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 No – withdrawn from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

Questions?

p.newton@swansea.ac.uk

@newtonsneurosci