo Gill Consumer Olivia Millgate BAppScOT Health service provider |
4.10pm – 4.15pm | Closing remarks Prof Esther May, Chair ACDHS |
4.15pm | Symposium concludes |
Please note: Program is subject to change.