Kirsty Van Grinsven

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Kirsty Van Grinsven

BHlthSc Podiatry), GCLTHE

Lecturer in Podiatry
Albury / Wodonga
Bld 673 Room 322

Kirsty joined the Podiatry team at Charles Sturt University in 2018. With almost two decades of professional experience in Australia and England, Kirsty has worked in various sectors, including rural community healthcare and outreach clinics, High Risk Foot Clinic, Diabetes Centre, Biomechanics Specialist Clinic, private podiatric practices, and higher education.

Kirsty’s interests include complex case management, multidisciplinary care planning, and First Nations health and wellbeing. She is passionate about facilitating high-quality clinical education and enjoys collaborating with industry and communities to create authentic, engaging learning experiences. Kirsty holds a Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and has earned micro-credentials in Inclusive Community Engagement and Transformational Leadership. She led her team to be awarded two consecutive Charles Sturt Teaching Academy Change One Thing Awards in 2023 and 2024, for co-designing and co-facilitating a place-based learning initiative working alongside Albury Wodonga Aboriginal Health Service.

Kirsty is an active Clinical Educator in the Charles Sturt University Community Engagement and Wellness Centre.

Her teaching experience spans across the following subjects:

  • HLT417 /517 – Indigenous perspectives on health and wellbeing
  • POD416 – Clinical Reasoning for Complex Podiatric Management
  • POD318 – Podiatry for Chronic Disease Management
  • POD310 – Advanced Clinical Podiatric Practice
  • POD213 – Consolidating Podiatric Clinical Practice
  • POD204 – Podiatry and Community Health Practice
  • POD112 – Introduction to Podiatric Clinical Practice

Kirsty has strong sense of social justice, including First Nations perspectives of health and wellbeing. She is interested in how authentic learning and teaching experiences impact the development of future health professionals and their effect on patient care, health outcomes, and career longevity. She is particularly curious about engaging collaboratively with industry and community and how this can genuinely shape innovative learning experiences for higher education students, with mutual reciprocity for all involved.

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA)