TASME TiME

In this episode, we were joined by Dr Neil Thakrar who is the co-lead of TASME awards and an internal medicine trainee in Northampton. We talked about the awards that are available to early career educators from TASME, what the differences are between them and some examples of previous winning projects.

More information about TASME Awards:

https://www.asme.org.uk/awards/

You can find out more about TASME, ASME and our many other groups at ASME.org.uk and make sure you follow us on Twitter @TASME_UK

Thanks to the Podcast team and wider TASME committee as well as Amlunya, for our theme music

In this episode, we were joined by Michael Atkinson, the co-chair of ASME’s Mindfulness in Medical Education special interest group (MiME) and senior lecturer in medical education at the University of Sunderland. We talked about what mindfulness involves and its role within healthcare and medical education.

More information about MiME:

Mindfulness and other meditative practices are important, evidence-based approaches for maintaining wellbeing, and improving resilience, concentration, awareness and equanimity in many settings including healthcare and education. Mindfulness in Medical Education is a special interest group established to promote scholarship regarding mindfulness in medical education, to discuss and disseminate what might constitute good practice and to enable collaboration and fellowship with other like-minded individuals and groups.

MiME’s aim is to raise awareness about the importance of mindfulness in healthcare and healthcare education through discussion, sharing of good practice and collaboration. The SIG also aims to support its members to undertake and disseminate mindfulness and wellbeing-related scholarship.

More information about MiME: https://www.asme.org.uk/committees/mime/

You can find out more about TASME, ASME and our many other groups at ASME.org.uk and make sure you follow us on Twitter @TASME_UK

Thanks to the Podcast team and wider TASME committee as well as Amlunya, for our theme music

In this episode, we are joined by Dr Polly Simpson and Dr Sam Chumbley to discuss the role of a clinical teaching fellow. We talked about the panel’s experiences of these roles, what they learnt, what they are up to now as well as some tips on how to get the most of out of the role.

You can find out more about TASME, ASME and our many other groups at ASME.org.uk and make sure you follow us on Twitter @TASME_UK

Thanks to the Podcast team and wider TASME committee as well as Amlunya, for our theme music

In this episode, we were joined by Professor RK (Bob) McKinley, ASME’s director of career groups and Professor of Education in General Practice at Keele University. We talked about mentorship and coaching and how to get the most from these relationships as well as the ASME mentoring programme.

You can find out more about TASME, ASME and our many other groups at ASME.org.uk and make sure you follow us on Twitter @TASME_UK

Thanks to the Podcast team and wider TASME committee as well as Amlunya, for our theme music

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

ASME Mentoing Programme - https://www.asme.org.uk/resources/mentoring/

At ASME's 2023 ASM we had a pleasure of hosting a special live episode of TASME TiME. We were joined by some of the conference plenary speakers to discuss Intersecting Identities and how this fit with the wider conference theme of developing a diverse workforce. We were joined by Professor Vishna Devi V Nadarajah from the International Medical University, Professor Sally Curtis from Southampton Medical School, and Dr Neera Jain from the University of Auckland.

For more detailed information about our three panel guests, full biographies can be found on the ASME website event pages for the ASM here: https://www.asme.org.uk/events/asm2023/

The paper mentioned by Dr Jain regarding the work of Dr Kimberlé Crenshaw can be found here: http://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/uclf/vol1989/iss1/8

The paper Dr Jain mentioned regarding the work of Dr Tasha Wyatt can be accessed here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35366113/

An edited transcript of this episode will be available in The Clinical Teacher in the special ASM supplement in Autumn 2023.

Fresh from ASM 2023 in this episode we’re joined by Dr Eliot Rees (@ElRees1), Lecturer in Medical Education at Keele University and Academic GP Trainee at University College London.

We discuss some of the ways to get started in medical education research as well as some of the basic principles.

Dr Rees shares some of his experiences from his career and journey in medical education and gives us an insight into the process behind editing his new book.

