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Professor Ian Wilson
Professor Ian Wilson has had a long career in general practice working in armed services, inner city, rural and urban practice. Throughout this time he has maintained a strong interest in medical education, including two terms with the RACGP vocational training programs, and extensive involvement with the RACGP examination. This culminated in two years as Cens or-in-Chief.
In 1997 he commenced his PhD in general practice, focussing on the impact of mental illness on the health of other family members. He started work as a part-time senior lecturer with the School of Medicine at the University of Adelaide in 1999. This quickly became a full-time position and he was promoted to Associate Professor after completing his PhD in 2002.
He left the University of Adelaide in 2005 to take up the position as foundation Professor of Medical Education in the new School of Medicine at the University of Western Sydney. He was the second academic appointed to the School and he had prime responsibility for developing and implementing the curriculum. Ian's philosophy has been to establish a Medical Education Unit that provides quality service to the medical course and is also a centre for high quality medical education research. In the last few years he has been part of teams that have won 3 ARC grants and an ALTC teaching grant.
Qualifications
MB BS (Adelaide), FRACGP D Obst (RCOG), FACPsychMed, PhD (Adelaide), MAssess&Eval (Melbourne).
Grants and Current Projects
Keeping Pace: A critical longitudinal analysis of the psychosocial determinants of seeding success in educating home‑grown doctors for regional communities, Craven, R., Wilson, I., Yeung, A. (ARC, 2008)
Integrating problem-based-learning, lecture & practical knowledge using simulation, Chan, J., Wilson, I. (UWS School of Medicine, 2008)
The Clinical Skills Assessment Tool (CSAT): Determination of psychometric properties, Humphreys, L., Hannan, T., Wilson, I. (NSW Psychologists Registration Board, 2008)
Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder: A critical analysis elucidating constructs that influence parental acceptance/rejection of diagnosis and response, Dillon, A., Craven, R., Yeung, A., Wilson, I. (ARC, 2008)
Honours and Awards
President of ANZAME (2009)
Editorial Board – Primary Care Mental Health (2007)
Vice-president ANZAME (2005)
Serving Brother of St John (1983)
M O Kent-Hughes Memorial Medal (FRACGP) (1978)
Selected Publications
Griffin, B., Wilson, I. (2010) Interviewer bias in medical student selection. Medical Journal of Australia. 193(6):343-346
Leahy, C., Peterson, R., Wilson, I., Newbury, J., Tonkin, A., Turnbull, D. (2010) Distress Levels and Self-Reported Treatment Rates for Medicine, Law, Psychology and Mechanical Engineering Tertiary Students: A cross-sectional study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 44, 608 - 615
Salamonson, Y., Everett, B., Koch, J., Wilson, I., Davidson, P.M. (2009) Learning strategies of first year nursing and medical students: A comparative study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46, 1541-1547.
Wilson, I., Harding, D. (2009) “I will only work from 2.00 – 5.00” A commentary on Generation Y medical students. Medical Education, 43(5), 394–395.
Mikocka-Walus, A., Turnbull, D., Andrews, J., Moulding, N., Wilson, I., Holtmann, G. (2009) Psycho-gastroenterology: A call for psychological input in Australian gastroenterology clinics. Internal Medicine Journal, 39(2), 127-30.
Mikocka-Walus, A., Turnbull, D., Andrews, J., Moulding, N., Wilson, I., Holtmann, G. (2009) Does doctors’ knowledge of inflammatory bowel disease patients’ psychological status affect patients’ clinical outcomes: A pilot randomised controlled trial, The European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 21(4), 484-5.
Griffin B., Harding, D., Wilson, I., Yeomans, N. (2008) Does practice make perfect? The effect of coaching and retesting on selection tests used for admission to an Australian medical school. Medical Journal of Australia, 189(5), 270–273.
Wilson, I. (2008) Combining assessment scores – a variable feast. Medical Teacher 30(4), 428–430.
Page, S., Birden, H., Hudson, J., Thistlethwaite, J., Roberts, C., Wilson, I., Bushnell, J., Hogg, J., Freedman, S., Yeomans, N. (2008) Medical schools can cooperate: a new joint venture to provide medical education in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. Medical Journal of Australia, 188(3), 179-181.
Jones, A., Wilson, I., Keefe, D. (2007) Developing a process of continuous quality improvement in medical school assessment processes: lessons from one school. Focus on Health Professional Education, 9(2), 39-46.
Wilson, I. (2005) Screening for social anxiety disorder in first year university students: a pilot study. Australian Family Physician, 34(11), 983–984.
Draper, B., Pfaff, J., Pirkis, J., Snowdon, J., Lautenschlager, N., Wilson, I., Almeida, O., for the DEPS-GP Study Group (2007) Long-Term Effects of Childhood Abuse on the Quality of Life and Health of Older People: Results from the DEPS-GP Project. Journal of American Geriatrics Society, Epub Nov 21. 2008 56, 262-271.
Mitchell, P., Ball, J., Best, J., Gould, B., Malhi, G., Riley, G., Wilson, I. (2006) The management of bipolar disorder in general practice, Medical Journal of Australia 184 (11), 566 – 570.
Wilson, I. (2005) Depression in the patient with COPD. International Journal of COPD, 1(1), 61–64.
Opolski, M., Wilson, I. (2005) Asthma and depression: a pragmatic review of the literature and recommendations for future research. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health, 1(18).
Lyndon, W., Rowe, L., Fraser, A., Efron, D., Walter, G., Wilson, I., Newman, L., Silove, N. (2005) Clinical guidance on the use of antidepressant medications in children and adolescents: Joint position statement of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, and The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Australian Family Physician, 34(9), 777-778.
