Academic Lead - Curriculum
College of Medicine and Public Health
Prior to joining the School of Medicine, Maxine spent six years at the University of Sydney, where she managed two professional education units (the Division of Professional Learning and the Division of Learning and Teaching) in the Faculty of Education and Social Work. Maxine has also worked as a writer, editor, and as a teacher of secondary English.
Maxine completed doctoral studies in 2012. Her thesis employed narrative inquiry to interrogate teachers' perceptions of their professional education experiences.
Awards
2025 College of Medicine and Public Health Vice-President and Executive Dean's Award for outstanding student-centred teaching and learning.
2019 College of Medicine and Public Health Vice-President and Executive Dean's Teaching Excellence Award for leadership in designing and implementing the Personal and Professional Development theme in the Medical Degree to improve student learning, wellbeing and professional identity formation.
2019 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching for shifting the culture of the Doctor of Medicine (MD): Leading design and implementation of the Personal and Professional Development theme in MD Years 1 and 2 to improve students learning, personal well-being, and professional identity formation.
Grants
Lisa Schmidt, Maxine Moore, Lambert Schuwirth, Iris Lindemann, Laura Spencer, Wendy Hu, Carlos El-Haddad, Jordan Li (2016-2017) Australian Collaborative Education Network, “Putting the trust into assessing work integrated learning: Developing a process for embedding Entrustable Professional Activities as an authentic form of assessing work integrated learning”.
Providing educational leadership and expertise to academic, clinical and professional colleagues to ensure that the Flinders medical curriculum reflects best practice, aligns with the Australian Medical Council’s graduate learning outcomes, and evolves in response to advances in medicine and medical education.
As MD Director: Student Success and Support, leading initiatives to enhance the student experience, strengthen staff–student culture, and embed student-centred approaches to communication, wellbeing, and academic progression.
MD Year 1 Coordinator (MMED9150)
Theme Coordinator for Personal and Professional Development (PPD) in MD1 and 2.