2TiME workshop: Medical education as an undergraduate

1. Getting involved in medical education as an
undergraduate
James Davis (UCL final year medical student)
Neil Choudhuri (UCL final year medical student)
Dr Kaz Iwata (Clinical Teaching Fellow)

2. Who has been involved in teaching any capacity
at medical school?

3. Objectives
By the end of this session you should:
• Know why medical education as an undergraduate is important
• Be aware of the different types of medical education that you
can be part of as an undergraduate
• Be able to think about ways to improve medical education for
future students

4. Teaching skills – why is it necessary for doctors
and medical students?

5. Tomorrow’s Doctors – teaching skills
• Be able to demonstrate appropriate
teaching skills
• Be willing to teach colleagues and
to develop their own teaching skills
• Be familiar with a range of teaching
and learning techniques
• Understand the principles of
education as applied to medicine

6. Medical education & teaching encompasses
many kinds of activities
• Face to face teaching (most common)
• Development of teaching resources
• Assessment and giving feedback
• Organizing teaching schemes & modules

7. Teaching portfolio for undergraduates
• Complete the worksheet:
– Face to face teaching (most common)
– Development of teaching resources
– Assessment and giving feedback
– Organizing teaching schemes & modules

8. What types of medical education activity can you
become involved in as an undergraduate?

9. What are the gaps in the MBBS curriculum for
using undergraduates in teaching?

10. Tasks
• In groups of 4-5, think about an area of medical
education which could be improved by
undergraduates.
• Devise a scheme or resource to help fill this gap.

11. Objectives
By the end of this session you should:
• Know why medical education as an undergraduate is important
• Be aware of the different types of medical education that you
can be part of as an undergraduate
• Be able to think about ways to improve medical education for
future students

12. Thanks for attending