Masterclasses
The Academy runs a series of one-day Masterclasses concentrating on specific issues in educational development, presented by contributors of international standing and including short papers and contributions by participants. Masterclasses are open to members and non-members.
During 2011 AoME will hold four Masterclasses on Education Development:
- Scholarly Teaching in Medical Education (10 March 2011)
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Scholarly Research in Medical Education (7 April 2011)
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Scholarly Management in Medical Education* (17 May 2011)
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Scholarship Around the Curriculum (29 September 2011)
The four Masterclasses will link together to address key concepts in the scholarship of medical education; each will have invited contributors of international standing and will include short papers and contributions from participants.
The series of four masterclasses is aimed at present, potential and future leaders in medical education. All medical educationalists are welcome including those with clinical and preclinical sciences interest; those from health service and from academic bases; and those concerned with undergraduate or postgraduate teaching. *Please note that the Masterclass on Scholarly Management, on 17 May, is specifically aimed at the senior leaders of medical education: present and future! Deans, sub-deans, pro-deans, associate deans and those in similar posts or medical educators responsible for regional or national policy making will all gain something from this session, as well as contributing to it.
The emphasis of masterclasses will be on conceptual development rather than ‘how-to-do-it’. Participants will be expected to develop and share their thinking on the topic in the light of expert presentations, and to collaborate with fellow participants in developing new insights which will form the basis of a publication. The day will include personal working time to enable participants to plan the application of their learning in practice. There will be a strong emphasis on international input and on learning from other disciplines: primarily from pedagogic education but also from philosophy; humanities; business schools. The UK and international speakers will reflect this breadth of approach. A key component of these events will be the exploration of values in medical education. Care will be taken to ensure that they demonstrate the attributes outlined in the Academy’s recognition process, and that the entire constituency of clinicians and non-clinicians contributing to scholarship in the field have the opportunity to shape the output.
The intention is that these events will be strongly evidence-based. Before the event participants will have the opportunity to request evidence in the topic area; during the event they will contribute further evidence, and after the event any crucial supplementary evidence will be sought, and we will liaise with the collaboration for Best Evidence in Medical Education (BEME) in this.
Last updated 5 January 2011