HPE research is rapidly becoming a primary item on educational and research agendas. It is diverse in terms of its research domains, methodologies, and epistemologies.
Conducting HPE research is essential for improved and innovative approaches to educating our future doctors, nurses, speech pathologists, paramedics and other health professionals.
Our mission is to foster and conduct translational research. This involves ongoing dialogue between educational theory and practice. The translational research process involves a commitment to fundamental research, design-based research and justification research.
Prideaux Centre researchers are engaged in a range of health professions education research projects that can be categorised into two key themes : Programmatic assessment for learning; and learning environments.
Our researchers conduct projects related to:
Handoyo, N. E., Rahayu, G. R., Claramita, M., Ash, J., & Schuwirth, L. W. T. Personal resilience and rural doctors retention: A study in indonesia. (2020). Rural and Remote Health.
Schuwirth, L. W. T., & van der Vleuten, C. P. M. A history of assessment in medical education. (2020). Advances in Health Sciences Education.
Jones A, Cominos N, Campbell N, Rissel C. COVID-19 disruption can have a silver lining. (2020). Management in Education.
Beck, J. B., Devilbiss, M. B., Carline, J. D., McDaniel, C. E., & Durning, S. J. Innovation reports: Successes and limitations for promoting innovation in medical education. (2020). Academic Medicine,
O’Brien, Bridget C. PhD; West, Colin P. MD, PhD; Coverdale, John H. MD, MEd; Durning, Steven J. MD, PhD; Roberts, Laura Weiss MD, MA. On the use and value of reporting guidelines in health professions education research.Academic Medicine,
Durning, Steven J. MD, PhD; O’Brien, Bridget C. PhD; West, Colin P. MD, PhD; Coverdale, John MD, MEd; DeVilbiss, Mary Beth; Roberts, Laura Weiss MD, MA. Innovation reports: Guidance from the editors. Academic Medicine,
Jones, M., Campbell, N., & Spelten, E.. Strengthening the integrity of qualitative research in the australian journal of rural health. (2020). Australian Journal of Rural Health,
Porte, P. J., Verweij, L. M., Collares, C. F., De Bruijne, M. C., Van Der Vleuten, C. P. M., & Wagner, C. Improving the competency of nurses. (2020). Journal of Infusion Nursing.
Pacifico, J. L., Villanueva, J. A. S., Heeneman, S., & van der Vleuten, C. How perceptions of residents toward assessment influence learning: A qualitative study. (2020). Asia Pacific Scholar.
Valentine, N., Durning, S., Shanahan, E. M., & Schuwirth, L. Fairness in human judgement in assessment: a hermeneutic literature review and conceptual framework (2020). Advances in Health Sciences Education.
Roberts, C., Kumar, K., & Finn, G. Navigating the qualitative manuscript writing process: some tips for authors and reviewers. (2020). BMC Medical Education.
Lindemann I., Ash J., Orrell J. Programmatic Assessment in Health Professions Education. (2021). Springer, Singapore.
Seymour-Walsh AE, Weber A, Bell A, Smith T. Teaching psychomotor skills online: exploring the implications of novel coronavirus on health professions education.. (2020) Rural and Remote Health.
Schut, S., Maggio, L. A., Heeneman, S., van Tartwijk, J., van der Vleuten, C., & Driessen, E. Where the rubber meets the road — an integrative review of programmatic assessment in health care professions education. (2020). Perspectives on Medical Education.
Campbell, N., Stothers, K., Swain, L., Cairns, A., Dunsford, E., & Barker, R. Allied health service–learning student placements in remote northern australia during COVID-19. (2020). Australian Journal of Rural Health.
Campbell, N., Stothers, K., Swain, L., Cairns, A., Dunsford, E., Rissel, C., & Barker, R. Health services in northern australia depend on student placements post COVID-19. (2020). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.
Judd, C. A., Dong, T., Meyer, H. S., Hickey, P. W., Torre, D. M., & Durning, S. J. The impact of military pediatrics: Assessing clinical, leadership, academic, and operational experience among pediatric-trained graduates from the uniformed services university of the health sciences (USU). (2020). Military Medicine.
Kucera, W. B., Nealeigh, M. D., Dyke, C., Ritter, E. M., Artino, A. R., Durning, S. J., & Sweeney, W. B Fundamentals of anorectal technical skills: A concise surgical skills course.. (2020). Military Medicine.
Prakash, S., Bihari, S., Laver, R., Chandran, G., Kerr, L., Schuwirth, L., & Bersten, A. (2020). Prospective randomized controlled trial of video- versus recall-assisted reflection in simulation-based teaching on acquisition and retention of airway skills among trainees intubating critically ill patients. Critical Care Medicine, 48(9), 1265-1270.
