WELCOME TO MEDICINE AT LEEDS!
Richard Fuller
Director of Medical Education Programmes
http://medhealth.leeds.ac.uk/info/201/medicine
WHY MEDICINE?
Clinician
International
career
Safe Practitioner
Entrepreneur
Manager
Innovator
Researcher
‘Medicine is the best
and most rewarding
career there is’
Educator
Academic
Scholar
Professional
Leeds School of Medicine
Award Winning MBChB
Programme
What are we looking for?
Supporting student success =
UK’s best new graduates
Top 100, World class, research intensive
University
Top 10 in the UK for research power
Leader in education, scholarship,
innovation and enterprise
>33 000 students from 151 countries
Undergraduate, Foundation, Masters and research students
4th in the UK Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey
Globally connected – 240 000 alumni from 186 countries
• Fantastic place to study and live:
• http://www.leeds.ac.uk/info/20018/city_life
Part of wider Faculty of
Medicine & Health (Dentistry,
Healthcare, Pharmacy,
Psychology)
7 research active
institutions – cancer
medicine, translation and
applied health,
cardiovascular/metabolic,
surgery, musculoskeletal,
rehab and medical education
Cross cutting themes –
precision medicine, big data,
surgical technology, imaging
and engineering that benefit
medical student education
•School with a long tradition, strong
reputation and profile
•One of the most competitive Schools
in the UK with extremely high levels
of student success
•Continued top position in the
National Student Survey – 5/21 in the
Russell Group of top flight UK
Universities
•A partnership focused approach –
between students, faculty and
patients = compassionate, safe
patient care.
•Blended learning, integrated
curriculum that is continually
refreshed to stay relevant
HARNESSING POTENTIAL - GETTING THE
BEST OUT OF AN OUTSTANDING,
INTEGRATED EDUCATION
Outstanding clinical
placements from Year 1
INSPIRING ACHIEVEMENT
Encourage critical approaches to clinical and
scientific practice from bench to bedside –
improving health & the clinical workplace!
65% Intercalation (B, M and Doctoral levels)
Summer Schools and Scholarships EXSEL@leeds (Excellence in Scholarship,
enterprise and leadership)
Active 5 year research strand culminating in
major 14 month extended research project
across years 4 and 5
ENSURING SUCCESS
• Strong emphasis on preparing students for the
transition to a fantastic career
 Enriching placement experience equips students for
excellence in clinical practice
 Innovation, Development, Enterprise, Leadership &
Safety (IDEALS) strand across all 5 years, helping to
prepare students for the many, and varied roles of a
doctor in the NHS, University, or other career tracks
 Strong emphasis on performance and practice in later
clinical years to ensure early success in Postgraduate
training and beyond
One of only two medical schools
across the world to hold three
ASPIRE to EXCELLENCE
awards:
Excellence of our Assessment
Breadth of Social Accountability
Student engagement at the core
of our philosophy
IMPACT – COMMUNITY
Bright Sparks –using drama and
story telling to work with
learning disabled people
Championing ‘Dementia Friends’
City of Sanctuary Award made by
the Community to Medical School
Intelligent
and
academically
orientated
Insightful
Thoughtful
Caring
Balanced
Resilient
and
Responsible
AimHIE@Leeds
Harnessing potential, Inspiring Achievement, Ensuring
Success
WE KNOW THAT TRANSITION ISN’T
ALWAYS EASY…
• World class innovation to
support our students:
• Assessment & Feedback –
focusing on achievement and
ability
• Mobile technology enhanced
learning & Care
• Transitions team from ‘entry
to graduation’
• End Product – best new
doctors (and still rounded
and resilient!)
AN INCREASING PERSONALISED
PROGRAMME OF STUDY
• For individuals
– Personalised Adaptive Learning (MyPAL@Leeds) using
big data with our students to guide individual success
• For placements and course components
– Flexible study and personalised placement routes
– Huge range of opportunities to deepen interests
(including summer schools)
• For the whole MBChB journey
– ‘Medicine Plus’ – innovative schemes under
development to allow some students to focus on
additional enterprise, education, leadership &
management skills for career development
Our curriculum is underpinned by cutting edge technology,
helping students learn and deliver great patient care:
https://time.leeds.ac.uk/time/index.php
http://rrapid.leeds.ac.uk/ebook/
TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED
PATIENT CARE
Early teaching of practical
interventional skills – multitasking with an Ultrasound
Integrated throughout the
course:
- Anatomy
- Patient Assessment
- Clinical Procedures
Enhanced patient safety and
engagement
Ensuring our graduates are
fully equipped for changing
clinical practice
Transitions team – with you all the way….
