A/Prof Dane King

Associate Professor
PhD (Med), GCert (Edu), BSc (Hons)

Email: Dane.King@nd.edu.au
Phone: 02 8204 4485

  • Biography

    Dane has 18 years of dedicated service in various academic roles within Australian higher education. With a PhD in Medicine and a BSc (Hons) in Bioinformatics from the University of Sydney, he established the Research Computing Facility at the Bosch Institute and later served as a Physiology Lecturer. Recognised with the Sydney Medical School Award for Teaching Excellence, Dane played a central role in implementing the blended teaching approach at the Charles Perkins Centre.

    Joining Macquarie University in 2016, he led the launch of the Bachelor of Clinical Science, influencing medical science curriculum development and securing AMC accreditation for the Doctor of Medicine (MD) course. Since 2019 at UNDA, Dane served as Head of Assessment for the Sydney School of Medicine and recently joined the central Curriculum and Quality team, contributing to university-wide curriculum enhancement. In 2024, he also assumed the role of Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching, for the Faculty of Arts, Science, Law, and Business.

    An advocate for technology-enhanced learning, Dane introduces award-winning online and blended teaching methods. As a passionate constructivist, he champions active and engaging lesson design and provides training for academic staff. Beyond academia, he serves as Biostatistics Advisor to the North Shore Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC).

  • Teaching areas

    • Human Physiology
    • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
    • Assessment and Evaluation
    • Curriculum Design
    • Supervision of Postgraduate Research.

  • Journal Articles and Proceedings

    Herkes, S.M., Gordon-Thomson, C., Arnaiz, I.A., Muir, M.M., Wardak, D., King, D.A. Reduced failure rates associated with playing a new online game developed to support learning of core content in human systems physiology. Adv Physiol Educ, 45, 769 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00072.2020. (Q2).

    Saad, S., Richmond, C., King, D. et al. The impact of pandemic disruptions on clinical skills learning for pre-clinical medical students: implications for future educational designs. BMC Med Educ, 23, 364 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04351-9 (Q1).

    Vora, A., Mezrani, C., King, D., et al. Assessing the readiness and confidence of 4th–year University of Notre Dame, Sydney medical students to prescribe effectively. JHD, 8(2), 544 (2023). https://doi.org/10.21853/JHD.2023.178.

  • Community Engagement

    Biostatistics Advisor, North Shore Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee.

  • Awards

    • 2015, Award for Teaching Excellence (Support of the Student Experience), Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney.
    • 2017, Highly Commended, Student Led Teaching Award, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University.
    • 2022, VC Award for Initiatives that Enhance Student Learning, The University of Notre Dame Australia.