Associate Professor Koshila Kumar

Academic Level D

College of Medicine and Public Health

place Health Sciences (5E 221.5)
GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Koshila is committed to health workforce capacity building in teaching and learning, and educational scholarship.

She is the Teaching Program Director - Clinical Teaching program, Course Coordinator of the postgraduate programs in clinical education in the College of Medicine and Public Health, and the co-chair of the College of Medicine and Public Health Learning and Teaching Academy.

Koshila is a Senior Fellow of Advance HE (UK) and a Fellow of the Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators.

Qualifications

PhD, The University of Sydney

Master of Arts (Education) (Hons), The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Bachelor of Arts (Educational Psychology), The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Honours, awards and grants
  • 2022: Teaching Innovation & Scholarship Award, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
  • 2022: Senior Fellow, Advance Higher Education
  • 2019: Fellow, Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE)
  • 2016: Choice Critics Award for exceptional contribution as a peer reviewer, Medical Education
  • 2016: Vice Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching (Team Award-Master of Clinical Education), Flinders University
  • 2015: Executive Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching (Team Award-Master of Clinical Education), Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University
  • 2010 - 2012: University of Sydney Postgraduate Scholarship
Key responsibilities
  • Capacity building/faculty development
  • Curriculum design and renewal
  • Educational quality assurance and improvement
Teaching interests

Koshila has a broad range of teaching expertise including:

  • Curriculum and pedagogy in health and clinical education
  • Research methods in health and clinical education
  • Educational theory
  • Educational leadership
  • Interprofessional learning and education
Topic coordinator
HLED9113A Research Project in Clinical Education 1
HLED9113B Research Project in Clinical Education 2
Supervisory interests
Career development
Clinical education
Curriculum development
Education, health, curriculum development
Faculty development
Health professional education
Interprofessional collaboration
Interprofessional education
Medical education, teaching and learning
Medical student career choice
Medical student education
Professional identity
Qualitative research
Student selection and admissions
Higher degree by research supervision
Current
Principal supervisor: Radiographers preparedness to respond to medical emergencies in the radiology department (1), Medical Education (1)
Associate supervisor: Establishing new medical schools in medically under-served areas (1)
Completion
Associate supervisor: Health Professions Education (2)
Higher degree by research student achievements
Mark Neill

ANZAHPE Post-Graduate Student Prize in Health Professional Education - MAR 2015

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