The professional association for Australian Physiologists
As a society it is important for AuPS to be actively involved in the current debates concerning the professional development of the tertiary teaching of physiology.
Applications are now open for the Physiology Education prize and AuPS Education Grant Scheme
The society supports excellence in Physiology Education with its Michael Roberts Excellence in Teaching Award. The award started in 2010 in memory of Dr Michael Roberts.
The 2021 prize was awarded to A/Prof Christian Moro Bond University
The 2020 prize was awarded to Dr Charles Sevigny, University of Melbourne.
As part of this award, A/Prof Moro and Dr Sevigny have been invited to present the Michael Roberts Prize lecture at the 2022 AuPS Meeting /p>
Year | Name | Department (at time of award) | Title of Keynote Lecture | Issue, Page |
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2010 | Phil Poronnik | Health Innovations Research Institute, School of Medical Sciences,RMIT University,Vic Australia. | Rigour or rigor mortis: a challenge for physiology | 41, 11P |
2011 | Yvonne Hodgson | Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Victoria. | Developing assessment as a collaborative endeavour. | 43, 8P |
2012 | David Saint | Department of Physiology, The Medical School, University of Adelaide, South Australia. | Learning and teaching - the rear view mirror and the road ahead | 44, 2P |
2013 | Kay Colthorpe | School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD. | From active learning to self-regulated learning | 45, 63P |
2014 | Deanne Hryciw | Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC. | Communicating science: how do we teach undergraduates to become scientists? | 46, 44P |
2015 | Julia Choate | Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC. | Enhancing students’ university experiences by engaging them with their course and equipping them for life-long learning | 47, 184P |
2016 | Kathy Tangalakis | Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC. |
Enhancing the commencing student learning experience with Innovative learning and teaching approaches and peer support systems | 48, 72P |
2017 | Glenn Wadley | Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC. |
Adventures in flipping the classroom | 49, 111P |
2018 | Prize not awarded | |||
2019 | Andrew Moorhouse | UNSW, Sydney, NSW. |
How can we effectively clear the hurdles to reach the Physiology finals? | abstract book |
2020 | Charles Sevigny | University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic. |
*presentation scheduled for the 2022 AuPS annual meeting | |
2021 | Christian Moro | Bond University Qld. |
*presentation scheduled for the 2022 AuPS annual meeting |
Year | Name | Department (at time of award) |
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2020 | Severine Lamon | Deakin University, Melbourne, Vic. |
2021 | Iris Lim | Bond University Qld. |