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Ms Kara Gilbert
BA (Languages) (Hons 1st class) Monash University


Lecturer, Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching (CALT)
Associate, Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education (CMHSE)
PhD candidate, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (SLCL)

Currently seconded as: Project Manager, Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education)

Phone +61 3 9905 5139
Mobile +61 (0)432 019 649
Fax +61 3 9905 4784
Email Kara.Gilbert@adm.monash.edu.au
Kara.Gilbert@calt.monash.edu.au
Kara.Gilbert@med.monash.edu.au
Office Room B24 Building 3A, Clayton Campus
Kara Gilbert

Profile

My background in Medicine and Linguistics provides inspiration for my teaching and cross-disciplinary research interests. In previous appointments at Monash University, I worked in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and at The Victorian College of Pharmacy where I was responsible for the design and delivery of language and academic skills support programs to undergraduate and postgraduate students and implementing strategies for 'at risk' student diagnosis and support. More recently, I have focused on quality assurance in higher education by supporting improvement in key areas of learning and teaching identified through university monitoring and review processes. I am currently seconded to the position of Project Manager in the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education). I am also close to completing my doctoral thesis, entitled 'Argumentation in academic (con)texts'.

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Awards:

  • Australian and New Zealand Association of Medical Education (ANZAME) 2008 Research Award $2,500. For project entitled: The Feedback Loop - Linking Teaching, Learning and University Evaluations in Improvement Strategies for Medicine and the Health Sciences. Recipients: Gilbert K and Williams B
  • Monash Research Fund Travel Grant Award 2004 ($1,000). Support for travel to the Second Tokyo Conference on Argumentation sponsored by the Japan Debate Association and Tsuda University. Tokyo, Japan, August 3-5, 2004.

Publications:

Book chapters

  • Gilbert, K. (2007). The socio-cognitive complexity of learning to argue in disciplinary (con)texts. In Marriott, H., T. Moore & R. Spence-Brown (Eds.), Learning Discourses and the Discourses of Learning, Monash University E-Press, pp. 5.1-5.18. DOI: 10.2104/Id070005
  • Gilbert, K. (2005). Argumentation in students’ academic discourse.  In David Hitchcock (Ed.), The Uses of Argument: Proceedings of a Conference at McMaster University, 18-21 May 2005. Ontario: Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), ISBN 0-9683461-4-6, pp.129-138.

Journal articles (refereed)

  • Gilbert, K., Bird, B. and Jolly, B. (submitted for review June 2009). An International Medical Graduate Curriculum: Setting national standards in IMG training and support.
  • Gilbert, K. (in-press). Applications of discourse analysis in medical education: A case of the oral case presentation.  Monash University Linguistics Papers (MULP), 6(2).
  • Gilbert, K. (2005). Methodology in writing research: Towards a socio-cognitive analysis of argumentation in students’ academic discourse. Transcultures Vol. 1, pp.23-38.
  • Gilbert, K. (2004). A comparison of argument structures in L1 and L2
    student writing. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 14 (1), pp.55-75.

Conference proceedings (refereed)

Conference proceedings (non-refereed)

  • Gilbert, K. (2004). The sociocognitive complexity of argument construction: An investigation of Australian and Japanese students' academic writing in English. In T. Suzuki, Y. Yano and T. Kato (eds.) Proceedings of the 2nd Tokyo Conference on Argumentation, Tokyo: The Japan Debate Association, pp.52-58.

Other publications

  • Gilbert, K. (1991). Female athletes. Peak performance: Does the end justify the means? Speculum, no. 186 July 1991. Melbourne: Medical Students’ Society, University of Melbourne, p. 25.

Educational Resources Development and Publications

  • Gilbert, K., Molloy E. and Williams, B. (to be released in July 2009). The Feedback Tool Kit. Poster and CD-ROM of educational resources developed as part of a unit improvement project in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University.
  • Gilbert, K. (2004). Writing in Psychological Medicine: The written case report. Developed content and materials in consultation with MED4071 unit coordinators for Monash University’s  Language and Learning Online (Writing in Medicine).  Released 2006. Available at: http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/lls/llonline/writing/medicine/psychology/index.xml

Media and online releases

Invited lectures and workshops

  • Invited lecture. Gilbert, K. Supporting International Medical Undergraduates (IMUGs): A Focus on Language, Communication and Culture in the Development of Professional Competency.  Meeting of the Centre for Educational Scholarship, Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow. Honorarium provided by the Centre for Educational Scholarship. United Kingdom. 23 June 2009.
  • Invited lecture. Gilbert, K. Analysing communication using the Clinical Communication Skills Rubric (CCSR). Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan. Honorarium provided by the Medical Education Center Gifu University. Gifu, Japan. 20 January 2009.

Research Funding/Grants

  • The Feedback Tool Kit. Poster and CD-ROM of educational resources, 2009.  Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, $4, 500. Project Team: Gilbert K, Molloy E, Williams B
  • The Real Challenges of International Medical Graduates’ Induction into Australia’s Medical Workforce: A Victorian Public Hospital Perspective. Department of Human Services Project, 2009, $125,000. Investigators: Jolly B, Bird B, Gilbert K, Wenzel J and Kelly L in collaboration with Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria (PMCV) and Southern Health
  • Developing agentic professionals through practice-based pedagogies. Australian Learning and Teaching Council (formerly the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education) Research Fellowship (led by Professor Stephen Billet, Griffith University) 2008. $83 000. Project advisor to Preparing undergraduate nursing students for their professional role Investigators: Newton J, Jolly B,  McKenna L
  • Difficulties faced by International Medical Graduates in the VMA training program. Victorian Metropolitan Alliance Grant, 2007, $80,000. Investigators:Kiegaldie D, Spike N, Jolly B, Gilbert K, Bird B.
  • Leadership for Implementing Improvements in the Learning and Teaching Quality Cycle: Leading Excellence. Australian Learning and Teaching Council (formerly the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education) Excellence in Learning and Teaching Program Project 2006 – 2008, $190,820. Project Leader: Dr Lorainne Bennett, Monash University; Project Team:
    Gilbert K    , Johnson P, Lueckenhausen G, Maxwell O, Pittard N, Santhanam E, Spratt C, Taib A and Wayland C
  • Intercultural oral examinations in medicine: Understanding the communicative skills of international medical graduates (IMGs) in Australian objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs).  Arts-Medicine Small Grant Scheme, 2006, $10,000. Investigators: Cordella M, Spike N, Gilbert K, Whyte G, McGrath B, Wass V
  • Contact Competence – Reconceptualizing theories for second language learning and academic discourse acquisition.  School of Languages,Cultures and Linguistics Research Cluster Grant Scheme, 2005, $20,000. Investigators: Marriott H, Durel P, Cho Y, Moore T, Spence-Brown R, Yoshimitsu K, Gilbert K, Kurata N, Masuda Y

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