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Dr Lee Adam

Contact Details

Phone
64 3 479 7476
Email
lee.adam@otago.ac.nz
Position
Senior Lecturer, Education and Research
Department
Dean's Office (Dentistry)
Qualifications
BEd DipTeach PGDipArts(Education) PhD
Research summary
Teaching and learning in higher education

Research

My research concentrates on teaching and learning in higher education; specifically, how students' learning experiences and outcomes can be enhanced. I research students' experiences in higher education, in order to gain insights into how policy and practices might be structured to encourage students' retention and success.

Other research involves examining how we can improve teaching practices in higher education. Current projects include: students’ understandings of plagiarism; effective feedback processes in the clinical dental education environment; dental students' stress and wellbeing.

Publications

Veerasamy, A., Adam, L., Loch, C., Gray, A. R., Lyons, K., & Brunton, P. (2023). Experiences and perceptions of New Zealand oral health students' rapid move to online learning. New Zealand Dental Journal, 119(3), 123-132.

Adam, L. (2023). Framing students’ perspectives on academic integrity. In S. E. Eaton (Ed.), Handbook of academic integrity. (Online ed.) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-079-7_187-1

Church, M., Adam, L. A., & Thomson, W. M. (2023). New Zealand private practice dentists' views of oral health injustice: A qualitative investigation. New Zealand Dental Journal, 119(1), 27-36.

Xue, C., Al-Jassasi, N., Thomson, W. M., Adam, L., & Smith, M. B. (2023). Oral self-care among dependent older New Zealanders. Gerodontology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ger.12676

Zhao, R., Wang, T., Yang, R., Adam, L. A., Zaharic, T., Loch, C., Tompkins, G. R., & Cooper, P. R. (2023). Enhancing the student learning experience: Co-teaching biochemistry and clinical sciences within the dental curriculum. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Education, 51, 146-154. doi: 10.1002/bmb.21701

Adam, L. (2023). Framing students’ perspectives on academic integrity. In S. E. Eaton (Ed.), Handbook of academic integrity. (Online ed.) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-079-7_187-1

Chapter in Book - Research

Adam, L. (2015). Student perspectives on plagiarism. In T. Bretag (Ed.), Springer handbook of academic integrity. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-079-7_67-1

Chapter in Book - Research

Adam, L. A., Georgy, M. A. S., Konthasingha, P., Meldrum, A. M., Oranje, J. M., & Sejpal, R. M. (2023). Comparison of self-perceived competence of recent dental graduates from the Universities of Otago and Dalhousie. European Journal of Dental Education, 27, 101-109. doi: 10.1111/eje.12781

Journal - Research Article

Church, M., Adam, L. A., & Thomson, W. M. (2023). New Zealand private practice dentists' views of oral health injustice: A qualitative investigation. New Zealand Dental Journal, 119(1), 27-36.

Journal - Research Article

Sim, M. Y., Tan, L. F., Adam, L., & Loch, C. (2023). No one is born with it: Australasian dental students’ perceptions of learning manual dexterity. Journal of Dental Education, 87, 60-69. doi: 10.1002/jdd.13101

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Veerasamy, A., Adam, L., Loch, C., Gray, A. R., Lyons, K., & Brunton, P. (2023). Experiences and perceptions of New Zealand oral health students' rapid move to online learning. New Zealand Dental Journal, 119(3), 123-132.

Journal - Research Article

Xue, C., Al-Jassasi, N., Thomson, W. M., Adam, L., & Smith, M. B. (2023). Oral self-care among dependent older New Zealanders. Gerodontology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ger.12676

Journal - Research Article

Zhao, R., Wang, T., Yang, R., Adam, L. A., Zaharic, T., Loch, C., Tompkins, G. R., & Cooper, P. R. (2023). Enhancing the student learning experience: Co-teaching biochemistry and clinical sciences within the dental curriculum. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Education, 51, 146-154. doi: 10.1002/bmb.21701

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Carruthers, K. A., Adam, L. A., & Moffat, S. M. (2022). Dental and oral health therapists' perceptions of continuity of patient care. New Zealand Dental Journal, 118(3), 97-103.

