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Kieran Walsh: Free medical education would deliver savings in the long term
Tweet“Even in comparatively poor countries we find scientific knowledge and trained intellects regarded as sound public investments, and the popular voice applauding a liberal application of public...
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Kieran Walsh: Can we make savings in medical education?
TweetThe age of austerity in the NHS has only just begun. The next few years will likely bring closed Casualty departments, downgraded district hospitals, longer waiting times, and rationed treatments....
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Kieran Walsh: Am I getting value for money out of my medical school tuition...
TweetIn the nineteenth century there were few standards in medical education. Students would often do an apprenticeship with a general practitioner and gradually gain experience in the trade. They had...
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Kieran Walsh: Revalidation starts today
TweetA running joke about revalidation is that its roll out is and always will be 12 to 18 months away. What will mandarins in Whitehall and the colleges chuckle about now that revalidation has finally...
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Kieran Walsh: “Fortunately…education produces no effect whatsoever”
TweetOne of the latest thoughts to emanate from authorities in medical education is that investments in education will produce a tangible return on investment. The theory goes a bit like this: you...
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Kieran Walsh: Should we be more short term in our thinking about medical...
TweetPutting the horse before the cart always seems like a sensible idea. And so it is with funding initiatives—it seems sensible to invest in starting up sustainable projects that will have long term...
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Kieran Walsh: Are medical school assessments becoming a tick box exercise?
Tweet“You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.” One of the most enjoyable things about listening to George W Bush torturing the English language is that no matter...
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Kieran Walsh: Do you believe in interprofessional education?
Do you believe in interprofessional education? Do you believe in problem based learning? Do you believe in objective structured clinical examinations? Do you believe in reflection in action? Or...
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Kieran Walsh: Free medical education would deliver savings in the long term
“Even in comparatively poor countries we find scientific knowledge and trained intellects regarded as sound public investments, and the popular voice applauding a liberal application of public money to...
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Kieran Walsh: Can we make savings in medical education?
The age of austerity in the NHS has only just begun. The next few years will likely bring closed Casualty departments, downgraded district hospitals, longer waiting times, and rationed treatments. As...
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Kieran Walsh: Am I getting value for money out of my medical school tuition...
In the nineteenth century there were few standards in medical education. Students would often do an apprenticeship with a general practitioner and gradually gain experience in the trade. They had to...
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Kieran Walsh: Revalidation starts today
A running joke about revalidation is that its roll out is and always will be 12 to 18 months away. What will mandarins in Whitehall and the colleges chuckle about now that revalidation has finally...
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Kieran Walsh: “Fortunately…education produces no effect whatsoever”
One of the latest thoughts to emanate from authorities in medical education is that investments in education will produce a tangible return on investment. The theory goes a bit like this: you invest in...
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Kieran Walsh: Should we be more short term in our thinking about medical...
Putting the horse before the cart always seems like a sensible idea. And so it is with funding initiatives—it seems sensible to invest in starting up sustainable projects that will have long term...
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Kieran Walsh: Are medical school assessments becoming a tick box exercise?
“You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.” One of the most enjoyable things about listening to George W Bush torturing the English language is that no matter how...
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Kieran Walsh: Do you believe in interprofessional education?
Do you believe in interprofessional education? Do you believe in problem based learning? Do you believe in objective structured clinical examinations? Do you believe in reflection in action? Or...
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Kieran Walsh: Finding your way back from the wrong diagnosis
A 40 year old man has a cough—but his GP cannot find out the cause. Eventually the patient is referred to the local hospital where he is diagnosed with asthma. The doctor who sees him starts inhalers....
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Kieran Walsh: How to be an all star clinical teacher
There is a lot to remember when you are leading a ward round. There’s the patient, the relatives, the junior doctors, the nurses, the physiotherapist, the occupational therapist, the pharmacist, the...
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Kieran Walsh: Are you “satisficed” with clinical decision support?
A 60 year old woman goes to her doctor with dizziness and poor balance. Her doctor is not sure what is wrong but thinks about postural hypotension, Meniere’s disease, and benign positional paroxysmal...
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Kieran Walsh: Clinical decision support—being worried is nothing to worry about
Many years ago I worked with a doctor who would disappear for a few moments at important decision points in clinical care. Sometimes this was during ward rounds and sometimes on call. He was an...
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