Edward Hettiaratchi

Dr Hettiaratchi retired from the school, and returned in the capacity of an honorary lecturer.

Dr Hettiaratchi and his colleagues have been developing the Virtual Teaching Hospital, a teaching tool which has been funded by a number of different grants. This project was the Faculty of Health Sciences 1995 in Teaching Award for innovation, development or activity in teaching leading to a significant enhancement of student learning. The project has received favourable reviews in a number of publications, including The University of Sydney News, Campus Review, the report of the Committee for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, 1994, the Australian Financial Review, and the Higher Education supplement of the Australian newspaper.

Hettiaratchi E, Wong M, Brown C A, Post E, Tran-Dinh H (1996). Patients in the Virtual Teaching Hospital. Proceedings of the AUC Academic Conference "From Virtual to Reality", The University of Queensland, Australia.

Hettiaratchi E, Wong M, Post E, Tran-Dinh H, Brown C A (1996). A Computer Template for Developing Case-Based Self-Learning Modules for Health Professionals. Proceedings of ANZAME Conference.

Wong M, Hettiaratchi E, Brown C A (1996). The Classroom in the Virtual Teaching Hospital. Proceedings of the AUC Academic Conference "From Virtual to Reality", The University of Queensland, Australia.

Wong M, Hettiaratchi E, Post E, Tran-Dinh H, Brown C (1996). The Virtual Teaching Hospital. Proceedings of the 3rd International Interactive Multimedia Symposium, Perth, Australia.

Lee G M, Woodman P D, Balnave R J, Knight P K, Hettiaratchi E, Batmanian L (1997). A novel case study presentation of pathophysiology. Part II: outcomes and experiences. Conference on Science in Nursing Education - COSINE'96, 1, 156-158.

Woodman P D, Lee G M, Balnave R J, Knight P K, Hettiaratchi E, Batmanian L (1997). A novel case study presentation of pathophysiology. Part I: course design and development. Conference on Science in Nursing Education - COSINE'96, 1, 222-231.

E-mail	E.Hettiaratchi@usyd.edu.au
Phone	+61 2 935 19455 (message)
Fax	+61 2 935 19520
Office
Address	Discipline of Biomedical Science School of Medical Sciences Faculty of Medicine Cumberland Campus, C42 The University of Sydney PO Box 170 Lidcombe NSW 1825 Australia