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.

Effects of an Online Education Program on Physical Therapists' Confidence in Weight Management for People With Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2021)
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Allison, K., Jones, S., Hinman, R. S., Briggs, A. M., Sumithran, P., Quicke, J., …Bennell, K. (2021). Effects of an Online Education Program on Physical Therapists' Confidence in Weight Management for People With Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Arthritis Care and Research, 75(4), 835-847. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24828

OBJECTIVE: Evaluate effects of an online education program about weight management for osteoarthritis on physiotherapists' self-reported confidence in knowledge and skills in weight management, and attitudes toward obesity.

METHOD: A two-group ran... Read More about Effects of an Online Education Program on Physical Therapists' Confidence in Weight Management for People With Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Adrenal Incidentaloma: Prevalence and Referral Patterns From Routine Practice in a Large UK University Teaching Hospital (2021)
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Hanna, F. W. F., Hancock, S., George, C., Clark, A., Sim, J., Issa, B. G., …Fryer, A. A. (2022). Adrenal Incidentaloma: Prevalence and Referral Patterns From Routine Practice in a Large UK University Teaching Hospital. Journal of the Endocrine Society, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvab180

Context: Adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) are increasingly being identified during unrelated imaging. Unlike AI clinical management, data on referral patterns in routine practice are lacking. Objective: This work aimed to identify factors associated with... Read More about Adrenal Incidentaloma: Prevalence and Referral Patterns From Routine Practice in a Large UK University Teaching Hospital.

The Varsity Drag: Gender, Sexuality and Cross-Dressing at the University of Cambridge, 1850-1950 (2021)
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Janes. (2022). The Varsity Drag: Gender, Sexuality and Cross-Dressing at the University of Cambridge, 1850-1950. Journal of Social History, 55(3), 695-723. https://doi.org/10.1093/jsh/shab069

The records of student societies show that cross-dressing was a very popular practice at Cambridge University from the second half of the nineteenth century not only in drama but at a wide range of social events. Male and female students were segrega... Read More about The Varsity Drag: Gender, Sexuality and Cross-Dressing at the University of Cambridge, 1850-1950.

Determining influence, interaction and causality of Contrast and Sequence effects in OSCEs. (2021)
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Yeates, P., Moult, A., Cope, N., McCray, G., Fuller, R., & McKinley, R. (2022). Determining influence, interaction and causality of Contrast and Sequence effects in OSCEs. Medical Education, 56(3), 292-302. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.14713

INTRODUCTION: Differential rater function over time (DRIFT) and contrast effects (examiners' scores biased away from the standard of preceding performances) both challenge the fairness of scoring in Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs). This i... Read More about Determining influence, interaction and causality of Contrast and Sequence effects in OSCEs..

Not seeing the woods for the trees: encouraging active reading (2021)
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(2021). Not seeing the woods for the trees: encouraging active reading. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/7zz4-c814

Academic reading is often the neglected counterpart to academic writing within higher education. This paper introduces a resource presented at ‘Becoming Well Read 2021’, which was designed to support students with academic reading. Using a fairy tale... Read More about Not seeing the woods for the trees: encouraging active reading.

From silence to ‘strategic advancement’: institutional responses to ‘decolonising’ in higher education in England (2021)
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Shain, F., Kemal Yıldız, Ü., Poku, V., & Gokay, B. (2021). From silence to ‘strategic advancement’: institutional responses to ‘decolonising’ in higher education in England. Teaching in Higher Education, 26(7-8), https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2021.1976749

Amid the rising calls for a ‘decolonised curriculum’, scholars and activists have outlined what needs to be done to ‘decolonise the university’. Yet in practice, those involved in decolonising work often face considerable backlash and institutional r... Read More about From silence to ‘strategic advancement’: institutional responses to ‘decolonising’ in higher education in England.

Cultivating a culture for reading within Higher Education (2021)
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Lee, R. (2021). Cultivating a culture for reading within Higher Education. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/ckhb-bg91

This is a reflective piece from an individual who attended the Becoming Well Read Symposium 2021. The reflections are centred around three interlinked considerations regarding the challenges and opportunities for cultivating a reading culture within... Read More about Cultivating a culture for reading within Higher Education.

