Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Associate Professor Michelle Lazarus serves as the Director of the Monash Centre for Human Anatomy Education (CHAE) and Deputy Head of Department (Education) for Anatomy & Developmental Biology within the Biomedical Discovery Institute. Additionally, she is the Curriculum Integration Network lead within the Monash Centre Scholarship in Health Education (MCSHE) as well as a Monash Education Academy Fellow, anatomy education discipline lead within the medical curriculum, and a core member of the General Surgical Science Examination Board for Royal Australian College of Surgeons.
In addition to her leadership roles, she is passionate about evidence-based education. Her research group explores ways of improving basic science teaching to enhance students’ professional identity and role development, as well as knowledge competency. Her work focuses on integration of psychosocial skills (medical ethics, professionalism, uncertainty tolerance and clinical skills) within core coursework.
Her recent work explores the role of uncertainty within healthcare science education, challenging A/Prof’s Lazarus’s own tolerance of uncertainty (an academic irony). Within her active and dynamic research group, she supervises multiple higher degree students and honours students. Michelle is an award winning educator and teaches extensively into the medical anatomy program. In addition to her teaching awards, she is the recipient of multiple education research grants and travel grants, and runs workshops to help other academics starting their education research pathways. Her research approach is collaborative and team-based, with many of her research funding coming through partnerships both locally and internationally.
In addition to her research and teaching endeavours, she develops innovative curricula and empowers others to do the same. An example of her curricular innovations include her curated monthly science literacy podcast accessible through www.AskAnatomist.com which focuses on the anatomy underpinning medically interesting topics through a multi-disciplinary lens, as well as internationally renowned and utilized medical imaging tutorials. A/Prof. Lazarus is passionate about all things education, and works to inspire others. She is well known for asking questions, and she values exploring others' queries in both teaching and research.
Research interests
- Anatomy Education
- Higher Eduation
- Qualitative Methods
- Healthcare Education
- Mixed Methods
- Uncertainty Tolerance
- Professional Identity
Monash teaching commitment
- Undergraduate Medical Anatomy
- Developmental Biology
- Biomedical Sciences
External positions
Committee Member, Royal Australian College of Surgeons
Committee Member, The American Association of Anatomists
Research area keywords
- Anatomy
- Medical Education
- Medical
- Education
- Ambiguity
- Qualitative
Network
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Tolerance of Uncertainty & Ambiguity (ToU/ToA): Identifying mechanisms for integrating this critical Future Education skill into higher education (HE
Lazarus, M., Ziebell, A., White, P., Davis, E., Parasnis, J., Mujumdar, S., Brock, T. & Brand, G.
Monash University – Internal University Contribution
1/01/20 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Research Output
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Dissecting the role of sessional anatomy teachers: A systematic literature review
Rhodes, D., Fogg, Q. A. & Lazarus, M. D., Jul 2018, In : Anatomical Sciences Education. 11, 4, p. 410-426 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus) -
Breaking with tradition: A scoping meta-analysis analyzing the effects of student-centered learning and computer-aided instruction on student performance in anatomy
Wilson, A. B., Brown, K. M., Misch, J., Miller, C. H., Klein, B. A., Taylor, M. A., Goodwin, M., Boyle, E. K., Hoppe, C. & Lazarus, M. D., Jan 2019, In : Anatomical Sciences Education. 12, 1, p. 61-73 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
14 Citations (Scopus) -
A meta-analysis of anatomy laboratory pedagogies
Wilson, A. B., Miller, C. H., Klein, B. A., Taylor, M. A., Goodwin, M., Boyle, E. K., Brown, K., Hoppe, C. & Lazarus, M., Jan 2018, In : Clinical Anatomy. 31, 1, p. 122-133 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile46 Citations (Scopus) -
Practicing handoffs early: Applying a clinical framework in the anatomy laboratory
Lazarus, M. D., Dos Santos, J. A., Haidet, P. M. & Whitcomb, T. L., 1 Oct 2016, In : Anatomical Sciences Education. 9, 5, p. 476-487 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Perceptions of anatomy: critical components in the clinical setting
Lazarus, M. D., Chinchilli, V. M., Leong, S. L. & Kauffman Jr., G. L., 2012, In : Anatomical Sciences Education. 5, 4, p. 187 - 199 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
34 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence
Lazarus, Michelle (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Monash Education Academy Fellowship
Lazarus, Michelle (Recipient), 2 Jun 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Public outreach
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Teaching and faculty development outreach between Monash and Umanand Prasad School of Medicine – University of Fiji
Michelle Lazarus (Contributor)
5 Jun 2016 → 10 Jun 2016Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public outreach
Press / Media
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Learning the value of face-to-face STEMM teaching during COVID-19
26/11/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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COVID-19 and the tolerance of uncertainty: Teaching our frontline healthcare workers how to cope
Gabrielle Brand & Michelle Lazarus
27/07/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Buster, the perfect human made of plastic, is the future of anatomy
Paul McMenamin & Michelle Lazarus
20/04/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature