2025 Australian Traditional Medicine Society Natural Medicine Educator’s Forum

Event Details

When: Friday 5th September 2025

Time: 11:00am – 1:00pm (Sydney AEST)

Where: Online free event

CPE: 2 points

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Supporting student engagement in a tech-saturated world

ATMS invites you to join us for an exciting Educators’ Forum that will revolutionise the way you approach teaching in today’s tech-driven world. In this dynamic forum, we’ll explore innovative strategies to captivate your students and foster deeper engagement.

Break away from traditional lectures and embrace interactive videos, gamification and narrative hooks designed to keep attention locked in. Learn how to weave storytelling and multimedia into your lessons, creating an immersive experience that sparks curiosity and enhances learning outcomes.

This is your opportunity to connect with like-minded educators, share ideas, and discover practical, tech-forward tools that will transform your teaching. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or new to the digital classroom, you’ll walk away with fresh ideas to make your lessons more impactful and engaging.

Register now and take the first step towards a more engaging, interactive, and tech-savvy teaching experience!

Key Topics Include:

· Hooking attention with a compelling narrative

· Keeping brains engaged through interactive technology, such as live polls, games and instant feedback tools

· Making content memorable so learners retain it long after they leave the room

Program Overview

11:00am: Welcome to the Natural Medicine Educator’s Forum and Acknowledgement of Country

Dr Brad McEwen PhD, Chair of the ATMS Academic & Research Committee

11:10am: The Power of Edutainment - From Yawns to Wows

Rafael Bucater BPhysEd

Break free from traditional lectures by using interactive videos, gamification, and narrative hooks to keep attention locked in. Blending storytelling, gamification, and multimedia for deep student engagement. Hands up—be honest—how many of you have been in a professional development session where, about 15 minutes in, your mind started wandering to lunch? Or emails? Or… literally anywhere else? Now imagine this: That same session … but you’re leaning forward, scribbling notes, laughing at the examples, and feeling excited to try the ideas tomorrow. That’s not a fantasy, that’s the power of edutainment. From Yawns to Wows isn’t about dumbing things down or turning teaching into a comedy act. It’s about harnessing the science of engagement—storytelling, surprise, humour, and technology—to make learning an experience that sticks. We’re talking about:

Hooking attention with a compelling narrative.
Keeping brains engaged through interactive technology, such as live polls, games, or instant feedback tools.
Making content memorable so learners retain it long after they leave the room.

We will review how to combine solid pedagogy with the creative spark of entertainment, without losing academic rigour, so your learners go from checking the clock … to wishing they had more time.

11:35am: Student panel

12:05pm: Break out rooms

12:35pm: Back to main group - Discussion of dot points and answering chat questions

12:55pm: Wrap up and close

Meet the presenters and facilitators

Rafael Bucater BPhysEd

Specialist in musculoskeletal massage therapy, deep tissue and remedial massage, and postural and biomechanical assessment. Rafael has a bachelor degree in physical education, a post-graduate degree in exercise physiology and a diploma in fitness, sports and remedial massage in Australia.

Rafael has been lecturing at the Australian Institute of Fitness, Adelaide campus, in fitness and massage courses for the last 10 years. He has presented at the 2019 South Australian Sports Medicine FAST conference to sports trainers on sports massage techniques and self-care techniques and offers mentoring services and tutorials to new therapists.

Dr Brad McEwen PhD – ATMS Director and chair of A&RC

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