Enhancing student transition and engagement in physiotherapy undergraduate education at Keele University (2021)
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Pearsall. (2021). Enhancing student transition and engagement in physiotherapy undergraduate education at Keele University. Physiotherapy, e130 - e131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2021.10.119

A core anatomy syllabus for undergraduate physiotherapy students preparing for entry-level Band-5 physiotherapist posts in the United Kingdom (2021)
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Major. (2021). A core anatomy syllabus for undergraduate physiotherapy students preparing for entry-level Band-5 physiotherapist posts in the United Kingdom. Physiotherapy, e108 - e109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2021.10.089

Re-engaging in the practice of academic reading: the power of the pledge (2021)
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(2021). Re-engaging in the practice of academic reading: the power of the pledge. The Journal of Academic Development and Education,

Developing students’ academic reading skills: learning developers as lynchpins (2021)
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(2021). Developing students’ academic reading skills: learning developers as lynchpins. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/dtf9-c624

This short article reflects on how active and collaborative reading is crucial to support novice readers in their subject disciplines. Learning developers are key to normalising this practice by modelling it for the subject lecturers.

Towards a digital reading lab: discovering and learning new affordances (2021)
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(2021). Towards a digital reading lab: discovering and learning new affordances. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/e01f-8m82

Digital reading is not just a straightforward transition from reading on paper to reading on the screen. The differences come into sharp relief when we consider reading as a multiply articulated gesture rather than simple decoding of the written text... Read More about Towards a digital reading lab: discovering and learning new affordances.

Becoming well-read or reading well?: Academic Reading Circles as an innovative and inclusive practice (2021)
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(2021). Becoming well-read or reading well?: Academic Reading Circles as an innovative and inclusive practice. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/ce5b-ka44

Academic Reading Circles are an innovative strategy for supporting students’ academic reading practices. Based on reading circles used in more general contexts to develop students’ engagement with reading extensively, Academic Reading Circles have be... Read More about Becoming well-read or reading well?: Academic Reading Circles as an innovative and inclusive practice.

‘“It’s OK not to be OK”: Using Mentimeter to Engage First Year Law Students in their Wellbeing’ (2021)
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Coyle. (2021). ‘“It’s OK not to be OK”: Using Mentimeter to Engage First Year Law Students in their Wellbeing’. The Journal of Academic Development and Education,

Bringing ethical dilemmas to life; the use of drama teaching in healthcare education (2021)
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Jacklin, S., & Allinson, M. (2021). Bringing ethical dilemmas to life; the use of drama teaching in healthcare education. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/29rw-zt56

Context and objectives
Empathy is an important element that underpins a health professional’s ability to handle ethical dilemmas involving patients, with a focus on providing person-centred care. The aim of this project was to evaluate the use of an... Read More about Bringing ethical dilemmas to life; the use of drama teaching in healthcare education.

Not a Moot Point!: Mooting as an Authentic Assessment Practice in Law? (2021)
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Allen, E. (2021). Not a Moot Point!: Mooting as an Authentic Assessment Practice in Law?. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/fxtz-2z31

Authentic assessment, understood as a form of assessment in which students demonstrate the applicability of the skills and concepts they have learned in a real-world context, is increasingly prized in an instrumentalist higher education environment t... Read More about Not a Moot Point!: Mooting as an Authentic Assessment Practice in Law?.

In Pursuit of the ‘Holy Grail’: Staff Perceptions of Creativity and Innovation (2021)
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(2021). In Pursuit of the ‘Holy Grail’: Staff Perceptions of Creativity and Innovation. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/fe4z-5w95

Context and Objectives
Debate about conceptual understandings and practical applications of creativity and innovation into learning and teaching practice is long standing. Our empirical research aimed to explore how these concepts were understood by... Read More about In Pursuit of the ‘Holy Grail’: Staff Perceptions of Creativity and Innovation.

Using a committee as a student-staff partnership research group to implement data-driven, research-informed practical applications to benefit the student experience (2021)
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(2021). Using a committee as a student-staff partnership research group to implement data-driven, research-informed practical applications to benefit the student experience. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/say7-ha56

This case study presents a mechanism for implementing research-informed practical applications to benefit the student experience in an institutional setting. It describes an approach that uses a formal university committee, with representation drawn... Read More about Using a committee as a student-staff partnership research group to implement data-driven, research-informed practical applications to benefit the student experience.

Using Mentimeter to Engage First Year Law Students in Wellbeing Awareness (2021)
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(2021). Using Mentimeter to Engage First Year Law Students in Wellbeing Awareness. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/28z6-7966

This paper assesses Keele Law School’s use of Mentimeter during an in-person live session to engage first year Law students in wellbeing awareness, through the innovative design and delivery of an interactive, whole-cohort session called It’s OK to n... Read More about Using Mentimeter to Engage First Year Law Students in Wellbeing Awareness.