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Avoid ‘running before we can walk’ in medical education research: The importance of design and development research (2020)
Journal Article
Sandars, J., Cecilio-Fernandes, D., Patel, R., & Gandomkar, R. (2021). Avoid ‘running before we can walk’ in medical education research: The importance of design and development research. Medical Teacher, 43(11), 1335-1336. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2020.1854452

Design and development research has the aim of understanding the feasibility and acceptability of implementing early-stage pilot research before interventions are fully implemented and evaluated for their impact. Increasing the use of design and deve... Read More about Avoid ‘running before we can walk’ in medical education research: The importance of design and development research.

Deliberate Practice in Simulation-Based Surgical Skills Training: A Scoping Review (2020)
Journal Article
Higgins, M., Madan, C. R., & Patel, R. (2021). Deliberate Practice in Simulation-Based Surgical Skills Training: A Scoping Review. Journal of Surgical Education, 78(4), 1328-1339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.11.008

BACKGROUND: In recent years there has been a shift from traditional Halstedian methods toward more simulation-based medical education (SBME) for developing surgical skills. Questions remain about the role and value of SBME, although feedback and enga... Read More about Deliberate Practice in Simulation-Based Surgical Skills Training: A Scoping Review.

A qualitative exploration of the lived experience of GP trainees failing to progress in training (2020)
Journal Article
Winter, R., Norman, R. I., & Patel, R. (2021). A qualitative exploration of the lived experience of GP trainees failing to progress in training. Education for Primary Care, 32(1), 10-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2020.1831970

Challenges facing general practice are multiple and extreme. Amongst them is the increasing difficulty of recruiting and retaining General Practitioners (GPs). GPs cite heavy workload, work-related stress, little family time and psychological ill-hea... Read More about A qualitative exploration of the lived experience of GP trainees failing to progress in training.

Essential guide to acute care (2020)
Book
Cooper, N., Cramp, P., Forrest, K., & Patel, R. (2020). Essential guide to acute care. (3rd edition). London: Wiley

The best-selling Essential Guide to Acute Care contains everything you need to know about acute care that you can’t find in a standard textbook. The third edition has been extensively revised and updated, presenting new oxygen guidelines, updated evi... Read More about Essential guide to acute care.

Using Insights From Sports Psychology to Improve Self-Efficacy during Management Of Acutely Unwell Patients by Recently-Qualified Doctors : A Mixed-Methods Study (2020)
Journal Article
Church, H. R., Murdoch-Eaton, D., & Sandars, J. (2021). Using Insights From Sports Psychology to Improve Self-Efficacy during Management Of Acutely Unwell Patients by Recently-Qualified Doctors : A Mixed-Methods Study. Academic Medicine, 96(5), 695-700. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000003809

Problem:

Doctors experience a range of negative reactions when managing acutely unwell patients. These may manifest as emotions or behaviors. Without appropriate coping strategies, these emotions and behaviors can impede optimal clinical performa... Read More about Using Insights From Sports Psychology to Improve Self-Efficacy during Management Of Acutely Unwell Patients by Recently-Qualified Doctors : A Mixed-Methods Study.

Diagnostic stability and outcome after first episode psychosis (2020)
Journal Article
Gale-Grant, O., Dazzan, P., Lappin, J. M., Donoghue, K., Reininghaus, U., Croudace, T., …Heslin, M. (2021). Diagnostic stability and outcome after first episode psychosis. Journal of Mental Health, 30(1), 104-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2020.1818191

Background – Individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia are often assigned other psychiatric diagnoses during their lives. The significance of changing diagnosis has not been widely studied.

Aims - Our aim was to examine the association between dia... Read More about Diagnostic stability and outcome after first episode psychosis.

PERFORM: Performance Enhancing Routines for Optimising Readiness using Metacognition For the Management of Acutely Unwell Patients (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SANDARS, J., CHURCH, H., & MURDOCH-EATON, D. (2020). PERFORM: Performance Enhancing Routines for Optimising Readiness using Metacognition For the Management of Acutely Unwell Patients. In AMEE 2020 abstract book (527)

Introduction: The stress experienced by healthcare professionals during complex, time-critical clinical encounters can impair clinical performance and produces suboptimal patient care. This is particularly true for junior doctors when managing acutel... Read More about PERFORM: Performance Enhancing Routines for Optimising Readiness using Metacognition For the Management of Acutely Unwell Patients.

Can Near-Peer Facilitated Small Group Learning Encourage the Development of Self- Regulated Learning Skills in Undergraduate Medical Students? (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maud, A., Graham, A., & Church, H. (2020, September). Can Near-Peer Facilitated Small Group Learning Encourage the Development of Self- Regulated Learning Skills in Undergraduate Medical Students?. Paper presented at AMEE 2020, Virtual Online Conference

Background: Literature suggests that undergraduate medical students lack Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) skills, including goal-setting, monitoring progress and reflection, which are required for professional practice and lifelong learning. This resear... Read More about Can Near-Peer Facilitated Small Group Learning Encourage the Development of Self- Regulated Learning Skills in Undergraduate Medical Students?.

Development and decay of procedural skills in surgery: A systematic review of the effectiveness of simulated-based medical education interventions (2020)
Journal Article
Higgins, M., Madan, C., & Patel, R. (2021). Development and decay of procedural skills in surgery: A systematic review of the effectiveness of simulated-based medical education interventions. The Surgeon, 19(4), e67-e77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surge.2020.07.013

Context
Changes to surgical training programmes in the UK has led to a reduction in theatre time for trainees, and an increasing reliance on simulation to provide procedural experience. Whilst simulation offers opportunity for repetitive practice, t... Read More about Development and decay of procedural skills in surgery: A systematic review of the effectiveness of simulated-based medical education interventions.

The challenge of online learning for medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
Journal Article
Sandars, J., & Patel, R. (2020). The challenge of online learning for medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Medical Education, 11, 169-170. https://doi.org/10.5116/ijme.5f20.55f2

The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education systems across the world has led to major and rapid changes in the provision of higher and medical education, with increasing delivery of the curriculum by online approaches. A recent synthesis... Read More about The challenge of online learning for medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic.