Norman Ng, PhD
Lecturer
The University of Queensland
Dr Norman Ng is a lecturer with the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, at The University of Queensland. His research interests are in physical activity and health, especially the role of physical activity in managing chronic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes and osteoarthritis. His research also includes physical activity measurement and occupational sedentary behaviour. Norman is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and contributes to undergraduate and postgraduate programs across a range of courses in various learning settings. His scholarship of teaching and learning includes active learning in higher education and developing interprofessional education curricula.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

Background: During the COVID pandemic, a large first-year blended interprofessional education (IPE) course, HLTH1000, where students collaborate in small interdisciplinary teams, pivoted to an external, online teaching and learning mode. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the online IPE course experience on students’ perceptions and attitudes towards interprofessional learning. Method: A pre-test post-test design was used to evaluate students from 14 different disciplines in the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences in 2019, blended and 2020, online respectively.…