Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
- Rural Health
- Narrative analysis and less traditional forms of representation
- Gender and rural issues
- Ageing and notions of home and migration
Biography
Margaret is the Deputy Director at Monash Rural Health, Monash University, Gippsland, Australia, teaching first year graduate-entry medical students a social perspective on health. She also coordinates the Community Based Practice Program which aims to equip students with an interprofessional understanding of the social and community aspects of health through a community placement.
Margaret’s PhD used poetic representation to tell the stories of Gippsland women evacuated as children in WWII Britain who immigrated to Australia in the postwar period.
Margaret’s qualitative research interests focus on narrative analysis, gender issues, stories of illness, ageing and notions of home and migration and pedagogies of practice in medical education.
Margaret has also taught qualitative social research methods, gender, sexuality and identity and other sociological concepts in addition to which, she has been a Language and Learning Skills adviser.
Research area keywords
- Ageing
- Evacuation
- Home
- Migration
- Narrative Analysis
- Poetic Representation
Network
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Building capacity to teach climate change and environmental sustainability in health professions education
Brand, G., Nayna Schwerdtle, P., Barbour, L., Collins, J., Ilangakoon, C., Bonnamy, J., Simmons, M., Carr, B., Wotherspoon, R. & Bedi, G.
Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution
1/05/19 → 30/04/20
Project: Research
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Implementation of faculty evaluation strategy: Impact and outcomes of Monash University health science and health profession courses using Contribution Analysis
Palermo, C., Ilic, D., Diug, B., Morphet, J., Kumar, A., Lindley, J., Wee Ming, L., Brooks, I., Wright, C., Simmons, M., Powell, A., Bonham, M., Volders, E., Brock, T., White, P. & Sarkar, M.
Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution
1/04/18 → 31/03/19
Project: Research
Research Output
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Contemporary Sociological Issues for Health Professions Curricula
Simmons, M., 6 Mar 2020, Clinical Education for the Health Professions. Nestel, D., Reedy, G., McKenna, L. & Gough, S. (eds.). Singapore: Springer, 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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Development of socio-clinical medical resources for pre-clinical learning: MEDHAX: By students for students
Zhou, J., Lal, A., Yu, K., McArdle, A. & Simmons, M., 4 Mar 2020, p. 169. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Green is not a dirty word: sustainability in health professions education
Simmons, M., Bedi, G., Bonnamy, J., Schwerdtle, P., Brand, G. & Ilangakoon, C., Sep 2020, p. 401. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
Open Access -
Haiku
Simmons, M., 27 Nov 2020, 1 p. Poetry and Covid.Research output: Other contribution › Other › peer-review
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Introducing the flip: A mixed method approach to gauge student and staff perceptions on the introduction of flipped pedagogy in pre-clinical medical education
Simmons, M., Colville, D., Bullock, S., Willems, J., Machado, M., McArdle, A., Tare, M., Kelly, J., Taher, M., Middleton, S., Shuttleworth, M. & Reser, D., 26 Jun 2020, In : Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. 36, 3, p. 163-175 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Prizes
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Inaugural Emerging Researchers in Ageing Helen Bartlett Prize for Innovation in Research
Simmons, Margaret (Recipient), 23 Oct 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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MNHS Dean's Award for Excellence
Simmons, Margaret (Recipient), 7 Aug 2020
Prize: National/international honour
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Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence
Simmons, Margaret (Recipient), 10 Dec 2020
Prize: National/international honour
Activities
- 1 Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Monash Medicine Curriculum Conference 2019
Margaret Simmons (Speaker), Charlotte Rees-Sidhu (Organiser), Christopher Wright (Speaker), Julia Harrison (Speaker), Deborah Leach (Speaker), Florence Ho (Speaker) & Kevin Shi (Speaker)
19 Jul 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
Press / Media
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Preparing the health sector for the global climate emergency
Jorja Collins, Margaret Simmons, Gabrielle Brand, Gitanjali Bedi, Liza Barbour, James Bonnamy, Bethany Carr, Chanika Ilangakoon, Patricia Schwerdtle & Rosie Wotherspoon
15/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature