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General practitioner workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review protocol (2024)
Journal Article
Park, S., Owen-Boukra, E., Burford, B., Cohen, T., Duddy, C., Dunn, H., …Wong, G. (2024). General practitioner workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review protocol. BMJ Open, 14(5), Article e075189. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075189

Introduction: There are not enough general practitioners (GPs) in the UK National Health Service. This problem is worse in areas of the country where poverty and underinvestment in health and social care mean patients experience poorer health compare... Read More about General practitioner workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review protocol.

Evidence Based Practice: Medical Education Research (2023)
Book Chapter
Rees. (2023). Evidence Based Practice: Medical Education Research. In Family medicine in the undergraduate curriculum: preparing medical students to work in evolving health care systems. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Twelve tips for optimising learning for postgraduate doctors in the operating theatre (2023)
Journal Article
Chatterton, B. D., Sharma, N., Rees, E. L., Hadfield-Law, L., Jermin, P. J., Banerjee, R., & Kiely, N. T. (2023). Twelve tips for optimising learning for postgraduate doctors in the operating theatre. Medical Teacher, 45(9), 972-977. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2023.2206536

Learning in the operating theatre forms a critical part of postgraduate medical education. Postgraduate doctors present a diverse cohort of learners with a wide range of learning needs that will vary by their level of experience and curriculum requir... Read More about Twelve tips for optimising learning for postgraduate doctors in the operating theatre.

Cohort Profile: Institutional choice among medical applicants: a profile paper for The United Kingdom Medical Applicant Cohort Study (UKMACS) prospective longitudinal cohort study (2022)
Journal Article
Rees. (2022). Cohort Profile: Institutional choice among medical applicants: a profile paper for The United Kingdom Medical Applicant Cohort Study (UKMACS) prospective longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060135

Purpose: To generate a large cohort of those in 2019 seriously considering applying to study Medicine, collecting data on a range of socio-economic and other demographic factors that influence choice of medical schools and to link to other datasets... Read More about Cohort Profile: Institutional choice among medical applicants: a profile paper for The United Kingdom Medical Applicant Cohort Study (UKMACS) prospective longitudinal cohort study.

“I’d have to fight for my life there”: a multicentre qualitative interview study of how socioeconomic background influences medical school choice. (2022)
Journal Article
Rees. (2022). “I’d have to fight for my life there”: a multicentre qualitative interview study of how socioeconomic background influences medical school choice. Medical Education Online, 27(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2022.2118121

Introduction Students from lower socio-economic backgrounds who were educated in state funded schools are underrepresented in medicine in the UK. Widening access to medical students from these backgrounds has become a key political and research pri... Read More about “I’d have to fight for my life there”: a multicentre qualitative interview study of how socioeconomic background influences medical school choice..

A method for the madness: An international survey of Health Professions Education authors’ journal choice (2022)
Journal Article
Rees. (2022). A method for the madness: An international survey of Health Professions Education authors’ journal choice. Perspectives on Medical Education, 11(3), 165-172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40037-022-00698-9

Introduction Scholarship is a key activity in health professions education (HPE). When disseminating scholarly work, how one selects the journal to which they submit is often argued to be a key determinant of subsequent success. To draw more evidenc... Read More about A method for the madness: An international survey of Health Professions Education authors’ journal choice.

Students’ Experiences of Peer Observed Teaching: A Qualitative Interview Study (2021)
Journal Article
Rees. (2021). Students’ Experiences of Peer Observed Teaching: A Qualitative Interview Study. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2021.2006665

Purpose: To summarise and appraise evidence on the prognosis and long-term clinical and socio-economic outcomes following wrist fracture among adults aged 50 years and over. Methods: Five databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL-P and PsycINFO) we... Read More about Students’ Experiences of Peer Observed Teaching: A Qualitative Interview Study.

When I say... Social (2021)
Journal Article
Guckian, J., & Rees, E. L. (2022). When I say... Social. Medical Education, 56(1), 25-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.14682

When the authors say "social" within medical education, they mean learning and working cultures that foster companionship, distribute capital, and facilitate communication. This piece discusses the impact of imbalance across these factors.

Pivot to online learning for adapting or continuing workplace-based clinical learning in medical education following the COVID-19 pandemic: A BEME systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Rees. (2021). Pivot to online learning for adapting or continuing workplace-based clinical learning in medical education following the COVID-19 pandemic: A BEME systematic review. Medical Teacher, https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2021.1992372

Background The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic in March 2020, which necessitated adaptations to medical education. This systematic review synthesises published reports of medical educational developments and innovations... Read More about Pivot to online learning for adapting or continuing workplace-based clinical learning in medical education following the COVID-19 pandemic: A BEME systematic review.

