Rate My Professor Eileen Giles

Senior Lecturer Eileen Giles serves as the Stream Coordinator of the Radiation Therapy Program in the School of Allied Health and Human Performance within the College of Health at Adelaide University. With a robust clinical background in radiation therapy, she holds a Master of Health Science in Medical Radiation Science (MHSc (MRS)) and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Radiation Therapy (BApSc (RT)). Her career emphasizes teaching excellence, scholarly research, and professional engagement in the field. Giles has earned four teaching awards, recognizing her innovative methods in clinical skill development that bridge theory and practice via experiential learning and simulation-based education. She actively participates in summative peer review of teaching and is an inaugural member of the Teaching Innovation Group. Additionally, she contributes to advisory panels in the radiation therapy profession and has co-supervised numerous Radiation Therapy Honours projects to completion.

Giles's research specializations encompass clinical assessment, clinical skill development, and interprofessional learning. She has forged national collaborations with radiation therapy educators to develop a national clinical assessment tool, introduce virtual reality training, and advance professional development modules for clinicians. Notable leadership roles include Project Leader for the National Radiation Therapy Student Clinical Assessment form project from 2007 to 2009, involving partnerships with Queensland University of Technology, RMIT University, University of Newcastle, Monash University, and University of Sydney, funded by the Department of Health and Ageing. She was also a Research Team Member for the Simulation in Radiation Science Curricula project commissioned by Health Workforce Australia, a UniSA project representative for a Department of Health and Ageing joint university grant from 2011 to 2014, and a Project Team Member for a Royal Adelaide Hospital Research Fund grant in 2012. Her influence extends through key publications such as Wood et al. (2025) 'Proton therapy patient selection methods and the impact of COVID-19: a cross-sectional international survey' in Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences; Zientara et al. (2022) 'A scoping review of patient selection methods for proton therapy'; Short and Giles (2021) 'Innovative strategies implemented by universities to support medical radiation science students during the COVID-19 pandemic'; Giles and Guerrero (2024) 'A simulated clinic to build interprofessional and authentic learning opportunities'; and earlier works like Giles (2014) 'How do medical radiation science educators keep up with the [clinical] Joneses?' and Dell'Oro et al. (2019) 'A retrospective dosimetric study of radiotherapy patients with left-sided breast cancer'. These contributions have significantly shaped radiation therapy education and clinical practice in Australia.