ProfessorSue McAllister

Leadership Team: Dr Katherine Kelly (Southwest Sydney Local Health District), Prof Sarah Dennis, Ms Lisa Maxey (Western NSW Local Health District and Prof Sue McAllister (Co-Leads).

This project aims to develop transferable principles and strategies to build the capacity of the health workforce to provide safe and high quality health care to people who have communication disabilities. It is being co-designed with stakeholders using implementation science frameworks and project cycles to collect quantitative and qualitative evaluation data on project outcomes.

Assessment of workplace performance

Team: Dr Jacqui Raymond (Lead), The University of Sydney with A/Prof Rebecca Sealey, James Cook University; A/Prof Deborah Pascoe, Federation University; Professor Naumann, Queensland University of Technology and Prof Sue McAllister.

We are using a design-based methodology to identify key features and processes required to support valid judgement of workplace performance, using Kane’s argument based validity framework as a guide. The instance being investigated is assessment of exercise physiology students’ performance on placement across multiple universities and sites, with a view to developing a model that can usefully inform development of any assessment of workplace performance. Concepts such as the qualitative nature of assessment judgements, the role of assessment narratives and strengthening the role of assessment for learning are being explored.