Dr Craft, who teaches across UniSC’s campuses in South East Queensland and is based at the Caboolture campus, received one of 60 citations in the category of the annual national awards.

Judges heard that her teaching method had halved failure rates in a science course for nursing students and had contributed to her 2023 UniSC Learning and Teaching Excellence Award for “development of curricula that reflected a command of the field”.

With a focus on the preventative aspects of diseases common to Australia’s population such as diabetes and cancer, she is also lead author of a pathophysiology textbook for nursing students.

Dr Craft said her passion for teaching came from reflecting on her time as a student, when learning content such as bioscience could feel overwhelming.

Dr Craft, who teaches across UniSC’s campuses in South East Queensland and is based at the Caboolture campus, received one of 60 citations in the category of the annual national awards.

Judges heard that her teaching method had halved failure rates in a science course for nursing students and had contributed to her 2023 UniSC Learning and Teaching Excellence Award for “development of curricula that reflected a command of the field”.

With a focus on the preventative aspects of diseases common to Australia’s population such as diabetes and cancer, she is also lead author of a pathophysiology textbook for nursing students.

Dr Craft said her passion for teaching came from reflecting on her time as a student, when learning content such as bioscience could feel overwhelming.