Biography
Associate Professor Jane Smith is a specialist GP and Academic Head of General Practice in the MD Program at Bond University. Her research interests have included: skin cancer, journal clubs, immunisation, medication use, antimicrobials and package size, chronic disease management and prevention, recurrent thrush, fever, medical education and assessment.
She has experience in both quantitative and qualitative research methods.
At Bond University, she created the GP curriculum and learning activities for the medical students to include aligned teaching, GP work place based activities and assessments.
Chairing the Bond University, Faculty of Health Science and Medicine, sustainability committee and teaching pre-intern medical students about becoming more environmentally sustainable in GP clinical practice was the inspiration for this presentation. She is also a co-author of Balancing the risks and benefits of sun exposure: A revised position statement for Australian adults, so able to present a summary of the recommendations if so desired.
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