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Biography
Tammy is an Education Fellow in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences’ School of Rural Health. She has qualifications and experience in education, health and management and began her career as a Primary School Teacher. She has taught at all levels from junior primary school through to clinical practice and postgraduate. Also, a critical care (Intensive Care) nurse and educator with a drive to instil confidence and build capacity in others.
Her passion is working in the area of intercultural communication to assist collaboration through appreciation of difference.
Tammy completed a Doctor of Education (Research) at the University of Melbourne in 2012. Her thesis was an ethnographic study exploring positionality in short-term volunteerism, emphasising the critical role that reciprocity plays in enabling successful intercultural encounters.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Education (Research), The University of Melbourne
Master of Education (Science, Health and Environmental Education), Deakin University
Grad Cert Critical Care Nursing (Intensive Care)
Bachelor of Education, University of Ballarat
Registered Nurse, The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Diploma of Teaching (Primary), Institute of Catholic Education, Aquinas Campus
Keywords
- Intercultural Communication
- Decoding the Disciplines
- Teaching Practice
- Assessment and Evaluation of Health Professional Education
- Assessment and Feedback
- Learning Diagnostics
- Teaching and Learning
- Social justice and education
Network
Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.
Projects 2016 2019
- 2 Finished
Lightboards everywhere
Turner, L., Anderson, R., Kaur, C., Angus, S., Leroux, A., McCormick, D., Sethi, A., Nichol, C., Parasnis, J., Halupka, V., Wordley, S., Li, J., Smith, T., Gibbs, J., Wyness, A., Fogg, Q., Schliephake, K., Beilby, K., McMenamin, P., Humfrey, D., Thompson, C., Macfarlan, B., Lasky, P., Vanderkruk, K. & Morton, S.
Monash University – Internal University Contribution
1/06/18 → 31/05/19
Project: Research
Research Output 2011 2018
Change is difficult: Making it happen and making it stick
Hook, J., Macfarlan, B. & Smith, T., 2018, ASCILITE 2018 Conference Proceedings: Open Oceans: Learning without Borders. Campbell, M., Willems, J., Adachi, C., Blake, D., Doherty, I., Krishnan, S., Macfarlane, S., Ngo, L., O'Donnell, M., Palmer, S., Riddell, L., Story, I., Suri, H. & Tai, J. (eds.). Australia: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), p. 142-150 9 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Other › peer-review
Playing with bottlenecks, workshop session
Middendorf, J., Smith, T., Ellis, K., Cruz, L., Guberman, D. & McGowan, S., 16 Nov 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › Other › peer-review
Evaluation of staff cultural awareness before and after attending cultural awareness training in an Australian emergency department
Chapman, R., Martin, C. & Smith, T., 1 Oct 2014, In : International Emergency Nursing. 22, 4, p. 179-184 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Qualitative exploration of the perceived barriers and enablers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people accessing healthcare through one Victorian Emergency Department
Chapman, R., Smith, T. & Martin, C., 1 May 2014, In : Contemporary Nurse. 48, 1, p. 48-58 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Characteristics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander presentations to three Victorian emergency departments
Martin, C. A., Smith, T. R., Graudins, A., Braitberg, G. & Chapman, R., 2013, In : EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia. 25, 6, p. 573-579 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Activities 2017 2018
- 3 Contribution to conference
Global Legal Skills Conference 2018
Marilyn Pittard (Speaker), Tammy Smith (Speaker)10 Dec 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education 2018
Barb Macfarlan (Speaker), Josephine Hook (Speaker), Tammy Smith (Speaker)Nov 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 2017
Barb Macfarlan (Speaker), Josephine Hook (Speaker), Tammy Smith (Speaker)Oct 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference