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Staff profiles - Dr Liz Molloy

Liz Molloy

Senior Lecturer
PhD University of Melbourne
BPhysio (Hons) University of Melbourne
APA Sports Physiotherapist

Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education
Building Two, Level One,
270 Ferntree Gully Road,
Notting Hill  VIC   3168

Tel: +61 3 9501 5532
Fax: +61 3 9501 5546

Email: liz.molloy@med.monash.edu.au


Background:

Liz has a particular interest in clinical education in the health professions and the role of clinicians and university-based educators in facilitating active student learning. In addition to her work in health care education and research, Liz is a practising physiotherapist at Alphington Sports Medicine Centre and has worked as team physiotherapist with both junior and senior Australian Athletics Teams over the past seven years. She serves on the Sports Physiotherapy Australia (APA) Victorian Committee, with a role in helping generate professional development courses. Liz completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne in the area of feedback in physiotherapy clinical education, and helped to shape the physiotherapy clinical education program at Monash University. Her areas of interest include feedback, reflective practice, transition to workplace learning, and qualitative research methodology. Liz is involved in the teaching of the Masters Degree and the Graduate Certificate in Health Professional Education, along with facilitating workshops for clinical educators. She is Academic Advisor for Year 3 of the Monash MBBS course.

Publications:

Slade SC, Molloy E, Keating JL (2009) Stigma Experienced by People with Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain: A Qualitative Study. Pain Medicine 10(1): 143-154

Slade, SC, Molloy, EK, Keating, JL (2009). Enablers and barriers to participant engagement in exercise programs for non-specific chronic low back pain: a qualitative study. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (British volume) (in press)

Slade, SC, Molloy, EK, Keating, JL (2009) "Listen to me. Tell me": a qualitative study of partnership in care for people with non-specific chronic low back pain. Clinical Rehabilitation 23: 270-280

Slade, SC, Molloy, EK, Keating, JL (2009) Exercise preferences of people with non-specific chronic low back pain: a qualitative study. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy 55: 115-121

Delany CM and Molloy EK (eds) (2009): Clinical Education in the Health Professions. Sydney: Elsevier

Molloy EK (2009): Time to Pause: Feedback in Clinical Education Chapter 8 in Clinical Education in the Health Professions. Sydney: Elsevier

Delany CM and Molloy EK (2009): Critical Reflection in Clinical Education: Beyond the Swampy Lowlands Chapter 1 in Clinical Education in the Health Professions. Sydney: Elsevier

Molloy EK and Robertson K (2009): Feedback in the coaching context: Are we on the right track? Modern Athlete and Coach 47 (32): 14-18

Molloy EK and Robertson K (2008): Ankle pathologies. Modern Athlete and Coach 46 (3): 25-29

Molloy EK and Robertson K (2008): Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome. Modern Athlete and Coach Modern Athlete & Coach 46 (2):16-19

Molloy EK and Robertson K (2007): The Throwing Shoulder. Modern Athlete and Coach 45 (4): 15-19

Molloy EK and Robertson K (2007): Tendon Injuries: Current Theories of Pathology and Management. Modern Athlete and Coach 45 (1): 17-22

Robertson K and Molloy EK (2007): Hamstring Muscle Strains. Modern Athlete and Coach 45 (2): 10-14

Molloy EK (2007): Biomechanical Analysis of Movement. Book Review. Sports Physiotherapy 2: 29

Robertson K and Molloy EK (2007): Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome. ModernAthlete and Coach 45 (3): 31-34

Molloy EK and Clarke D (2005): The positioning of physiotherapy students and clinical supervisors in feedback sessions. Focus on Health Professional Education: A Multi-disciplinary Journal 7:79-90.