Mixing methods and data (2021)
Book Chapter
Harrison, D., Medisauskaite, A., & Rees, E. L. (2021). Mixing methods and data. . Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429263484-6

When we hear ‘mixed methods’, we typically think of studies that combine quantitative and qualitative data. In this chapter, we put forward the idea that mixed methods are about mixing and combining various types of techniques, analyses, perspectives... Read More about Mixing methods and data.

Social media in undergraduate medical education: A systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Guckian, J., Utukuri, M., Asif, A., Burton, O., Adeyoju, J., Oumeziane, A., …Rees, E. L. (2021). Social media in undergraduate medical education: A systematic review. Medical Education, 55(11), 1227-1241. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.14567

Introduction There are over 3.81 billion worldwide active social media (SoMe) users. SoMe is ubiquitous in medical education, with roles across undergraduate programmes, including professionalism, blended learning, well-being and mentoring. Previous... Read More about Social media in undergraduate medical education: A systematic review.

An update on developments in medical education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A BEME scoping review (2021)
Journal Article
Rees. (2021). An update on developments in medical education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A BEME scoping review. Medical Teacher, 253-271. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2020.1864310

Background COVID-19 has fundamentally altered how education is delivered. Gordon et al. previously conducted a review of medical education developments in response to COVID-19, however, the field has rapidly evolved in the ensuing months. This scopi... Read More about An update on developments in medical education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A BEME scoping review.

Trainees are human too (2020)
Journal Article
Rees. (2020). Trainees are human too. Scottish Medical Journal, 98-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/0036933020983567

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Fostering excellence in medical education career pathways (2020)
Journal Article
Rees. (2020). Fostering excellence in medical education career pathways. Education for Primary Care, https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2020.1827302

High quality medical education requires committed and skilled educators, researchers, and leaders. Capacity building for future educationalists is fundamental in the pursuit of excellence in medical education. Medical education as a discipline is u... Read More about Fostering excellence in medical education career pathways.

Developments in medical education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid BEME systematic review (2020)
Journal Article
Rees. (2020). Developments in medical education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid BEME systematic review. Medical Teacher, https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2020.1807484

Background The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic in March 2020. This rapid systematic review synthesised published reports of medical educational developments in response to the pandemic, considering descriptions of interv... Read More about Developments in medical education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid BEME systematic review.

Selection in context: requirements for achieving widening participation goals (2019)
Journal Article
Rees. (2019). Selection in context: requirements for achieving widening participation goals. Medical Education, https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.14023

Commentary.

'Knowledge leech' to 'part of the team': students' learning in rural communities of practice. (2017)
Journal Article
Rees. (2017). 'Knowledge leech' to 'part of the team': students' learning in rural communities of practice. Education for Primary Care, 5-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2017.1362664

BACKGROUND: Keele Medical School has a small accommodation hub for students placed within ten associated general practices in a predominantly rural area of England. Groups of up to eleven final year students spend fifteen weeks learning generic and t... Read More about 'Knowledge leech' to 'part of the team': students' learning in rural communities of practice..

WATCH Scrubs: a video observational study of workplace-based learning at Sacred Heart Hospital (2016)
Journal Article
Rees. (2016). WATCH Scrubs: a video observational study of workplace-based learning at Sacred Heart Hospital. Medical Education, 1195-1199. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13078

Context Workplace-based learning remains the cornerstone of clinical training. Teaching in the clinical environment promotes active engagement as trainees are required to combine their competencies (e.g. skills in history taking, examination and cli... Read More about WATCH Scrubs: a video observational study of workplace-based learning at Sacred Heart Hospital.

The epidemiology of teaching and training general practices in England (2016)
Journal Article
Rees. (2016). The epidemiology of teaching and training general practices in England. Education for Primary Care, 462-470. https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2016.1208542

There is no national picture of teaching and training practices or the communities they serve. We aimed to describe the association between general practices’ engagement with education and their characteristics, locality and patients’ health-status a... Read More about The epidemiology of teaching and training general practices in England.

Evidence regarding the utility of multiple mini-interview (MMI) for selection to undergraduate health programmes: a BEME systematic review BEME Review 37 (2016)
Journal Article
Rees, E. L., Hawarden, A. W., Dent, G., Hays, R., Bates, J., & Hassell, A. B. (2016). Evidence regarding the utility of multiple mini-interview (MMI) for selection to undergraduate health programmes: a BEME systematic review BEME Review 37. Medical Teacher, 38(5), 443-455. https://doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2016.1158799

Background: In the 11 years since its development at McMaster University Medical School, the multiple mini-interview (MMI) has become a popular selection tool. We aimed to systematically explore, analyze and synthesize the evidence regarding MMIs for... Read More about Evidence regarding the utility of multiple mini-interview (MMI) for selection to undergraduate health programmes: a BEME systematic review BEME Review 37.