Newsletter 01.23
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State of play: support available to medical students with specific learning difficulties - full length article
Specific learning difficulties (SpLD) are characterised by lifelong deficits in: attention; concentration; reasoning; understanding; memory; or coordination. An exact definition is difficult to pin down ...
Authors: Dr Duncan Shrewsbury;
Guidelines on using evidence to inform medical education practice and policy
These guidelines aim to assist education practitioners and policy makers as they seek to use research evidence in decision making in education practice and policy ...
Authors: Prof. Marilyn Hammick;
Cultural diversity teaching in the UK - update and ways forward
This report aims to gauge national interest in establishing a National Diversity in Medical Education (NDIME) group. If there was an umbrella group to look ...
Authors: Prof. Nisha Dogra;
Working together and sharing best practice in veterinary nursing education
The first subject centre meeting for Veterinary Nursing occurred at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC). The aim of this event was to bring together veterinary ...
Authors: Ms Hilary Orpet;
Creating a profession fit for the future
In 1999 a leading exponent of occupational therapy (OT), Ann Allart Wilcock, wrote: "Despite much current rhetoric, I believe that many occupational therapists are still ...
Authors: Ms Jill Jepson; Mr Mick Collins;
Multi-media evidence in the ePortfolio
Most careers now require the use of computer technology to communicate and share information. Therefore it is logical that we would use it, in a ...
Authors: Dr Sarah Heath; Mr Phil Boulton; Dr Jon Miles; Mr Dan Powley; Dr Paul Baker;
Using ePortfolio in undergraduate medicine to reflect and evidence clinical competences
Background context: ePortfolios address a current need in undergraduate medical education allowing students to collect and store documents and reflect on their clinical experiences. These ...
Authors: Ms Mario Toro-Troconis; Mr Ashish Hemani; Dr Carolyn Gabriel; Dr Aaron Vallance; Dr Sue Smith;
Constructively describe your experience of receiving feedback, with suggestions for ways in which feedback might be improved.
Students value feedback. In fact, feedback is the most often cited criticism by students when it is not provided. Ultimately, constructive criticism is an essential ...
Authors: Ms Raisha Nurani;
MEDUSA: a blended approach to staff development at Southampton
The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton runs a highly successful staff development programme, designed to meet the needs of clinicians from across ...
Authors: Mr Kevin Galbraith; Dr Sunhea Choi; Mr Marcus Parry; Dr Faith Hill;
Does PBL 'work'? An alternative approach to evidence
Problem based learning (PBL) is an educational approach increasingly found particularly in areas of professional education such as nursing, engineering, law and medical schools. While ...
Authors: Dr Jean McKendree;
A doctor does not get five choices
If you are involved in the assessment of medical knowledge, you may be interested to know that the Medical School at the University of Dundee ...
Authors: Prof. John McEwan; Dr Tom Mitchell;
Psychology scenarios for teaching radiography students
This Psychology Network funded mini-project aimed to develop blended learning materials to support the teaching of patient care to student radiographers - in particular, the teaching ...
Authors: Ms Jill Bleiker; Ms Karen Knapp;
Digital Professionalism
The digital is implied in almost all contemporary professional frameworks through the move from 'knows' to ' knows how to know' and the growing dependence on ...
Authors: Dr Rachel Ellaway;
Newcastle gateshead medical volunteers' fourth trip to Kurdistan, Iraq
Newcastle Gateshead Medical Volunteers (NGMV) is a charity comprised of health care professionals from the North East of England. Its main aim is to work ...
Authors: Dr Amy Jo Farrow;
national CAMHS Support Service: national workforce programme
"Mental health problems in children are associated with educational failure, family disruption, disability, offending and antisocial behaviour, placing demands on social services, schools and the ...
Authors: Ms Jane Sedgewick;
Conference report: new horizons? Horizon scanning, future proofing, and reflection....UHMLG summer conference
UHMLG, the University Health & Medical Librarians Group, held its third summer conference (sponsored by MEDEV) in the MacDonald Randolph Hotel, Oxford. Dr CarlHeneghan, Centre for ...
Authors: Mr Maurice Wakeman; Ms Betsy Anagnostelis; Ms Helen Marlborough;
Workshop report: new forms of leadership for medical and health professions' education? Explaoring collaborative and servant leadership, values and spirituality
A workshop, one in an ongoing series for the health professions educators and staff developers Special Interest Group focussing on leadership and educational innovation was ...
Authors: Prof. Judy McKimm; Prof. Bernard Moss;
Workshop report: solving assessment challenges together
This workshop was hosted by the Academic Unit of Medical Education, University of Sheffield. The facilitators were Dr Jim Crossley, Professor Nigel Bax, Professor Patsy ...
Authors: Dr Jim Crossley; Mr Chris Harrison; Ms Andrea Owen; Prof. Patsy Stark; Dr Matthew Pead; Dr Margaret MacDougall;
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