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Medical Education

Medical Education

An International centre promoting excellence in learning and teaching for health professionals

The Academic Section of Medical Education is committed to providing excellence in learning and teaching for health professionals. We provide an active programme of courses for health professionals involved in teaching ranging from workshops on specific topics to full Master Degree programmes.

Courses run by the section include:

  • MSc/Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education
  • Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and MSc in Medical Education by e-learning

The section also runs shorter, more intensive courses, such as:

  • Effective Teaching Skills
  • Teaching Techniques for SpRs/STs

Medical Education also offer study days on a variety of contemporary issues for health care professionals.

In addition, the section undertakes educationally focused research and development including supervising doctoral studies and publishing the ever popular 'How to' series which provides accessible information on a wide range of topical issues in medical education.

External Examiner Quotes

Our external examiners all have a high profile in medical education and considerable expertise in the field. They include:

  • Professor Paul Finucane, Director of Medical Education, University of Limerick
  • Dr John McAleer, Centre of Medical Education, Dundee University
  • Dr Diana Wood, Director of Medical Education in the Clinical School, University of Cambridge
  • Dr Graham Buckley, Chief Executive, NHS Education for Scotland

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Previous Student Evaluation Outcomes

What, for you, are the key features/characteristics of this course?

  • To enable one to understand that:
    • Teaching does not need to be antiquated and old. It can be innovative (small group techniques, gaming etc.)
    • Enthusiasm in one’s subject can be infectious on the students.
    • The course approaches medical education in an interesting and thought provoking manner.
  • Meeting colleagues from other specialties and gaining from their different perspectives.
  • Learning the theory behind what will hopefully be an improvement in my teaching.

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Past Student Quotes

Listed below are quotes from some of our past Postgraduate Diploma and MSc in Medical Education students:

"Going to Cardiff and learning about the developments in education, the psychology behind it and actually trying to find out what individuals want to learn about and facilitate that, turned everything around for me."
Charlie Barber-Lomax, Associate Director for Postgraduate Medical Education for General Practice, Eastern Deanery

"What the course does is give you a toolkit of educational approaches that you can call on"
John Pitts, GP Editor of Education for Primary Care

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