Small ways to introduce reflection – Part 2
Dr Alison Graham describes how challenges with unprofessional conduct are turned into growth through guided reflection in the PARTNERS supported-entry route Assessed Summer School.
Category: Medical Education
Elevating employability through reflection
With no single placement output to assess, bioscience students used reflection to evidence learning and personal development during a 35 hour work placement undertaken as part of an employability skills module.
Giving new life to an old presentation: A Module Revamp Case Study
Emily Smith, LET Coordinator in FMS TEL, describes how she worked with Sue Campbell and Krissie Howkins from the Chemotherapy Nurse Training module team, responding to negative student feedback to review and revamp materials for an unpopular topic in the module, replacing text heavy resources with animated infographics, and interactive quizzes using H5P, turning the topic into one of the most popular of the module.
Enhanced Personal Tutoring: Embedding Academic Mentorship
An overhaul of the personal tutoring system resulted in the introduction of Academic Mentorship in the School of Medical Education. Find out how this impacted on student evaluation, portfolio usage metrics, and academic performance
Using Canvas New Analytics to gain insights into students’ access
Find out if Dr Rachelle Maddison and Dr Raghda Zahran could use Canvas New Analytics to check whether a small cohort of international students could access resources in their own countries.
Team-Based Learning
Team Based-Learning (TBL) was used in the MBBS curriculum helping students to develop team working skills and providing a forum for meaningful discussion.
Encouraging collaborative learning on challenging topics
Fiona Holdsworth from the FMS Graduate School explains how discussion boards are used to shape learning around a difficult subject.
Escape rooms, quizzes and bite size videos
When teaching ophthalmology to MBBS students Dr Jeffry Hogg introduced a range of games and quizzes to help engage students with their learning.
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Early-warning system for student progression issues
Sarah Fletcher, Programme Co-ordinator School of Medical Education Faculty of Medical Sciences What did you do? The Master of Medical Education programme employs an early-warning system, allowing us to identify students who may be having issues early on and provide support. Who is involved? It focusses on identifying early on students who are not attending teaching Read more about Early-warning system for student progression issues[…]