Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 7059
- hanna.olson@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Senior Lecturer and Deputy Convenor Bachelor of Oral Health programme
- Department
- Department of Oral Sciences
- Qualifications
- DentHyg MHSc MHEd candidate
- Research summary
- Dental and Oral Health, Active Learning, Educational Technology and Interprofessional Education
- Teaching
- Oral health at postgraduate and undergraduate levels
Research
Hanna Olson’s research interest is centred around student experience. She contributes to the advancement of teaching and learning activities in particular for the group of oral health students. She is the IPE Convenor for the BOH programme involved in planning for and facilitating IPE activities across health professional educational programmes within the University.
Her research highlights a learner-centred approach to teaching using active learning strategies. She has partnered with a team of international academics and dental specialists to form innovative collaboration practices in digital dentistry. Together they design and develop e-learning material as shared resources for early learning in dental and oral health programmes.