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Educational interventions for imposter phenomenon in healthcare: a scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Siddiqui, Z. K., Church, H. R., Jayasuriya, R., Boddice, T., & Tomlinson, J. (2024). Educational interventions for imposter phenomenon in healthcare: a scoping review. BMC Medical Education, 24(1), Article 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04984-w

Background Imposter Phenomenon (IP) is a subjective feeling of intellectual fraudulence and self-doubt experienced by individuals in goal-orientated high-achieving professions. The impact of IP within healthcare has been associated with individual p... Read More about Educational interventions for imposter phenomenon in healthcare: a scoping review.

Beyond the Bedside: Protocol for a scoping review exploring the experiences of non-practicing healthcare professionals within health professions education (2023)
Working Paper
Church, H. R., Brown, M. E., Govender, L., & Clark, D. Beyond the Bedside: Protocol for a scoping review exploring the experiences of non-practicing healthcare professionals within health professions education

Background: The number of healthcare professionals leaving clinical practice and transitioning to alternative careers in health professions education is increasing. Among these non-practicing healthcare professionals, concerns have been reported rega... Read More about Beyond the Bedside: Protocol for a scoping review exploring the experiences of non-practicing healthcare professionals within health professions education.

Under- and post-graduate training to manage the acutely unwell patient: a scoping review (2023)
Journal Article
Church, H. R., Murdoch-Eaton, D., & Sandars, J. (2023). Under- and post-graduate training to manage the acutely unwell patient: a scoping review. BMC Medical Education, 23, Article 146. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04119-1

Background: Junior doctors are often the first responders to acutely unwell patients and yet frequently report feeling under-prepared to do so. To understand whether this is consequential of how medical students and doctors are trained to manage acut... Read More about Under- and post-graduate training to manage the acutely unwell patient: a scoping review.

Rise of the Med-Ed-ists: Achieving a critical mass of non-practicing clinicians within medical education (2022)
Journal Article
Church, H., & Brown, M. E. L. (2022). Rise of the Med-Ed-ists: Achieving a critical mass of non-practicing clinicians within medical education. Medical Education, 56(12), 1160-1162. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.14940

In the latest "Connections" article, Church and Brown use the concept of 'critical mass' to explain how stigma, lack of career pathways and prioritization of clinical seniority may discourage non-practicing clinicians from becoming educationalists.

Applying sport psychology in health professions education: A systematic review of performance mental skills training (2021)
Journal Article
Sandars, J., Jenkins, L., Church, H., Patel, R., Rumbold, J., Maden, M., …Brown, J. (2022). Applying sport psychology in health professions education: A systematic review of performance mental skills training. Medical Teacher, 44(1), 71-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2021.1966403

Introduction Health professionals are expected to consistently perform to a high standard during a variety of challenging clinical situations, which can provoke stress and impair their performance. There is increasing interest in applying sport psyc... Read More about Applying sport psychology in health professions education: A systematic review of performance mental skills training.

Harnessing the medical humanities to consider LGBT+ elder healthcare within the undergraduate curriculum (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Agius, S., & Church, H. (2021, August). Harnessing the medical humanities to consider LGBT+ elder healthcare within the undergraduate curriculum. Poster presented at AMEE 2021, Virtual

Background: Many older LGBT+ adults [elders] in the UK will have endured extraordinary discrimination and homophobia/transphobia during their life course, often intersectional, which may have had an enduring impact upon their physical and mental well... Read More about Harnessing the medical humanities to consider LGBT+ elder healthcare within the undergraduate curriculum.

The F3 phenomenon: Early?career training breaks in medical training. A scoping review (2021)
Journal Article
Church, H. R., & Agius, S. (2021). The F3 phenomenon: Early?career training breaks in medical training. A scoping review. Medical Education, 55(9), 1033-1046. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.14543

Background Since 2017 more than 50% of UK doctors have undertaken a ‘Foundation 3 (F3) Year’ training break after completing their Foundation Programme (the first two years following graduation), rather than immediately enter specialty training. The... Read More about The F3 phenomenon: Early?career training breaks in medical training. A scoping review.

Twelve tips for organising a local or regional e-poster session (2021)
Journal Article
Church, H. R., & Fazlanie, L. (2022). Twelve tips for organising a local or regional e-poster session. Medical Teacher, 44(9), 967-972. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2021.1915968

E-posters have been increasingly incorporated into medical education conferences over the past few years, but since the disruption to the ‘traditional’ conference circuit as a result of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 they have become a necessary tool for... Read More about Twelve tips for organising a local or regional e-poster session.

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.

PERFORM: Performance Enhancing Routines for Optimising Readiness using Metacognition For the Management of Acutely Unwell Patients (2020)
Conference Proceeding
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
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?.

Using a self-regulated learning-enhanced video feedback educational intervention to improve junior doctor prescribing (2020)
Journal Article
Patel, R., Green, W., Shahzad, M. W., Church, H., & Sandars, J. (2020). Using a self-regulated learning-enhanced video feedback educational intervention to improve junior doctor prescribing. Medical Teacher, 42(8), 886-895. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2020.1748183

Introduction: Medical school graduates in the UK consistently report feeling underprepared for the task of prescribing when embarking on practice. The effective application of self-regulated learning (SRL) approaches and feedback on complex tasks are... Read More about Using a self-regulated learning-enhanced video feedback educational intervention to improve junior doctor prescribing.

Applying sport psychology to improve clinical performance (2017)
Journal Article
Church, H. R., Rumbold, J. L., & Sandars, J. (2017). Applying sport psychology to improve clinical performance. Medical Teacher, 39(12), 1205-1213. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2017.1359523

Preparedness for practice has become an international theme within Medical Education: for healthcare systems to maintain their highest clinical standards, junior doctors must “hit the ground running” on beginning work. Despite demonstrating logical,... Read More about Applying sport psychology to improve clinical performance.

Reducing the risk of mouth-to-mouth transmission of pathogens via re-usable, machine-read parking tickets: an observational cohort study (2017)
Journal Article
Groves, J., Church, H., Holland, D., & Thompson, N. (2017). Reducing the risk of mouth-to-mouth transmission of pathogens via re-usable, machine-read parking tickets: an observational cohort study. Journal of Hospital Infection, 97(4), 430-432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2017.05.027

The car parks at the study hospital are accessed using re-usable, machine-read tickets. In the initial phase of this study, 598 staff members were observed entering the car park, and 21.6% of them put their parking ticket in their mouth. Ultraviolet... Read More about Reducing the risk of mouth-to-mouth transmission of pathogens via re-usable, machine-read parking tickets: an observational cohort study.

Twelve tips for choosing and surviving a PhD in medical education – a student perspective (2017)
Journal Article
Bryan, B., & Church, H. R. (2017). Twelve tips for choosing and surviving a PhD in medical education – a student perspective. Medical Teacher, 39(11), 1123-1127. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2017.1322192

The decision to undertake a PhD in medical education could mark a critical point in defining your future career. Attaining the highest level of degree in such a diverse and rewarding area as medical education may not only provide you with an opportun... Read More about Twelve tips for choosing and surviving a PhD in medical education – a student perspective.

What can medical educators learn from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games? (2017)
Journal Article
Church, H., Murdoch-Eaton, D., Patel, R., & Sandars, J. (2017). What can medical educators learn from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games?. Medical Teacher, 39(6), 665-666. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2016.1270440

Medical Educators face an ongoing challenge in optimizing preparedness for practice for newly qualified doctors. Junior doctors have highlighted specific areas in which they do not feel adequately equipped to undertake their duties, including managin... Read More about What can medical educators learn from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games?.