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A/Prof Marilyn Baird

Head and Associate Professor
Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences

Email:  Marilyn.Baird@med.monash.edu.au

PhD (La Trobe), MIR
DCR (London)
BA (Deakin)

Marilyn completed her training as a radiographer in England and since qualification in 1969 has practiced as a radiographer in England, New Zealand and Australia. From 1985 to the beginning of 1997 Marilyn was a member of the medical radiations group at RMIT teaching radiography and coordinating the radiography stream of the medical radiations degree and its clinical program. In 1997 Marilyn came to Monash to establish the original Unit of Radiography and Medical Imaging and implement the 4-year degree course.

Marilyn is the convenor of the undergraduate Radiography and Medical Imaging course and teaches radiographic methods in second year.  As well, she is the overall coordinator of the clinical program for the course and contributes to the research projects offered in year 4 of the undergraduate course.

Marilyn has many research interests including educational curricula for health professions, clinical teaching and learning, the human aspect of practice including practitioner' attitudes, values and beliefs, role extension for practitioners and the gap between published research evidence in medical imaging and the reality of practice.

In 2001 Marilyn was awarded the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Silver Jubilee prize for teaching excellence. In 2004 Marilyn was awarded the Vice-Chancellor's medal for distinguished teaching. Marilyn is also active with the professional body representing radiographers, the Australian Institute of Radiography and is a member of the Editorial Review Board. In July 2002 Marilyn was appointed by the Minister of Health to the position of Chair of the Medical Radiation Technologists Board of Victoria which she held until the dissolution of the Board in June 2007.  In July 2007 Marilyn was appointed by the Minister of Health to the position of President of the Medical Radiation Practitioners Board of Victoria.