Inappropriate attitudes, fitness to practise and the challenges facing medical educators

Challenges facing radiology educators.

This article summarizes the current challenges faced by radiology educators. These are discussed under the headings of time available for education, financing education, what and how to teach, student evaluation, support infrastructure, and challenges to leadership.

Physiotherapy clinical educators’ perceptions of student fitness to practise

BACKGROUND Health professional students are expected to maintain Fitness to Practise (FTP) including clinical competence, professional behaviour and freedom from impairment (physical/mental health). FTP potentially affects students, clinicians and clients, yet the impact of supervising students across the spectrum of FTP issues remains relatively under-reported. This study describes clinical ed...

Fitness to Practise Panel

Predictors of fitness to practise declarations in UK medical undergraduates.

BACKGROUND Misconduct during medical school predicts subsequent fitness to practise (FtP) events in doctors, but relatively little is known about which factors are associated with such issues during undergraduate education. This study exploits the newly created UK medical education database (UKMED), with the aim of identifying predictors of conduct or health-related issues that could potentiall...

Medical educators' personal attitudes towards the necropsy.

AIMS To explore the personal attitudes of medical educators to the necropsy. METHODS A "theoretical sample" of individuals, with widely disparate views, was selected from University of Sheffield Medical School affiliated staff. These individuals underwent semi-structured interviews (in private) to elucidate their personal attitudes towards the necropsy (in relation to the possibility of their...