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Chapter 6.1 - Quality in Medical Education

from Section 6 - Gathering feedback and quality improvement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2022

By
Dr Genevieve Holt  and
Dr Miranda Kronfli
Edited by
Patrick Hughes  and
Julie Langan Martin
Patrick Hughes
Affiliation:
NHS Forth Valley
Julie Langan Martin
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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Summary

This chapter aims to equip those involved in the design and delivery of learning and teaching interventions, whatever their level or type of involvement in undergraduate education, with an understanding of some of the basic principles and practices of quality in medical education. We will share some useful tools for your practice to help you to frame useful questions, and to use them to help in your pursuit of quality in your teaching learning and assessment endeavours in undergraduate education and in disseminating your work.

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Teaching Psychiatry to Undergraduates , pp. 144 - 149
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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