Rate My Professor Denise Findlay

Dr Denise Findlay serves as a Senior Lecturer at Curtin Medical School, part of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University in Perth. She holds qualifications including MBBS, MEd, MET, and FRACGP. Her professional background encompasses roles as a general practitioner and medical educator in general practice training. Previously, as Director of Education at Western Australian General Practice Education and Training (WAGPET), she oversaw the development and coordination of education programs for doctors-in-training and supervisors. In this capacity, she chaired the Education Committee and contributed to various subcommittees, including the Curtin Aged Care Subcommittee. Findlay has also acted as unit coordinator for GMED1000 within Curtin Medical School and participated in the External Reference Board for the school.

Dr Findlay's academic interests center on medical education, innovative teaching models in clinical placements, competency-based simulation training for procedural skills, prescribing skills assessment, and wound prevention and management. She contributed to the Australian Standards for Wound Prevention and Management (4th edition, 2023). Key publications include co-authorship of 'Reflecting on Students' Experiences with Innovative Teaching Models in Clinical Placement: A Qualitative Study' (Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2025), 'Reflecting on Experiences of Senior Medical Students' External Clinical Teaching Visits in General Practice Placements: A Pilot Study' (2024), and 'Competency-Based Simulation Training for Procedural Skills' (Simulation in Healthcare, 2025). She served as lead researcher for a 2024 RACGP Education Research Grant project at Curtin University, collaborating with Prof Carole Steketee and others. Additional contributions encompass chapters on leg ulcers in Wound Management for the Advanced Practitioner and involvement in the ANZ Prescribing Skills Assessment.