Dr Debbie Aitken

Wrote a little piece for @TheLancet with @drdebbieaitken & Dr AK Ismail (@OxfordDeptofEd) on ingrained dominant paradigms in med ed research. Neocolonial patterns need be introspectively confronted at all stages of the process to decolonise the field thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Excited to share another #MSc #MedEd student #research #poster: @harryzac examines the impact student societies have on undergraduate students’ educational experience using a case study from his own institution using Lave and Wenger’s community of practice as a theoretical lens

Student #poster: Mastering non-technical skills can save lives. #Interdisciplinary #simulation is a valuable tool for #learning. Our research suggests that the learning experience is enhanced by inter-specificity in simulation. By: linkedin.com/in/christoph-w…

Student #poster alert: #Resilience is crucial in the medical field. My research aims to identify the elements that foster resilience among preclinical phase medical students in the UAE in order to develop an effective resilience curriculum. @mariam_shadan linkedin.com/in/mariam-shad…

#MSc #MedEd student #research #poster: An exploration by @antonyzacharias into the experiences of role models amongst sexual and/or gender minority identifying medical students at medical school. An often hidden but important tool in increasing representation of this group.

What to know more about our MSc in #MedicalEducation? See these videos from our course director @drdebbieaitken & students: education.ox.ac.uk/want-to-know-m… #MedEd #HPE #HSE @OxfordDeptofEd

Very pleased to be a part of this publication! doi.org/10.1080/014215… At @EdinUniMedicine we created an 'Active Bystander Intervention Training'' course for medical students to raise awareness and empower positive intervention in tricky dilemmas. Thank you to all involved!

New book coming out in April ‘23: Thinking about communication and diversity in healthcare. @sgriffiths_6 @alidrewett @Drgrahameaston @qmul_ihse @asmeofficial #practicalguidelines

🚨Call for MSc #MedEd research participants🚨 We are looking for UK Black female doctors to take part in 1-2-1 online interviews about their experiences of working in academic medicine. Full details in the poster, and at bit.ly/LeakyPipeline2…. Please do RT! #MedTwitter

@DanicaAnneSims @UniofOxford So happy you've joined us @DanicaAnneSims! :)

So great to see all our brilliant Year 1 MSc MedEd students over the last couple of days. This weekend we’ve covered leadership, mentoring, coaching, assessment, teaching skills and active bystander intervention!

@NHSLothianMedEd @nursing_studies @EdinUniMedicine building on @drdebbieaitken #activebystandertraining with #EDI sim giving our final year nursing and med students opportunity to put skills into practice in as part of student assistantship #whatwouldyousay? #diversitymatters

We're offering 11 scholarships for practitioners with offers for MSc in Learning and Teaching,MSc in Teacher Education,MSc in Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching,MSc in Educational Assessment or the MSc in Medical Education.Applications by March 1st: education.ox.ac.uk/study/

Two further scholarships have been announced today [19th January] by our Department, this time to support students who are undertaking the MSc in Medical Education at the University. Read more: education.ox.ac.uk/denis-oleary-s…

We were delighted to host the launch of Prof Josh Hordern's latest title 'Compassion in healthcare' yesterday. Josh is Prof of Christian Ethics @OU_TheoReligion, Lecturer in Theology @JesusOxford, & Governing Body Fellow @HMCOxford. 📚Available from all good bookshops & online.

Turning diversity from a barrier to a facilitator of empathy in healthcare bjgplife.com/turning-divers… via @JeremyHowick @uniofleicester @BJGPjournal fyi @FacultyHP @IMEweb @NHS_HealthEdEng

This #BlackHistoryMonth, ASME wishes to showcase influential Black pioneers in medicine and healthcare over the past 50 years. We’ll be sharing incredible stories from the past & future, alongside @MelaninMedics #medtwitter #MedEd

We're delighted to announce we're launching our flagship public lecture series for this academic year on Monday. The theme for this term is Race and Education. The events are hybrid and open to everyone. Find out more on our website: education.ox.ac.uk/oxfords-depart…

Such an inspiring story and definitely well worth a listen! Thank you Nicoletta and @RiyaEGeorge