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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Averil Grieve is a senior lecturer in the Communication in Health Professions Education Unit (COHPE) at Monash University. She provides cultural and language support to students on placement in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. She trains academic staff and field educators in transcultural teaching practices, is an advisor for bilingual education and the teaching and learning of additional languages and provides external consultations and trainings for working in multicultural educational and professional settings. Averil has a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Melbourne University and a Masters of Cross-Cultural Communication from the University of Sydney. She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Academic Language and Learning and TESOL in Context.
Research interests
Dr Averil Grieve's current research interests are the acquisition of language in health professions education, transcultural teaching practices and scaffolded language learning of communication skills in tertiary curricula design. She is involved in a number of research projects, including understanding the training needs of clinical field educators of international students, analysing the learning experiences and needs of international students at Monash University, and exploring the possibiliites of embedding industry-linked communication skills into tertiary curricula. Averil has also developed inter-disciplinary workshops for training and supporting placement supervisors of international students.
Consulting
Averil provides extensive training for placement educators, academic teaching staff and supervisors of international students. This includes developing an in-depth understanding of inter-cultural communication, transcultural teaching methodologies, cultural differences in teacher-student relationships and second language acquisition trajectories. She also consults on issues pertaining to bilingual education., particular in the primary school setting.
Clinical activities
Averil provides extensive academic and professional language and cultural support to students on clinical and non-clinical placement in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. Key to this is the development of critical thinking and professional communication skills.
External positions
Bilingual Education Consultant, Deutsche Schule Melbourne Inc
2013 → …
Research area keywords
- Cross-cultural communication
- Placement Supervisor Training
- Bilingualism
- Transcultural Learning
- Clinical Communication
- Second Language Acquisition
- International Students
- Study Abroad
- Pragmatics and Language Learning
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Professionalism, reflective-thinking and resilience links with occupational therapy, social work, pharmacy and education students’ fieldwork-performance success?: Informing curriculum and work-readiness
Brown, T., O'Donovan, R., Oliaro, L., Grieve, A., Malone, D., Furletti, S., Bevilacqua, M., Hewitt, A., Yu, M., Ross, B. & Cousland, R.
Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution
1/04/19 → 31/03/20
Project: Research
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A global investigation into antimicrobial knowledge in medicine, pharmacy, nursing, dentistry and veterinary undergraduate students: A scoping review to inform future planetary health multidisciplinary education
Alzard, S., Exintaris, B., Sarkar, M., Grieve, A., Chuang, S., Coetzee, R. & Lim, A. S., 29 Oct 2024, In: BMC Medical Education. 24, 10 p., 1227.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Editorial: TESOL in and outside of the classroom: From measuring intervention success to grappling with issues of identity and social cohesion
Grieve, A., Yahalom, S. & Dai, D. W., 18 Jul 2024, In: TESOL in Context. 32, 2, p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other
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Equity in health profession education: Academics’ perceived challenges in assessing written reflections
Grieve, A., Rouhshad, A., Petraki, E. & Bechaz, A., 25 Nov 2024. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Using Politeness Theory to Deconstruct How Preregistrant Pharmacists Approach Disagreement in the Workplace
Liu, Y., Grieve, A., Walker, S. T., Khera, H. K., Sarkar, M., Ong, E. & Lim, A. S., Dec 2024, In: American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 88, 12, 28 p., 101303.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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“I think that goes deeper than my pay grade”: Academic and student perspectives on use of AI for reflective writing in nursing and midwifery
Grieve, A., Petraki, E., Rouhshad, A. & Bechaz, A., 3 Jul 2024, p. 222. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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Association for Academic Language and Learning Grant
Grieve, Averil (Recipient), Dai, David Wei (Recipient), Petraki, Elpida (Recipient) & Rouhshad, Amir (Recipient), 30 Apr 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Editors’ Award
Ta, Binh (Recipient), Ross, Bella (Recipient) & Grieve, Averil (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Research grant award received from Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences Learning & Teaching Research Grant Scheme, Monash University
Brown, Ted (Recipient), O'Donovan, Richard (Recipient), Oliaro, Louise (Recipient), Grieve, Averil (Recipient), Malone, Daniel (Recipient), Bevilacqua, Maura (Recipient), Hewitt, Alana (Recipient), Yu, Mong-Lin (Recipient), Ross, Bella (Recipient) & Cousland, Robert (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Monash Multidisciplinary Workshop on Language 2022
Catherine Cook (Speaker) & Averil Grieve (Speaker)
17 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Monash Multidisciplinary Workshop on Language 2022
Elpida Petraki (Speaker), Averil Grieve (Speaker), Amir Rouhshad (Speaker), David Wei Dai (Speaker) & Alan Bechaz (Speaker)
30 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Journal of Academic Language and Learning (Journal)
Averil Grieve (Editor in chief)
11 May 2021 → 11 May 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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TESOL in Context (Journal)
Averil Grieve (Editor in chief), David Wei Dai (Editor in chief) & Sharon Yahalom (Editor in chief)
15 Apr 2021 → 1 Dec 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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AASW International Student Forum
Averil Grieve (Invited speaker)
31 Jul 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course