Membership:
Board of Studies
Phase II & III Curriculum Management Group
Academic lead for palliative care:
Attained new HEE funding for increased delivery of specialist palliative care across Hull York Medical School
After completing a full mapping process of palliative care undergraduate teaching in Hull York Medical School we have developed general palliative care as a parallel theme across all medical and surgical attachments.
Developing learning objectives for this theme
Developing a specialist palliative care attachment across Hull York Medical School
Curriculum review and implementation for general and specialist palliative care
Metabolic medicine block lead:
Coordination of block, including exam question writing
Exam question selection
Question writing
Exam marking and moderating
I was lead for the cancer block, developing Blackboard, online resources and a Hull York Medical School-wide radiotherapy study day, and have been central to cancer and general palliative care becoming a longitudinal theme across phase 2.
Undergraduate exams:
Block 17 Exam question writing and reviewing - MCQs, MEQs and EMQs.
Writing e-learning exam questions
Phase 1, 2 and 3 Standard setting
Phase 1, 2 and 3 exam marking
Phase 1, 2 and 3 examination paper reviews
Phase 1, 2 and 3 Board of Examiners meeting
Communication masterclasses:
Delivered and led phase II and III communication masterclasses
Built up a base of tutors on the south bank, now developing other areas
Undergraduate lectures:
Plenary lectures, phase 1 block 13 – palliative care service provision
Plenary lectures, phase 2 - Pain PPT
Phase 1 spiritual issues in end of life care – single site interactive lecture
HYMS year 4 critical appraisal revision sessions
Undergraduate cancer block 17 teaching phase 2:
Development of the NE Lincolnshire undergraduate palliative medicine teaching
Delivery of case review sessions to the medical students
Delivery of lectures to the medical students
Increased students time in hospice
DNACPR and breaking bad news teaching
Hull York Medical School Elective student (part placement in Grimsby)
Mentor for 8 phase 2 students.
SSC/SSIP:
Developed and delivered a phase 1 SSC to introduce students to palliative medicine and its principals
Developed and led on a phase 2 SSC in Grimsby (4 students, 3 times a year) to further students clinical understanding of palliative medicine
Setup, led, developed and delivered a phase 1 palliative medicine SSIP
Setup, led, developed and delivered a phase 2 palliative medicine SSIP
Non-Hull York Medical School:
Deliver metabolic derangement and clinical scenarios in cachexia lectures on post-graduate MSc
Question writing and marking for MSc in nutrition exam
Palliative care lectures to MSc in Translational Oncology
Question writing for MSc in Translational Oncology exam