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Brighton & Sussex Medical School

Medical education

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Medical Education

Medical education research at BSMS has developed along with the undergraduate BM BS programme through the Department of Medical Education, a multi-professional group involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and learning.

Medical education research is being conducted as part of doctoral studies (MD/PhD/Professional Doctorate) and Masters programmes, as well as in collaboration with parent universities, by a multi-professional group of academics and clinicians. 

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Teaching

The Department leads on the teaching of approximately 1000 undergraduate medical students and more than 600 postgraduate students. Our teaching is informed by our own pedagogic research, and the Department has hosted several PhD and MD students. There have been several innovations in teaching that have won national awards, including Time for Dementia, our virtual work experience for students interested in medicine and the Clinical and Professional Studies Unique Learning Environment (CAPSULE).

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Research

  • A list of the main research areas or specialties of DME (ie TEL, Anatomy, PG etc).

    • The application of technology to enhance learning and teaching. For example, the use of personal mobile devices in clinical settings; clinical case quizzes for formative assessment; student-produced digital resources; therapeutics teaching through digital clinical case scenarios
    • The development of clinical reasoning skills in students as they progress through the course, using simulated consultations and qualitative methodology
    • The development and deployment of an authentic postgraduate e-portfolio in the undergraduate training
    • Developing new approaches to teaching and learning of safe and effective use of medicines, with a special emphasis on practical prescribing, by incorporation of technology and optimisation of curriculum design
    • Researching into compassion awareness among undergraduate students, across different health professions
    • Developing opportunities for and researching on inter-professional education in undergraduate health profession students
    • Anatomical educational research involving integration with different research disciplines, such as engineering and psychology, while focusing on the student experience. Current research themes include: core syllabus development; 3D printing; ultrasound and anatomy; psychometrics and learning; digital literacy; assessment
    • Admissions processes into BSMS: impact of BSMS ‘widening participation’ scheme into medicine (BrightMed), student selection and identification of predictors of future performance