Medical Education MMEd

Core Modules:

Learning and Teaching in Medical Education

• compare and contrast the major pedagogic theories and principles of Learning and Teaching
• apply educational theories to develop a pedagogically robust lesson plan contextualised to their own environment
• critically reflect on their own developmental needs as teachers
• critically appraise evaluation tools in the educational environment
• critically engage with feedback dialogue

Principles of Assessment in Medical Education

• Critically evaluate assessment methods
• Design self-assessment/peer assessment exercises
• Demonstrate standard setting techniques
• Critically evaluate feedback scenarios

Medical Education Research

• Summarise medical education research approaches and appraise the role of theory within education research
• Critically explore key ethical considerations in medical education research
• Critically evaluate key methods (data collection and data analysis) in medical education research
• Create a theoretically informed, coherent and rigorous medical education research proposal

Curriculum Planning and Evaluation

• Examine critically the theoretical underpinnings of the concept: ‘curriculum’
• Critically appraise the information related to curriculum theory, principles and trends and apply in the design of a curriculum
• Appraise how quality assurance and quality enhancement are considered in curriculum design
• Develop an original proposal for curriculum evaluation that is relevant to their own context and illustrates critical awareness of current issues in evaluation

Leadership in Healthcare and Healthcare Education

• Critically appraise current theoretical perspectives related to leadership
• Explore and critically reflect on change management principles and the application of theory into practice
• Critically evaluate the different facets of leadership and how they apply to the workplace
• Synthesise their learning in order to create and deliver a plan for change within their own workplace context

Clinical Teaching

• Appraise the roles, responsibilities and attributes of the clinical teacher in relation to current approaches to supporting learning in the workplace
• Critically appraise the usefulness of theories and models of workplace learning in relation to clinical teaching and learning in your own context
• Critically reflect upon your own planning, preparation and delivery of clinically focused teaching activities.
• Propose practical measures to successfully incorporate trends and evidence based strategies to enhance clinical teaching
• Critically discuss the utility of trends, strategies and settings for your own contexts and purposes

Dissertation

• Develop and apply a literature search strategy
• Synthesize the literature into a coherent and critical account of the relevant published literature
• Critically select and apply method(s) to generate, collate and analyse research data
• Critically appraise key findings, including recognising weaknesses
• Present and defend the chosen methodology, analysis and conclusions
• Apply knowledge, skills and understanding in planning and executing a significant project of research, investigation or development