Forthcoming Conferences & Courses

ASM 2012 Thursday Workshops

Thursday 19^th July 2.45-4.45pm

1. Underperformance in students: towards more effective approaches to identification and remediation

Facilitators: Jennifer Cleland, University of Aberdeen, Manual Joao Costa, University of Minho, Portugal, Rakesh Patel, University of Leicester, John Sandars, Leeds University & Kalman Winston, Ross University, Dominica

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Workshop Objectives:

This symposium will critically explore why current approaches to remediation may be ineffective in achieving long-term change in performance and propose a number of theory-driven developments that may have greater potential for success. The panel will present research which discusses underperformance within the framework of self-regulation; correlates pre-university and early medical-school performance data to produce risk scores and underpin underperformance decision-tools; use theory-driven educational interventions focusing on learning for students in difficulty; supports medical educators identify underperformance during clinical placements and give effective feedback for developing effective self-regulation. This data will be used to frame small group discussion and activities.

Educational Methods:

The workshop will combine short didactic sessions presenting concepts and data to scaffold small group discussion and activities.

2. Using personal construct psychology methods to identify & measure the skills, competencies & values needed by Medical Educators

Facilitators: Jean McKendree, Hull York Medical School, Nick Reed, University of Hertfordshire & Patricia McGettigan, Queen Mary University London.

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Workshop Objectives:

Learning Objectives: by the end of the workshop participants will:

1. have gained a basic understanding of how Personal Construct Psychology method be applied to identifying the core skills, competencies and values required by medical educators and have personally experienced a practical exercises in eliciting and categorising them.
2. appreciate the potential of Personal Construct Psychology in understanding the behaviours and functioning of individuals and groups.
3. have used a "Professional Development Repertory Grid” to measure their present and required levels of the key skills, competencies and values as actually identified by participants themselves in the workshop.

Educational Methods:

Participants will work together in pairs and small groups using Personal Construct Psychology methods in order to experience how they can be used to identify the key skills, competencies and values that are specifically relevant and important for medical educators. Participants will elicit these key skills, competencies and values in the form of "bipolar personal constructs" and explore the sophisticated meanings behind the verbal labels given to them. Using the group as a data source, a "Professional Development Repertory Grid" will be designed and then completed by participants, so that participants can measure their current levels of those key skills, competencies and values. Participants will also be given guidance on action planning to help them improve their levels of the skills, competencies and values.

3. Professional delivery of problem based learning

Facilitators: Janine Henderson & Anna Hammond, Hull York Medical School

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Workshop Objectives:

• Participants will learn about practical and professional challenges in the delivery of PBL
• Participants will reflect on the organic role of PBL within a medical school curriculum
• Participants will develop a framework for addressing the challenges that arise in the delivery of PBL at both a personal and organisational level

Educational Methods:

• Small group discussion including SWOT analysis of PBL challenges for participants
• Case study of a challenge in workshop leaders' organisation
• Small group work addressing challenges in case vignettes and identifying potential solutions to these

4. Teaching and assessing value based practice

Facilitators: Ed Peile & Bill Fulford, Warwick Medical School

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Workshop Objectives:

Understanding of the point, premise, and processes of values based practice and how to teach and assess these

Educational Methods:

• Handouts on point, premise and processes.
• Some demonstration cases to illustrate these, then working with participant experience to demonstrate VBP contribution to bedside teaching and to design example assessments. Spontaneity rather than preparation required of audience.

5. Leadership and management: visioning for the future, preparing student doctors

Facilitators: Pirashanthie Vivekananda-Schmidt, Michelle Marshall & Nigel Bax, University of Sheffield

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Workshop Objectives:

To consider current evidence for leadership theories; to explore the development and integration of leadership and management skills into undergraduate education.

Educational Methods:

Process: Keynotes on global perspective and styles and theories of leadership; participants will then explore the following through activities:

1. How are we delivering such opportunities at present focusing on developing the current leadership programmes in medical schools?
2. The role of the future doctor: what developments are needed so that learning and practising leadership skills relevant to medical practice occur in an appropriate context
3. How to assess the knowledge and skills base of leadership and management?

6. Motivating medical students with Keele Basic Bites

Facilitator: Russell Crawford, Keele University

Workshop Objectives:

We hope that participants will gain a greater appreciation of how video-based guided study can be used to address medical student motivation.

Educational Methods:

This workshop will aim to task the participants to come up (under guidance) with ideas, plan, story-board and then film a short audio-visual motivation "bite", which we will showcase on our website after the conference.

7. Defining purposes of teaching evaluation to foster improvement of teaching & satisfy you quality management needs

Facilitator: Martin Mueller, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

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Workshop Objectives:

By the end of the workshop participants will have learned to

1. recognise transformational leadership
2. contrast three current evaluation models
3. categorise purposes of teaching evaluations
4. discuss conflicting meanings for concept of quality
5. choose source for evaluation data
6. apply appropriate evaluation method to match purpose
7. identify basic aspects of questionnaire design
8. describe common pitfalls analysing evaluation data
9. formulate proposal for evaluating teaching at home institution

Educational Methods:

1. Short presentation introducing and linking workshop activities
2. Nominal Group Technique exercise defining purposes of evaluation (in groups of 3th)
3. Small group work helping participants to teaching evaluation for their own institution

8. Enhancing OSCE examiner performance and harmonizing inter-rater scores by interactive video training

Facilitators: Clive Gibson & Sheena Gibson, Keele University School of Medicine

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Workshop Objectives:

By the end of the workshop participants will:

• learn the principles of OSCE examiner training and by interacting with each other
• understand some of the pitfalls and common mistakes made by examiners;

By reflecting upon and understanding examiner behaviour will be able to:

• formulate plans for implementing OSCE training as part of a staff development programme within their own institutions.

