Warwick Medical School aims to prepare its students for foundation training through a four-year program. The school has over 650 students ranging from 21-51 years old and staff from diverse backgrounds. Students take core clinical placements and select components to become competent doctors. The school aims to improve digital learning by using Moodle for content and engaging materials, online assessments, and integrating data from central systems. It also wants to connect theory with real-world experience through partnerships with hospitals, GPs, and communities. Future goals include expanding student partnerships, staff training, and supporting curriculum transitions digitally.

1. MedEd meet real world
building capability in HE and NHS workplaces
Cath Fenn, Senior Academic Technologist,
MB ChB, Warwick Medical School
c.a.fenn@warwick.ac.uk

2. • Established in 2000, Warwick Medical School (WMS) is home to
the UK's largest graduate-entry MB ChB programme.
• Our four year MB ChB (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery -
Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae) is a
challenging programme designed to help students become
highly competent and strongly motivated doctors.
About Warwick Medical School

3. Preparing students for foundation training
https://www.gmc-uk.org/education/27007.asp

4. • We accept student
applications from Arts and
Sciences graduates. Richly
diverse backgrounds with
varied life experience.
• Our 662 current students
ages range from 21 to 51
About our students

5. Health,
metabolism
and
homeostasis
Blood lungs
and heart
Brain and
behaviour
Locomotion
Reproduction
and child
health
Advanced cases 1
Core clinical education
Specialist clinical placements
Advanced cases 2
Instructional
support
Learner
autonomy
Assistantship
Time=4Years
Student to FY1 doctor in 4 years
Student selected
component 1
Student selected
component 2
Elective
Academic Days

6. • Our staff, in common with our students, come from a diverse
range of backgrounds.
• Majority of University teaching staff have research and/or
clinical roles in addition to their teaching responsibilities.
About our University based staff

7. • “Our staff” also include clinicians who hold contracts with the
LEPs; Hospitals, GP surgeries and community health centres.
• Useful to remember that LEP admin teams play an important
role in supporting our students.
About our Local Education Providers

8. https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/building-digital-capability

9. What does learning
in a digital age look
like for MB ChB?

10. What does learning
in a digital age look
like for MB ChB?
Moodle providing
a framework for
organising and
delivering content.
Options for
sharing
engaging
content.
Options for
delivering
questions online
in a range of
formats.
Pulling data
from central
systems.

11. What does learning
in a digital age look
like for MB ChB?
Moodle providing
a framework for
organising and
delivering content.
Options for
sharing
engaging
content.
Options for
delivering
questions online
in a range of
formats.
Pulling data
from central
systems.

12. • Anatomical connections
• Multiple Illnesses in one patient
• Illnesses that affect multiple systems
• Multidisciplinary teams
• Connecting theory with practice
MedEd learning in the real world
patient
practical
hospital
community
physical
illness
mental
illness
theory

13. • Pilot – use of encrypted mini-iPads in MedEd
• Student digital experience tracker tool
questions – developing an evidence base
• Mystery students- mystery shopper
programme
Student partnerships

14. We are listening to our students
Student owned devices used to support learning:
14%desktop computer 96%laptop
50%tablet/iPad 86%smartphone 60%printer
80% agree digital skills are important in their chosen career.​
70% would like digital technologies to be used more in MB ChB.
When digital technologies are used on the MB ChB​
64% understand things better
72% enjoy learning more
83% are more independent in their learning
81% can fit learning into life more easily
The ease of being able to write up
and sync notes has been a positive
as it means that I don't have
massive amounts of paper lying
around at home that is useless and
destined for the bin.

16. Use variety of methods to disseminate

17. External Partners
Pulling data
from central
systems.

18. • Get out and about!
• Go talk to the people working directly with
students on placements.
• Have conversations with individuals and teams
based on their terms and held on their territory.
• Start conversations by giving individuals and
teams in the LEPs a chance to voice their ideas,
concerns and expectations.
• Share work with done student partnerships and
look for ways of Trust staff as partners in these
projects.
Building digital capability

19. Future aims based on past rewards:
• Build on student partnerships
• Build on partnerships with LEP admin
teams and the intersections with
University admin teams
• Staff development and partnership
building with clinical academic leads
• Focus on curriculum transition points
What next?

20. Any Questions?
Thank you, if there are any areas that took your interest and
you would like to chat further please do get in touch.
Cath Fenn, Senior Academic Technologist
c.a.fenn@warwick.ac.uk
Pecha Kucha presentation for JISC Digital Capabilities CoP 22/05/18