Simone Ross - Research Portfolio - James Cook University

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About

I work as a Senior Lecturer in the Medical Education discipline for the College of Medicine and Dentistry at James Cook University.

I teach communication skills, cultural and linguistically diverse population groups, and health behaviour and behaviour change, stress and coping in first year of the Bachelor of Medicine. As well as across other years teach challenging patients and what to do about them (year 3) and leadership development (year 6).

In the postgraduate Masters of Health Professional Education, and Masters of Rural and Remote Health I teach leadership, negotiation and conflict resolution.

I coordinate the Home Group program across years 1 to 3 (Medicine). The program provides an avenue for small group facilitated social, professional, and academic development. Further to this, I co-coordinate both the Health Self-Professional Self Care Program (College) and the Professionalism Education and Leadership Program (Medicine), as well as Chair the Maggie Grant Leadership Program for our Student Clubs (College).

Teaching

DS4101: Clinical Dentistry 2 (Level 4; CNS)
HS7411: Leadership in Health Professional Education (Level 7; TSV)
MD1010: Introduction to Integrated Medical Studies Part 1 of 2 (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
MD1020: Introduction to Integrated Medical Studies Part 2 of 2 (Level 1; TSV)
MD2011: Integrated Human System Pathophysiology Part 1 of 2 (Level 2; TSV)
MD2012: Integrated Human System Pathophysiology Part 2 of 2 (Level 2; TSV)
MD3000: Selective Study (Level 3; TSV)
MD3011: Introduction to Clinical Healthcare Part 1 of 2 (Level 3; TSV)
MD3012: Introduction to Clinical Healthcare Part 2 of 2 (Level 3; TSV)
MD4011: Integrated Pathology and Clinical Medicine Part 1 of 3 (Level 4; TSV)
MD4012: Integrated Pathology and Clinical Medicine Part 2 of 3 (Level 4; TSV)
MD4013: Integrated Pathology and Clinical Medicine Part 3 of 3 (Level 4; TSV)
MD5010: Integrated Clinical Practice Part 1 of 3 (Level 5; TSV)
MD5020: Integrated Clinical Practice Part 2 of 3 (Level 5; TSV)
MD5030: Integrated Clinical Practice Part 3 of 3 (Level 5; TSV)
MD6010: Advanced Clinical Medicine Part 1 of 3 (Level 6; TSV)
MD6020: Advanced Clinical Medicine Part 2 of 3 (Level 6; TSV)
MD6030: Advanced Clinical Medicine Part 3 of 3 (Level 6; TSV)

Interests

Research

My specific research interests are of sustainable health professional education in Social Accountability, community engagement in rural and remote health, and translating research to practice. Also, I am a PhD candidate in medical education, focusing on teaching medical leadership in higher education across Australasia. The title of my thesis is 'Teaching leadership skills to medical students: Are we transformative yet?"

Teaching

I am particularly interested in the First Year Experience of students. As the Home Group Program Coordinator, I undertake ongoing rigorous quality assurance to ensure the pastoral care aspects as well as educational content is up to date, integrates with the curriculum, and progresses from Year 1 to Year 3. I am also the Professionalism Education and Leadership (PEAL) Co-Coordinator , as well as the Co-Coordinator of the Health Professional Self-Care Program.

Experience

2018 to present - Senior Lecturer, James Cook University (Townsville)
2014 to 2019 - Program Manager, The Training for Health Equity Network (A NGO run out of Belgium and New York and contracted through my Academic postition at JCU)
2014 to 2017 - Lecturer, James Cook University (Townsville)
2012 to 2013 - Project Manager, The Training for Health Equity Network (THEnet) (A NGO run out of Belgium and New York and contracted through my Academic postition at JCU)
2012 to 2013 - Associate Lecturer, James Cook University (Townsville)
2011 - Project Coordinator, Primary Health Care Research and Evaluation Development (PHCRED) (School of Medicine and Dentistry, JCU, Townsville)
2009 to 2011 - Research Coordinator, James Cook University (Townsville)