Educational Methods:

Following a short presentation, video clips of high stakes OSCE stations will be marked by participants using an electronic voting system. Interactively, participants will then justify and through discussion moderate the scores.

9. ‘Deconstructing Mabel’ – A time to reflect

Facilitators: Susan Law & Kevin McConville, University of Dundee

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Workshop Objectives:

• To use a model of reflection to facilitate exploration of a short story
• To identify key themes from the narrative that relate to their own experience and to that of their students (ethics, professionalism, patient centred medicine)
• To discuss the use of reflection upon narratives in teaching challenging topics such as professionalism and ethical issues.
• To develop a plan to undertake a similar exercise within their own context
• To develop an understanding of where this exercise fits with the objectives of Tomorrows Doctors 2009

Educational Methods:

• Prior to (or at the start of) the workshop participants will read the story.(5 sides of A4)
• During the workshop participants analyse the story based upon a reflective model. Other models of reflection will be briefly discussed
• Working in small groups, participants will discuss the impact of the reading upon their own thinking and beliefs
• Groups will move on to link key themes with professionalism and Tommorrow's Doctors 2009
• The challenges and opportunities involved in this type of teaching will be discussed
• Participants will then work together to develop a teaching exercise appropriate to their own context

10. Medical Student early clinical experience: fit for purpose?

Facilitators: Richard Knox, University of Nottingham Medical School, Harriet Williamson, NHS, Sophie Park & Tamar Koch, University College London

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Workshop Objectives:

• Increased awareness of the scope of early clinical experience for medical students nationally and internationally
• Engagement in critical appraisal of the purpose of early clinical experience
• Shared understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of early clinical experience within a medical programme
• Shared understanding of the challenges faced in delivering early clinical experience
• Development of research strategies to evaluate and augment early clinical experience

Educational Methods:

Short didactic presentations introducing different topic area, which will provide the focus for small round-table discussions. Salient points from the discussions will be fed-back in plenary session.

11. Teaching sustainable healthcare? A holistic approach to the medical curriculum

Facilitators: Stefi Barna Norwich Medical School, Trevor Thompson, Bristol University, & David Pearson, Hull York Medical School

Workshop Objectives:

Participants will understand how the sustainable healthcare learning objectives for undergraduate medical students relate to the Tomorrow’s Doctors learning outcomes, to the curriculum at their own medical schools, and to their clinical specialties.

Participants will recognise opportunities for a more holistic approach to medical training offered by ‘systems-thinking’ and ‘sustainability perspectives’, without adding to the curricular load, and without the need for new expertise on their part.

Educational Methods:

Participants will be introduced to a series of lively, interactive teaching resources (video clips, learning activities, student projects, authentic assessments) in order to model reflective, discussion-based, hands-on, student-led, and non-didactic approaches to teaching and learning.

12. FAIRness and improving teaching on the clinical attachment

Facilitator: Philip Chan, University of Sheffield

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Workshop Objectives:

This workshop is intended to encourage reflections and exchange ideas on the current shortcomings and future challenges of the clinical attachment as a learning experience; to share innovative approaches to problems with clinical teaching and to consider a model of improvement, based on the underlying concept of FAIRness.

Educational Methods:

The workshop is presented largely by student facilitators, who use real clinical work examples with participants in groups to re-create the actual learning sessions that are used in our model.

13. JASME: Setting up a research project in medical education

Facilitators: JASME committee members, Patsy Stark, ASME Director of Strategic Development, Steve Trumble, Editor of The Clinical Teacher & Sarah Yardley, Keele University

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Workshop Objectives:

To provide an introduction to research in medical education. It is primarily targeted at first time researchers but all are welcome. Novice researchers will have more confidence and will be equipped with the tools to produced research of a high standard.

Educational Methods:

Workshop will be led by Professor Stark who will encourage some small group discussion throughout the session.

Downloads:

• Setting up a research project (.pptx presentation, 3mb)

Extra Sessions

10.20am – 11.20am

Institutional Members Forum

The aim of this forum is to connect with institutional members to establish what ASME can provide for them in addition to what is provided at the moment.  This will be an excellent opportunity to network with other institutional representatives nationally and internationally.  ASME’s Director of Strategic Development, ProfessorPatsy Stark, will lead this session.

1.30-4.45pm

The Academy of Medical Educators (AoME) - Professional Standards and the Medical Educator

Workshop with the Academy of Medical Educators

Chair – Diana Wood, Chair -  AoME Education Committee

1. Update on the Academy and the relationship with ASME    (Sean Hilton)
2. Academy achievements
3. Interactive sessions led by Vimmi Passi, Jamie Read, Ian Curran & Judy McKimm
   1. Excellence in Medical Education
   2. Early Careers in Medical Education
   3. Professional standards: including individual role specifications
   4. Course accreditation
4. Response from the patient / public perspective: the Training for patient care angle. 
5. Wrap up.

2.45-4.45pm

The Educator Development Group’s extended meeting & World café session

An ASME Educator Development Group (EDG) extended meeting will be held at the 2012 ASM. The meeting will once again take the form of a “world café”, this format received excellent feedback from last year.

Attendance numbers for the meeting are limited to 32 delegates. The format consists of four tables, each of which hosts a different theme and an EDG group member acting as facilitator, groups of 8 attendees will rotate around tables, spending 10-15 minutes debating the theme at each table.

After each group has rotated through all the tables the facilitators draw together the conclusions from each table and report these to the entire group. The purpose of the meeting is to give guidance to the EDG on topics that ASME members wish to see developed in future by the EDG e.g. one day conference themes, masterclasses etc and to cover these in EDG business planning for the 2012-13 year.