Professional Bio
Dr. Farlie is a clinician researcher with a combined 23 years of experience in clinical practice, clinical leadership, and academia. She has worked in private and public health, community, sub-acute and acute hospital settings - predominantly in orthogeriatric rehabilitation. Dr. Farlie engages her broad expertise to support her educational leadership and program of research.
Dr. Farlie is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physiotherapy, Senior Lecturer & Research Felllow in the Monash Centre for Scholarship in Health Professions Education, Education Lead for the Monash Musculoskeletal Research Unit in the School of Primary and Allied Health Care and Faculty in the School of Clinical Sciences. Dr. Farlie is also part of the teaching team for the APA Level 1 & 2 Gerontology Courses and co-convenes the Introduction to Clinical Research for Healthcare Professionals short course at Monash University. In prior roles Dr. Farlie has led clinical physiotherapy and allied health educator teams, including as Geriatric Clinical Lead for a department of 150+ physiotherapists and Education Lead for 1400+ allied health staff at Victoria’s largest healthcare service.
Balance exercise prescription was the topic of her PhD, and Dr Farlie has led the development and validation of the world’s first objective measure of balance exercise intensity: the Balance Intensity Scale. Dr. Farlie is regularly engaged to deliver her innovative interactive virtual scale traning session to health professionals nationally and internationally. The scale website has had >4,000 visitors, >2,200 downloads with a ~25% return visitor rate since the site launch in June 2020. Dr. Farlie’s broader research interests include: application of qualitative research methods in clinical research, health care professions education, evidence-informed practice, allied health workforce models and models of care, professional identity development and uncertainty tolerance.
Dr. Farlie is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physiotherapy, Senior Lecturer & Research Felllow in the Monash Centre for Scholarship in Health Professions Education, Education Lead for the Monash Musculoskeletal Research Unit in the School of Primary and Allied Health Care and Faculty in the School of Clinical Sciences. Dr. Farlie is also part of the teaching team for the APA Level 1 & 2 Gerontology Courses and co-convenes the Introduction to Clinical Research for Healthcare Professionals short course at Monash University. In prior roles Dr. Farlie has led clinical physiotherapy and allied health educator teams, including as Geriatric Clinical Lead for a department of 150+ physiotherapists and Education Lead for 1400+ allied health staff at Victoria’s largest healthcare service.
Balance exercise prescription was the topic of her PhD, and Dr Farlie has led the development and validation of the world’s first objective measure of balance exercise intensity: the Balance Intensity Scale. Dr. Farlie is regularly engaged to deliver her innovative interactive virtual scale traning session to health professionals nationally and internationally. The scale website has had >4,000 visitors, >2,200 downloads with a ~25% return visitor rate since the site launch in June 2020. Dr. Farlie’s broader research interests include: application of qualitative research methods in clinical research, health care professions education, evidence-informed practice, allied health workforce models and models of care, professional identity development and uncertainty tolerance.
