Associate Professor Michaela Kelly
Deputy Head GPCU, Joint Lead Teaching & Learning, Joint GP Course Coordinator
Associate Professor
General Practice Clinical Unit
Theme Lead, Partner and Team Player
Academy for Medical Education
+61 7 336 55002
Michaela is a medical graduate of The University of Queensland and a general practitioner with a specific interest in aged care. She is interested in the health and well-being needs of older people, multi-morbidity, rehabilitation within aged care, palliative care and the ethical issues surrounding the medical care of elderly people. Michaela has been teaching medical students at UQ since 2010 and currently is a year two case-based learning tutor, the academic coordinator for the Medicine in Society course and the ‘Partner and Team Player’ theme lead for the new MD program. Michaela completed a Master of Clinical Education in 2017 and contributes to the work of the RACGP in the development of guidelines for general practice care of older patients and standards for Aged Care. Her interests in medical education include narrative medicine, exploring vulnerability of patients, medical students, and doctors, providing opportunities for students to share and compare their experiences of patients and the clinical environment, and interprofessional learning.
Books
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, GPRAC Working Group, Acland, Louise, Bollen, Jane, Kelly, Michaela, Lau, Kin, Menz, Robert and Smith, Aline (2023). Standards for general practice residential aged care. East Melbourne, Vic, Australia: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Morton, Rawlin, Jones, Frank R., Pond, Dimity, Gowan, Jenny, Lim, David, Wallett, Troye, Kelly, Michaela, Ruth, Denise and Dawda, Paresh (2020). RACGP Aged Care Clinical Guide (Silver Book) Part C: Organisational approaches to aged care. 5th ed. Online: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Rawlin, Morton, Jones, Frank, Pond, Dimity, Gowan, Jenny, Lim, David, Wallett, Troye, Kelly, Michaela, Ruth, Denise and Dawda, Paresh (2020). RACGP aged care clinical guide (Silver Book) Part B: General approaches to aged care. 5th ed. Online: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Rawlin, Morton, Jones, Frank R., Pond, Dimity, Gowan, Jenny, Lim, David, Wallett, Troye, Kelly, Michaela, Ruth, Denise and Dawda, Paresh (2019). RACGP aged care clinical guide (Silver Book) Part A: Common clinical conditions in aged care. 5th ed. Online: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Clinical Practice Improvement Committee of the ANZSBT, Borosak, Marija, Carnell, Janine, Donegan, Rachel, Kelly, Michaela, O’Beid, Penny, Parker, Barbara, Pinchon, Deborah, Russell, Sandra and Webb, Christine (2018). Guidelines for the administration of blood products. 3rd ed. Sydney, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion.
Journal Articles
Kelly, Michaela, Sturman, Nancy, Green, Alison, Ryan, Cherri, Shirley, Beth, Chau, Annabel, Preston, Scott and Jackson, Claire (2024). Wanted: Nearer peers for teaching and learning in general practice. Australian Journal of General Practice, 52 (12 Supplement), S98-S100. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-04-24-7235
Sturman, Nancy Jennifer, MItchell, Benjamin, Jennings, Warren, Kelly, Michaela, O'Reilly, Joanne Margaret and King, David (2023). Work-based feedback conversations with GP teachers. The Clinical Teacher, 20 (3) e13576, 1-7. doi: 10.1111/tct.13576
Kelly, Michaela, Lynch, Johanna, Mainstone, Penny, Green, Alison and Sturman, Nancy (2022). ‘Things we are expected to just do and deal with’: Using the medical humanities to encourage reflection on vulnerability and nurture clinical skills, collegiality, compassion, and self-care. Perspectives on Medical Education, 11 (5), 300-304. doi: 10.1007/s40037-022-00724-w
Kelly, Michaela, Sturman, Nancy and Pakchung, David (2020). Teaching and learning in general practice: ethical and legal considerations for GP teachers and medical students. Medical Journal of Australia, 212 (9), 403-405.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50593
Deckx, Laura, Mitchell, Geoffrey, Rosenberg, John, Kelly, Michaela, Carmont, Sue-Ann and Yates, Patsy (2019). General practitioners’ engagement in end-of-life care: a semi-structured interview study. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 14 (E1), bmjspcare-2019. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-001817
Kelly, Michaela, Ryan, Anna, Henderson, Margaret, Hegerty, Hannah and Delany, Clare (2018). Students designing assessment for future practice. MedEdPublish, 7 (3), 121. doi: 10.15694/mep.2018.0000121.1
Kelly, Michaela (2018). Using 'Padlet' (or other electronic bulletin boards) to enhance the visibility of clinical reasoning in small group teaching. MedEdPublish, 7 (1), 46. doi: 10.15694/mep.2018.0000046.1
Conference Papers
Ryan, Cherri, Kelly, Michaela, Green, Alison, Shirley, Beth, Chau, Annabel, Melville, Rory, Jackson, Claire, Preston, Scott and Sturman, Nancy (2024). Near-peer teaching in general practice: more than one way to solve a problem. ANZAHPE, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 1-4 July 2024.
Jayatillake, Shane, Kalansuriya, Dineli, Delisser, Shane, Green, Alison and Kelly, Michaela (2024). Over the rainbow - skies aren't blue! Medical student experiences of LGBTQIASB+ content in the curriculum and microaggressions in the clinical workplace. ANZAHPE, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 1-4 July 2024.
