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    • Ms Gemma Jenkins

      Ms Gemma Jenkins

Ms Gemma Jenkins

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 2318
Facsimile: +61 8 6304 5384
Email: g.jenkins@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO21.228  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0875-0810

Gemma is a Lecturer and Community and Public Health Nutrition domain leader in the Master of Nutrition and Dietetics in the School of Medical and Health Sciences.

Current Teaching

  • NUT5114 Public Health Nutrition
  • NUT6106 Advanced Concepts in Nutrition
  • NUT6107 Community Placement and Evaluation

Background

Gemma is an Accredited Practising Dietitian with 11 years of experience working in Nutrition and Dietetics.

During her 8 years as a consultant dietitian in private practice, Gemma has implemented individual and group-based nutrition education with community members in a range of nutrition-related areas. Gemma also has experience as a sports dietitian.

In her role at ECU, Gemma is passionate about creating authentic learning environments where students can apply learning in a meaningful way. She is currently undertaking her PhD to investigate how to enable change in health professions higher education.

Professional Associations

  • Dietitians Association of Australia, Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD)
  • Public Health Association of Australia

Awards and Recognition

  • Vice-Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Award (Excellence in Teaching), Edith Cowan University, 2017

Research Areas and Interests

  • Transforming health professions higher education
  • Higher education assessment design and implementation
  • Technology-enhanced learning
  • Role emerging placements in Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Diet quality and nutrition practices in fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) communities

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science Nutrition, Curtin University of Technology.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics, Curtin University of Technology.
  • Bachelor of Health Science with Upper Second Class Honours, Edith Cowan University, 2014.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Jenkins, G., Palermo, C., Clark, AM., Costello, L. (2024). Communities of practice to facilitate change in health professions education: A realist synthesis. Nurse Education Today, 134(2024), article number 106091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106091.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Jenkins, G., Maugeri, I., Palermo, C., Hardwick, R. (2021). Using realist approaches in nutrition and dietetics research. Nutrition and Dietetics, 78(3), 238-251. https://doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12675.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Weber, K., Carter, B., Jenkins, G., Jamieson, J. (2019). A dietetic clinical educator enhances the experience and assessment of clinical placement. Nutrition and Dietetics, 76(4), 486-492. https://doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12497.

2017

Journal Articles

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Developing a Validated Assessment Tool to Evaluate Engagement in Quality Improvement Among Australian Dietitians

Assistant Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Nutrition in Preschool Children with Autistic Behaviours

Completed Supervisions

No data available
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