Schumacher, D. J., Holmboe, E., Carraccio, C., Martini, A., Van Der Vleuten, C., Busari, J., . . . Byczkowski, T. L. (2020). Resident-sensitive quality measures in the pediatric emergency department: Exploring relationships with supervisor entrustment and patient acuity and complexity. Academic Medicine, 1256-1264.
Schumacher, D. J., Martini, A., Holmboe, E., Carraccio, C., Van Der Vleuten, C., Sobolewski, B., . . Byczkowski, T. L. (2020). Initial implementation of resident-sensitive quality measures in the pediatric emergency department: A wide range of performance. Academic Medicine, , 1248-1255.
Latham, K., Dong, T., Schreiber, D., Torre, D., Durning, S., & Battista, A. (2020). Uniformed services university medical student mentorship experiences and gender from 2010 to 2017. Military Medicine, 185(7-8), e1277-e1283.
Lessing, J. N., Rendón, P., Durning, S. J., & Roesch, J. J. (2020). Approaches to clinical reasoning assessment. Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 95(8), 1285.
Connor, D. M., Durning, S. J., & Rencic, J. J. (2020). Clinical reasoning as a core competency. Academic Medicine, , 1166-1171.
Nicholls, D., Sweet, L., Hyett, J. and Müller, A. (2020), A survey of Australian sonographer psychomotor teaching practices. Australas J Ultrasound Med.
Nicholls, D., Sweet, L., Hyett, J. and Müller, A. (2020), Push and pull factors impacting the pedagogical approaches used by sonographers to teach scanning skills. Australas J Ultrasound Med.
Bala, L., van der Vleuten, C., Freeman, A., Torre, D., Heeneman, S., & Sam, A. H. (2020). COVID-19 and programmatic assessment. Clinical Teacher, 17(4), 420-422.
Ramani, S., Könings, K. D., Ginsburg, S., & Van Der Vleuten, C. P. M. (2020). Relationships as the backbone of feedback: Exploring preceptor and resident perceptions of their behaviors during feedback conversations. Academic Medicine
Jacobs, J. C. G., Wilschut, J., van der Vleuten, C., Scheele, F., Croiset, G., & Kusurkar, R. A. (2020). An international study on teachers’ conceptions of learning and teaching and corresponding teacher profiles. Medical Teacher
Prentice, S., Benson, J., Kirkpatrick, E., & Schuwirth, L. (2020). Workplace-based assessments in postgraduate medical education: A hermeneutic review. Medical Education
Samuel, A., Durning, S. J., & Larsen, K. L. (2020). Transition to online teaching with self-compassion. Clinical Teacher
Bass, J., Sidebotham, M., Creedy, D., & Sweet, L. (2020). Exploring the needs and experiences of educators in facilitating use of the bass model of holistic reflection. Nurse Education in Practice, 46
Thompson, J and Houston, D (2020) Programmatic assessment condensed: Introducing progress testing approaches to a single semester paramedic subject, Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 17(3), 2020.
O'Sullivan BG, Worley P. Setting priorities for rural allied health in Australia: a scoping review. Rural and Remote Health 2020; 20: 5719.
Bunin, J. L., Meyer, H. S., & Durning, S. J. (2020). Could application of leader-member exchange theory have saved a residency mentorship program? Perspectives on Medical Education
Shimizu, I., Kikukawa, M., Tada, T., Kimura, T., Duvivier, R., & Van Der Vleuten, C. (2020). Measuring social interdependence in collaborative learning: Instrument development and validation. Medical Education, 20(1)
Daniel, M., Durning, S. J., Wilson, E., Abdoler, E., & Torre, D. (2020). Situated cognition: clinical reasoning and error are context dependent, Diagnosis (published online ahead of print)
Wilson, E., Seifert, C., Durning, S. J., Torre, D., & Daniel, M. (2020). Distributed cognition: interactions between individuals and artifacts, Diagnosis (published online ahead of print)
Daniel, M., Wilson, E., Torre, D., Durning, S. J., & Lang, V. (2020). Embodied cognition: knowing in the head is not enough, Diagnosis (published online ahead of print)
Nicholson, J., Kalet, A., van der Vleuten, C., & de Bruin, A. (2020). Understanding medical student evidence-based medicine information seeking in an authentic clinical simulation. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 108(2), 219-228.
Schut, S., Heeneman, S., Bierer, B., Driessen, E., van Tartwijk, J., & van der Vleuten, C. (2020). Between trust and control: Teachers' assessment conceptualisations within programmatic assessment. Medical Education,
Humphrey-Murto, S., O'Brien, B., Irby, D. M., van der Vleuten, C., Ten Cate, O., Durning, S., . . . Varpio, L. (2020). 14 years later: A follow-up case-study analysis of 8 health professions education scholarship units. Academic Medicine, , 629-636.
Kononowicz, A. A., Hege, I., Edelbring, S., Sobocan, M., Huwendiek, S., & Durning, S. J. (2020). The need for longitudinal clinical reasoning teaching and assessment: Results of an international survey. Medical Teacher, 42(4), 457-462.
