Rate My Professor Sophie Paynter

Her research centers on sustainable education and assessment practices in health professions education, predictors of clinical performance, student selection processes, professionalism in health professions education, and fostering self-regulated learning skills. Notable publications include 'Career intentions and satisfaction influences in early career Australian physiotherapists' (Paynter et al., Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 2024), 'Do personal and behavioural characteristics of physiotherapy students predict performance during training and course completion?' (Paynter et al., BMC Medical Education, 2023), 'An investigation of the predictive validity of selection tools on performance in physiotherapy training in Australia' (Paynter et al., Physiotherapy, 2022), 'Setting priorities for health education research: A mixed methods study' (Palermo et al., Medical Teacher, 2019), and contributions to studies on the economic costs of failure in clinical education (2017) and remote-online case-based learning. Paynter has presented at conferences such as the International Selection in the Health Professions Conference and participated in Monash University's health professional education research priority setting project. She is a member of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professions Educators and formerly served on the Item Writing Panel for the Australian Physiotherapy Council assessment (2016-2017). Her scholarship has accumulated over 300 citations, contributing to advancements in physiotherapy education and training outcomes.