SUPPORTING LEARNING, TEACHING
AND DEVELOPMENT
• Active programme of educational research to ensure curriculum
stays at forefront of practice
• Innovation in Critical care, simulation, decision making
– RRAPID
– Recognising & Responding to Acute Patient Illness and
Deterioration
– Spiral course that combines critical illness science, patient
assessment, decision making and practical procedures
• Innovation in placement innovation
– Strong focus on inter-professional learning, working & feedback
– preparing for the world of work
– Exciting new placements in radiology (part of anatomy &
imaging theme)
– ‘Super assistants’ – senior students work at intern level with
additional responsibilities
ASSESSMENT
• Knowledge
– Written tests – SBA
– Projects and presentations
– Case studies
• Clinical Skills
– Performance tests –
workplace assessments and
OSCEs
• Behaviours and attitudes
– Professional development
portfolio – focused around
safe clinical practice
– Professionalism and conduct
– Peer and team assessment
PERSONALISED ‘3C’ ASSESSMENT
• COMPASSIONATE
– Learning initiated assessment - A partnership between
teachers and learners
– Well designed tests in a programme of assessment that are
sensitive to learner and teacher ‘load’ and the needs of
patients and wider society
• CUSTOMISED
– Wider scale adaptive test models that invest in supporting
learners of different ability
– Intelligent use of existing structured assessment – and
research driven innovation
• CONSEQUENTIAL
– Sensitive use of ‘big data’ (numbers and words) to generate
individualised, meaningful feedback, actions and growth
– Focus on personalization of achievement & consequences
Focus on Feedback
- Ensuring staff make the most of every opportunity
- Ensuring students evaluate, act and achieve as a result of it
- Initiatives across campus and clinical practice to maximise
impact
COACHING AND MENTORING
 Commitment to ensuring all
students have full opportunity to
achieve – supporting those in
difficulty & identifying &
nurturing student success
 Multiple mentors – staff,
patients, near peers
 Individualising approaches based
on students – no ‘one size fits all’
 Transitioning from school pupil
(learner) to employee (learner)
Student & School Success = Student and School
partnership:
http://students.leeds.ac.uk/#The-Partnership
http://www.leadersleeds.co.uk
WHAT DO OUR STUDENTS THINK?
• ‘The course is excellent at preparing me for life as an FY1 next
year - other courses seem to have too much focus on science and
too little on clinical - ours is just right’
• ‘Really good breadth of teaching. The Medical School supports a
wide range of non-academic pursuits and societies. Also, they
have been careful to avoid an atmosphere of competition between
the students, which makes for what I feel is the friendliest
Medical School around.’
• ‘The Medicine course at Leeds is overall excellent. The
atmosphere is constructive to both learning and personal
development throughout, and I feel confident to enter the
workplace after graduation knowing my education has been some
of the best in the country’
‘One strength Leeds really has is the
connection that staff and students have.
There is a good rapport, views are able to
communicate both ways and because of
this, improvements are able to be made.
This is for all areas, on a professional and
clinical level, with personal development
and fine-tuning the curriculum. The
atmosphere at Leeds is that of a family, it's
supportive and encouraging, not point
scoring between peers.’
JOINING A LIFELONG COMMUNITY
• The Leeds
Professionalism
Ceremony
• Students, Patients,
NHS and University
staff and Leeds alumni
• A celebration of our 3rd
year students’
achievements
• A reaffirmation of our
students’ commitment
and professionalism
THE LAST WORD FROM ONE OF OUR
GRADUATES …..
‘If I could go back - I would still pick
Leeds.’
FINALLY
• We look forward to
seeing you at
graduation in a few
years time!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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