MedEd SIG

Our weekly Medical Education Journal Club, MedEdSIG brings educators at SWFT together, to explore and discuss key papers in medical education and training. Emerging clinical research or current news that has real implications for teaching and workforce development is also presented.

Together, we look at how new evidence can inform and improve educational practice across undergraduate, postgraduate, and multidisciplinary training. We also use the space as a chance to catch up, share experiences, and reflect on different pedagogical approaches and strategies. The sessions are informal, interactive and centre around open discussion and reflection, with the paper or podcast shared in advance.

Medical Education Special Interest Group (MedEd SIG)

Healthcare professionals from across the trust are welcome to join us via Microsoft Teams. If you have an interest in education, training, or keeping up to date with impactful research, please email charu.palta@swft.nhs.uk to join our invite list.

Example papers and podcasts covered

Bearman M, Tai J, Dawson P, Boud D & Ajjawi R. (2024). Developing evaluative judgement for a time of generative artificial intelligence. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 49(6), 893–905.

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Kosmyna N, Hauptmann E, Yuan YT, Situ J, Liao XH, Beresnitzky AV, Braunstein I & Maes P (2025). Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task, arXiv. [Online]

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Anderson HLK, Govaerts M, Abdulla L, Balmer DF, Busari JO & West DC (2024). Clarifying and expanding equity in assessment by considering three orientations: Fairness, inclusion and justice. Medical Education, 59(5), 494-502.

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Cheng A and Kessler D (2025). Why real questions feel risky in debriefing? Curious Now #22, Debrief2Learn Podcast. 14 January.

Podcast

Peek R, Arnold R & Moore L (2025). Greater tolerance of uncertainty facilitates thriving in doctors entering postgraduate training. BMC Medical Education, 25(1), 1062.

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Lang K (2025). Trump’s claims on Tylenol (paracetamol), vaccines, and autism—what’s the truth? BMJ, 390(r2025).

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Education Newsletter

Each quarter, the Medical Education team release a newsletter with links to upcoming education conferences and current activity within the team. Previous editions of the newsletter can be viewed below.

Previous Editions

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Old Newsletter Archive

  • Issue #9 Dec 2022

    Creativity within the CEF team

    Student Voice: top teaching tips
    What have the CEFs been up to?

    Library services

    Learning from incidents

    CPD opportunities

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  • Issue #8 June 2021

    Top Teaching Tips

    Adult Learning Feature

    What’s happening in Journal Club?

    SIMCUP

    CPD for educators

    Read

  • Issue #7 May 2021

    Mentorship

    AMEE’s top tips on COVID teaching

    Top tips: interviews and studying

    Looking after our wellbeing

    A message to our colleagues

    Novel approach to mentoring

    Read

  • Issue #6 April 2021

    Diversifying your teaching

    Diversity and us

    Student voices

    Focus on Acute Medicine

    CBL vs traditional methods

    CPD for educators

    Read

  • Issue #4 Jan 2021

    Planning an MS Teams session

    New beginnings

    CEF activity during 2020

    The Simulation team

    Myths in Medical Education

    CPD for Educators

    Read

  • Issue #3 Dec 2020

    Small group teaching

    Wellbeing at SWFT

    Meet the team: the Postgraduate Education team

    Enhancing junior doctors' working lives

    CPD for educators

    Read

  • Issue #2 Nov 2020

    Ward based teaching

    Meet an Educator: Dr Elliot

    Education on the Acute Take

    Consultant’s Perspective: Dr Daniel

    Junior’s Perspective: Dr Sahni

    Technology enhanced simulation

    VR Simulation: coming soon to SWFT

    Read

  • Issue #1 Oct 2020

    OSLERs

    MedEd during COVID

    Meet an Educator: Dr Marguerie

    CEFs at Warwick

    Training students in telephone communication

    CPD for educators

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Our Research

Research is important in the department. Many of our clinical fellows have presented work at national and international conferences. A selection of our presentations and publications over the past few years is listed here.

  • Bhatia T, Aveyard B, Grant R. Surgical On-Call Simulation. British Association of Indian Anaesthetists ASM: First Prize for Oral Presentation (2025).

  • Jack S & Palta C. A multistakeholder perspective of setting up AI in MedEd.  ASME Annual Scholarship Meeting (2025).

  • Palta C & Jack S. Clinical Education Fellows’ perspectives on Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education. RCPCH Conference: Prize for Best Oral Presentation (2025).

  • Palta C & Jack S. We’re all in this together! Workshop on setting up an MDT simulation programme. NHS WTE Midlands Innovation and Training Symposium . (2025) 

  • Jack S & Palta C. AI in and for Medical Education. Warwick Medical School MBChB Conference (2025). 

  • Palta C & Jack S. Tomorrow’s Doctors: an AI -Student Selected Component Programme. Midland’s Simulation and TEL Conference (2025).

  • Beech J, Levington J, Haward M & Davies J. Facilitators views and experiences of running an escape room for medical students. AoME Developing Medical Educators (DMEG) Conference (2025). 

  • Coldicutt L, Wright F, Webber H. Language Matters: Collaborative teaching of LGBTQIA+ Health at South Warwickshire Foundation Trust (Workshop). Warwick Medical School MBChB Conference (2022)

  • Amer M, Shafiq N. Student Perspective: Is bedside teaching being delivered appropriately? Warwick Medical School MBChB Conference (2022).

