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Medical Education – A Changing World. Prof Hamish McKenzie Head of Division of Medical Education. Medical Education - A Changing World. GMC policy – Tomorrow’s Doctors New medical schools in England Emergence of a research culture and evidence base in education
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Medical Education – A Changing World Prof Hamish McKenzie Head of Division of Medical Education
Medical Education - A Changing World • GMC policy – Tomorrow’s Doctors • New medical schools in England • Emergence of a research culture and evidence base in education • Collaboration between schools – SDMEG, ASME, IMU • NHS re-organisation/Modernising Medical Careers • High profile events – Shipman, Bristol Heart Enquiry
Hot Topics in Medical Education • Outcome based, top-down curricular design • ensures generic outcomes are covered somewhere • bottom up model without a strategic overview makes this difficult • Attempt to make “hidden curriculum” explicit: • communication skills, team working, professionalism, work life balance • Knowledge, skills and attitudes – reduce factual overload (“the cult of coverage”)
Hot Topics in Medical Education • Student centred learning (PBL) • Assessment – reliability and validity, standard setting, national licensing exam • Medical humanities • Portfolios – Personal and Professional Development • Professionalising teaching – educational research, PG certificates, teaching fellowships