Research Projects

Current projects:

Student Experiences and Outcomes

Investigation of the development of patient-centred communication by student oral health practitioners. This research involved evaluating students' perceptions, knowledge and skills related to patient-centred communication, at different stages of the curriculum. A key component of this research involves patient feedback to support development of students' skilss for diverse groups of patients, eg, older age groups. Findings will guide strategci refinement of existing communications curriculum. These projects are in collaboration with Assoc Prof Dieter Schönwetter, Professor Mickey Wener, and Dr Nita Mazurat, Faculty of Dentistry, The Universtity of Manitoba, supported by a grant from the Canadian Institute of Health Research. Related projects include evaluation of students' learning and behaviours in the provision of clinical care related to smoking cessation. This project is in collaboration with Ms Laura Spencer and Ms Jade Keightly, QuitSA

Progress of students through the first three years of BDS (Dimi Lekkas, Grant Townsend, Tracey Winning, Gerry Mullins; supported by Australian Dental Research Fund Grant; School of Dentistry Research Grant)

Students' experience of groups in a PBL environment (Vicki Skinner, Tracey Winning, Annette Braunack-Mayer, Gerry Mullins; supported by Australian Dental Research Fund Grants; School of Dentistry Research Grant)

Psychomotor skill development in dental students (Nattira Suksudaj, Tracey Winning, Dimi Lekkas, Grant Townsend, John Kaidonis)

Students' perceptions, understanding and outcomes of PBL contexts in two PBL dental curricula. (Tracey Winning, Vicki Skinner, Grant Townsend, Julia Davies, Gunnel Svensäter, Madeleine Rohlin)

Toward eliminating oral health disparities: educating competent and caring oral health professionals (Dieter Schönwetter, Mickey Wener, Nita Mazurat, Tracey Winning, Vicki Skinner, Grant Townsend, Johann de Vries)

Curriculum Design and Evaluation

Improving patient care: Can we improve student practitioner outcomes following participation in tobacco cessation strategies (Sophie Karanicolas, Cathy Snelling, Tracey Winning, Laura Spencer (Quit SA))

Implementation of the Peer Assisted Study Scheme (PASS) into the Bachelor of Oral Health Program (Cathy Snelling, Sophie Karanicolas, Tracey Winning) 

Redesigning teaching methodologies to enhance face-to-face teaching trhough the use of interactive learning technologies. Just in Time Teaching (JiTT)  (Sophie Karanicolas, Cathy Snelling, Allan Carrington (CLPD), Ian Green (Adelaide Graduate Centre))

An evaluation of an online learning tool to improve student understandings of citation and plagiarism in Dentistry (Shona Crabb (Psychiatry), Tracey Winning, Vicki Skinner)

Improving clinical performance in undergraduate dental students by supporting them to become effective self-assessors (Tracey Winning and Dimi Lekkas, Grant Townsend; supported by Australian Dental Research Fund Grant)

Self-and employer-evaluation of graduates outcomes for students selected by differing selection methods (Tracey Winning, Grant Townsend, Dimi Lekkas)

Longitudinal Analysis of program SELTS and CEQ (Tracey Winning, Grant Townsend)

Staff Development

Analysis of outcomes of Professional development for sessional tutors on clinical assessment (Dimi Lekkas and Tracey Winning; supported by University of Adelaide, Teaching Development Grant)

Implementing Progressive Integrated Assessments (Tracey Winning)

Recent projects:      

Curriculum Design and Evaluation

Curriculum Review and Development of Alginate Impressions and related activities in the Adelaide BDS - completed as part of undergraduate project (2002 - 2006)

Development of an online learning resource for learning estimation of dental development age in patients (for 1st y dental students) (Vacation project: completed 2003; Keith Lew and Tracey Winning)

ANZDENTAL: problem-based learning cases in dentistry (Tracey Winning, Grant Townsend, Vicki Skinner, Jules Keiser, Bernadette Drummond, Deb Cockrell; supported by Committee for the Advancement in University Teaching, Organisational Grant; 2000-01)