Murphy G C, Foreman P, Simpson C, Molloy GN and Molloy EK (1999): The development of a locus of control measure predictive of injured athletes' adherence to treatment. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 2: 145-152

Current Research Projects:

Critical Reflection: Physiotherapy students' reflections and interpretations of clinical education
Molloy E and Delany C

Participant experience of low back exercise programs
Keating J, Slade S and Molloy E

Qualitative systematic review: Constraints to Low back pain guideline implementation
Kent P, Molloy E, Buchbinder R, Bucknall T

Developing agentic professionals through practice-based pedagogies"
Carrick Research Fellowship (led by Professor Stephen Billet, Griffith University)

Supervisor of Honours Project "Clinical Educator Perceptions of Best Practice Clinical Education in Undergraduate Physiotherapy"
Denniston C and Molloy E

Supervisor of Honours Project: "Patient perceptions of Clinical Education"
Fiona Kent, Tangerine Holt

Supervisor of BMEdSci Honours Project: “Feedback in Medical Education”
Joanna Tai, Brian Jolly

Supervisor of Honours Project "Evaluating the efficacy of the current Monash physiotherapy curriculum for preparation of physiotherapy students for providing patient/family education"
Nicholson A, Jaberzadeh S, Molloy E

An investigation of interprofessional attitudes to learning styles in health science students at Monash University: A collaborative study between Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Nursing and Ambulance and Paramedics

Conference Presentations:

Molloy EK and Keating JK (2009): Targeted Preparation for Clinical Practice: A Transition Program. 3rd International Clinical Skills Conference, Prato, Italy

Gilbert K, Williams B, Molloy EK (2009): The Feedback Tool Kit: Supporting interprofessional collaboration on feedback strategy in clinical education. 3rd International Clinical Skills Conference, Prato, Italy

Molloy EK (2008): Giving and Receiving Feedback. Northern Territory Health Professional Education Conference, Dawin, Australia

Molloy EK (2008): Facilitating Clinical Reasoning. Northern Territory Health Professional Education Conference, Dawin, Australia

Molloy EK (2007): The Social Positioning Strategies of Physiotherapy Students and Clinical Educators in Feedback Sessions. World Congress of Physical Therapy (WCPT), Vancouver, Canada

Molloy EK (2007): Feedback in Physiotherapy Clinical Education: Implications of Dialogic Process. World Congress of Physical Therapy (WCPT), Vancouver, Canada

Molloy EK and Delany C (2007): Giving and Receiving Feedback: Combining results from two qualitative research approaches to advance the use of feedback in learning and teaching clinical skills. 2nd International Clinical Skills Conference, Prato, Italy

Molloy EK, Remedios L, Webb G (2006): “Feedback in Clinical Education: A Dialogic Process?” ANZAME Conference, Queensland, Australia

Molloy EK, Remedios L, Webb G (2005): Student-centred Learning: The gaps between theory and practice and health education. ANZAME Conference, Auckland, New Zealand

Molloy EK (2004): Feedback in physiotherapy clinical education. AARE Conference, Melbourne, Australia

Molloy EK (2004): Positioning strategies of physiotherapy students and supervisors in feedback sessions, Melbourne, Australia

Molloy EK (2004): Exploring Best-practice in verbal feedback in physiotherapy clinical education. 8th International Physiotherapy Congress, Adelaide, Australia

Research Grants:

2009 Building Clinical Placement Capacity through IPE

Department of Human Services (DHS)

Key Investigators

  • Service & Workforce Planning. Department of Community Emergency Health & Paramedic Practice (Mr Brett Williams)
  • Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (A/Prof Louise McCall)
  • Monash University Department of Rural and Indigenous Health (A/Professor Janice Chesters)
  • Schools of Nursing and Midwifery (A/Professor Tony Barnett)
          Funding $200 000

2008 “Developing agentic professionals through practice-based pedagogies” Project collaborator on Carrick Research Fellowship (led by Professor Stephen Billet, Griffith University). Funding $83 000.

2008 “Using Simulation to develop NTS in medical specialist trainees” Queensland Health and The Australian Simulation Group. Funding $40 000.

2008 Levels of empathy in health science students enrolled atMonash University”Monash University Teaching and Learning Performance Grant (Co-Investigator). Funding $23,000.