Rate My Professor Prue Munro

Prue Munro is a Lecturer in the Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University. She is the Unit Co-ordinator of PTY2031, a 24 credit point unit focusing on cardiorespiratory physiotherapy undertaken by students in Year 2 of the Bachelor of Physiotherapy program. Prue has extensive experience in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy with almost 30 years of combined experience in clinical practice, education and research. Prior to joining Monash University, she was Senior Clinician Physiotherapist in Heart and Lung Transplantation and Respiratory Medicine at The Alfred in Melbourne. Prue holds a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from La Trobe University, awarded in 1993, and a Graduate Diploma in Health Management from the University of New England (Australia), awarded in 1999. She is a contributing author of the seminal textbook Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy: Adults and Paediatrics, 5th edition (Elsevier, 2016).

Her expertise encompasses physiotherapy, pulmonary rehabilitation, health professions education, lung transplantation, lung volume reduction surgery, and chronic respiratory disease. Key publications include 'Background and Self-selected Music Listening in Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs' (Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal, 2024), 'The Effect of Music Listening during Pulmonary or Cardiac Rehabilitation on Clinical Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis' (Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal, 2023), 'The role of manual therapy in patients with COPD' (Healthcare, 2019), and 'Developing a paediatric lung transplantation programme in an adult hospital' (Transplant Nurses' Journal, 2009). Munro received the Dean's Award for Excellence and the Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence - Diversity and Inclusion, both in 2017. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association and the Australian and New Zealand Allied Health Professional Education Association. Munro has held honorary leadership roles in the Australian Physiotherapy Association Cardiorespiratory Group as Victorian Chair, National Committee member, National Advisory Council representative, and Convenor of the 9th National Cardiothoracic Physiotherapy Conference. She has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences and has taught postgraduate workshops in Australia, China, USA, and Turkey. Since 2009, she has served as an Assessor for the Australian Physiotherapy Council.