Newsletter 01.8
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Problem-based learning: a system or just a method?
Peter Dangerfield and Charles Engel report on a Subject Centre funded workshop that explored the elements which would constitute a coherent system of professional education ...
Authors: Prof. Peter Dangerfield; Prof. Charles Engel;
Mini project update: Enhancing clinical learning: an evaluation of a novel approach
A potential solution to the difficulties of clinical teaching in dentistry is currently under evaluation at Dundee Dental School and Hospital. Here Graham Chadwick reports ...
Authors: Mr R.Graham Chadwick;
Hull York Medical School: The first two years,
Hull York Medical School (HYMS) is one of the new UK schools, opening its doors for the first students in Autumn 2003. The Medical Education ...
Authors: Dr Jean McKendree;
Mini project update:Objects for OSCEs
Work on this project began in December 2003 as a pilot study, funded by the Subject Centre, to document the development of a limited number ...
Authors: Ms Vicki Dale; Ms Gill McConnell;
Workshop report: Examiner training for OSCEs
Following previous Subject Centre funded workshops on ‘Using OSCEs for the assessment of clinical competence’ Kathy and Trudie developed a new workshop on training examiners ...
Authors: Dr Katharine Boursicot; Ms Trudie Roberts;
Workshop report: Interprofessional assessment – challenges and opportunities
Taking the example of IPE at Queen’s University Belfast, Marian Traynor and colleagues led a Subject Centre workshop looking at the challenges that interprofessional ...
Authors: Dr Marian Traynor;
CETL focus: Assessment and learning in practice settings (ALPS)
This Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is a collaboration between the Universities of Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Leeds Metropolitan and York St John College ...
Authors: Prof. Trudie Roberts;
CETL focus: Enquiry Based Learning (EBL)
The University of Manchester has been awarded a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) in Enquiry Based Learning (EBL). HEFCE’s provision of ...
Authors: Prof. Paul O'Neill;
CETL focus: Healthcare professional education (CETL4HealthNE)
Healthcare in the UK is constantly changing and developing. It is crucial for us to ensure that the students we educate will be fit for ...
Authors: Dr Pauline Pearson;
CETL focus: Developing professionalism in medical students
The Centre for excellence in developing professionalism in medical students is a CETL based at the University of Liverpool. Here the CETL Director, Professor Anne ...
Authors: Prof. Anne Garden;
Project focus: A progress file learning system
The Progress File Learning System (PFLS) has been developed by Barts and The London Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry and other partners ...
Authors: Prof. Liz Davenport;
FDTL4 update: Web-based interprofessional learning network
The WILeN (Web-based Inter-professional Learning Network) project is one of the FDTL4 funded projects that received funding for three years, with additional funding support from ...
Authors: Dr Giuseppe Cannavina,;
The learning styles of medical school entrants at Southampton University
The phenomena of a cohort of 219 students all with different experiences and learning preferences inspired the researchers to investigate the student cohort further. Entrants ...
Authors: Ms Vikki Haley; Ms Claire Smith;
Mini project update: The effect of social class on psychometric assessments
Admission of school-leavers to medical schools in the United Kingdom usually requires high academic achievement in school-leaving exams and may discriminate against those from disadvantaged ...
Authors: Prof. Mary Ann Lumsden,;
Workshop report: Supporting students who struggle academically
In the current educational climate, abandoning students who are struggling academically is culturally, financially and ethically unacceptable.The Academic Support Programme (ASP) at Barts and ...
Authors: Dr Jo Brown; Dr Dason Evans;
Workshop report: Formal appraisal of undergraduates – worth the effort?
With assessment structures that aim to detect those students of an unsatisfactory standard, what incentive is there for students to aim high? Deborah Murdoch-Eaton reports ...
Authors: Prof. Deborah Murdoch-Eaton, ;
Mini project update: The effect of reflection on undergraduate learning
This study evaluated the effect of an optional reflective learning intervention on the learning of third year medical students.The intervention consisted of keeping a ...
Authors: Dr Andy Grant, ;
Dental students and nurses: Investigating gender differences in communication and working styles
Male and female dentists have different experiences when working with female nurses. Women dentists fear being assertive and feel they receive less nursing assistance whereas ...
Authors: Prof. Ruth Freeman; Ms Christine McWilliams, ;
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