Arie Rotem

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Emeritus Professor University of New South Wales Born: 1945 Jerusalem, Israel Nationality: Australian and Israeli Spouse: Wendy Curtis Education: Hebrew University, Jerusalem Alma mater: University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Fields: Public Health Institutions: University of New South Wales World Health Organisation

Emeritus Professor Arie Rotem BA MA PhD FAIM

Professor Arie Rotem is an Australian-Israeli educator and leader in the field of Human Resources, specialising in the healthcare sector. He is Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia where he lectures and acts as a consultant for governments and international agencies, working in over 20 countries to improve health systems development, human resource for health and health professional education.

Education

BA in Psychology and Education, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (1971)

MA in Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA (1973)

PhD in Educational Leadership and Administration, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA (1975)

Career

His career began in 1976 as Senior Lecturer and Consultant at the School of Medical Education, University of New South Wales (UNSW). In 1986 he became Chairman of the Consortium for Health Development, UNSW, and in 1988 accepted a concurrent role as Director, World Health Organization, Regional Training Centre for Health Development which he held for over 10 years. In 1989 he was appointed as Associate Professor and Head at the School of Medical Education, UNSW.

In 1993 he became Director of the Centre for Public Health, UNSW, and in 1994 Professor and Head at the School of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW.

In 2000 he was appointed Director of the Centre for International and Multicultural Health, UNSW and finally became Professor at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW in 2002.

In 2005 he became Emeritus Professor, University of New South Wales and still holds this role.

He has served on national and international committees related to health development including being Chair of the Australian Network of Academic Public Health Institutions (ANAPHI). He continues to contribute to workforce development by working as a consultant for international agencies and governments while teaching regularly in other universities including Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Israel) and the National Institute of Public Health (Japan).

Prof. Rotem has also led a number of major reviews commissioned by the Australian Government on the education and training of the public health workforce in Australia.

Australasian and New Zealand Association for Medical Education (ANZAME) 1976-1977 Executive Committee: 1977-1978 Honorary Secretary

Australian Institute of Management: Fellow (FAIM)

Australian Health and Development Group: 1988-1989 Executive member, 1990 Vice President

Australian Public Health Association, Member

Federation for International Cooperation of Health Services and Systems Research Centres (FICOSSER): Council member 1994

Australian Network of Academic Public Health Institutions: Chair (2001-2003)

Expert Committee, UNSW HRH Knowledge Hub (2011-13)

Selected Awards and Recognition

1996: Fred Katz Memorial Medal for his contribution to the education of health personnel in developing countries

2011: Laos Medal of Friendship in recognition of his contribution to the Lao health sector

Selected Publications

Prof. Rotem has published 20 books, chapters or major manuscripts with an additional 70 papers or abstracts. These include:

The best and the worst: students’ experiences of clinical education

G Hart, A Rotem

The Australian journal of advanced nursing (1994)

The clinical learning environment: nurses’ perceptions of professional development in clinical settings

G Hart, A Rotem

Nurse Education Today 15 (1), 3-10 (1995)

On the effectiveness of students’ evaluative feedback to university instructors

A Rotem, NS Glasman

Review of Educational Research 49 (3), 497-511 (1979)

Learning in hospital settings

A Rotem, P Godwin, J Du

Teaching and Learning in Medicine: An International Journal 7 (4), 211-217 (1995)

Closing the gap: building the capacity of non-government organizations as advocates for health equity

S Nathan, A Rotem, J Ritchie

Health Promotion International 17 (1), 69-78 (2002)

Review and analysis of training impact evaluation methods, and proposed measures to support a United Nations system fellowships evaluation framework

A Michael, A Rotem

WHO” s Department of Human Resources for Health, Geneva (2008)

From clinician to manager: an introduction to hospital and health service management

JS Lawson, A Rotem

McGraw-Hill (2004)

The organisational response to patient complaints: a case study in Taiwan

SY Hsieh, D Thomas, A Rotem

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance (2005)

Health promotion and environmental management: a partnership for the future

VA Brown, Jane Ritchie, A Rotem

Health Promotion International 7 (3), 219-230 (1992)

The clinical learning environment

A Rotem, L Bloomfield, G Southon

Israel journal of medical sciences 32 (9), 705-710 (1996)

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