Monash University Department of Rural and Indigenous Health

Jane Taylor

Unit Advisor, MRP4010

Telephone: +61 3 5128 1000
Facsimile: +61 3 5128 1080
Email: Jane.Taylor@med.monash.edu.au

Jane is an allied health professional who has had extensive clinical experience as a speech pathologist in rural areas in Victoria as well as with a stint practising overseas in hospitals in the UK. Her core professional practice has been as a speech pathologist in primary and secondary education, with additional experience in course development, and teaching and learning as a rural outreach worker in TAFE. Jane divides her time between her private speech pathology practice in Gippsland, and teaching and research at Monash where her focus of interest is on providing a high quality learning environment where health professionals have opportunities to interact, update their knowledge and improve their professional practice.

As well as being Unit Advisor for MRP4010 Contemporary Professional Practice, Jane is also the MUDRIH Coordinator for the Master of Health Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences.

Academic Qualifications

LACST, (Speech Pathology)
BA, Melbourne University
Grad Dip Ed (Literacy), Deakin University
M Rural Hlth

Research Interests

Rural services for children with autism
Interprofessional practice

Current Research project

Pilot project: Impact of rural context on families who have young children with autism spectrum disorder.