Learners have to be active. This is something that I have heard a lot and also said a lot in the years I have been involved medical education. The idea […]
Kieran Walsh
Kieran Walsh: Clinical decision support—being worried is nothing to worry about
Many years ago I worked with a doctor who would disappear for a few moments at important decision points in clinical care. Sometimes this was during ward rounds and sometimes […]
Kieran Walsh: Are you “satisficed” with clinical decision support?
A 60 year old woman goes to her doctor with dizziness and poor balance. Her doctor is not sure what is wrong but thinks about postural hypotension, Meniere’s disease, and […]
Kieran Walsh: How to be an all star clinical teacher
There is a lot to remember when you are leading a ward round. There’s the patient, the relatives, the junior doctors, the nurses, the physiotherapist, the occupational therapist, the pharmacist, […]
Kieran Walsh: Finding your way back from the wrong diagnosis
A 40 year old man has a cough—but his GP cannot find out the cause. Eventually the patient is referred to the local hospital where he is diagnosed with asthma. […]
Kieran Walsh: Do you believe in interprofessional education?
Do you believe in interprofessional education? Do you believe in problem based learning? Do you believe in objective structured clinical examinations? Do you believe in reflection in action? Or reflection […]
Kieran Walsh: Are medical school assessments becoming a tick box exercise?
“You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.” One of the most enjoyable things about listening to George W Bush […]
Kieran Walsh: Should we be more short term in our thinking about medical education?
Putting the horse before the cart always seems like a sensible idea. And so it is with funding initiatives—it seems sensible to invest in starting up sustainable projects that will […]
Kieran Walsh: “Fortunately…education produces no effect whatsoever”
One of the latest thoughts to emanate from authorities in medical education is that investments in education will produce a tangible return on investment. The theory goes a bit like […]
Kieran Walsh: Revalidation starts today
A running joke about revalidation is that its roll out is and always will be 12 to 18 months away. What will mandarins in Whitehall and the colleges chuckle about […]