Lyn Gum
Senior Lecturer, Nursing
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College of Health School of Nursing and Midwifery
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About me

Dr Lyn Gum worked as a clinical nurse and midwife for over 30 years, including 14 years as a rural nurse/midwife. Her PhD (Flinders University, 2017) explored interprofessional education and collaborative practice in rural settings in South Australia. Lyn's academic teaching interests have spanned across postgraduate Masters degrees and undergraduate degree teaching in the fields of clinical education, medical, midwifery and nursing education. Lyn is currently Program Director Postgraduate Midwifery and advocates for supportive learning environments that are engaging and respectful to all students. 
Lyn’s current scholarly interests include interprofessional learning, online learning, professional use of social media, generative artificial intelligence, rural workforce/health care, simulation learning and debriefing, communities of practice, collaborative practice and teamwork, and qualitative research. 

UniSA Team Teaching and Learning Development Grant (2025): Enhancing e-professionalism through digital innovation in nursing and midwifery preregistration education.

UniSA Team Teaching and Learning Development Grant. Co-Designing and Evaluating a Bespoke Debriefing Script to Enhance Student Learning and Reflection for Practice

Vice-President and Executive Dean's Education Award (2020): Topic design of MIDW1016 Indigenous Health for Midwives, Flinders University 

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2016): Master of Clinical Education (Team award)

Winner SA Innovation Award, Limestone Coast Regional Awards (2013): Flinders University Rural Clinical School (team) for developing standardised patient clinical training program to support health professional student training and professional development in health services across rural South Australia.

ALTC citation award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning ( 2011) -for Interprofessional Learning. Flinders University

2026 - transition from Uni SA to Adelaide Uni - Senior Lecturer
2022 - 2025 Uni SA Senior Lecturer
2017-2022 - Flinders University Lecturer

Active member and contributor to 
Australasian Interprofessional Practice and Education Network (AIPPEN)
Australian College of Nursing (ACN)
Australian and New Zealand  Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE).
Last updated on 24/01/2026 by Lyn Gum