Alex Little and Anne Croker are health profession educators and researchers who have worked together for over ten years at the University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health in Tamworth. Alex has a background as a speech pathologist and Anne as a physiotherapist. Both Alex and Anne have an interest in researching in the interpretive paradigm and enjoy undertaking and publishing collaborative educational research with their colleagues, often pushing boundaries through the incorporation of a variety of creative research approaches. Innovation and being open to ‘how can it be otherwise’ is integral to their approaches to education as well. Alex is currently undertaking her PhD through the University of Newcastle exploring the lived experience of navigating the transition from pre- to post-qualification in relation to collaborative practice in healthcare. She was recently awarded Best Higher Degree Research Confirmation Award in the School of Medicine and Public Health. Both Anne and Alex have an interest in researching in the interpretive paradigm and enjoy undertaking collaborative educational research with their colleagues and grappling with pedagogical approaches. Collaboration was the focus of Anne's PhD and helping learn to collaborate was the focus on her post-doctoral research.

Anne Croker and Alex Little are health profession educators and researchers who have worked together for over ten years at the University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health in Tamworth. Both have an interest in educating health profession students for collaborative practice, with a particular focus on unbundling complexities such as linguistics. Anne has a background as a physiotherapist and Alex as a speech pathologist. Collaboration was the focus of Anne's PhD undertaken through Charles Sturt University for which she received the Thesis of the Year Award in 2011. Alex is currently undertaking her PhD through the University of Newcastle exploring the lived experience of navigating the transition from pre- to post-qualification in relation to collaborative practice in healthcare. She was recently awarded Best Higher Degree Research Confirmation Award in the School of Medicine and Public Health. Both Anne and Alex have an interest in researching in the interpretive paradigm and enjoy undertaking collaborative educational research with their colleagues and grappling with pedagogical approaches.

Associate Professor Deanne Gannaway is a higher education curriculum thought leader and curriculum transformation expert with over twenty years’ experience in Australian universities. Her teaching and scholarship focus on continuing professional learning for university teachers and professional education for students.

Associate Professor Rebecca E. Olson is Director of Teaching and Learning in the School of Social Science, at the University of Queensland. As a translational qualitative researcher, Olson collaborates with health professionals, health professional educators and emotions scholars, bringing sociological insight to addressing complex healthcare and health professional education challenges.