Kelly, Michaela, Green, Alison, Lynch, Johanna, Mainstone, Penny and Sturman, Nancy (2023). Vulnerability in Medicine Tutorials - minimising power differentials, building relationships and championing self-care.. ANZAHPE -Turning Tides - Navigating the Opportunities 2023, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 26-29 June 2023.
Kelly, Michaela (2022). The other aspects that make up me: how curriculum can encourage students to contemplate themselves and their experiences in a safe, supportive environment. MD Curriculum Carnivale 2022, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 1 - 2 December 2022 .
Kelly, Michaela, Lynch, Johanna, Green, Alison, Mainstone, P., Eastgate, Gillian and Sturman, Nancy (2021). When worlds collide: exploring vulnerability in patients, medical students and doctors. ANZAHPE 2021 Moving Forward in Ambiguity, Online, July 2021.
Kelly, Michaela (2020). Killing two birds with one stone - enhancing student engagement in lectures and providing feedback to clinician lecturers (Lightning Talk). In: ANZAHPE 2020 Vision for Learning Cultures Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, (). 12-15 July 2020.
Kelly, Michaela, Lynch, Johanna, Green, Alison and Sturman, Nancy (2020). Getting to the heart of the matter: exploring vulnerability in patients, medical students and doctors. ANZAHPE 2020 Vision for Learning Cultures Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 12-15 July 2020.
Jennings, Warren, Mitchell, Ben, Kelly, Michaela, Henderson, Margaret, O'Reilly, Jo, King, David and Sturman, Nancy (2019). “Something to work on as you go”?: feedback conversations following work-based assessment in general practice. ANZAHPE 2019, Canberra, ACT, Australia , 1-4 July 2019.
Kelly, Michaela, Mitchell, Benjamin, Jennings, Warren , Henderson, Margaret , King, David , O'Reilly, J. and Sturman, Nancy (2019). Assessment on the run: acceptability and feasibility of medical student work-based assessment in general practice placements. ANZAHPE 2019, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 1-4 July 2019.
Chiu, Hedva, Turner, Cynthia, Green, Louise, Green, Alison, Kelly, Michaela and Sturman, Nancy (2019). Student curation of learning activities and resources (SCOLAR). ANZAHPE 2019, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 1-4 July 2019.
Darlington, Sharon, Kelly, Michaela, Sturman, Nancy and McGrath, Dominic (2018). “It could be used for … revenge”: clinician tutors’ initial perceptions of virtual peer observation of teaching. ANZAHPE 2018 Sustainability for Health Professions Education, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 1-4 July 2018. Hobart, TAS, Australia: ANZAHPE 2018 Conference.
Mitchell, Geoffrey, Deckx, Laura, Rosenberg, John, Kelly, Michaela, Carmont, Sue-Ann and Yates, Patsy (2018). Understanding the General Practitioner’s Clinical Recognition of Impending End of Life and Subsequent Clinical Practice: A Qualitative Study. 10th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), Bern, Switzerland, 24 - 26 May 2018. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/0269216318769196
Kelly, Michaela, Henderson, Margaret, Hegerty, Hannah, Delany, Clare and Ryan, Anna (2018). Flipping the taxonomy: an evaluation of the learning and assessment experience of student-developed multiple choice questions. ANZAHPE 2018 Sustainability for Health Professions Education, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 1-4 July 2018. Hobart, TAS, Australia: ANZAHPE 2018 Conference.
Allanson, Jodee and Kelly, Michaela (2017). Mindfulness into compassionate care- a program designed for second year medical students and staff. UQ Compassion Symposium, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 22- 23 September 2017.
Kelly, Michaela, Henderson, Margaret, Hegerty, Hannah, Delany, Clare and Ryan, Anna (2017). 'Oh, I need to re-read that': an evaluation of the learning and assessment experience of student-developed multiple-choice questions. Clinical Education Showcase University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia,
Kelly, Michaela, Darlington, Sharon, McGrath, Dom and Sturman, Nancy (2017). PIVOTAL experiences: Partnerships in Virtual Observation of Teaching and Learning. Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Education (ANZAHPE) 2017 Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 11-14 July 2017.
Kelly, Michaela and Chick, Pam (2015). The Peer Observation Teaching Partnership. 2015 Teaching and Learning Conference - Celebrating Diversity in Teaching and Learning, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6 November 2015. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland School of Medicine.
Smith, Tammy, Kelleher, Mary, Fraser, James, Clarkson, Janet, Green, Lousie, Fitzgerald, Jenny, Ryan, Cherri, Kelly, Michaela and Darlington, Sharon (2015). Perceptions of the case-based learning model by year 2 MBBS students. UQ School of Medicine Learning & Teaching Conference: 2015, Herston, Brisbane, Australia, 6 November 2015.
Kelly, Michaela, Sturman, Nancy, Dick, Marie-Louise and Moore, Drew (2015). Becoming Mindful of Mindfulness- enhancing third year medical students understanding of the value of mindfulness for patients and self-care. 2015 Teaching and Learning Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6 November 2015. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, School of Medicine.
Gutta, Naadir, Hodges, Georgina, Kelly, Michaela, Phillips, Leah, Bryant, Stewart J., Pahn, Gail, Goodison, Kathryn, Mraz, Grant, Holdsworth, Rhonda and Baidya, Shoma (2013). Transfusion-related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI): a review of current literature and presentation of reported TRALI cases in Queensland between 1999-January 2013. HAA 2013 Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 20-23 October 2013.