Educational research in medical and health sciences

• Impact of curricular and learning interventions
• Effective use of learning technologies
• Clinical and educational supervision
• Studies in higher education
• Curriculum and programme development
• Motivation to learn

Measurement scales and assessment

• Educational and workplace assessment
• Development of measurement scales for assessing performance
• Reliability and validity of measurement and assessment tools
• Feedback/debriefing
• Qualitative, quantitative and mixed research methodology
• Survey design and analysis
• Models of student selection

Professionalism and workplace development

• Inter-professional learning
• Professional integrity
• Improving teamwork in health teams
• Quality of life
• Teamwork in acute care
• Cross-cultural behaviour and communication
• Equity in higher education

Simulation and clinical skills

• Simulation in training and assessment
• Simulation validity
• Safe system design
• Medical error and violation
• Socio-technological systems

Research undertaken by staff from CMHSE, FMHS and other universities and organisations is presented in our Research Seminar series.