Professor Alison Bullock

Biography

After gaining a PhD in 1988, I taught for a year before taking up a research post at the School of Education, University of Birmingham in 1990. I was promoted to Reader in Medical and Dental Education in 2005 and served as co-director of Research for three years from October 2005. I took up my current post as Professor and Director of the Cardiff Unit for Research and Evaluation in Medical and Dental Education (CUREMeDE) in 2009.

My contribution to teaching has taken the form of MPhil/PhD supervision (four graduating with PhDs in 2008) and research methods training.

Qualifications: BA, PGCE, PhD

Publications

• Firmstone VR, Bullock AD, Jackson D, Manning R, Davies-Slowik J and Frame JW (in press) Using Evaluation to Enhance Educational Support for Dental Teams in the UK. Journal of Dental Education


• Davison I, Cooper R and Bullock AD (in press) The objective structured public health examination (OSPHE): a study of reliability using multi-level analysis. Medical Teacher


• Bullock A (2010) Dental Education as a Social Science: some implications for research. Guest Editorial. European Journal of Dental Education 14 65-68


• Bullock AD, Berkey D and Smith BJ (2010) International education research issues in meeting the oral health needs of geriatrics populations: an introduction. Journal of Dental Education 74 (1) 5-6


• Bullock AD, Firmstone VR, Frame J and Thomas H (2010) Using dentistry as a case study to examine continuing education and its impact on practice. Oxford Review of Education 36 (1) 79-95


• Bullock AD, Firmstone VR and Falcon HC (2010) Developing guidelines for postgraduate dental educators in the UK. British Dental Journal 208(1) 19-23


• Bullock AD and Williams S (2010) Reorganisation of NHS Wales: Impact on Education and Training. Phase I Pre-restructuring. Final Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University [research report]


• Bullock A (2009) CPD matters. National Health Executive 3(1) 77-78


• Bullock A, Firmstone V and Burke S (2009) Sustained Continuing Education: how a masters programme makes a difference to primary care dentists. Dental Update 36 358-364


• Bullock AD, Hassell A, Markham WA, Wall DW and Whitehouse AB (2009) How ratings vary by staff group in a multi-source feedback assessment of junior doctors. Medical Education 43 (6) 516-20


• Bullock AD (2009) The Dental Therapists Vocational Training (TVT) Scheme: an evaluation of the first year. Final Report. Study commissioned by NHS Education South Central. Cardiff: Cardiff University [research report]


• The CoBaTrICE Collaboration (2009) The educational environment for training in intensive care medicine: structures, processes, outcomes and challenges in the European region. Intensive Care Medicine, 35 (9): 1575-1583


• Firmstone, VR with Bullock AD and Frame JW (2009) Dental Therapists in the West Midlands: A study of educational needs and teamwork issues in primary care dentistry. Birmingham: The University of Birmingham. 113pp. ISBN 0 7044 27273 [research report]

Research Interests

With a focus on the education and development of health professionals, research interests include

• assessment, revalidation and appraisal


• continuing professional development and impact on practice


• workplace based learning


• competency and outcomes-based training


• role structures and extended duties


• the educational impact of organisational restructuring

Additional Information

I am currently President Elect of the Education Research Group of the International Association of Dental Research (IADR).

CUREMeDE

The Cardiff Unit for Research and Evaluation in Medical and Dental Education (CUREMeDE)