Professor MacCarrick has held posts as Dean of Medical Education in medical schools in Australia and Ireland and has helped prepare medical schools in both countries for both institutional self review and high stakes accreditation. She has also been an external assessor in medical school site visits in both hemispheres. Since graduating from medicine twenty years ago she has filled ... Read moreleadership roles in education and management in a range of medical organizations: hospitals, medical schools, defence force establishments and post graduate training programs. These posts have included Ireland’s first Professor of Medical Education (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland); Foundation Director of Medical Education at University of Tasmania; Director of Medical Services in teaching hospitals in Australia; Senior Medical Officer (Squadron Leader rank) in a RAAF military medical establishment; Medical Educator with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Training Program in two Australian States (Tasmania and Townsville) and fifteen years in General Practice in a variety of health care settings including rural practice. With 23 years in clinical, teaching and health administration working in a variety of different health care settings she has an in-depth knowledge of the education and training issues facing the medical profession, the challenges and expectations of both clinicians and educators and the processes of undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in tertiary, regional and rural settings. Show Less