Associate Professor
Lara FullerProfile page
Director, Rural Medical Education & Director, Rural Community Clinical School
Faculty of Health/School of Medicine
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- Director, Rural Medical Education & Director, Rural Community Clinical SchoolFaculty of Health/School of Medicine
- +61 3 524 79140 (Work)
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
BIO
Lara is an academic General Practitioner privileged to live and work on Wadawurrung Country. Her current professional role is Director of Rural Medical Education and the Rural Community Clinical School at Deakin University’s School of Medicine. Having been actively involved in rural medical education and curriculum design within a Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship for 10 years, her current focus is on medical education research and translation to the design and implementation of rural health professional training programs. Lara is working on her pHD on learning in place: the creation of a community-based Rural Training Stream in Southwestern Victoria to grow a local health professional workforce. Alongside this work, she enjoys playing violin in a range of chamber ensembles and orchestras and re-invigorating herself in nature.
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT
- Director, Rural Medical Education & Director, Rural Community Clinical SchoolDeakin University, Rural Clinical Schools
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Deputy Director and Regional CooridnatorDeakin University, Rural Community Clinical School, Geelong, Australia2014 - 2018
- Year 1 Leader, Doctor and Patient ThemeDeakin University, School of Medicine, Geelong, Australia2011 - 2014
- Clinical skills tutorDeakin University, School of Medicine, Geelong, Australia2008 - 2011
- Ethics, law and professionalism tutorDeakin University, School of Medicine, Geelong, Australia2013 - 2017
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- General PractitionerDrysdale Clinic, Geelong, Australia2003 - 2011
DEGREES
- Graduate Certificate in Medical EducationUniversity of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom2017
- Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of SurgeryUniversity of Melbourne, Australia1992 - 1997
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- FellowhipRoyal Australian College of General Practitioners, Australia2001 - 2004General PracticeClinical Fellowship
- Diploma of Obstetrics and GynaecologyRoyal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, East Melbourne, Australia2002Other
FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)
- Clinical sciences
- Curriculum and pedagogy
- Specialist studies in education
- Health services and systems
AREA/FACULTY
- Faculty of Health
DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE
- School of Medicine