Ms Kara Gilbert
BA (Languages) (Hons 1^st class)

Profile

My background in Medicine and Linguistics provides inspiration for my teaching and cross-disciplinary research interests. In previous appointments at Monash University, I worked in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and at The Victorian College of Pharmacy where I was responsible for the design and delivery of language and academic skills support programs to undergraduate and postgraduate students and implementing strategies for 'at risk' student diagnosis and support. My current position sees me focusing on quality assurance in higher education by supporting improvement in key areas of learning and teaching identified through university monitoring and review processes. My big 'project of the moment' has me in the final throes of writing a PhD thesis, entitled 'Argumentation in academic (con)texts'.

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Book Chapters

• Gilbert, K. (2007). The socio-cognitive complexity of learning to argue in disciplinary (con)texts. In Marriott, H., T. Moore & R. Spence-Brown (Eds.), Learning Discourses and the Discourses of Learning, Monash University E-Press, pp. 5.1-5.18. DOI: 10.2104/Id070005
• Gilbert, K. (2005). Argumentation in students' academic discourse. In David Hitchcock (Ed.), The Uses of Argument: Proceedings of a Conference at McMaster University, 18-21 May 2005. Ontario: Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), ISBN 0-9683461-4-6, pp.129-138.

Refereed Journals

• Gilbert, K. (submitted). Applications of discourse analysis in medical education: A case of the oral case presentation. Monash University Linguistics Papers (MULP).
• Gilbert, K. (submitted). The oral case presentation (OCP) in medical education: Using discourse analysis for contextualising the teaching of clinical communication skills. Focus on Health Professional Education: A Multi-disciplinary Journal.
• Gilbert, K. (2005). Methodology in writing research: Towards a socio-cognitive analysis of argumentation in students' academic discourse. Transcultures Vol. 1, pp.23-38.
• Gilbert, K. (2004). A comparison of argument structures in L1 and L2 student writing. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 14 (1), pp.55-75.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

• Spratt, C., Gilbert, K., Lueckenhausen, G. and Roller, L. (2007). The operational challenges of strategic policy implementation: A case report from Monash University. In Australian Universities Quality Assurance (AUQA) Occassional Publications No. 11: Proceedings of Australian Universities Quality Forum (AUQF), pp.160-168. http://www.auqa.edu.au/auqf/2007/program/papers/d17.pdf
• Gilbert, K., C. Brack and L. Roller (2006). Communication skills for global contexts: Accommodating diversity in curriculum design. In International Education, A Matter of Heart: Conference Proceedings of Monash International Higher Education Conference, Kuala Lumpur 2006. Melbourne: Monash University. http://arrowprod.lib.monash.edu.au:8000/access/detail.php?pid=monash:5108
• Gilbert, K. (2006). The clinical case presentation: A tool for integrating the teaching of communication skills, clinical reasoning and reflective practice in undergraduate medical students. In M. Lawson, D. Kielgaldie and B Jolly (Eds.), Conference Proceedings of the First International Clinical Skills Conference : May 2005. Melbourne: Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, Monash University, pp. 78-80. http://www.med.monash.edu.au/cmhse/conferences.html Part 2 (pdf, 3mb): http://www.med.monash.edu.au/cmhse/docs/2-prato-abstracts-001-124.pdf

Non-Refereed Conference Proceedings

• Gilbert, K. (2004). The sociocognitive complexity of argument construction: An investigation of Australian and Japanese students' academic writing in English. In T. Suzuki, Y. Yano and T. Kato (eds.) Proceedings of the 2nd Tokyo Conference on Argumentation, Tokyo: The Japan Debate Association, pp.52-58.

Research Funding/Grants

• Contact Competence : Reconceptualizing theories for second language learning and academic discourse acquisition. School of Languages,Cultures and Linguistics Research Cluster Grant Scheme, 2005, $20,000. Investigators: Marriott H, Durel P, Cho Y, Moore T, Spence-Brown R, Yoshimitsu K, Gilbert K, Kurata N, Masuda Y
• Intercultural oral examinations in medicine: Understanding the communicative skills of international medical graduates (IMGs) in Australian objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs). Arts-Medicine Small Grant Scheme, 2006, $10,000. Investigators: Cordella M, Spike N, Gilbert K, Whyte G, McGrath B, Wass V
• Difficulties faced by International Medical Graduates in the VMA training program. Victorian Metropolitan Alliance Grant, 2007, $80,000. Investigators: Kiegaldie D, Spike N, Jolly B, Gilbert K, Bird B.

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