Researchers
Dr Bethany Davies
Associated researchers
Honorary staff
Medical Education research at BSMS has developed along with the undergraduate BM BS programme through the Medical Education Unit (MEU), a multi-professional group involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and learning.
Medical Education research is being carried out as part of Doctoral studies (MD/PhD/Professional Doctorate) and Masters programmes in Medical Education as well as in collaboration with parent universities, by a multi-professional group from academic and clinical environments .
Research themes
- e-learning in medical education
The Mobile Medical Education (MoMED) initiative is one of the largest in the UK, studying the impact of mobile devices (PDAs, smartphones) containing learning resources (eg: books, clinical guidelines, drug formularies) on student learning in the clinical environment. The project has been presented at national and international conferences, and a paper has been submitted for publication.
BSMS also has one of the largest libraries of clinical case studies for formative assessment.
- The development of clinical reasoning skills in students as they progress through the course, using simulated consultations and qualitative methodology.
- The impact of the BSMS Widening Participation Scheme into medicine (BrightMed)
- The process of student selection; identification of predictors of future performance