Dr Torres Woolley ~ Senior Lecturer

Torres Woolley is the Evaluation Coordinator at the School of Medicine and Dentistry. Torres has been an active researcher over the last 15 years in both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. He has completed a Masters in Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and a PhD in skin cancer, with interests in all things rural, remote, Indigenous and tropical.

Other interests include project evaluations involving social network analysis and Geographic Information System technologies, and visiting an exotic tropical island each year.

Teaching

• MD1010: Introduction to Integrated Medical Studies Part 1 of 2 (Level 1; 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)
• 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)

Interests

Research

• Evaluation of complex interventions
• Social Network Analysis
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technologies

Teaching

• Project evaluation and monitoring

Research Disciplines

• Public Health and Health Services (1117)
• Curriculum and Pedagogy (1302)
• Education Systems (1301)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Health and Support Services (9202)
• Specific Population Health (9205)
• Public Health (9204)

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

• Woolley T and Ray R (in press) Effectiveness of regional medical schools in attracting and retaining students for early‐career practice in the local area: the James Cook University experience. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 2019.
• Ha T, Ng S, Chen C, Yong S, Koh G, Tan S, Malhotra R, Altermatt F, Seim A, Biderman A, Woolley T and Ostbye T (2018) Inclination towards research and the pursuit of a research career among medical students: an international cohort study. BMC Medical Education, 18.
• Rikard-Bell C and Woolley T (2018) Aligning an undergraduate psychological medicine subject with the mental health needs of the local region. BMC Medical Education, 18.
• Woolley T, Sen Gupta T and Larkins S (2018) Work settings of the first seven cohorts of James Cook University Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery graduates: meeting a social accountability mandate through contribution to the public sector and Indigenous health services. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 26 (4). pp. 258-264
• 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).
• 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
• Reeve C, Woolley T, Ross S, Mohammadi L, Halili S, Cristobal F, Siega-Sur J and Neusy A (2017) The impact of socially-accountable health professional education: a systematic review of the literature. Medical Teacher, 39 (1). pp. 67-73
• Siega-Sur J, Woolley T, Ross S, Reeve C and Neusy A (2017) The impact of socially-accountable, community-engaged medical education on graduates in the Central Philippines: implications for the global rural medical workforce. Medical Teacher, 39 (10). pp. 1084-1091
• Woolley T, Sen Gupta T and Bellei M (2017) Predictors of remote practice location in the first seven cohorts of James Cook University MBBS graduates. Rural and Remote Health, 17 (1).
• Wallace D, Woolley T, Martin D, Rasalam R and Bellei M (2016) Medication calculation and administration workshop and hurdle assessment increases student awareness towards the importance of safe practices to decrease medication errors in the future. Education for Health, 29 (3). pp. 171-178
• Woolley T, Sen Gupta T and Murray R (2016) James Cook University's decentralised medical training model: an important part of the rural workforce pipeline in northern Australia. Rural and Remote Health, 16 (1). pp. 1-11

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 49+ research outputs authored by Dr Torres Woolley from 2002 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Outcomes Assessments in Undergraduate Veterinary Science Education. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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