Dr Tania Gerzina
Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean, Educational Development
Faculty of Dentistry
Phone: +61 2 9351 8324
Fax: +61 2 9351 8333
Email: tgerzina@usyd.edu.au
C12 - Faculty of Dentistry
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
About Tania
Tania is a Senior Lecturer in the Facutly of Dentistry at the University of Sydney and is the Sub Dean (Clinical Affairs-Sydney Dental Hospital). She has completed dental training (BDS) and Master’s training (MDS) at the Faculty with Professor George Wing. In 1985, she completed a PhD in biocompatibility and bioavailability of components of dental materials with Professor Rory Hume at the University of Sydney completing the degree during a year as a Research and Teaching Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. She has also completed a clinical fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgery (FRACDS) and an educational degree with the Institute for Teaching and Learning at the University of Sydney. She recently returned from a Special Studies Leave (sabbatical) at the University of Toronto working in both the Faculties of Dentistry and Medicine as a Visiting Professor.
Faculty Titles and Offices
- Senior Lecturer
- Associate Dean (Educational Development)
- Associate Dean (Clinical Affairs - SDH)
- Chair, BDent Block 15
- Chair, BDent Block 16
Teaching Areas
Projects Undertaken and Underway
- METIS - Electronic Clinical Assessment Project
Research Interests
- Educational research
- Evaluation and accreditation of clinical teaching in Dentistry
- Student learning quality assessment
Selected Publications
- Vickers ER, McLean C and Gerzina TM. Plasma concentrations and clinical efficacy of EMLA®cream 5% application to Oral Mucosa. J Pain and Anxiety Control. 1997; 21:13-17.
- Gerzina TM. Infection Control. (Chapter 23) in Preservation and Restoration of Tooth Structure Edited by WR Hume and GJ Mount. (1998). Mosby. London.
- Gerzina TM, Worthington R, Byrne S, and McMahon C. Student use and perceptions of different learning aids in relation to formative assessment in a problem based learning (PBL) Dentistry Course J Dental Education 2003; 67(6):642-654.
- Gerzina TM, McLean T, Fairley J, Russell D. Exploring clinical teaching in dentistry: Comparing student and clinical supervisor perceptions of clinical teaching. Synergy Issue 21 August 2005.
- Gerzina TM, McLean T, Fairley J Comparison of perceptions of dental clinical teaching by students and by teachers. (accepted August J Dent Education).
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