Associate Professor Chris Roberts
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Biographical details
Chris Roberts is Associate Professor. He is based at the Sydney Medical School - Northern's Academic GP Unit at Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Hospital. He is also Director of Community Engaged Teaching and Learning working from the DVC (Education) portfolio.
Research interests
His particular research interests in medical education include community-engaged learning and teaching, selection focussed assessment, professionalism, clinical competence and career choice. He is active in a number of primary care research projects and has an interest in rural health.
Teaching areas
He co-ordinates, teaches, and innovates stage 1 and stage 2 medical students' clinical day at Hornsby, teaches into the community term block, and runs the assessment unit of study on the Masters of Education (Health Professional Education). He is curriculum advisor to the Broken Hill Extended Clinical Placement Scheme. He is supervisor to several doctoral students in medical and health science education.
Current national competitive grants*
2012
Can we achieve better clinical and economic outcomes for chronic disease management in primary care asthma and hypertension?
Armour C, Bajorek B, Krass I, Hayes A, Roberts C
National Heart Foundation of Australia Grant-in-Aid ($130,000 over 2 years)
* Grants administered through the University of Sydney
International links
United Kingdom. (University of Sheffield, UK) Worked there for many years. On going research projects..
Netherlands. (University of Maastricht) International educational research project.
Canada. (University of British Columbia) Ongoing relationship re student selection procedures for graduate entry medicine.