Medical Education Swansea

Folks, we are pausing activity on this account. You can find us on Linkedin and via the Swansea University homepage.

Amazing Prof Billett from @Griffith_Uni will give a talk on 17 Oct on learning through everyday work tasks and interactions eg handovers, team meetings Relevant for- ▪️Student learning ▪️Ongoing development ▪️Interprofessional working Join online ⬇️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/uclms-evenin…

How can we identify educatonal assessments which are at risk from generstive AI tools like #ChatGPT? Why should we? What can we do about it? A short video for university educators youtu.be/Hl2QsuFS4yI #highered #HigherEducation

A new paper from our fabulous MSc student Anish Patil

Dear 🇬🇧, As we approach the NHS 75th anniversary, here's your reminder that 10 years ago, it was ranked the #1 healthcare system on Earth. You don't need a new system. You need a new govt that won't intentionally destroy it for their own financial benefit. #SOSNHS #NHS75

Students: The BSDJ is looking to recruit a number of Senior Editors, Section Editors, Design and Blog Editors to join its international editorial team. For a full description of the roles and to apply: bsdj.org.uk/joinourteam2 Applications close midnight on 3 April 2023 (BST).

One month has passed but the tragedy in Turkiye and Syria is still affecting the lives of millions! Please consider donating to the listed charities. To my dear friends @salim_razi, @burcurazi, @_ozgurcelik_ @TSrdrYlmz & COMU team, you haven't been forgotten. Stay strong!

It has been a long time in the writing @MScMedEd but a pre-print of our new paper "Embedding Retrieval Practice in Undergraduate Biochemistry teaching using PeerWise" is available at edarxiv.org/xtrfp/ via @OSFramework DOI: 10.35542/osf.io/xtrfp

Widening Access in Dental Education; a new paper in @The_BDJ from one of our fabulous @swanseamedicine #MedEd students Dr Michal Kawecki nature.com/articles/s4141…

I want to talk to your teacher prep program. Please, request it. Our biggest impact will come from working to change the minds of new teachers who haven’t already built the square wheel. How do we reach them? @AceThatTest educationnext.org/stubborn-myth-…

Ever go to #meded conference & leave without anything that changed your work? Wondering what is coming next from the brightest minds in #HPE? Announcing a new conference: MedEd On the Edge, October 4-6,2023. Hosted by @karolinskainst in Stockholm. Don’t miss it! #MedEdEdge23

Cardiff, UK is the venue for the AoME/INHWE Joint Conference, "Learning Together for Clinical Excellence" on 27 - 29 June 2023. Submission deadline 6 February 2023. Info here: buff.ly/3NH0LeY

Research into our profession’s education is so important, it would be great if we could get a big response to this request

@ChurchillFship Medical educators - you qualify to apply for @ChurchillFship Why not give it a go? You have nothing to lose and LOADS to gain!

The consultation is now open on the revised benchmark statement for biomedical sciences. Really useful if #biomedicalscientists could take a look and discuss #ibmschat

What is Active Learning? Could you define it? What is it not? (Is it really different to Retrieval Practice?). Answers to all these and more in our short video... youtube.com/watch?v=R30Oga…

@ProfTomCrick @SwanseaDECS @SOEBristol @SwanseaUcu @Bristol_UCU @UCUWales @ucu @unisontheunion @UNISONWales @The_AUA @of_pandemia paging @DrAlister

ACADEMICS: have you left or considered leaving UK HE since Jan 2020? tinyurl.com/leavingukhe22 please tell us why! @SwanseaDECS @SOEBristol @SwanseaUcu @Bristol_UCU @UCUWales @UCU @unisontheunion @UNISONWales @The_AUA @of_pandemia

@DaveRuckley @A_L_T @beckylt09 @Sarah_L_Prior Great stuff, well done Dave!

@TraceyWhite_wbl @NTF_Tweet Hi Tracy. We can definitely try and help! Send us a DM if you are still looking.

@NTF_Tweet Does anyone have expertise in innovative teach with large numbers of students in big lecture theatres and would come to Lincoln next week to share their practice?

@Dr_Paul_Penn We found that they worked, but when digging through the literature in preparation for this study, could not find a lot of research conducted in the field. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

My next YouTube video is in preparation (following a covid induced break). This one is about using concrete examples. I'm trying not to make it too abstract! ;-)