Overview
Education research in Medicine and Life Sciences at Kings is dedicated to improving the quality of health care through the development of curricula, professional learning across the lifespan, teaching practice and organisational change. Our emphasis is upon education in classroom, workplace and laboratory settings. Faculty and students include people with clinical and non-clinical backgrounds.Key research areas of the team include: Simulation and Interactive Learning (SaIL), Effectiveness Evaluation of formal and work-based programmes, Cultural Competence and Communication in Healthcare, Widening Participation (building a diverse and inclusive workforce), Developing individual and team- based learning, interprofessional learning, faculty development and the impact of policy on practice.
- Current number of academic staff: 4 principal investigators, 8 PhD supervisors.
- Current number of graduate research students: 5
- Current number of graduate research assistants: N/A
· Recent publications include: See Kings Research Portal here https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/
- Current research projects:
Ø Clinical and Laboratory Simulation in Undergraduate Education.
Ø Work based assessments and feedback.
Ø The teaching of intimate Examinations in Gynaecology.
Ø Cultural Competence and its Implications for Medical Education: an ethnographic study.
Ø The Debrief as a Learning Event: How Healthcare Practitioners Make Sense of Learning to Practice.
Ø The Narratives of Men with Breast Cancer.
Ø The Role of the Patient Voice in Medical Education: A Study of the Experiences in the Patient Educator Setting.
Ø Interprofessional Full Patient Simulation: A Phenomenological Enquiry Exploring What Learning Takes Place. A Framework for Analysis and Evaluation.
Ø Promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Context of Faculty Development.