Rate My Professor Tony Zaharic

Tony Zaharic serves as Associate Dean and Director of the Centre for Early Learning in Medicine (CELM) at the Otago Medical School within the Faculty of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin. He also holds the position of Associate Dean for Medical Admissions in the Division of Health Sciences. A biochemist with an MSc from the University of Otago, Zaharic previously worked as Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry, Division of Health Sciences. He has been involved with the Early Learning in Medicine programme since 2011. Zaharic is recognized for his exceptional teaching, characterized by storytelling, creative analogies to simplify complex concepts, and integration of planning, design, assessment, and evaluation to create stimulating learning environments. His achievements include the Otago University Students' Association Best Teacher Award in 2007, 2009, and 2010, and the Award for Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching from the 2011 AKO Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards. He consistently receives exceptionally high learner evaluations across lectures, laboratories, and tutorials.