BMERG News: BMERG wins Award from ASME

Posted on May 5, 2023July 28, 2023 by sarah.allsop

BMERG has won an Award from the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) to launch the work of the group across the next academic year

Flyer of winners of ASME Educator Development Awards from ASME 2022

We are thrilled to announce that the BMERG team have won an Educator Development Award from the Association of Medical Education (ASME).

These sought after awards are aimed to provide funding to support educator development. We look forward to sharing more about how this funding will support us to build and develop the community of practice to support excellence in Medical Education Research at Bristol in the coming months.

BMERG News: BMERG goes live on the Bristol Medical School Webpage

Posted on May 3, 2023May 13, 2023 by sarah.allsop

As part of the work of the new BMERG group, one of our missions is to maximise the visibility of the work of researchers and innovators in Medical Education here at the University of Bristol Medical School.

Part of this was the creation of this blog – we are glad you’re here and don’t forget to click subscribe to get regular updates and news if you haven’t done already! We also wanted to give medical education research a space on the University webpages alongside our highly successful and established clinical research institutes.

The BMERG webpage is now live on the Bristol Medical School webpage under the research tab. From here you can directly access links to the BMERG blog, the events pages and find out about our mission and objectives. You will also find links to the profiles and research of individuals undertaking medical education work and research here at Bristol (via the University research information PURE system).

We are very grateful to Mike Cameron, an independent digital education consultant, and Clare Tremlett and her team from the Senior Executive team at Bristol Medical School for supporting the BMERG team to launch the new page on the Bristol Medical School Website.

Take a look at: www.bristol.ac.uk/medical-school/research/medical-education-research/

BMERG News: The Inaugural BMERG Committee Steering Group

Posted on April 27, 2023May 7, 2023 by sarah.allsop

The work of the new BMERG group is being overseen by a steering group from across Bristol Medical School. This group of passionate individuals will be working behind the scenes to create a programme of exciting new events and support opportunities for those involved in Medical Education Research both at Bristol and beyond.

Committee members join for one year with the option to stay on for a further year. Expressions of interest are welcomed throughout the year from both academics and professional service staff.

BMERG Committee 2022-23

Annie Noble-Denny
Sarah Allsop
Steve Jennings
Sharon Usher
Andrew Blythe
Claire Hudson
Santi Rodriguez
David Rogers
Liang-Fong Wong
Sally Dowling
David Hettle
Fiona Holmes
Grace Pearson

Through collaboration we aim to be able to better share practice, learn together, and showcase our fantastic and innovative Medical Education work as well as building the culture for publishing and disseminating work more widely.

The BMERG Blog

Posted on March 10, 2023December 1, 2023 by sarah.allsop

Introducing BMERG

By Sarah Allsop, Senior Lecturer in Medical Education at Bristol Medical School and Steve Jennings, Lead for the MSc Programme at TLHP, Bristol Medical School

Welcome to the blog of the University of Bristol Medical Education Research Group, from Bristol Medical School.

This Group aims to bring together all staff who have an interest in Medical Education Research both here at Bristol Medical School and beyond. We hope this group will foster a great sense of collaboration between all those involved in the education of healthcare professionals, and how they might evaluate, research and share their innovate work.

BMERG was conceptualised by our School Education Director, Annie Noble Denny to bring together all of the fantastic work at Bristol Medical School around a wide variety of Medical Education research topics. BMERG is co-led by Sarah Allsop and Steve Jennings. Both are happy to be contacted about the work of the group at brms-bmerg@bristol.ac.uk.

Our research spans a wide variety of project themes across both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education delivery including curriculum design and innovation, assessment and evaluation, digital learning environment, equality, diversity and inclusion, student wellbeing and supporting educators.

Over the course of the next year, BMERG will be launching a series of workshops and guidance around topics such as publishing, collaborating, and building your profile as an education researcher.

You can subscribe to our blog at the side of this page. More blogs, news and events coming soon.