Education Research for Medicine and the Life Sciences MPhil/PhD, MD(Res)

Overview

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. 

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