Position
Senior Lecturer

Qualifications
BSc PhD (UNSW) MBA (UCQ)

Dr Gary Lee teaches microbiology, immunology, physiology and   pathophysiology.  He also teaches management topics in the Master of Health Science (Management) in Singapore.  He has a strong interest in student learning and his teaching was recognised in 1998 with the Society for Microbiology Teaching Excellence Award. From 1995 to 1997 he was Associate Dean and Chair of the Faculty's Undergraduate Studies Committee.  He held the position of Head of School from 1999 to 2001.

Dr Lee's research interests focus on infection control, student assessment, and the factors that impact on the learning and social experiences of students in the first year of University.

The details of his current research projects are as follows:

Antibiotic usage in hospitals

Antibiotics are one of the most commonly prescribed drugs in hospitals.  Inappropriate use can contribute significantly to adverse effects in patients, the  development of highly resistant organisms and increased costs. A study is  currently being undertaken in conjunction with Liverpool Hospital,  Sydney, to determine the antibiotic usage patterns in this large metropolitan hospital. The usage in three surgical areas (vascular, orthopaedic and bowel) forms the focus of this large study.  The study is primarily designed to examine the ways in which antibiotics are being used to prevent infection during and after surgery, and to determine how effective they are in this respect.

First Year Experience in University

This project aims to elucidate various aspects of the first year experience of students, in order to identify the institutional and personal factors that impact on student attraction to courses, student satisfaction with a course, and decisions to either persist in or drop out of a course.  A better understanding of these issues will provide direction for future changes, and improvements in teaching and learning and other aspects of university life.

Computer-based student assessment

This study is designed to compare student performance in computerised tests, to paper and pencil tests.  With increasing use of computers in student assessment, it is important to ascertain whether computer literacy or anxiety have any impact on student performance in assessment tasks.

Titles of some of his recent publications are available.

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