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Dr Alfie Blakey

Position
Research Fellow
Qualifications
PhD MHealSci (Dist) BHealSci Cert.Couns

Research

Althea (Alfie) Blakey came to work in NZ in the mid-1990s. Since this time she has worked at Southern District Health Board for 10 years in Radiation Oncology and has taught on the MB ChB program since 2010. Her research interests include clinical teaching, developing student thinking, developing teacher and student values, small group teaching and professional development of medical and clinical teachers.

Publications

Gamble Blakey, A., Anderson, L., Smith-Han, K., Collins, E., Berryman, E., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2023). Supporting bystanders and other staff exposed to negative workplace behaviour: Developing and testing the IMO intervention framework in the clinical workplace. Advances in Medical Education & Practice, 14, 71-86. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S379429

Treharne, G. J., Gamble Blakey, A., Graham, K., Carrington, S. D., McLachlan, L. A., Withey-Rila, C., Pearman-Beres, L., & Anderson, L. (2022). Perspectives on expertise in teaching about transgender healthcare: A focus group study with health professional programme teaching staff and transgender community members. International Journal of Transgender Health, 23(3), 334-354. doi: 10.1080/26895269.2020.1870189

Gamble Blakey, A., & Chambers, S. (2020). Friendly, but not “friends”: Understanding and describing teacher–student relationship for productive and safe small group work. Focus on Health Professional Education, 21(1), 57-76. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v21i1.284

Smith-Han, K., Collins, E., Asil, M., Gamble Blakey, A., Anderson, L., Berryman, E., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2020). Measuring exposure to bullying and harassment in health professional students in a clinical workplace environment: Evaluating the psychometric properties of the clinical workplace learning NAQ-R scale. Medical Teacher, 42(7), 813-821. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1746249

Gamble Blakey, A., & Treharne, G. J. (2019). Overcoming barriers to transgender healthcare education in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 54, 357-366. doi: 10.1007/s40841-019-00143-2

Golding, C., Wilkinson, T., & Gamble Blakey, A. (2018). Cultivating critical thinkers. In C. Delany & E. Molloy (Eds.), Learning and teaching in clinical contexts: A practical guide. (1st ed.) (pp. 29-44). Sydney, Australia: Elsevier.

Chapter in Book - Research

Gamble Blakey, A., Anderson, L., Smith-Han, K., Collins, E., Berryman, E., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2023). Supporting bystanders and other staff exposed to negative workplace behaviour: Developing and testing the IMO intervention framework in the clinical workplace. Advances in Medical Education & Practice, 14, 71-86. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S379429

Journal - Research Article

Treharne, G. J., Gamble Blakey, A., Graham, K., Carrington, S. D., McLachlan, L. A., Withey-Rila, C., Pearman-Beres, L., & Anderson, L. (2022). Perspectives on expertise in teaching about transgender healthcare: A focus group study with health professional programme teaching staff and transgender community members. International Journal of Transgender Health, 23(3), 334-354. doi: 10.1080/26895269.2020.1870189

Journal - Research Article

Gamble Blakey, A., & Chambers, S. (2020). Friendly, but not “friends”: Understanding and describing teacher–student relationship for productive and safe small group work. Focus on Health Professional Education, 21(1), 57-76. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v21i1.284

Journal - Research Article

Smith-Han, K., Collins, E., Asil, M., Gamble Blakey, A., Anderson, L., Berryman, E., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2020). Measuring exposure to bullying and harassment in health professional students in a clinical workplace environment: Evaluating the psychometric properties of the clinical workplace learning NAQ-R scale. Medical Teacher, 42(7), 813-821. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1746249

Journal - Research Article

Gamble Blakey, A., Smith-Han, K., Anderson, L., Collins, E., Berryman, E. K., & Wilkinson, T. (2019). It's 'probably the teacher!' A strategic framework for clinical staff engagement in clinical student bullying intervention. BMC Medical Education, 19(1), 116. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1552-8

Journal - Research Article

Gamble Blakey, A., Smith-Han, K., Anderson, L., Collins, E., Berryman, E., & Wilkinson, T. (2019). "They cared about us students:" Learning from exemplar clinical teaching environments. BMC Medical Education, 19, 119. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1551-9

Journal - Research Article

Gamble Blakey, A., & Golding, C. (2018). ‘Of course they’re bloody scared!’ Managing medical student fear to better cultivate thinking. Medical Science Educator, 28(1), 165-173. doi: 10.1007/s40670-017-0524-z

Journal - Research Article

Gamble Blakey, A., & Pickering, N. (2018). Putting it on the table: Towards better cultivating medical student values. Medical Science Educator, 28(3), 533-542. doi: 10.1007/s40670-018-0584-8

Journal - Research Article

Blakey, A., Harland, T., & Kieser, J. (2014). Critical thinking, critical action and critical being in health science tutorials. Focus on Health Professional Education, 15(3), 22-31.

Journal - Research Article

Gamble Blakey, A., & Treharne, G. J. (2019). Advancing transgender healthcare teaching in Aotearoa/New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1491), 104-106. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Other

Gamble Blakey, A., & Treharne, G. J. (2019). Overcoming barriers to transgender healthcare education in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 54, 357-366. doi: 10.1007/s40841-019-00143-2

Journal - Research Other

Gamble Blakey, A., Smith-Han, K., Anderson, L., Collins, E., Berryman, E., & Wilkinson, T. (2019). Interventions addressing student bullying in the clinical workplace: A narrative review. BMC Medical Education, 19, 220. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1578-y

Journal - Research Other

Gamble Blakey, A., Anderson, L., Smith-Han, K., Wilkinson, T., Collins, E., & Berryman, E. (2018). Time to stop making things worse: An imperative focus for healthcare student bullying research. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1479), 81-85. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Other

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