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
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