Lucie Walters

Professor Lucie Walters

Director

Health and Medical Sciences Faculty Office

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Professor Lucie Walters, PhD, MBBS (UoA), DCH, FRANZCOG, FRACGP, FACRRM is Director of the Adelaide Rural Clinical School. Her experience in rural medical educational leadership spans across the continuum from vocational, and prevocational arenas to medical school longitudinal integrated clinical placements. She was instrumental in developing Australia's reputation for longitudinal integrated clerkships, contributing particularly to Flinders University, Otago University and University of Northern Ontario programs.

Prof Walters has worked as a rural generalist in Mount Gambier since 1993 with clinical scope during this time covering: general practice, emergency medicine and inpatient care. With a PhD in medical education, Prof Walters recognises the importance in educational scholarship and context relevant rural clinical research. She has demonstrated research expertise in the fields of work-integrated learning, adult education pedagogies, rural training pathways and workforce, and more recently rural health service research.

Prof Walters is passionate about improving the health outcomes of rural people through the education, training and professional support of rural doctors. She is past President of the Australian College or Rural and Remote Medicine and still serves on the Assessment and Research committees for the College. As a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors course and member of the National Medical Training Advisory Committee she has a clear commitment to education governance.

Professor Walters is Director of the Adelaide Rural Clinical School. This program provides a full academic year of clinical training to University of Adelaide medical students in their penultimate year. Students are based in small rural communities in the north and west part of rural South Australia where they actively participate in patient care under the supervision of experienced rural doctors in general practice, rural hospitals, and community and outpatient settings. 

Her research interests include work-integrated learning, adult education pedagogies, rural training pathways, and rural generalism and resilience in medicine.

  • Awards and Achievements
    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2015 Award ReturnToWorkSA Health Award South Australian Regional Awards Australia -
    2013 Award Award in Innovation Advantage Regonal Development Awards Australia -
    2013 Nomination Finalist, Health Advantage Regional Development Awards Australia -
    2013 Award Louis Ariotti Award for Innovation and Excellence in Rural Health National Rural Health Conference Australia -
    2008 Distinction South Australian Women's Honour Roll Office for Women Australia -
    2007 Achievement Outstanding Achievement - Departmental South Operations Staff Achievement Awards Australia -
    2006 Award Best Collaboration with a Regional Focus Business and Higher Education Round Table Australia -
    2006 Scholarship Harvard Macy Staff Scholarship UQ-Harvard Macy Leadership Program Australia -
    2004 Nomination Finalist, Hudson Community Award SA Telstra Business Women's Awards Australia -
    2003 Award Award in Health SA Great Regional Development Awards, Limestone Coast Australia -
    2002 Award SA Practice of the Year (Hawkins Clinic) Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Australia -

  • Research Interests
    Indigenous and Disadvantaged Health Medical and Health Sciences Primary Health Care

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2017 Eley, D., Laurence, C., David, M., Cloninger, R., & Walters, L. (2017). Rethinking registrar attributes for Australian rural general practice training. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 25(4), 227-234.
    DOI Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC4
    2016 Laurence, C., Eley, D., Walters, L., Elliott, T., & Cloninger, C. (2016). Personality characteristics and attributes of international medical graduates in general practice training: implications for supporting this valued Australian workforce. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 24(5), 333-339.
    DOI Scopus12 WoS12 Europe PMC9
    2015 Shahi, R., Walters, L., Ward, H., Woodman, R., & Prideaux, D. (2015). Clinical participation of medical students in three contemporary training models. Medical Education, 49(12), 1219-1228.
    DOI Scopus21 WoS21 Europe PMC18
    2015 Walters, L., Laurence, C., Dollard, J., Elliott, T., & Eley, D. (2015). Exploring resilience in rural GP registrars - implications for training. BMC Medical Education, 15(1), 110-1-110-8.
    DOI Scopus29 WoS21 Europe PMC22
    2015 Eley, D., Laurence, C., Cloninger, R., & Walters, L. (2015). Who attracts whom to rural general practice? Variation in temperament and character profiles of GP registrars across different vocational training pathways. Rural and Remote Health, 15(4), 3426-1-3426-15.
    Scopus19 WoS15 Europe PMC8
    2013 Eley, D., Cloninger, C., Walters, L., Laurence, C., Synnott, R., & Wilkinson, D. (2013). The relationship between resilience and personality traits in doctors: implications for enhancing well being. PeerJ, 2013(1), 216-1-216-16.
    DOI Scopus131 WoS106 Europe PMC94
    2012 Walters, L., Greenhill, J., Richards, J., Ward, H., Campbell, N., Ash, J., & Schuwirth, L. (2012). Outcomes of longitudinal integrated clinical placements for students, clinicians and society. Medical Education, 46(11), 1028-1041.
    DOI Scopus247 WoS203 Europe PMC170
    2008 Walters, L., Worley, P., Prideaux, D., & Lange, K. (2008). Do consultations in rural general practice take more time practitioners are percepting medical students?. Medical Education, 42(1), 69-73.
    DOI Scopus41 WoS40 Europe PMC23
Grants Received Since 2010
Date Funding Funding Body Funding Purpose Role
2019 $155,332 Rural Junior Doctor Innovation Fund Community-based internship support Applicant
2017-2018 $1,148,901 Integrated Rural Training Pipeline Limestone Coast - Riverland Hub Applicant
2016-2018 $476,000 Country Health SA Junior Medical Officer training and accreditation Applicant
2016 $148,000 AGPT Registrar research projects Supervisor
2012 $381,000

