Melanie Olsen

Lecturer in Medicine

College of Medicine and Public Health

place Flinders Medical Centre Building

BSc, BMBS (Hons), Diploma Child Health, FANZCA
Specialist Paediatric Anaesthetist and formerly held a tenured position as Staff Specialist Anaesthetist at the Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide.
Now working in medical education, with appointments at both Adelaide and Flinders Universities in clinical simulation teaching delivery for senior medical students, I also teach into postgraduate nursing courses in Critical Care and Recovery and Anaesthesia at Adelaide Health Simulation and am a member of faculty on the Managing Emergencies in Paediatric Anaesthesia course taught to anaesthesia registrars and consultants, GP anaesthetists and nursing staff.

Qualifications

BSc Flinders University 1998

BMBS (Hons) Flinders University 2002

Diploma in Child Health, the University of Adelaide 2004

FANZCA 2010

Honours, awards and grants

Merit Award for Best Academic Performance in the Diploma of Child Health 2004

ANZCA Prize in Anaesthesia for Best Overall Performance in the anaesthesia module of the medical curriculum

 

Key responsibilities

Acute Care lecturer/clinical skills tutor- Advanced Life Support (MED3), Deteriorating Patient (MED3 and 4) and Acute Care Workshops and Assessments (MED4), MED3 and 4 Intensives

Recite Me accessibility and Language Support
LTS - UAT