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Liaw, R. D. Y., Ling, D. C. T., Vuli, L. J., Loch, C., & Adam, L. A. (2022). “It's just inappropriate”: Harassment of dental students by patients. Journal of Dental Education, 86, 605-614. doi: 10.1002/jdd.12854

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Paul, N. L., Adam, L. A., & Moffat, S. M. (2022). Dental students' perceptions of the long case. European Journal of Dental Education, 26, 446-452. doi: 10.1111/eje.12719

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Boyd, D. H., Zhang, Y., Smith, L., Adam, L., Foster Page, L., & Thomson, W. M. (2021). Caregivers' understanding of informed consent in a randomized control trial. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 18, 141-150. doi: 10.1007/s11673-020-10085-w

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Garde, S., Adam, L. A., & Tawse-Smith, A. (2021). Perceived stressors of undergraduate dental students at an Australasian dental school. IIUM Journal of Orofacial & Health Sciences, 2(2), 107-119. doi: 10.31436/ijohs.v2i2.99

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Holden, A. C. L., Adam, L., & Thomson, M. (2021). Private practice dentists' views of oral health injustice. Community Dental Health, 38, 268-274. doi: 10.1922/CDH_00009Holden07

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Holden, A. C. L., Adam, L., & Thomson, W. M. (2021). Rationalisation and 'McDonaldisation' in dental care: Private dentists' experiences working in corporate dentistry. British Dental Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41415-021-3071-3

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Youhanna, K. M. Y., Adam, L., Monk, B. C., & Loch, C. (2021). Dentistry students' experiences, engagement and perception of biochemistry within the dental curriculum and beyond. European Journal of Dental Education, 25, 318-324. doi: 10.1111/eje.12607

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Adam, L. A., Oranje, J., Rich, A. M., & Meldrum, A. (2020). Advancing dental education: Feedback processes in the clinical learning environment. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 50(1), 144-157. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2019.1656650

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Holden, A. C. L., Adam, L., & Thomson, W. M. (2020). Dentists' perspectives on commercial practices in private dentistry. JDR Clinical & Translational Research, 7(1), 29-40. doi: 10.1177/2380084420975700

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Holden, A. C. L., Adam, L., & Thomson, W. M. (2020). Overtreatment as an ethical dilemma in Australian private dentistry: A qualitative exploration. Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology, 49, 201-208. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12592

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Holden, A. C. L., Adam, L., & Thomson, W. M. (2020). The relationship between professional and commercial obligations in dentistry: A scoping review. British Dental Journal, 228(2), 117-122. doi: 10.1038/s41415-020-1195-5

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Olson, H., Beckett, D. M., Adam, L. A., Tawse-Smith, A., & Moffat, S. M. (2019). Self-perceived stressors of Bachelor of Oral Health students and implications for student support. Focus on Health Professional Education, 20(1), 36-49. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v20i1.313

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Veerasamy, A., Loch, C., Adam, L., & Brunton, P. A. (2019). Graduate mobility: Where do dentistry graduates choose to practice? European Journal of Dental Education, 23, 424-430. doi: 10.1111/eje.12448

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Ebbeling, S., Adam, L., Meldrum, A., Rich, A., McLean, A., & Aitken, W. (2018). Oral health and dental students' perceptions of their clinical learning environment: A focus group study. Journal of Dental Education, 82(10), 1036-1042. doi: 10.21815/JDE.018.102

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Smith, L., Adam, L., Moffat, S., Meldrum, A., & Ahmadi, R. (2018). How do educators in one New Zealand undergraduate Bachelor of Oral Health course teach and nurture professionalism? European Journal of Dental Education, 22(2), e212-e220. doi: 10.1111/eje.12274

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The, A. J. M., Adam, L., Meldrum, A., & Brunton, P. (2018). Dental students' and staff perceptions of the impact of learning environment disruption on their learning and teaching experiences. European Journal of Dental Education, 22(3), 151-159. doi: 10.1111/eje.12293

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Veerasamy, A., Loch, C., Adam, L., Howe, B. J., & Brunton, P. A. (2018). Challenges in clinical teaching investigated: Towards sustainable staff recruitment and retention in dentistry. European Journal of Dental Education, 22(4), 234-242. doi: 10.1111/eje.12336

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Adam, L., Anderson, V., & Spronken-Smith, R. (2017). ‘It’s not fair’: Policy discourses and students’ understandings of plagiarism in a New Zealand university. Higher Education, 74(1), 17-32. doi: 10.1007/s10734-016-0025-9

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Smith, L., Adam, L., Moffat, S., Meldrum, A., & Ahmadi, R. (2017). Undergraduate Bachelor of Oral Health student and educators' understandings of professionalism. New Zealand Dental Journal, 113(1), 4-10.

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Golding, C., & Adam, L. (2016). Evaluate to improve: Useful approaches to student evaluation. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 41(1), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2014.976810

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Golding, C., Adam, L., Scott, C., Acheson, C., Johnson, K., Brook, P., McLean, A., Smith, N., … Hunter, C., & Kumar, V. (2015). Fix, build, diagnose or guide? Evaluating the metaphors for learning advisors. ATLAANZ Journal, 1.

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