Grampians Clinical Placement Network / SA Integrated Regional Clinical Network

 Distributed Simulation Applicant
2012-2014 $398,000 Country Health SA Junior Medical Officer training and accreditation Applicant
2012 $60,000 Health Workforce Australia Country Health SA LHN Simulated Patient Training  Applicant
2012 $85,000 Health Workforce Australia Country Health SA LHN Scenario Development Applicant
2011 $175,000 APHCRI Partnerships Enabling Advancement of Coordinated Health Implementation (PEACHI)

CIA
2011 $123,000 General Practice Education and Traning Academic Registrars Supervisor
2011 $186,000 Rural Education Infrastructure Development Middleton Medical Clinic extension Applicant
2010-2012 $398,000 Country Health SA Junior Medical Officer training and accreditation Applicant
2010 $460,000 GP Superclinic Primary Care Infrastructure Grant B Kapunda Medical Practice extension Applicant
2010 $172,000 Rural Education Infrastructure Development Lake Bonney Medical Clinic Barmera extension Applicant
2010 $266,000 Australian General Practice Training program PGPPP funding for intern rotation, Millicent Medical Clinic Applicant
2010 $1,460,000 Increased Clinical Training Capacity Grants Murray Bridge Soldiers Memorial Hospital training space Applicant
2010 $1,120,000 Increased Clinical Training Capacity Grants Mount Gambier UDRH building extension Applicant
2010 $106,000 ARC Linkage Grants Increasing the rural medical workforce: Investigating personal traits to enhance our understanding and improve training of rural registrars  CID

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2025 Principal Supervisor Development of learning activities for rural medical students in therapeutic reasoning using a Rural Generalist lens Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Daniel Kevin Pellegrini
    2024 Co-Supervisor Evaluating the utility of case based discussions in novice learners undertaking general practice placements Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Hannah Wu

  • Other Supervision Activities
    Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
    2018 - ongoing Co-Supervisor TBA Flinders University - Doctorate - Jo Risk
    2015 - 2017 Principal Supervisor Stakeholder perspectives of CBME in the Thai context Flinders University - Master - Praphun Somporn
    2012 - 2016 Principal Supervisor ‘It’s all in the Translation’. Translating research into health service delivery to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in rural and remote Australia. Flinders University - Doctorate - Carol Reeve
    2010 - 2014 Co-Supervisor The effects of different models of clinical experience on the clinical reasoning of Year 3 graduate-entry medical students Flinders University - Doctorate - Dr Rashmi Shahi

  • Board Memberships
    Date Role Board name Institution name Country
    2018 - ongoing Member Council Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine Australia
    2018 - ongoing Member Rural Health Workforce Strategy Steering Committee South Australian Department of Health Australia
    2018 - ongoing Representative National Medial Workforce Strategy Steering Committee Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing Australia
    2016 - 2018 Director Rural Doctors Association of Australia Rural Doctors Association of Australia Australia
    2015 - 2017 Member Obstetrics Clinical Committee Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Australia
    2014 - 2016 President Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine Australia
    2013 - 2015 Co-Chair China-Australia General Practitioner Education Training and Research Centre China-Australia General Practitioner Education Training and Research Centre China
    2013 - 2013 Representative Expert Reference Group BeyondBlue Doctors' Mental Health Program Australia
    2012 - 2014 Member Education Board ACRRM Australia
    2011 - 2012 Board Member International Centre of Point-of-Care Testing Flinders University, Adelaide Australia
    2009 - 2018 Director Board Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine Australia
    2009 - 2013 Director Executive Board ACRRM Australia
    2007 - 2013 Member Assessment Board ACRRM Australia
    2007 - 2010 Director General Practice Education and Training Board Greater Green Triangle Australia
    2003 - 2015 Member South Australian Clinical Senate South Australian Clinical Senate Australia

  • Committee Memberships
    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2018 - ongoing Member National Strategic Approach to Maternity Services working party Department of Health Australia
    2017 - ongoing Member National Rural Health Alliance Council National Rural Health Alliance Australia
    2017 - ongoing Member National Medical Training Advisory Network Standing Council on Health Australia
    2013 - 2016 Member Early Career Researchers Committee Flinders University Australia
    2013 - 2014 Vice-President ACRRM ACRRM Australia
    2011 - 2018 Member General Practice Recognition Eligibility Committee Department of Health Australia
    2011 - ongoing Board Member Management Board Rural and Remote Health Journal Australia
    2011 - ongoing Chair Survey Leadership Group FRAME Australia
    2010 - 2013 Chair Research Committee ACRRM Australia
    2009 - 2012 Member Censor's Committee ACRRM Australia
    2007 - 2013 Representative ACRRM Representative South Australian Institute of Medical Education and Training Australia
    2007 - 2011 Chair National Advisory Committee John Flynn Placement Program Australia
    2007 - ongoing Member Research Committee Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine Australia
    2005 - ongoing Member GP Supervisors Rural Australia Medical Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme Australia

  • Consulting/Advisories
    Date Institution Department Organisation Type Country
    2015 - 2015 Australian Commonwealth Government General Practice Training Advisory Committee Health services and related Australia
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