Dr Erica Sainsbury
BPharm, MSc, GradDipEdStud (Higher Ed), PhD, MPS, MACE, FHERDSA
Senior Lecturer, Pharmacy Practice
A15 - Pharmacy And Bank Building
The University of Sydney
Telephone | +61 2 9351 2332 |
Fax | +61 2 9351 4391 |
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Biographical details
Erica has received numerous awards for her teaching throughout her career: the University of Sydney Excellence in Teaching Award in 1998; The Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Teaching in 2001; and the Quality Teacher's Award from the NSW Minister for Education and Training in 2002. In 2005 she received the Faculty of Pharmacy award for Excellence in Teaching, and in 2008, she received the Faculty award for Support of the Student Experience.
Erica was awarded her PhD in 2009. As an ECR, she has already published 9 peer-viewed journal articles. Together with her colleagues, she has received research funding totalling just under $250,000.
Research interests
Erica's research interests involve using sociocultural theory as a framework for explaining the ways in which individuals change as they learn, particularly in the context of university education. Her PhD explored the processes and outcomes of learning of first year Pharmacy students, and she has developed a model of learning centred on active participation and development of discourse skills.
Her research has implications for the design and implementation of student-centred curricula, an area in which she is also very interested. As a practising pharmacist, Erica is also interested in understanding how an appreciation of the ways in which adults learn can be harnessed to promote enhanced patient care by pharmacists in collaboration with other health care professionals.
Selected grants
2002
- Quality Assurance in the Clinical Pharmacy Practice Placement Program; Armour C, Aslani P, Brien J, Chen T, Moles R, Sainsbury E, Whitehead P; Quality Teaching Improvement Fund/Contract.
Selected publications
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