Medical education as we know it today spans three sectors: undergraduate, postgraduate,
and the continuing professional development of established clinicians. Medical education is a …

Education is not simply a technical business of well managed information processing, nor
even simply a matter of applying ‘learning theories’… It is a complex pursuit of fitting a culture …

… Tim Swanwick, Senior Clinical Adviser and Postgraduate Dean, Health Education England;
… The right of Tim Swanwick and Judy McKimm to be identified as the authors of the editorial …

Workplace-based assessment is now widespread throughout medicine. If carried out well,
such assessments reconnect teaching and testing to the benefit of the learner. But workplace-…

Background: The ‘invitation’ for clinicians to participate in leadership practices, previously
considered the province of the professional health service manager, is driven by a number of …

Background: The role of all health practitioners is changing as a result of social, technological
and demographic shifts, and clinicians are increasingly required to participate in …

“Medical leadership and management” describes the engagement of doctors in the leadership
and management of both individual patient care and of the departments, organizations …

Healthcare systems need effective leadership. All healthcare professionals can and should “learn
to lead” and this requires a clear focus on leadership development from the earliest …

Introduction: Postgraduate medical education takes place almost entirely in the clinical
workplace, supported by healthcare professionals who strive to combine service and educational …

Achieving high quality health care against a background of continual change, increasing
demand, and shrinking financial resource is a major challenge. However, there is significant …