You can find out more about TASME, ASME and our many other groups at ASME.org.uk and make sure you follow us on Twitter @TASME_UK

Thanks to the Podcast team and wider TASME committee as well as Amlunya, for our theme music. If you have enjoyed today's episode don't forget to rate, review and subscribe.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Rees, E., Ledger, A. and Walker, K. (eds.) (2023) Starting research in clinical education. Wiley-Blackwell.

Hu WC, Thistlethwaite JE, Weller J, Gallego G, Monteith J, McColl GJ. 'It was serendipity': a qualitative study of academic careers in medical education. Med Educ. 2015 Nov;49(11):1124-36. doi: 10.1111/medu.12822. PMID: 26494065.

​​Cook, D.A., Bordage, G. and Schmidt, H.G. (2008), Description, justification and clarification: a framework for classifying the purposes of research in medical education. Medical Education, 42: 128-133

Cleland, J.A. and Durning, S.J. (2023) Researching Medical Education: Wiley-Blackwell.

Rees, C.E. et al. (eds.) (2023) Foundations of Health Professions Education Research: Principles, Perspectives and Practices. Wiley-Blackwell.

In this episode, Oliver and Rob sit down with Professor Andrew Hartle, Dr Alex Ashman and Dr Chloë Rogers to discuss Personal and Professional Identity as LGBTQ+ Doctors. We reflect on everyone's experience of being an out LGBTQ+ doctor, role models, and how educators can support the next generation of LGBTQ+ healthcare professionals.

Resources Mentioned:

FutureLearn Trans Healthcare: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/transgender-in-healthcare

Prism - The Pride in Surgery Forum: https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/careers-in-surgery/prism/

In this episode we are joined by Professor Judy McKimm, Professor of Medical Education, Chester Medical School, University of Chetser and Professor Emeritus of Medical Education, Swansea University Medical School to discuss why leadership development is important for healthcare professionals and the kinds of things we can do as educators to support learners in developing in this important aspect of training.

In this episode, we sit down with Dr Tracey Collett (@Traceloader), Associate Professor and subject lead for the Sociology of Health and Illness as well as Dr Samantha Regan de Bere, Academic Lead for Medical Humanities and lead for patient and public involvement. Both are from Peninsula Medical School, University of Plymouth.

We discuss how sociology and medical humanities can be embedded within the undergraduate curriculum, its importance in clinical practice and what we can do as educators and trainees.

Resources Mentioned

Palmer, Parker J. Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life - 20th Anniversary Edition. Jossey-Bass, 2017.

Gert J. J. Biesta. Beautiful Risk of Education. Routledge, 17 Nov. 2015.

You can find out more about TASME, ASME and our many other groups at ASME.org.uk and make sure you follow us on Twitter @TASME_UK

Thanks to the Podcast team and wider TASME committee as well as Amlunya, for our theme music

In this special episode to mark International Women’s Day we were delighted to be joined by a panel of amazing women working in medical education; Dr Megan Brown, Miss Becky Fisher and Dr Ayaan Farah all at different points in the MedEd careers. This episode is hosted by Dr Cleone Pardoe and Dr Kim Sien Choong.

The panel discuss their career highlights, challenges faced in medicine and MedEd as well as how they got started in the field!

You can follow our guests on twitter:

Miss Becky Fisher @BeckyBeckyFish

Dr Megan Brown @Megan_EL_Brown

Dr Cleone Pardoe @CleonePardoe

Resources Mentioned in this Episode

Key Lime Podcasts https://keylimepodcast.libsyn.com/

ASME’s Top tips for career development by women for women https://tinyurl.com/ASMEIWD

You can find out more about TASME, ASME and our many other groups at ASME.org.uk and make sure you follow us on Twitter @TASME_UK

Thanks to the Podcast team and wider TASME committee as well as Amlunya, for our theme music