Tag: AMEE23
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A criticism of the #meded community
In my experience, the #meded community suffers (a lot) from a Not Invented Here bias, where research findings from outside the community are ignored. Or maybe they’re simply assumed not to exist. Or probably, there’s an acknowledgement of their existence but a belief that, because the research wasn’t done in the context of medical education,…
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History and development of ALiEM
Teresa Chan presented on the history and development of the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM) community. I first came across this group through the KeyLIME podcast, although I’m not quite sure how / if Teresa was involved at all. Teresa made some useful comments about the practical challenges of building and growing a learning…
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A thought on why my abstracts for AMEE may have been rejected
As I noticed the focus on inclusivity at the conference today, I started wondering if that might be a reason for why my three abstracts were rejected. This might be the first conference where I’ve seen such a strong emphasis on the conference theme. I can’t say that any of the abstracts I submitted had…
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Tao Le: OER as part of a curricular ecosystem
I enjoyed this presentation by Tao Le, on a system of modular curricular components that can be put together a bit like Lego bricks. I especially liked the presentation because I saw some parallels with my own thoughts about building an open-source, hackable, curriculum. “Humans are built to share” (or something like that). The work…
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Course: Becoming an Expert Educator in the Healthcare Professions
Presentation by Rakesh Patel on a MOOC that he developed while at Nottingham. He basically took the MSc programme he was running at the time, and converted it into an open online course. https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/expert-educator-health-professions “Connect with a global network of multi-professional educators in healthcare, and gain new perspectives on your teaching strategies and values as…
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Registration at AMEE
While I’m excited to be here, there is something about a conference at this scale that makes me feel empty.
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Arrived in Glasgow for AMEE23
We arrived in Glasgow yesterday afternoon after a detour through the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District, which added just over an hour to the trip. But it was well worth it. After unpacking and settling into our apartment, we spent a couple of hours walking around the city. I’ve never been to Glasgow, so it…
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Conference: AMEE 2023 in Glasgow
I’ll be attending the AMEE 2023 conference in Glasgow from 27-30 Aug. I’ll be posting my thoughts and notes at this stream over the course of the conference, and I’ll share a few summaries afterwards as well. I’m really looking forward to this conference, in a way that I haven’t felt for a long time.…
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Rejected AMEE abstract (Point of view) | Human replacement by artificial intelligence: An heretical point of view
See this brief post on my reasons for sharing rejections. I should note that my intention with this submission was to take an extreme position on a topic, to test our collective assumptions. I’m not convinced that the claim (i.e. health professions workers will be replaced by AI) is true. But I’m also not convinced…
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Rejected AMEE abstract (workshop) | ChatGPT and its implications for health professions education
See this brief post on my reasons for sharing rejections. Background The release of ChatGPT in November 2022 was accompanied by an explosion of interest in both mainstream and academic media. It has simultaneously been described as the saviour of higher education, and the beginning of the end. The fact is, it could be both.…
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Rejected AMEE abstract (oral presentation) | Is ‘being human’ enough? Preparing for clinical practice in the age of artificial intelligence
See this brief post on my reasons for sharing rejections. Introduction Identity is central to our understanding of the health professions, and much of professionaleducation revolves around this core value. The introduction of artificially intelligent tools (AI-based systems) into clinical practice has led to resistance in the face of perceived threats to clinician autonomy (Jussupow…