The University of Western Australia

W/Prof Fiona Lake

Head of School/Winthrop Professor
School of Medicine and Pharmacology

Contact details

Address

School of Medicine and Pharmacology
The University of Western Australia (M503)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

9346 2248 / 9346 3928

Fax

9346 2816

Email

fiona.lake@uwa.edu.au

Qualifications

MD W.Aust., FRACP

Biography

Fiona Lake holds the Eric Saint Chair in Medicine at UWA, based at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital where she is a respiratory physician with an interest in interstitial lung disease and management of COPD. Her academic interest is in medical education, in improving the clinical learning environment. With colleagues she has developed workshops in disciplines of medicine, nursing, dentistry, allied health and veterinarian science called “Teaching on the Run” (http://totr.meddent.uwa.edu.au/), as well as workshops for trainees called “Learning on the Run”, all aimed to improve clinical learning and supervision.

Key research

Medical Education

- Learning in Clinical Settings (Learning on the Run)

- Staff Development (Teaching on the Run TOTR)

- Clinical reasoning

- Inter-professional education

- Staff development for clinicians in Vietnam

Respiratory Medicine

- Interstitial Lung Disease

- COPD

Publications

•Lake FR. Interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis. 1998. Up To Date. (CDROM Chapter). (Latest revision 2008).
•Lake FR. Getting an Education in Surviving and Thriving as a Junior Doctor. Editor: Jo Burnand; Elsevier, 2007
•Lake F. Teaching in Clinical Settings. In A Manual of Simulation in Healthcare. Ed Richard Riley. Oxford University Press. 2008.
•Lake FR, Landau L.Training our prevocational doctors. Med J Aust. 2007;186:112-3.
•Lake F. Med Ed registrars: new thoughts on old problems. Med JA. 2007;186:432.
•Playford D, Towler S, Blackwell S, Lake F, et al. Health Professional Education: Perpetuating Obsolescence? Aust Health Review. 2008; 32:6.
•Musk AW, James AL, Palmer LJ, Ryan GF, Lake F, Golledge CL, De Klerk NH. Respiratory infections and lung function in an Australian Aboriginal community. Respirology. 2008;13:257-62.
•Interstitial lung disease guideline: the British Thoracic Society with the Thoracic Society of Australia and NZ and the Irish TS. Thorax. 2008 Sep;63 Suppl 5:v1-58.
•Branley H, Lake F. Editorial. 2008 British guidelines on the management of interstitial lung diseases – what are the key new messages for clinical practice? Polish Journal of Internal Medicine. 2009; in press.
•Nowak AK, Jacobs I, Lake F, Jonas-Dwyer D, Ryan G, Carr S. Evidence Based Medicine – teaching with clinical relevance in an undergraduate medical curriculum. Manuscript accepted (letter dated 4/2/09). Focus on Health Professional Education.
•"Twelve Tips: Establishing an integrated multi-professional skills training programme." Medical Teacher 2009 in press.

Roles, responsibilities and expertise

2009-Current: Eric St Professorial Chair in Medicine
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands

Current: Consultant Respiratory Physician, SCGH
Specialising in Interstitial Lung Disease, COPD

2008-Current: Head of School
School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA

2008 – Current:
Chair, Executive Committee, School of Medicine and Pharmacology (SMP), UWA
Chair, Academic Staff Committee, SMP, UWA

Future research

1. Impact of staff development on teaching.
2. Application of the TOTR model to inter-professional training.
3. Sharing of resources across educational organisations

Funding received

Funding for educational projects through PMCWA, UWA, and through collaborative projects with Colleges, National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre and overseas Universities.

Industrial relevance

Nil

Languages

English

Memberships

Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
American Thoracic Society
American College of Chest Physicians
European Respiratory Society
Asian Pacific Society for Respirology
Australian Society for Medical Research
Australian & New Zealand Association for Medical Education (ANZAME)
Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME)

Honours and awards

2007Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching: Programs that Enhance Learning – Flexible Teaching and Learning Category: Teaching on the Run
2006Clinical Tutor of the Year, awarded by the West Australian Medical Students Society
2006Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching: Citation for outstanding contribution to student learning
2005Quality and Safety Award, RPH, for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Network – Medical Inpatient Long Stay Project. (Member of Project team)

Previous positions

1992- 2008: Snr Lecturer and Associate Professor in Medicine
School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Royal Perth Hospital, UWA

2004-2007: Head – Education Centre & Associate Professor in Medical Education
Education Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, UWA

1998-2004: Associate Dean - Teaching & Learning
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, UWA

1992- 2003: Consultant Respiratory Physician
Royal Perth Hospital

Patents

Nil

Teaching

Fiona Lake is involved in teaching at all levels of medical training (undergraduate, prevocational and specialty) as well as staff development in many disciplines, through the TOTR programme.

Current external positions

•Member, National Steering Group, Australian Curriculum Framework for Junior Doctors, Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils.
•Member, Inter-Professional Learning (IPL) Working Group (Workforce Division), WA Department of Health
•Member, WA Model of Care Implementation Working Group, Department of Health
•Chair and member of AMC Medical School accreditation visits in Australia and New Zealand 2000-2008

Useful links

http://totr.meddent.uwa.edu.au/

Current projects

1. Establishment of an educational centre (virtual and real) to promote sharing of educational resources and creation of a community of educators.
2. Application of the TOTR model to focussed areas (communication, reasoning, inter-professional training).
2. Collaboration with J Gough (U Melb) and Dr Hoang Tran (Danang, Vietnam) to create sustainable staff development in Danang Hospital.

Research profile

Research profile and publications