Medical Education Unit
The Medical Education Unit (MEU) provides leadership and support for teaching, research, innovation, service and staff development related to the educational aspects of the Doctor of Medicine (MD) program.
The Medical Education Unit (MEU) Purpose and mission: The MEU has a mission to lead and support: curriculum implementation, continuous educational improvement, teaching, research, service, medical education accreditation requirements and professional learning related to the educational aspects of the MD program. The MEU is a group of experts for the Medical School, with whom staff can consult for educational design, assessment, evaluation, peer teaching/ review and educational innovation and research.
Members of the MEU team have extensive academic, higher education teaching experience across undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and have engaged in research in teaching, learning, assessment and evaluation and have been recognised by formal university processes as being leaders in educational development.
The team has a focussed philosophy to support and develop academic and clinical staff towards being the best, well-informed educators to make educative decisions about pedagogical and assessment practices whether they be in a traditional classroom or in the clinical environment.
Resources for clinical supervisors, educators and students
- Clinical supervisors
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Thank you for being part of the UWA MD community. Resources to support you in supervising a student can be found below.
Course information
- MD guidebook
- MD progress rules
- MD professional behaviour assessment procedures
- MD structured professional assessment note (SPAN)
- Medical student involvement in patient care
- MD bullying and harassment resource
Teaching, supervision and student support resources
- Clinical placements
- Teaching tips
- UWA Library
- Clinical mentors
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UWA is the only Australian Medical School to have a longitudinal mentoring program whereby all medical students have a qualified health professional as a clinical mentor involved in the student’s professional development for the duration of the course.
Clinical mentors have an important role in providing medical students with formative feedback and identifying if they need assistance in the personal and professional development aspects of the course.
Frameworks
- Doctor of Medicine (MD) Assessment Framework
- The Assessment Framework includes guidelines and processes focusing on OSCE and written assessment item development, standardisation, and blueprinting and item analysis.
- Doctor of Medicine (MD) Evaluation, Monitoring and Quality Improvement Framework
- The Evaluation, Monitoring and Quality Improvement Framework includes a Course and Unit review process.
MEU team members:
Dr Helen Wilcox Medical Education Program Director: [email protected]
Dr Rashmi Watson Assessment Lead: [email protected]
Location:
N Block, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre
