A5084191705- Innovations in Medical Education
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Radiology practices and education
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
University of Dundee
2021-2025
University of St Andrews
2025
Narrative research approaches provide the opportunity for constructing a detailed understanding of lived experiences relevant to medical education, in areas such as illness narratives, explorations doctor-patient relationships, and development professional identities students educators. The benefits depth data gathered narrative are, however, counterbalanced by possible weaknesses relating focus on individual cases risk identification participants where subjects are sensitive or unique. To...
Objectives General practice continues to be an under-represented career choice among medical school graduates, and the retention of general practitioner (GP) workforce remains challenging. Academic (AGP) is vital development evidence base for education next generation doctors GPs. careers portfolio in are seen as a means increasing GPs profession. However, AGP largely invisible many number AGPs declining. There no clear understanding reasons this. The aim this study was explore factors that...
At a time when UK general practice is facing significant challenges and departments of academic in universities are decline, this cross-sectional qualitative case study examines the experiences practitioner (GP) academics Scottish university department undergraduate education. The explores GPs' reasons for entering careers, their routes into careers balancing clinical work through examining individual narratives GP academics. Data were gathered autobiographical written narrative, interviews...
Although well-established worldwide as a method of clinical medical education, Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs) are green shoots in the UK education landscape. The first comprehensive LIC was introduced Dundee, Scotland 2016. Substantial work has been carried out to evaluate experiences students and primary care tutors involved Dundee LIC, but patients cared for had not evaluated. purpose this study explore these patients, particularly impact involvement student might have on their...
In March 2020, due to the escalating global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, clinical placements for most medical students in UK were suspended. A phased resumption of started at beginning academic year 2020/2021. For Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine programme (ScotGEM), 2020/21 was first that Dundee School Medicine’s comprehensive LIC extended all 54 penultimate ScotGEM programme. This cross-sectional qualitative study explored aspects tutors’ experiences supporting their practices....