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ProfessorSue McAllister

Honorary Professor

Faculty of Medicine and Health

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  • Honorary Professor
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

RESEARCH INTERESTs

Professor McAllister's teaching, research and consultancy activities are directed to development of a high quality disability and health workforce that effectively contribute to the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. Her work encompasses developing and translating evidence that supports the growth of professional expertise such as learning through work, assessment of performance, competency/outcomes and curriculum design. Her contributions have been recognised by a number of prestigous national awards and invitations to serve on advisory committees.

Professor McAllister’s research has transformed the culture of work integrated assessment and learning within her professional discipline of speech pathology through the ongoing development and support of the COMPASS®: Competency in Speech Pathology assessment tool (McAllister et al, 2013). Her research publications on work integrated learning and assessment have been cited by and informed WIL practices in 15 different health professions. Professor McAllister has been awarded over 2 million dollars of grants to support this research [note: projects between 2007 and 2017 yet to be updated].

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    Enhancing Healthcare Access for People with Communication Disabilities
    National Disability Insurance Agency1 Jan 2021
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Enhancing novice students readiness for clinical placements through the development and testing of a multidisciplinary evaluation tool
    Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE)1 Jul 2018
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Building Students Capacity for Evaluative Judgement through Near Peer Placements
    Australian Collaborative Education Network1 Aug 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Vasquez M,
    • Thompson T,
    • Penman M,
    • Volkert A,
    • Brentnall J
  • GRANT
    Expansion and Diversification of the workforce - Allied Health Student Placements, people with disabilities and the NDIS project
    Department of Social Services5 May 2017
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Using TMS to identify and build leadership for quality learning in clinical health care teams
    Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST)1 Jan 2007
    People funded by this grant:
    • Le Couteur A,
    • O'Keefe M,
    • Miller J,
    • Burgess J,
    • Stupans I
  • GRANT
    Benchmarking clinical learning in speech pathology to support assessment, discipline standards, teaching innovation and student learning
    Australian Learning and Teaching Council1 Jan 2006
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lincoln M,
    • Ferguson A,
    • McAllister L,
    • McAllister L,
    • McAllister S
  • GRANT
    COMPASSâ„¢ Directions: Leading the integration of a competency based assessment tool in speech pathology learning and teaching
    Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST)1 Jan 2006
    People funded by this grant:
    • McAllister L,
    • McAllister S,
    • Lincoln M,
    • Ferguson A
  • GRANT
    National Competency Based Assessment Tool for Speech Pathology Students (2)
    Speech Pathology Australia1 Jan 2005
    People funded by this grant:
    • McAllister S,
    • Lincoln M
  • GRANT
    Establishing infrastructure and collaborative processes for cross-institutional benchmarking of student clinical performance in speech pathology
    Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC)
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hill A,
    • Lincoln M,
    • Davidson B,
    • McAllister S,
    • Ferguson A