Meet Our Team

Dr Blackham is a Senior Lecturer within The University of Western Australia and trainer and facilitator for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.  In this role she works collaboratively in course development at CTEC.

She has completed a Master of Surgery thesis studying the effect of age and fatigue upon simulated laparoscopic surgical skills. She is also the recipient of a Churchill Fellowship focusing her topic upon the role of simulation in teaching surgical skills to health professionals involving travel to the UK, Canada and Singapore.

In addition to her clinical workload she has previously represented doctors as the Chair of the AMA Doctors in Training Committee, Chair of the PMCWA Junior Medical Officers committee, elected as national General Surgical representative to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Trainee’s Association and General Surgeons Australia.

Dr Blackham’s research interests are:

• Laparoscopic surgery
• Performance in skill simulation
• Fertility and obesity
• Long-term nutritional management of bariatric patients

Astrid has over 18 years’ experience working in diverse clinical translational research and teaching environments.

She is responsible for providing high level technical management of the Hill Medical and Surgical Workshop as well as ensuring compliance with University regulations and standards.

Astrid works alongside the HSW team to enhance the skills of a broad range of health professionals in an authentic simulated environment and maintains positive working relationships with industry contacts, teaching faculty and internal staff.

Meagan coordinates the UWA Master of Surgery and the Medical Student Associates Programs at CTEC, together with event co-ordination for 2019 CTEC Conferences. Meagan also manages CTEC's administration requirements and provides executive support to senior management. 

John Linehan has over 20 years in the medical education industry in the UK and Australia. John coordinates the workshop accreditation activities with peak bodies including RACS, ACRRM and RACGP. He coordinates all aspects of all the Core Skills, Surgical and The Cutting Edge GP workshops at CTEC, regularly assisting Convenors and participants and industry representatives.

Shellen Redman is a UWA graduate with 5 years experience teaching Human Anatomy to undergraduate and postgraduate health science students.

Shellen coordinates all the technical aspects and specimen dissections required for running CTEC’s medical and surgical workshops and ensures that they are conducted efficiently and ethically. She works with Convenors and industry partners to ensure that specific quality surgical equipment and instrumentation is available for attendees attending the workshops. Shellen also assists in teaching surgical anatomy and supports academic staff at The University of Western Australia with research projects that are conducted in the Hill Surgical Workshop.