A5064300305- Innovations in Medical Education
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Reflective Practices in Education
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Ethics in medical practice
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Medical Education and Admissions
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
University College London
2015-2024
The Royal Free Hospital
2009-2023
John Wiley & Sons (United Kingdom)
2020
University of Nebraska at Omaha
2020
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
2018-2019
University College Hospital
2019
Marie Curie Hospice
2009-2017
Marie Curie
2009-2014
ADAPTeR is a prospective, phase II study of nivolumab (anti-PD-1) in 15 treatment-naive patients (115 multiregion tumor samples) with metastatic clear cell renal carcinoma (ccRCC) aiming to understand the mechanism underpinning therapeutic response. Genomic analyses show no correlation between molecular features and response, whereas ccRCC-specific human endogenous retrovirus expression indirectly correlates clinical T receptor (TCR) analysis reveals significantly higher number expanded TCR...
Although thousands of solid tumors have been sequenced to date, a fundamental under-sampling bias is inherent in current methodologies. This caused by tissue sample input fixed dimensions (e.g., 6 mm biopsy), which becomes grossly under-powered as tumor volume scales. Here, we demonstrate representative sequencing (Rep-Seq) new method achieve unbiased sampling. Rep-Seq uses residual material, homogenized and subjected next-generation sequencing. Analysis intratumor mutation burden (TMB)...
The Decolonising the Curriculum movement in higher education has been steadily gaining momentum, accelerated by recent global events calling for an appraisal of intersecting barriers discrimination that ethnic minorities can encounter. While arts and humanities have at forefront these efforts, medical a ‘late starter’ to initiative. In this article, we describe pioneering efforts decolonise undergraduate curriculum UCL Medical School (UCLMS), London, group clinician educators students, with...
: Introduction: The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT+) population experience health social inequalities, including discrimination within healthcare services. There is a growing international awareness of the importance providing professionals students with dedicated training on LGBT+ health.We introduced compulsory teaching programme in large London-based medical school, visit from patient. Feedback was collected across four years, before (n = 433) after 541) session. Student...
Training to be a doctor and caring for patients are recognized as being stressful demanding. The wellbeing of healthcare professionals impacts upon the care patients. Schwartz Centre Rounds (SCRs), multidisciplinary meetings led by trained facilitator designed hospital staff, were introduced enhance communication compassion, have since been widely adopted way fostering compassion. continuum education suggests that medical students need develop these attributes in conjunction with resilience...
Effective undergraduate education is required to enable newly qualified doctors safely care for patients with palliative and end-of-life needs. The status of teaching UK medical students unknown.To investigate training at schools compare data collected in 2000.An anonymised, web-based multifactorial questionnaire.Results were obtained from course organisers all 30 2013 compared 23 (24 programmes) 2000.All continue deliver mandatory on 'last days life, death bereavement'. Time devoted time...
Whilst health care professionals embark on their careers with high ideals these can be eroded by the pressures and stress of system. This paper explores problems, which may lead both students professionals, working in care, to feel isolated stressed. It considers value Schwartz Rounds as an initiative that used enhance student well-being ultimately enable treat each other, colleagues patients more compassion. Qualitative quantitative data from conducted medical at University College London...
Background: A proportion of newly qualified doctors report feeling unprepared to manage patients with palliative care and end-of-life needs. This may be related barriers within their institution during undergraduate training. Information is limited regarding the current organisation teaching across UK medical schools. Aims: To investigate evolution structure at Design: Anonymised, web-based questionnaire. Settings/participants: Results were obtained from course organisers all 30 Results: The...
Abstract Background One in three women the United Kingdom (UK) will have an abortion before age 45, making provision essential aspect of reproductive healthcare. Despite this, remains ethically contested and stigmatised, with variable teaching UK medical schools concerns about falling numbers doctors willing to participate care. University College London Medical School (UCLMS) has designed practical, inclusive, that aims give students understanding importance care prepare them be competent...
Background: Inequalities in healthcare are increasing. Engaging medical students to tackle this urgent challenge alongside clinical sciences can be demanding. This study examines student perceptions of a flipped approach health inequalities co-designed by faculty and sixth-year students.Innovation: A learning session was piloted for year 4 combining an online lesson followed tutorial with simulated patient.Methods: mixed-methods collected questionnaire data using 4-point Likert scales free...
Doctors and medical students have a professional responsibility to raise concerns. Failure concerns may compromise patient safety. It is widely known that frequently encounter unprofessional behaviours in the workplace, but little about barriers raising amongst students. This paper explores these issues discusses some innovations undergraduate curriculum, offering good practice model for other healthcare curricula. We set out ascertain attitudes experiences of relation data was then used...
Abstract Background Feedback received from medical students at University College London Medical School (UCLMS) suggested a lack of clarity regarding the contents and subsequent assessment undergraduate curriculum. In order to address these issues, specialist team was established with aim designing implementing Curriculum Map (CM), which have been recognised in their ability provide centralised, visual representation While multiple perspectives educators stakeholders can be considered here,...
With the outbreak of COVID-19, there was widespread cessation face-to-face teaching in medical schools from March 2020. 130 students their first clinical year at a large London school were risk missing part and practical procedure teaching. We mailed pack containing consumables gave instructions to prepare fruit, vegetables kitchen sponges as replacement for manikins. Students used cucumbers bladder catheterisation, oranges injections, bananas suturing cannulated practising intravenous drug...
Little has been published on the use of imaging in palliative care. This paper discusses 'in-house' ultrasound at bedside a specialist care unit. The aim this is to evaluate potential uses hospice population with consideration length stay and cost. A single operator scanned inpatients using majority these scans were done mark complex ascites prior paracentesis. Other indications included marking pleural fluid chest drain insertion, evaluating renal appearances bladders. Scans 40 patients...
Digital health, data science and health informatics are increasingly important in healthcare, but largely ignored undergraduate medical training.
Abstract Background Following student feedback, a Curriculum Map (CM) was commissioned in 2018 at UCL Medical School (UCLMS). After exploring key requirements of CM, the second phase focused on building prototype before its launch. This study evaluates this novel pedagogical intervention following implementation, from perspective primary users, medical students. Methods multi-method conducted two months after CM’s launch 2019. Quantitative and qualitative data gathered via survey focus...
Background Effective training at medical school is essential to prepare new doctors safely manage patients with palliative care (PC) and end of life (EOLC) needs. The contribution undergraduate PC course organisers central but their collective views regarding role are unknown. Objective To survey attitudes course, organisation, the adequacy provided level personal satisfaction. Methods An anonymised, multifactorial, web-based questionnaire was devised, tested, modified then sent lead all UK...
<ns4:p>This article was migrated. The marked as recommended. Background: Medical education, with other areas of healthcare is susceptible to cheating, national and international examples cited in the literature. There are documented lay press, but limited scholarly activity field, which can be a challenging area research tackle. We have begun explicitly address academic integrity within our undergraduate curriculum, including focus on plagiarism, self-plagiarism, covert sharing questions....