Dr Amy Gray is a General Paediatrician, Medical Educator and mixed-methods researcher with over 10 years experience in global health focused in South East Asia, particularly Lao PDR and Vietnam. Dr Gray undertook a PhD which evaluated the impact of implementing the WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children on the quality of care in in Lao PDR, and the factors that influenced changes in practice.
Following this she developed and continues to lead a program of collaboration with Lao Paediatricians and the University of Health sciences Lao PDR. This work is funded by the Planet Wheeler Foundation to improve quality of paediatric care and medical education capacity in Lao PDR. The collaboration has led to work implementing and evaluating oxygen systems in district hospitals, implementing and evaluating Early Essential Newborn Care, redesigning educational approaches to the the WHO Pockeboook and IMNCI (Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illnesses) and understanding learning and teaching needs in low income settings. Dr Gray and her team have worked with the World Health Organisation, Save the Children, UNICEF and the Lao Ministry of Health.
Her research interests include work-place learning, ward round education and the use of educational strategies to change clinical practice and improve quality of care.
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Implementation Lessons from a Multifaceted National Newborn Program in Solomon Islands: A Mixed-Methods Study
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
FRACP - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Credentials
Positions
Associate Professor - Cah Co-Ordinator
Paediatrics Royal Children'S Hospital
Paid Member
ANZAHPE (Australian and New Zealand Association of Health Professional Education)
Paid Member
AMEE (European Association of Medical Education)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Graduate Diploma of Clinical Education
Flinders University of South Australia
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Medical Science
University of Melbourne