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                                   Ms Jo Horsburgh                                 “The different teaching
                                   Senior Teaching                                 styles and practical
                                   Fellow in Medical                               ideas discussed have
                                   Education                                       helped me to adopt
                                                                                   a more interactive
       “The availability of a varied and progressive                               teaching style and
       programme has allowed for teaching staff to                                 better equipped me to
       examine increasingly challenging topics in                                  teach within the time
       teaching and learning in undergraduate medicine                             constraints available on
       and to do so according to their developmental                               the wards.”
       and/or professional needs.”
                                                            The FoM workshops are generally well attended
    have the largest capacity and are consistently          and consistently receive favourable evaluations
    oversubscribed. They are a full day in duration and     from participants. More details and information on
    run as much as six times per year. The remaining        evaluation and attendance can be found on pages 26
    workshops are typically a half-day and focus on         and 27.
    more specific and/or advanced topics (e.g. Problem-
    Based Learning (PBL), Small Group Teaching in the       Participation in FoM workshops continues to pique
    FoM and Feedback and Formative Assessment). With        staff interest in further development and, more
    the exception of the introductory PBL workshop,         practically, has allowed them to credit FoM workshops
    which runs six times per year, the more specialised     towards PG Certificate requirements.
    programme offerings are run three or four times
    per year and with smaller workshop capacities. The
    availability of a varied and progressive programme
    has allowed for teaching staff to examine increasingly
    challenging topics in teaching and learning in
    undergraduate medicine and to do so according to
    their developmental and/or professional needs.

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