The GPME Inc Education Committee:
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Dr Edmund Poliness
Ed Poliness is Chair of the GPME Education Committee. |
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Dr Denise Findlay
Denise is the Director of Clinical Education and Training with Silver Chain in WA, and seniour lecturer at Curtin Univeristy's new medical school. She previously worked as an educator with Western Australia General Practice Education and Training (WAGPET). Denise has been involved in medical education in undergraduate, vocational and postgraduate arenas since completing her GP Training in the 1980's with the then Family Medicine Program (FMP). Apart from a keen interest in medical education and online education she has had a long term interest in wound management within general practice. |
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Dr Rebecca Lock
Rebecca is a GP and Medical Educator passionate about quality, patient centred holistic care in General Practice. She graduated the University of Queensland in 2001 and began her GP training in Pomona in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. She moved to Cooroy in 2005 and has been practicing there since. Rebecca became involved in medical education in 2010 as a supervisor and went on to become an educator in 2011. She is currently working as a medical educator for General Practice Training Queensland where she coordinates the Brisbane North District and is involved as a senior medical educator for rural fellowships – giving training advice for those pursuing the rural fellowships of FACRRM and FARGP. Rebecca has interests in chronic disease management, women’s health, clinical reasoning and doctor’s health. |
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Dr Karen Savery
Karen is a GP, RACGP examiner and medical educator. She has worked as a GP since 2001 and with General Practice Training Queensland for the past 4 years. She has enjoyed working in general practices in Brisbane, Toowoomba and the Sunshine Coast. She currently divides her general practice work between a private practice and her many nursing home residents. She has always had an interest in women’s health and paediatrics, and is passionate about aged care and palliative care. She is also passionate about education and mentoring of new general practitioners. She loves to spend time with her husband, ten year old son and golden retriever. |
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Dr Susan Tyler-Freer
Susan is originally from North America, where she did research, clinical laboratory work, teaching, and forensic examination and investigation. She came to Australia in 2002, and studied medicine at Sydney University. She spent several years at Bankstown hospital prior to Palliative Care training in the Braeside/Fairfield/Liverpool network. Palliative care remains a passion and her most recent work developing a wrap-around service to enable home terminal care is pending publication. Her GP work is based in Brunswick Heads, in the Byron hinterland. She lives with her partner and two little boys on a small property with a big shed full of projects in various states of completion. |
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Dr Hubert van Doorn
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Dr Nadia Clifton
Nadia is a General Practitioner based in Sydney. She has a passion for teaching and works part time as a Medical Educator at GP Synergy, the regional training provider for the NSW and ACT Australian General Practice Training Program. Nadia is on the Clinical Council and Clinical Leaders Network committee for the Central and South Eastern Public Health Network and advises for the Mental Health Action Group. Her other interests include consumer advocacy and promoting wellbeing in medical training.
Nadia is a General Practitioner based in Sydney. She has a passion for teaching and works part time as a Medical Educator at GP Synergy, the regional training provider for the NSW and ACT Australian General Practice Training Program. Nadia is on the Clinical Council and Clinical Leaders Network committee for the Central and South Eastern Public Health Network and advises for the Mental Health Action Group. Her other interests include consumer advocacy and promoting wellbeing in medical training.
