Research
I am a qualitative researcher by background, and hold a first class BA (Hons) Degree in Sociology from the University of Nottingham, UK, a Masters Degree in Social Research Methods from The Open University, UK and a PhD in Medical Education from the University of Leeds, UK. I have a number of research interests, with my current output focused on identifying and supporting students at risk of future failure. I have contributed to several major international publications including an Ottawa Consensus Paper on Technology Enhanced Assessment and a State of the Science edition of Medical Education journal, both produced once every ten years by experts in the field of medical education. I also regularly publish in the area of how developing technology enhanced learning resources can change the way that students of the healthcare professions work and learn. With colleagues, I co-lead a developing research stream on understanding and supporting the development of professionalism, and I am particularly interested in professional identity development and socialisation processes, and how these are shaped by curriculum developments such as interprofessional education. I frequently publish and give talks on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and am the co-creator with Dr Isobel Jenkins of the School of Medicine EDI Curriculum Toolkit.
I am currently open to applications from potential PhD students who wish to undertake a PhD in medical education in a topic related to professionalism, identity and identity development, or interprofessional and collaborative practice.
I have previously been supervised the following PhDs to completion:
Dr Susannah Brockbank (2020) - Remediation of Unprofessional Behaviour in medical students
Dr William Calvert (2024) - Understanding the development and preservation of empathy in senior medical students
Dr Asma Alhamrani (2025) - Professionalism as effortful practice: a case study of Saudi Arabian and United Kingdom Medical Schools' teaching of
professionalism
Research grants
Bench fees for Asma Yehya Alhamrani - (201520400)
PRINCESS NORA BINT ABDULRAHMAN UNIVERSITY (SAUDI ARABIA)
September 2021 - August 2025