The MEdIC team (Medical Education Innovation & Research Centre), part of the PCPH Undergraduate Primary Care Education team, attended the 2019 AMEE (International Association for Medical Education) conference in Austria, Vienna.
AMEE 2019 was a fascinating conference exploring a whole host of topical issues in medical education, including threshold concepts, the conceptual framing of educational research, diversity and inclusion in medical education, clinical reasoning and simulation amongst a whole host of other areas. Our MEdIC team were able to showcase a variety of our educational research projects carried out in the past year. Dr Andy McKeown presented his prize-winning M(Ed) thesis looking at the role of educational authenticity in medical students’ experiences in longitudinal placements. Dr Ravi Parekh & Dr Andy McKeown presented their research on how medical students’ professional attributes are affected through clinical placements. Dr Arti Maini presented the work she has led (with Dr Molly Fyfe and Dr Sonia Kumar), describing their research findings of the broad impact of training medical students in health coaching. In front of an esteemed audience of medical educators, Dr Jo Horsburgh described her PhD thesis exploring the identity of medical educators.
Aside from fascinating conference sessions, talks, plenaries and workshops, we were able to network with colleagues from USA, Australia and Europe to discuss the development of future educational research & innovation collaborations. Watch this space!