Rate My Professor Anna Phillips

Dr Anna Phillips is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Allied Health and Human Performance, College of Health, at Adelaide University. Holding a PhD in Health Sciences from the University of South Australia (2015), a Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) in Physiotherapy (1997), and a Bachelor of Physiotherapy (1996), she brings over 29 years of experience focused on clinical education and physiotherapy practice. Since 2011, she has been a Senior Lecturer and course coordinator for Acute Care (REHB 3005) and the fourth-year undergraduate physiotherapy program. She also works clinically as a Senior Physiotherapist in the Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital since 2018. Her teaching strengths include student engagement, simulation-based learning, physiotherapy practice, clinical education, supervision, and work-integrated teaching. Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD students, she currently principal supervises a PhD on integrating climate change and environmental sustainability into allied health education and co-supervises a Master's on communities of practice for allied health clinical educators.

Phillips specializes in improving research reporting quality in education, clinical education experiences, student readiness for clinical placements, and physiotherapy work readiness. A major contribution is the development and validation of the Guideline for Reporting Evidence-based practice Educational interventions and Teaching (GREET) published in BMC Medical Education (2016), preceded by systematic reviews, Delphi surveys, and a protocol (2013-2014). The GREET is available in Japanese and on the EQUATOR network. Other key publications include 'Developing physiotherapy student safety skills in readiness for clinical placement using standardised patients compared with peer-role play: A pilot non-randomised controlled trial' (BMC Medical Education, 2017) and 'A comparison of electronic and paper-based clinical skills assessment: Systematic review' (Medical Teacher, 2019). She received the 2024 Allied Health and Human Performance Innovation Award, commendations for sustained excellence in teaching (2022, 2023), and the University Medal (2004). As Associate Editor of BMC Medical Education since 2020, she contributes to editorial processes. Professional involvements include memberships in the Australian Physiotherapy Association, Australian Society for Simulation in Health Care, and Clinical Education Managers Australia and New Zealand, plus collaborations with universities such as Sydney and Curtin on student readiness and assessment tools. A current project develops resources for novice health professionals, funded by a $20,000 University of South Australia grant.