Research Disciplines

Socio-Economic Objectives

Honours

Awards

2017 - JCU Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, 2017. Awarded to the First Year Social Medicine Team. Sophia Couzos, Simone Ross, Rebecca Evans, Robyn Preston, and Priscilla Page.
2015 - JCU Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student learning, 2015. Awarded to the MBBS Home Group Team. SImone Ross, Maggie Grant, Teresa O'Connor, Tarun Sen Gupta, Karen Knight, Julie Mudd, Karen Johnston, and Justine Olsen.
2013 - National Award for Programs that Enhance Learning. JCU MBBS. https://docs.education.gov.au/node/40966

Memberships

2010 - Member of The Training for Health Equity Network

Other

2018 - Reviewer for Medical Education Journal
2017 - Reviewer for the Australian Journal of Primary Health
2017 - Reviewer for Teaching and Learning in Medicine: An International Journal
2013 - Reviewer for the Journal of Rural and Remote Health

Publications

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

Guignona M, Halili S, Cristobal F, Woolley T, Reeve C, Ross S and Neusy A (2021) A curriculum for achieving universal health care: a case study of Ateneo de Zamboanga University School of Medicine. Frontiers in Public Health, 9.
Malau-Aduli B, Adu M, Alele F, Jones K, Drovandi A, Mylrea M, Sfera K, Ross S and Jennings E (2021) Adjusting to university: perceptions of first-year health professions students. Public Library of Science ONE, 16 (5).
Ross S, Sen Gupta T and Johnson P (2021) Leadership curricula and assessment in Australian and New Zealand medical schools. BMC Medical Education, 21.
Woolley T, Ross S, Larkins S, Sen Gupta T and Whaleboat D (2021) "We learnt it, then we lived it": influencing medical students' intentions toward rural practice and generalist careers via a socially-accountable curriculum. Medical Teacher, 43 (1). pp. 93-100
Ross S, Owens K, Roberts A, Jennings E and Mylrea M (2020) Mindfulness training: success in reducing first year health professional students' study and exam related stress. Health Professions Education, 6 (2). pp. 162-169
Malau-Aduli B, Ross S and Adu M (2019) Perceptions of intercultural competence and institutional intercultural inclusiveness among first year medical students: a 4-year study. BMC Medical Education, 19.
Ross S, Sen Gupta T and Johnson P (2019) Why we need to teach leadership skills to medical students: a call to action. BMJ Leader, 3 (1). pp. 6-10
Woolley T, Halili S, Siega-Sur J, Cristobal F, Reeve C, Ross S and Neusy A (2018) Socially accountable medical education strengthens community health services. Medical Education, 52 (4). pp. 391-403
Woolley T, Cristobal F, Siega-Sur J, Ross S, Neusy A, Halili S and Reeve C (2018) Positive implications from socially accountable community-engaged medical education across two Philippines regions. Rural and Remote Health, 18 (1).
Clithero A, Ross S, Middleton L, Reeve C and Neusy A (2017) Improving community health using an outcome-oriented CQI approach to community-engaged health professions education. Frontiers in Public Health, 5. pp. 1-6
Halili S, Cristobal F, Woolley T, Ross S, Reeve C and Neusy A (2017) Addressing health workforce inequities in the Mindanao regions of the Philippines: tracer study of graduates from a socially-accountable, community-engaged medical school and graduates from a conventional medical school. Medical Teacher, 39 (8). pp. 859-865

Book Chapters

Kokavec A, Harte J and Ross S (2022) Student Support in Medical Education: What does evidence-based practice look like? In: Mental Health and Higher Education in Australia. Springer, Singapore, pp. 103-121

More: ResearchOnline@JCU stores 26+ research outputs authored by Simone Ross from 2013 onwards.

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