Associate Professor Sonia Saluja
Head of MD Learning Hub
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Book Chapters
Saluja, Sonia and Keen-Dyer, Helen (2022). Enhancing online assessment quality through collaboration. Agile Learning Environments amid Disruption: Evaluating Academic Innovations in Higher Education during COVID-19. (pp. 585-599) edited by Md Golam Jamil and Dawn A. Morley. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-92979-4_36
Crawford, Elise G.C. and Saluja, Sonia (2016). Where’s My Parking Permit? Bringing New Staff Together as a Learning Community. Communities of Practice: Facilitating Social Learning in Higher Education. (pp. 471-504) edited by Jacquie McDonald and Aileen Cater-Steel. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-2879-3_23
Journal Articles
Fox, Jordan, Saluja, Sonia, Batacan, Romeo, Pullen, Candice, Yong, Faith and McGrail, Matthew (2024). Rural and metropolitan applicants' experiences of the admissions process for a provisional entry regional medical training pathway. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 33 (1) e13211, e13211. doi: 10.1111/ajr.13211
Fox, Jordan L., Batacan, Romeo, Saluja, Sonia, Pullen, Candice and McGrail, Matthew (2023). Experiences of rural and metropolitan background applicants in preparing for and completing a regionally focused multiple mini-interview for admission into a regional medical program. Education for Health, 36 (3), 116-122. doi: 10.4103/efh.efh_190_23
Heidke, Penny, Vandelanotte, Corneel, Irwin, Christopher, Williams, Susan, Saluja, Sonia and Khalesi, Saman (2021). Associations between health-related quality of life and health behaviors in Australian nursing students. Nursing & Health Sciences, 23 (2), 477-489. doi: 10.1111/nhs.12832
Williams, Susan L., Vandelanotte, Corneel, Irwin, Christopher, Bellissimo, Nick, Heidke, Penny, Saluja, Sonia, Saito, Amornrat and Khalesi, Saman (2019). Association between dietary patterns and sociodemographics: A cross-sectional study of Australian nursing students. Nursing & Health Sciences, 22 (1), 38-48. doi: 10.1111/nhs.12643
O'Meara, Lydia, Williams, Susan L., Ames, Kate, Lawson, Celeste, Saluja, Sonia and Vandelanotte, Corneel (2019). Low Health Literacy Is Associated With Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes in a Nonclinical Population. Diabetes Educator, 45 (4), 431-441. doi: 10.1177/0145721719857548
Khalesi, Saman, Johnson, David Wayne, Campbell, Katrin, Williams, Susan, Fenning, Andrew, Saluja, Sonia and Irwin, Christopher (2017). Effect of probiotics and synbiotics consumption on serum concentrations of liver function test enzymes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Nutrition, 57 (6), 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s00394-017-1568-y
Conference Papers
Fox, Jordan, Saluja, Sonia, McGrail, Matthew, Batacan, Romeo, Pullen, Candice and Young, Faith (2024). Applicant experiences of the admissions process for a regional medical pathway. Rural Medicine Australia 2024, Darwin, NT Australia, 23 - 26 October 2024.
Saluja, Sonia (2024). Are we the guinea pigs?’: Investigating students’ perceptions and experiences in selecting a new Regional Medical Program’.. Ottawa 2024 - AMEE, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 24 - 28 February 2024.
Fox, Jordan, Saluja, Sonia, Batacan, Romeo, Pullen, Candice and McGrail, Matthew (2023). Regionally focussed multiple mini-interviews for medical school selection. Rural Medicine Australia 2023, Hobart, TAS Australia, 18 - 21 October 2023.
Saluja, Sonia and Batacan, Romeo (2023). Neuroscience can be easy to understand: How the use of innovative assessment design transformed student learning. Australia and New Zealand Association of Health Professional Educators, Gold Coast, Queensland, 27-29 June 2023.
Pullen, Candice, Batacan, Romeo, Saluja, Sonia, Fox, Jordan L., McGrail, Matthew, Harris, Lois R., Vanderburg, Michelle A., Brown, Tegan and Ainsworth, Rod (2023). Being the first ones: student perceptions of a new regional medical pathway. 2023 ANZAHPE Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 26 - 29 June 2023.
Batacan, Romeo and Saluja, Sonia (2023). Redesigning a pathophysiology unit to promote active learning in a blended learning environment. Australia and New Zealand Association of Health Professional Educators, Gold Coast, Queensland, 27-29 June 2023.
Ramlogan-Steel, Charmaine and Saluja, Sonia (2023). Using a flipped laboratory strategy to improve student engagement and to create equity in multidisciplinary, multimodal, Anatomy and Physiology units. Australia and New Zealand Association of Health Professional Educators, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 26 - 29 June 2023.
Saluja, Sonia and Keen-Dyer, Helen (2022). Collaboration as a mechanism for surviving, and thriving in the face of disruption. ANZAHPE Festival 2022, Virtual, 11, 13 and 19 July 2022.
Batacan, Romeo and Saluja, Sonia (2022). Using neuroscience case scenarios to assess clinical concepts in an online environment. Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference 2022, Newcastle, United Kingdom, 5 - 7 July 2022.
Saluja, Sonia and Shepherd, Nicole (2022). Developing home grown doctors: A partnership for provisional entry in the Regional Medical Pathway. 2022 ANZAHPE Festival, Virtual, 11, 13 and 19 July 2022.
Saluja, Sonia and Keen-Dyer, Helen (2020). Flipping the switch: disruption as a catalyst for enhancing collaboration and quality. Council of Australasian University Leaders in Learning and Teaching Conference, Virtual, 12 November 2020.
Saluja, Sonia and Keen-Dyer, Helen (2020). Learning in lockdown: harnessing disruption to enhance quality and collaboration. Scholarship of Tertiary Teaching Online Conference, Virtual, 14 October 2020. CQ University.
Saluja, Sonia (2020). Focus on the future: developing effective learning environments to take the ‘distance’ out of distance learning. Australia and New Zealand Association of Health Professional Educators, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 12 - 15 July 2020.
Saluja, Sonia (2020). Being the clinical detective: solving neuroscience cases. Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference, Online conference, 7 July 2020.
Saluja, Sonia (2019). A home grown medical workforce. Wide Bay Health Symposium 2019: Thinking innovatively in collaborative health care practice, Bundaberg, QLD, Australia, 18 -19 September 2019.
Saluja, Sonia (2016). How LabTutor helped students enjoy neuroscience. Blended Learning in Labs and Lessons Symposium 2016, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 8 December 2016.
Saluja, Sonia (2015). Linking theory to practice - development of clinical case scenarios as a common assessment tool for multiple health professions studying neuroscience. 2015 ANZAHPE Conference, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 29 - 31 March 2015.