BMERG publishes a new blog every Friday on a range of topics of interest to both medical and other educators involved in higher and postgraduate education, including publishing, building community, conference and event reports, professional development opportunities, hot topics in #MedEd and more.
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BMERG Blog
BMERG publishes a new blog every Friday on a range of topics of interest to both medical and other educators involved in higher and postgraduate education, including publishing, building community, conference and event reports, professional development opportunities, hot topics in #MedEd and more. You can search for keywords below, choose from the categories list in…
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Conference Report: 12 Months On: Reflecting on the GP Placement Capacity Symposium
In this week’s blog, Dr Simon Thornton reflects on his experience at last years GP Placement Capacity Symposium held jointly between Newcastle, UCL, Southampton and Bristol Universities, and thinking about the continued impact of the discussions held. It’s now a year since the inaugural GP Placement Capacity Symposium, held on 12th June 2024. The event, hosted…
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Building Community: BMERG Journal Club Review, Co-learning and Co-teaching
Contributing to our BMERG blog series on building community, our BMERG Journal Club lead Dr Claire Hudson reflects on the discussions at our journal club about co-learning and co-teaching. Paper reviewed: Claessen, Roy J M et al. “Co-learning and co-teaching in a newly introduced research learning community.” The clinical teacher vol. 21,3 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.13683 I really enjoyed…
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Conference Report: TICC 2025
The latest blog is a conference report from Dr Shiras Patel, reflecting on the Teaching, Innovation, and Collaboration for CTFs (TICC) Conference, held in Bristol in April this year. The Warm Welcome On Friday 25th April 2025, the halls of the Wills Memorial Building at the University of Bristol were buzzing with activity—not only from…