Simone Gibson

Personal profile

Biography

Simone is the Director of Education for the School of Clinical Sciences and an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian. As a senior lecturer in the Master of Dietetics program, she coordinates clinical nutrition and dietetics units whilst pursuing her clinical and educational research interests.

Simone achieved her PhD in 2015 titled "Integrating Academic and Clinical Training - Exploring Opportunities and Innovations". She is an Associate Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators and has over 20 years experience as a clinical dietitian working in public and private hospitals and in private practice. She has extensive experience in all major clinical areas including intensive care, surgery and endocrinology. Simone has a special interest in health professional education and research and is committed to improving health professional practice. She has presented nationally and internationally in the areas of health professional education as well as nutrition and dietetics.

Simone was awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence and the Dean's Award for Excellence in Education (Quality of Teaching) in 2017, demonstrating her commitment to student training. She hopes to help students excel in preparation for their professional employment whilst further pursuing her research interests.

Simone has acheived funding of over $83,000 in prizes and grants resulting in the establishment of a student teaching clinic, and various research projects including nutrition and wound healing, work-integrated learning and assessment, involving patients in student training and using online media to enhance nutritional health outcomes.

Research interests

Current research includes investigating the impact of an evidence-based nutrition Massive Open Online Course on learning for the general public. This research also examines how this mode of delivery addresses widespread nutrition misinformation.

Other research projects include: investigating the use of patients and public in competency based assessment in dietetic students; the philosophies of academic and work-based educators in competency assessment; teaching and learning professionalism in dietetics; what are the skills and qualities of effective work-based educators in allied health and how are they measured; and how to engage young adults in nutrition education using social media. Clinical research areas include nutrition and venous leg ulcer healing, as well as estimating energy requirements in the aged population.

Keywords

Clinical Education
Education research
Malnutrition
Nutrition/Dietetics
Obesity
Mixed method research

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Projects 2012 2019

2 Finished
2 Active

Embedding patient feedback in a programmatic assessment framework

Gibson, S.

Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators

1/05/18 → 31/12/18

Project: Research

Development of an Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) for internationally qualified nurses

Griffiths, D. L., Brooks, I. A., Endacott, R., Dix, S. J., Rees-Sidhu, C. E., Barton, P. J. M., Hall, H. G., Gibson, S., Harrison, J. C., Ilic, D., Maloney, S. R., Leech, M. T., Adams, K., Merriman, C., Fuller, R., Homer, M. & Vance, S. C.

20/12/17 → 30/06/19

Project: Research

HSNZ: Using ‘handy’ reference objects to estimate serving size for dietary guidelines.

McCaffrey, T. A., Gibson, S. & Dordevic, A.

7/10/16 → 14/12/17

Project: Research

Be Active Sleep and Eat BASE Teaching Clinic

Gibson, S.

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (VIC)

1/06/12 → 1/06/13

Project: Research

Research Output 2007 2018

10 Abstract
8 Article
2 Review Article
1 Letter

Effects and associations of nutrition in patients with venous leg ulcers: A systematic review

Barber, G. A., Weller, C. D. & Gibson, S. J. 1 Apr 2018 In : Journal of Advanced Nursing. 74, 4, p. 774-787 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review

Exploring approaches to dietetic assessment of a common task across different universities through assessment moderation

Palermo, C., Volders, E., Gibson, S., Kennedy, M., Wray, A., Thomas, J., Hannan-Jones, M., Gallegos, D. & Beck, E. 1 Feb 2018 In : Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 31, 1, p. 41-46 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review