1. Student Involvement in Medical Education Research Dr Gill Vance Senior Clinical Lecturer in Medical Education

2. Overview  Importance of students as partners in medical education research  Student Selected Components in medical education research  Medical Education Research Student Advisory Group

3. Why involve students?

5. Student Selected Components

6. SSCs – Edward Ellis (2013)  ‘Student Assistantship’  A period during which a student acts as an assistant to a junior doctor, with defined duties under appropriate supervision

7. SSCs – Edward Ellis (2013)  Evaluate student assistantship: does it provide on-the-job experience?  What learning opportunities do students have in medical and surgical assistantships?  Is there any relationship between experience gained and student perceptions of the assistantship?  How do student and supervisor perceptions of the assistantship compare?

8. SSCs – Edward Ellis (2013)

9. SSCs – Gabriella Petruso (2014)  Digital Storytelling Healthcare professionals elicit, listen to and respond to stories  Taking a history A DigiStory combines an audio narrative with still images DigiStories capture student attention & increase interest in exploring new ideas

10. SSCs – Gabriella Petruso (2014)  Gabs’ motivation SSC in Paediatric Neurodisability  Career interest Hidden disabilities & professional attitudes in Medicine  Medical students nervous about encountering patients with disabilities  Autistic Spectrum Disorder as an example

11. SSCs – Gabriella Petruso (2014)  The ‘Living with Autism’ Digistory

12. SSCs – Gabriella Petruso (2014)

13. Medical Education Research Student Advisory Group (MERSAG)  To explore how medical students can be involved in and have their say in the design of medical education research

14. MERSAG - Development

15. MERSAG - Progress  40 MBBS students declared interest

16. MERSAG - Progress  1 st meeting 29 th May 2014 29 students attended Student priorities for research  Novel research questions being developed Links into into M Clin Ed programme

17. MERSAG - Progress Discussed current research project  Transitions through the MBBS programme

18. Summary  Students are crucial partners in medical education research  SSCs in medical education research are a key initiative  The MERSAG will empower students to influence our research plans