Rate My Professor Bunmi Malau-Aduli

Professor Bunmi Malau-Aduli is Professor of Medical Education and founding Director of the Academy for Collaborative Health Interprofessional Education and Vibrant Excellence (ACHIEVE) within the Joint Medical Program, delivered jointly by the University of Newcastle and the University of New England, in the School of Medicine and Public Health. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science in Animal Science from Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, as well as Graduate Certificates in Management and University Learning and Teaching from the University of Tasmania. Possessing over 25 years of experience in research and teaching across Africa, Asia, and Australia, and 15 years specifically in medical education, her prior roles include positions at the University of Tasmania and James Cook University, where she served as Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching and Academic Lead for Assessment and Evaluation within the College of Medicine and Dentistry for four and eight years, respectively. She also holds adjunct professorships at the University of New England and James Cook University.

Professor Malau-Aduli's research focuses on medical education, assessment, evaluation, innovative teaching methods, quality assurance of clinical performance, and interprofessional collaboration in health professions education. She has produced over 200 research publications in high-impact peer-reviewed journals and secured $1,818,403 in research grants. Key works include the book Understanding Assessment in Medical Education through Quality Assurance (McGraw Hill Publishers, 2021), and articles such as "Examiners' decision-making processes in observation-based clinical examinations" (Medical Education, 2021), "Could You Work in My Team? Exploring How Professional Clinical Role Expectations Influence Decision-Making of Assessors During Exit-Level Medical School OSCEs" (Frontiers in Medicine, 2022), and "Twelve tips for final year medical students undertaking clinical assessment" (MedEdPublish, 2023). Her accolades encompass the 2014 James Cook University Teaching and Learning Academy Fellowship Award, 2012 University of Tasmania Teaching Merit Award, 2007 Excellent Paper Award from Wiley-Blackwell, and ranking in Elsevier’s World’s Top 2% Scientists. As co-founder and co-leader of the Australasian Collaboration for Clinical Assessment in Medicine (ACCLAiM)—a project involving 18 medical schools—she has supervised 25 research students to completion and contributes to editorial boards including as Associate Editor for BMC Medical Education, alongside roles on the McGraw Hill Medical Education Advisory Board and international conference presentations.