On Friday the 5th of April, the University of Bristol, in collaboration with BMERG, hosted TICC 2024: The Inaugural CTF Conference. TICC provided an opportunity to see and share the valued work of Clinical Teaching Fellows (CTFs) from across the region. Building on the successes of last year’s local CTF Conference for University of Bristol-affiliated CTFs, this year’s expanded meeting had presenters travelling from 10 organisations spanning Southern England, ranging from Surrey to Somerset.
Highlights of this expanded regional conference included a keynote from Dr Jo Harland, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Education Director at Bristol Medical School, presenting an account of their work in the field of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
The day also included medical education-themed workshops, across two parallel streams:
- The future of undergraduate medical education
- Facilitating student-led medical education innovation
- Sculpting change
- Demystifying ethics
- Writing for publication
- The application of qualitative research to medical education
The day also included a showcase workshop presentation titled “From Innovation to Transformative Education”, highlighting how we can sustain and build on novel ideas and implement them into future practice in an educational setting. The full programme is available here:
TICC 2024 Prize Winners
Prizes were awarded on the day for the best oral presentation and runner-up, scored on the day by senior academics and the conference committee; best e-poster presentation, voted on by conference delegates; and best social media post, decided by the organising committee.
Best oral presentation awarded to Dr Megan French, Dr Thomas Shackshaft, Dr Lizzie Tighe, and Charlie Shephard, for their presentation titled “Learning to Teach: Addressing Challenges in Medical Education”
Runner-up to best oral presentation awarded to Dr Katie Craster, Dr Katie Greatorex, and Dr Henry Smith, for their presentation titled “QUALITIES: how to close consultations”
Best e-poster submission awarded to Dr Beth Robbins, for her presentation titled “‘You learn by doing, and by falling over’: a simulation-based approach to frailty, falls and fractures.”
Runner-up to best e-poster submission awarded to Dr Eamon Rawlins and Dr Edward Chiu, for their presentation titled “Training in Teaching Pilot Scheme – Is it applicable to undergraduate curriculum?”
Best social media post awarded to Dr Lizzie Tighe, for her comedic post to X, featuring Dr Megan French.
For information on TICC 2025 please visit the Future TICC events page
For further information please contact ticc-conference@bristol.ac.uk