Young, M. E., Thomas, A., Lubarsky, S., Gordon, D., Gruppen, L. D., Rencic, J., . . . Durning, S. J. (2020). Mapping clinical reasoning literature across the health professions: A scoping review. Medical Education, 20(1)
Martin, J., & Kumar, K. (2020). Education needs of australian flight nurses: A qualitative study. Air Medical Journal,
Samuel, A., Konopasky, A., Schuwirth, L. W. T., King, S. M., & Durning, S. J. (2020). Five principles for using educational theory: Strategies for advancing health professions education research. Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 95(4), 518-522.
McAllister, S., Tedesco, H., Kruger, S., Ward, E. C., Marsh, C., & Doeltgen, S. H. (2020). Clinical reasoning and hypothesis generation in expert clinical swallowing examinations. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders
Worley, P. (2020). Why we need better rural and remote health, now more than ever. Rural and Remote Health, 20(1), 5976.
Jain, C. C., Aiyer, M. K., Murphy, E., Alper, E. A., Durning, S., Aldag, J., & Torre, D. (2020). A national assessment on patient safety curricula in undergraduate medical education: Results from the 2012 clerkship directors in internal medicine survey. Journal of Patient Safety, 16(1), 14-18.
Konopasky, A., Ramani, D., Ohmer, M., Battista, A., Artino, A. R., McBee, E., . . . Durning, S. J. (2020). It totally possibly could be: How a group of military physicians reflect on their clinical reasoning in the presence of contextual factors. Military Medicine, 185, 575-582.
Torre, D. M., Dong, T., Schreiber-Gregory, D., Durning, S. J., Pangaro, L., Pock, A., & Hemmer, P. A. (2020). Exploring the predictors of post-clerkship USMLE step 1 scores. Teaching and Learning in Medicine,
Oster, C., Schoo, A., Litt, J., Morello, A., Leibbrandt, R., Antonello, C., . . . Lawn, S. (2020). Supporting workforce practice change: Protocol for a pilot study of a motivational interviewing virtual client software tool for health professionals.BMJ Open, 10(2)
Foley, K., Attrill, S., McAllister, S., & Brebner, C. (2020). Impact of transition to an individualised funding model on allied health support of participation opportunities. Disability and Rehabilitation.
Walters, L., & Worley, P. (2020). Call to expand teaching opportunities in rural family medicine. Medical Education, 54(2), 97-99.
Bartlett, M., Couper, I., Poncelet, A. N., & Worley, P. (2020). The do’s, don’ts and don’t knows of establishing a sustainable longitudinal integrated clerkship. Perspectives on Medical Education, 9(1), 5-19
Harvey, M., Berkley, H., O'Malley, P., & Durning, S. J. (2020). Preparing Future Medical Educators: Development and Pilot Evaluation of a Student-Led Medical Education Elective. Military Medicine, 185(1-2), e131-e137.
Yoon, M., Kurzweil, D., Durning, S. J., Schreiber-Gregory, D., Hemmer, P., Gilliland, W., & Dong, T. (2020). It’s a matter of trust: exploring the basis of program directors’ decisions about whether to trust a resident to care for a loved one.Advances in Health Sciences Education
Kidane, H. H., Roebertsen, H., & Van der Vleuten, C. P. M. (2020). Students' perceptions towards self-directed learning in Ethiopian medical schools with new innovative curriculum: A mixed-method study. BMC Medical Education, 20(1).
Cooper, M., Cominos, N., Thoirs, K., Harper, R., & Cross, G. (2020). Love the way you're teaching us': A purpose-developed clinical communication workshop for first year midwifery students. Nurse Education in Practice, 45(May).
The Research Support Network (RSN) is designed to actively promote, support and foster quality health professional education (HPE) research.
The RSN offers a peer review service to Prideaux Centre researchers who are seeking feedback on a research proposal, grant application, or manuscript for publication.
This service aids in ensuring that planned research activities have academic merit and will be conducted with integrity.
Researchers who are external to Flinders University can use the service. A consulting fee can be negotiated with the Prideaux Centre Director.
Applying for grant application and manuscript feedback:
Email your document to the Prideaux Centre with any additional information that may assist reviewers (who will remain anonymous). Please ensure that ample time is given for the review process to occur (approximately 3-4 weeks).
For research proposals and ethics applications:
Submit your research proposal (up to 3000 words) to the Prideaux Centre
Review proposal
Two reviewers are invited to review the proposal for its academic merit, integrity, quality, feasibility, usefulness and resource needs, and provide feedback.
The RSN Chair receives the collated feedback and conducts an independent ethical risk assessment on the project.
Receive feedback
The RSN seeks to build the capacity of HPE researchers by providing access to research mentoring and peer support.
Appropriate mentors are sourced from the Prideaux Centre membership to work with researchers, providing guidance, advice and support.
Please contact the Prideaux Centre for more information.
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