Award for Teaching Excellence (ATE) - Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT) (2015–2018)
Abstract:
Synopsis - Craig Engstrom is an outstanding educator who teaches Exercise and Sports Medicine for
undergraduate and postgraduate students. His students learn that a team
effort is crucial for developing knowledge
and clinical practices to optimise the
healthcare of exercising individuals. Craig's leadership of multidisciplinary
teams of Australian and international
colleagues enhances the learning
and professional development of
his students. His exemplary scholarship supported by university, Office of Learning
and Teaching, and Health Workforce
Australia grants focuses on experiential
and interprofessional student learning
within community of practice environments. He uses these
avenues to advance the learning of his
students and, with his teams of clinical
and academic colleagues, disseminates
scholarly findings in higher-education
conferences and international pedagogy
journals to highlight successful
learning and teaching approaches
for students. His innovative work includes
the development of an online-video framework for eassessment as learning of practical skills, a multimodal web--tablet system for feedback on
student assignments, and interprofessional learning for exercise
physiology and medical student teams.
As a teacher and leader of Exercise
and Sports Medicine programs
developed with teams of national
and international colleagues, Craig
is dedicated to enhancing student
learning and ensuring students graduate
with well-developed capabilities to work
collaboratively in interprofessional teams.