Maree O'Keefe

Maree O'Keefe

Adelaide Medical School

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Professor O'Keefe is an education leader working with education providers, government agencies, and health services to deliver high impact outcomes in health profession education. She has served as a board director and held senior appointments in higher education, local and national government, and health profession accreditation.

Her achievements include leading development of universal Australian health profession academic standard statements, and nationally endorsed interprofessional competencies for health graduates. Awards include an Australian Government Citation for Excellence in Education, and Principal Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (UK).

Professor O'Keefe is a registered medical practitioner and paediatric specialist. She holds a Doctorate in Medical Education.

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2020 - ongoing Examinations chair Australian Medical Council
    2020 - ongoing Clinical Professor University of Adelaide
    2019 - 2020 Director Curriculum University of Adelaide
    2007 - 2019 Associate Dean Learning and Teaching University of Adelaide
    2005 - 2005 Visiting Research Fellow University of Exeter
    2002 - 2009 Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics University of Adelaide
    1994 - 2020 Senior Consultant Paediatrician Womens and Childrens Hospital
    1994 - 2001 Lecturer in Paediatrics University of Adelaide

  • Awards and Achievements
    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2018 Recognition Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Advance Higher Education UK United Kingdom -
    2013 Fellowship National Teaching Fellowship Office for Learning and Teaching - - -
    2010 Achievement National Discipline Scholar in Health Australian Learning and Teaching Council Australia -
    2007 Teaching Award Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning Carrick Australian Awards for University Teaching Australia -
    2007 Teaching Award Vice Chancellor and Presidents Award for Excellence in Teaching The University of Adelaide Australia -
    2007 Teaching Award Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence in Teaching The University of Adelaide Australia -

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    University of Adelaide Australia PhD
    University of Adelaide Australia MBBS (Hons)
    Flinders University Australia DCCH
    Royal Australasian College of Physicians Australia FRACP

  • Research Interests
    Community Child Health Curriculum and Pedagogy Medical and Health Sciences Medicine, Nursing and Health Curriculum and Pedagogy Paediatrics

Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching ID16-5408  2016-18:$449,000

Building a sustainable national approach for the development and governance of interprofessional education. R Dunston, Moran M, Rogers R,

Stekertee C, Foreman D, O’Keefe M, Fisher A.

Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching ID13-3432 2014-15: $150,000

Better judgement 2: Improving assessors’ management of factors affecting their judgement. Schmidt L, Schuwirth L, O’Keefe M

Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching National Teaching Fellowship Collaborating across boundaries: a framework for an integrated

interprofessional curriculum. O’Keefe M 2013-14:$90,000

Australian Learning and Teaching Council Discipline Scholars Network

Holmes J, Ewan C, Cameron I, Freeman M, Hadgraft R, Hay I, Heath G, Henderson A, Jones S, Kift S, Newton S, O’Keefe M, Savage S, Yates B.

2012: $120,000

Australian Learning and Teaching Council  SP10-1856

Harmonising higher education and professional quality assurance processes

for the assessment of learning outcomes in health

O’Keefe M, Henderson A, McAllister L, Remedios L, Jolly B.

2011-13: $220,000

Australian Learning and Teaching Council Learning and Teaching Academic Standards in Health, Medicine and

Veterinary Science

O’Keefe M, Henderson A. 2011:$65,737



Australian Research Council Linkage Grant LP100200007

Optimising intersectoral collaboration between the health and education sectors Braunack-Mayer A, O'Keefe M, Skinner R, McCaffery K, Burgess

T, Marshall H, Watson M.

2010-12: $255,880

Australian Learning and Teaching Council Academic Learning Outcomes Project, Health, Medicine and Veterinary

Science. O’Keefe M.

2010: $271,675

Australian Learning and Teaching Council LE7-356

Using TMS to identify and build leadership for quality learning in clinical

health care teams. O’Keefe M, Stupans I, Saunders L, McAllister S, Burgess J, LeCouteur A, Miller J.

2007-09:$216,916



Human Papillomavirus immunisation: Why are adolescents opting out? Marshall H, Braunack-Mayer A, O’Keefe M, Clark M, Tidswell J.

SAICU SA Department of Health.

2009:$10,000

Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation Parent priorities for medical student learning in complementary and alternative medicine.

O’Keefe M.

2006: $18,000

  • Consulting/Advisories
    Date Institution Department Organisation Type Country
    2015 - ongoing Australian Psychology Acreditation Council - - Australia
    2014 - 2015 Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand - - Australia
    2014 - 2014 Australian Dental Council - - Australia
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