Charlotte began her journey educating dental students, both clinical and didactic teaching in oral surgery in 2004.  During this time, she has led and developed a number of assessments both for undergraduate and postgraduate students. She was appointed to the role of Director of Assessment and Feedback in 2019 and was able to develop new methods for assessments, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic for both undergraduate and postgraduate students in dentistry and dental therapy and hygiene. Covid-19 highlighted and pushed the development of methods to record and assess student’s capabilities to ensure Cardiff University could demonstrate the safe beginner, whereby she introduced a capability portfolio to record student clinical progress, this also enabled her to review current work-based assessments to demonstrate competency in key areas.

Clare McNally is an Associate Professor of Oral Health and the Academic Lead for Assessment and Evaluation at the Melbourne Dental School. Clare is a change agent, responsible for assessment reform as part of the MDS25 curriculum redesign.

By developing a programmatic approach to assessment and introducing an entrustable professional activity framework, Clare will ensure the Melbourne Dental School (MDS) is a global leader in dental education and assessment.
Clare is also the Bachelor of Oral Health final year coordinator. This is a work-integrated learning (WIL) year where students are out on clinical placements. Clare is focused on ensuring they remain connected as a community of learners despite not being on-site together at the University.
Clare's PhD (Medicine) at the University of Adelaide explored the relationship between oral health and systemic health in hospitalised older people. She currently works for Dental Health Services Victoria in the Oral Medicine Department helping patients with significant mucosal diseases prevent common dental conditions. She will be expanding her research in this area in 2024.