Fosters collaboration and teamwork.
Helps students develop critical skills.
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Professor Jennene Greenhill is the Chair of Discipline (Nursing) in the Faculty of Health at Southern Cross University. She commenced as Head of Nursing at the Gold Coast campus in February 2022. Greenhill holds a Diploma of Applied Science (Clinical Nursing Studies), Bachelor of Arts, Master of Social Planning and Development, and PhD, all from the University of Queensland. Previously, she was Associate Professor and Director of the Flinders University Rural Clinical School and Coordinator of the Masters in Clinical Education Program. As a nurse leader, she is passionate about socially accountable health professional education and research that benefits communities, particularly disadvantaged and rural populations. Her career emphasizes leadership in rural health education and workforce development.
Greenhill's academic interests and research specializations cover health workforce, mental health, rural health, clinical simulation, transformative learning theory, complexity theory, health services, change management and integration, general practice, and aged care. She possesses an international research profile focused on rural health workforce, transformative learning, and health service improvement in underserved communities, contributing to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Key publications include 'Outcomes of Australian rural clinical schools: a decade of success building the rural medical workforce through the education and training continuum' (Rural and Remote Health, 2015), 'Transformative learning in medical education: context matters, a South Australian longitudinal study' (Medical Education, 2017), 'Sim TRACT™: a strategy to promote transformative learning through simulation' (Simulation & Gaming, 2011), 'Towards an understanding of medical student resilience in longitudinal rural placements' (Academic Psychiatry, 2015), 'The Australian Rural Clinical School (RCS) program supports rural health workforce medical student recruitment onto the RCS program and rural workforce intentions' (Rural and Remote Health, 2019), and 'Person-Centred, Culturally Appropriate Music Intervention to Improve the Mental Wellbeing of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Older Adults Living with Dementia in Australian Residential Aged Care: Protocol for a Multimethods Prospective Study' (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023). She has received the Older People and Rural Health Best Researcher Award and is an Honorary Member of the Australia and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE). Her work influences health professions education, rural health policy, and practice.

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