1. Medical Education – A Changing World Prof Hamish McKenzie Head of Division of Medical Education

2. Medical Education - A Changing World GMC policy – Tomorrows Doctors New medical schools in England Emergence of a research culture and evidence base in education Collaboration between schools – SDMEG, ASME, IMU NHS re-organisation/Modernising Medical Careers High profile events – Shipman, Bristol Heart Enquiry

5. Hot Topics in Medical Education Outcome based, top-down curricular design –ensures generic outcomes are covered somewhere –bottom up model without a strategic overview makes this difficult Attempt to make hidden curriculum explicit: –communication skills, team working, professionalism, work life balance Knowledge, skills and attitudes – reduce factual overload (the cult of coverage)

6. Hot Topics in Medical Education Student centred learning (PBL) Assessment – reliability and validity, standard setting, national licensing exam Medical humanities Portfolios – Personal and Professional Development Professionalising teaching – educational research, PG certificates, teaching fellowships