Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Tammy is Director of Education and 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 education. 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. This has been effectively used and applied to disciplinary differences in health professions education.
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), Learning to be a guest in the home of another: Perceptions, purpose and positioning in short term volunteerism, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 16 Mar 2013
Master of Education (Science, Health and Environmental Education), Deakin University
Award Date: 10 Aug 1997
Grad Cert Critical Care Nursing (Intensive Care)
Award Date: 14 Feb 1995
Bachelor of Education, University of Ballarat
Award Date: 24 Mar 1994
Registered Nurse, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Award Date: 10 Feb 1993
Diploma of Teaching (Primary), Institute of Catholic Education
Award Date: 12 Dec 1986
Research area 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
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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
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Writing up what works and why
Smith, T. R. & Blannin, J., Jul 2024, p. 44. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Structural Changes Over Three Years: Evolution of Three Models to Support Learning and Teaching in a Large Research-Intensive University
Smith, T. R., Schliephake, K. & Macfarlan, B., Jun 2022, The Palgrave International Handbook of Academic Professional Development Centers. Neisler, O. J. (ed.). 1st ed. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 151-165 15 p. (Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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Developing a recipe for course completion: Support through positive pedagogy
Smith, T. R. & Vogel, S., 2020. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Joining Hands: Transforming the Clinical Placement Evaluation Process
Smith, T. & Co, M. J., Sept 2020, p. 164. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Mallee Living Histories Evaluation Report 2020
Smith, T. & Wright, F., 2020, Australia: Monash University Publishing. 20 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other Report › Research
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Prizes
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Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Smith, Tammy (Recipient), Mar 2022
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
Activities
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SAGE Open (Journal)
Tammy Smith (Associate editor)
2022 → 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Teaching & Learning Inquiry (Journal)
Tammy Smith (Peer reviewer)
2022 → 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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19th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) 2022 (Event)
Tammy Smith (Peer reviewer)
2 Oct 2022 → 5 Oct 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Monash Rural Health Education Symposium 2021
Tammy Smith (Organiser) & Lisa Hall (Organiser)
25 Nov 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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18th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) 2021 (Event)
Tammy Smith (Peer reviewer)
26 Oct 2021 → 29 Oct 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility