Dr Tanisha Jowsey

Research interests

Professional biography

Tanisha Jowsey joined Bond University in 2022 as Associate Professor of Medical Education and Professionalism. She is a social scientist with extensive experience in health professions research and teaching. Tanisha has an international reputation in health services research concerning patients' experiences with chronic illness, communication and teamwork among healthcare professionals, and student learning in the health professions. Tanisha’s research has been used to inform healthcare policies by the World Health Oganization (WHO) and the UK National Institute for Clinical Evidence (NICE). She has over 140 published works, including books, community reports, >80 peer-reviewed publications, and 12 ethnographic and autoethnographic documentary films. Tanisha has designed and facilitated successful curricula for multiple international tertiary education settings in New Zealand, Australia, and China.

Professional admissions

• ANZ Association for Health Professions Education (ANZAHPE) – Fellow
• Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand Inc (Medical Deans) - member
• Association for Visual Pedagogies (international) - member
• Society of Medical Anthropology in Aotearoa, - member

Prior professional admissions

• Agency for Clinical Innovation: international theatre cap challenge group 2016 – 2022 - member
• Auckland Deaf Society, 2017 – 2022 - member
• Indigenous Health Interest Group, Australian National University, 2008 – 2020 - member
• Health Care Consumers Australia, ACT, 2009 – 2022 - member
• Grounded Theory Research Group, University of Auckland, 2015 – 2022 - member
• Visual Anthropology, Australian National University 2015 – 2022 - member

Areas of Expertise - Education

• Educational designCurriculum developmentHealth professions education
• Faculty development
• Constructivism for interactive learning
• Gameful learning
• Professional identity formation
• Inclusive education & Universal design
• Artificial Intelligence in higher education
• Dis/ability Studies
• Cultural Safety / humility / competence
• Teaching Humanities & Social Science
• Education research

 Areas of Expertise – Public Health

• Patient and informal carer experience
• Care navigation and co-ordination in Australia
• Social justice

• Disability studies
• Marginalised voices
• Access and equity
• Cultural Safety / humility / competence
• Planetary health

• Multi-morbidity
• Older adults
• Death and dying
• Public Health research

Areas of Expertise – Social Science

• Phenomenology
• Ethnography
• Grounded Theory
• Reflexive Thematic Analysis
• Mixed Methods
• Visual representations
• Anthropology of time
• Artificial Intelligence issues
• Medical Anthropology

• Chronic illness
• Anaesthesiology
• Cancer

Areas of primary interest and activity at the moment:

Constructivism for interactive learning & Gameful learning; Professional identity formation; Social justice – Cultural safety and Planetary health; Phenomenology – patient experience.

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Australian National University, Australia

Master of Arts (MA), University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours (BA hons), University of Canterbury, New Zealand