All 5 entries tagged Exam

Research dilemma: which medical student should/could miss out?

We're planning some educational research to look at patient feedback for mock medical student final exams. Assuming we are randomising patients into 2 groups and they have a set time for discussion (e.g. 10 minutes) we have an ethical dilemma.

Should we allow the student who get specific patient feedback (3minutes) more time in total (i.e. a discussion time of 13 minutes?)

Or should we allow both groups 10 minutes and include the patient feedback as part of that 10 minute session.

And is it fair to the medical students? We'll be presenting it tomorrow...

James Bateman : 19 Feb 2009 22:53 |  Tags: Exam Exams Feedback Final Medical Mock Patient Randomisation Research Student |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

How to lose your google pagerank in 1 day…

Writing about web page http://www.medicaleducator.co.uk/index.php

Well, we've just updated our website to integrate the blog into the main pages... unfortunately it seems to have obliterated our domains Pagerank info which is a bit of a disaster! Oh well, back to the drawing board from that side!

Looks like we're going to have to work harder....

If anyone wants to give us a bit of feedback about what they think about the site design, feel free to drop a comment!

James Bateman : 04 Jan 2009 19:01 |  Tags: Exam Mcq Medical Student |  Comments (4) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Providing and Recieving Feedback

My experiences of providing and receiving feedback?

Reflecting on what I do sometimes I have been concerned that I focus too much on examination technique for my own  students and trainees as opposed to the performance itself.SO often Ive seen student fail to excell as a result of a lack of a structured approach to their own clinical exams.

So what of my own reflections of feedback on my teaching.

I can honestly say I have not received any feedback which has been critical in nature about any aspect of my teaching. This is likely to be because

1. People do not like to criticise their colleagues openly
2. The relative effort made to teach by some clinicians is so poor that anything is better than nothing
3. Feedback systems are implemented as part of a tick box exercise 'given feedback'

I can recall the last course I went on where I wasn't required to give feedback, and it was a very good course! If we are taught that people learn in 20 minute sections, or cannot concentrate for more than 40 minutes, I would be surprised if there is a single higher medical course running which works on these grounds.

What of my own feedback to others? Limited to the above points

1. Its difficult to criticise bad teachers openly. The flaws are often academically, culturally or personally sensitive.
   
2. The problems are so clear to the student (me) that the teacher is lacking so much insight they are unlikely to benefit from comments
3. I find myself consistently having to give feedback. I can rarely recall it being purely confidential

Only when the feedback is confidential will I say what I actually think, and I don't mean folding up the piece of paper and handing it back to the lecturer in a group.

James Bateman : 02 Nov 2008 21:31 |  Tags: Exam Feedback Medical Student |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Video Posting

Thanks For Watching

James Bateman : 01 Nov 2008 12:56 |  Tags: Blog Exam Medical Student Video |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Medical Education Websites

Writing about web page http://medicaleducator.co.uk/

Welcome to my Warwick Blog. Its essentaily a sounding board for some educational developments.

Over the past 4 months Ive been involved in development of a medical education website:

We provide 

• Video content
• Downloadable PDF one minute revision guides
  
• Audio Files
• >1000 questions on different topics
  
• 20 different subject areas
• Blog content
  

Id be interested to hear peoples comments on the site and what we're trying to achieve. We're looking to deliver the best content for student exam revision.

James Bateman : 15 Oct 2008 15:35 |  Tags: Exam Mcq Medical Questions Revision Student |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem