Rate My Professor Miriam Grotowski

Dr. Miriam Grotowski is a Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health in Tamworth, Australia, where she also serves as Acting Clinical Dean - Peel. She graduated from the University of Newcastle in 1989 with a Bachelor of Medicine, completed her Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 1995 and was awarded Life Membership in 2024, and earned a Master of Medical Education with Distinction from the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom in 2020. She holds a Diploma in Shared Care Psychiatry from the NSW Institute of Psychiatry. For more than 30 years, Dr. Grotowski has maintained a general practice in Tamworth, working as a Visiting Medical Officer at Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital. She was one of three part-time female founders of the Smith Street GP Practice, which was named NSW Practice of the Year in 2003 and received a national award for Best Patient Outcomes in 2025.

In her academic role, Dr. Grotowski mentors and supervises medical students, junior doctors, and GP registrars training in the Tamworth region. She has served as an examiner for the FRACGP for over 15 years, facilitates the Certificate of Clinical Supervision, and co-created and facilitates the GP Certificate of Supervision and Teaching. Her research interests focus on medical student well-being, professionalism, medical education, clinical reasoning, and feedback. Notable publications include the book chapter 'Collaborating with Colleagues Across Distances' (2016), 'Caring for Patients Who Have Sexually Transmitted Infections: Getting the team on board' (2014), 'Interprofessional Relationships in Healthcare Practice' (2014), and 'Self Management: Managing yourself as a Physiotherapist' (2008). She has co-authored numerous conference presentations, such as 'Navigating Professionalism Integration in a revised Medical Degree' (2022), 'The challenges of providing Continuing Professional Development (CPD) / Faculty development for clinical teachers in a changing environment' (2022), and 'Undergraduate psychiatry simulation in rural healthcare: An inter-professional collaboration pilot project' (2024).