Medical School

Dr Cherri Ryan

Clinical Senior Lecturer (GP Liaison)
General Practice Clinical Unit
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Dr Cherri Ryan (née Willemse) is a Senior Lecturer, with over 20 years' experience in facilitating collaborative learning in the fields of undergraduate and post-graduate medical education. Dr Ryan completed a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, and a Graduate Certificate in Health Studies (Community Child & Adolescent Health), through the University of Queensland, then specialised in General Practice, obtaining Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2001. Dr Ryan worked in clinical medicine for 17 years, before focussing on education and writing. Dr Ryan’s special interests include the design, implementation and continuous improvement of effective medical education, children’s health, and respiratory health. She has worked with non-profit organisations, including Asthma Australia and Lung Foundation Australia, completing a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, and delivering education to a broader audience. She has also been a health columnist for a business magazine and is an author of children’s stories and junior non-fiction.

Publications

Conference Papers (7)

Conference Papers

Darlington, Sharon and Ryan, Cherri (2018). Sustaining Deep Learning: If a CBL model is good for our students should we use it to train our tutors too?. Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators 2018 Conference, Hobart, Australia, 1-4 July 2018.
Ryan, Cherri, Chong, Michelle, Clarkson, Janet, Darlington, Sharon, Green, Louise and Smith, Tammy (2017). Transition to Clinical Rotations: A capstone pre-clinical semester. Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Education (ANZAHPE) 2017 Conference, Adelaide Convention Centre Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 11-14 July 2017.
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.
Darlington, Sharon, Ryan, Cherri, Clarkson, Janet and Smith, Tammy (2015). Using CBL to teach CBL. The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Learning and Teaching Innovations Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 6 November 2015.
Smith, Tammy, Ryan, Cherri, Fraser, James, Clark, Paul and Buntine, Penelope (2015). Using responseware to engage students in large clases. UQ School of Medicine Learning & Teaching Conference: 2015, Brisbane, 6 November 2015.
Clarkson, Janet, Fraser, James, Green, Louise, Kelleher, Mary, Ryan, Cherri, Singh, Narendra and Smith, Tammy (2014). CBL in the MD: evolution of a small group model. Teaching and Learning Innovations Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 31 October 2014.
Robinson, Lynn, Frossard, Laurent, Ryan, Cherri, Cruickshank, Nina and Hendy, Robert (2008). Designing CPD for impact: a decade of designed based research and development. International Association Medical Education Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 30 August - 3 September 2008.