  • Dunne N. Wellbeing: A Holistic Approach. Warwick Medical School MBChB Conference (2022).

  • Khunti R. A New Role for Simulation Teaching? Warwick Medical School MBChB Conference (2022).

  • Shahid H, Webber H, Lim T, Weight N, Baskar V. Thinking on Our Feet: Nurturing Interprofessional Non-Technical Skills through Simulation during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Interrobang: Academy of Medical Educators Conference (2021).

  • Tebbett A. Working together like clockwork: Using Microsoft Teams to bring our students back into the multidisciplinary team. Disrupted Medical Education: Association for the study of Medical Education Conference (2021).

  • Webber H, Mistry J, Bannon C. Black Lives Matter: Uncovering poor representation in hospital based medical education. Trainees in the Association for the Study of Medical Education (TASME) Conference (2021).

  • Webber H, Mistry J, Bannon C. Apart but not Alone: Medical student virtual Community of Practice through WhatsApp to aid team cohesion in a post-Covid era. Trainees in the Association for the Study of Medical Education (TASME) Conference (2021).

  • Long G, Tebbett A. Reducing anxiety in simulation-based learning through introductory sessions: a pilot study. Disrupted Medical Education: Association for the study of Medical Education Conference (2021)

  • Lim VK, Guan Y, Shahid H, Ward K, Tomassini S, Elliot V. Adapting in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A virtual replacement for cancelled bedside sessions in January 2021. AMEE (International Association for Medical Education) Conference 2021.

  • Tebbett A, Virtual Teaching Clinics: Learning from patients safely during Covid-19. AMEE (International Association for Medical Education) Conference 2021.

Publications

Jack S, Hughes R, Dhugga A, Oshodi K, Palta C, Jankowska M, Tso S, SWFT Medical Education Sustainability Group (2025). A Novel Approach for Quantifying the Carbon Footprint of Different Medical Education Teaching Modalities in an NHS Hospital Trust. The Clinical Teacher 22, no. 5: e70179.

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Grant R, Niebel D, Hunt W, Tso S, British Association of Dermatologists Sustainability Sub-committee (2025). Variability in triple bottom line commitments of multinational pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical companies: insights from 2023 corporate and environmental, social and governance reports. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 50(8), 1578-1585.

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Aveyard B & Ashbridge S (2025). Exponentially increasing competition is exposing flaws in the current system of selection for specialty training. Future Healthcare Journal, 12(4), 100487.

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Coldicutt O, Owen K (2024). Transition experiences of UK junior doctors who leave clinical practice to pursue careers in medical education: a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 14(12): e088615.

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Rezigalla, A (2024). AI in medical education: uses of AI in construction type A MCQs. BMC Med Educ, 24:247.

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Revell K & Nolan H (2023). Do medical students with a disability experience adverse educational outcomes on UK medical courses? Medical Teacher, 45(4), 388–394.

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  • Tebbett A, Guan Y. Inspiring health education across the board: the development of a medical education newsletter. The Healthcare Leadership Academy Conference (2020).

  • Tomassini S, Tebbett A, Shanmugan R. Navigating uncharted territory: An introduction to theatre for medical students. The Healthcare Leadership Academy Conference (2020).

  • Webber H. Neurodiversity in Clinical Education - for our patients, our colleagues and our students (Workshop) Trainees in the Association for the Study of Medical Education (TASME) Conference (2020).

  • True S. ‘Pride on the Ward Round’ (Workshop) Trainees in the Association for the Study of Medical Education (TASME) Conference (2020).

  • Webber H. Neurodiversity in Medicine: Qualitative study exploring the perceptions of neurodivergent doctors regarding their university medical education. Disrupted Medical Education: Association for the study of Medical Education (ASME) Conference (2020).

  • Webber H. Aren't we all just on the spectrum?: A qualitative study examining medical student misconceptions regarding autism spectrum disorder Disrupted Medical Education: Association for the study of Medical Education (ASME) Conference (2020)

Winner!

Dr Pharveen Jaspal, Clinical Education Fellow, won first prize in the RCP Virtual Poster Competition for her entry From broad-spectrum to broad thinking: frailty-based antibiotic stewardship in action in the Quality Improvement & Patient Safety / Audit category.

SEA UK Conference 2024: Highlights from Our CEFs

  • Several of our current and former Clinical Education Fellows (CEFs) attended the recent SEA UK (Society for Education in Anaesthesia) Conference in Basildon, Essex, showcasing their impressive projects.

  • Dr Francesca Pettengell earned third prize for her poster on "The Unanticipated Difficult Airway: The Co-PILOT Protocol for Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs)," highlighting her important work on airway management.

  • Dr Kehinde Oshodi presented her innovative "Pain Game," a tool for pain management training, sparking interest among attendees.

  • Other notable presentations included those by Dr Hooi Shin Ng, Dr Martyna Jankowska, Dr Sam Chambers, and Dr Tom Trouton. Dr Rathinavel Shanmugam supported the team in the development of the projects and presentations on the day.

  • The event provided a great platform for our CEFs to share their work and connect with peers in the anaesthesia community. Their contributions reflect their dedication and commitment towards education at Warwick.