Turning Point in theGraduate Entry Medicine Programme
Dr Phil NewtonDr Sam Webster
Dr Jo Bishop
Some examples
• Feedback from students• Interactive teaching– Make dry subjects a bit more interactive
• Research
The Case-based Learning Week
• The basic unit of the Medicine course (35+ per year)• Usually lead by a (clinical) Doctor who is expert in that area• Typically include teaching sessions on
– Case of the Week - beginning– Anatomy (structure)– Physiology (function)– Pathology– Diagnosis, treatment and therapeutics– Sociology and Psychology – Integrated Clinical Method – clinical skills– Expert Forum - end
Feedback to us is essential
• Clinicians usually teach for 1-2 weeks per year– Year 1 = 31 different leads for 35 weeks– Feedback is essential
• Feedback acted upon – Weekly teaching meetings
• Feedback discussed• Action points raised• Response written and made available to all students
• Blackboard feedback– Usually <4% of students every week
• 1-2 students
Turning Point Feedback
• Makes it easy• Student of the Week• Students evaluate every teaching session from
the week– Friday afternoon
• Data analysed and discussed the following Wednesday
Turning Point Feedback
• Average 73% of the cohort– Stable over time
• Most find most things are....ok!• Easily identify trends and patterns• Context for Blackboard feedback......• What to do with extremes?
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Referencing and Plagiarism for Written Assignments
Dr Philip M NewtonUnfair Practice OfficerCollege of Medicine
B4A is the behaviour of Student X acceptable? if not, what should the penalty be?
• X is a second yr student• X is preparing a written essay• X copies and pastes the entire essay
from Wikipedia, and does not include any references
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
14% 14% 14% 14%14%14%14%
1. Yes – this is fine2. Poor academic
practice – lose marks3. No – warning4. No – fail assignment5. No – fail module6. No – fail year7. No – withdrawn from
University + no return
What do we use Turning Point For
• Collecting Feedback– Created a feedback culture
• Interactive teaching– Make dry subjects a bit more interactive
• Collect research data