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Successful collaboration in education: the UMeP

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posted on 2023-06-08, 20:16 authored by Laura-Jane Smith, Rosie Belcher, Will Coppola, Deborah Gill, Hilary Spencer, Chris Cooper, Nigel Rawlinson, Jane Williams, Alex Haig, Joel Smith, Inam Haq, Anna Jones, Julia Montgomery, Tim Vincent
BACKGROUND: As the health care education landscape in the UK changes rapidly and dramatically, collaboration across institutions bridging undergraduate and postgraduate fields is increasingly necessary. Collaboration entails both risks and benefits. There is a paucity of advice on how to ensure collaborative projects in medical education are effective. There is a paucity of advice on how to ensure collaborative projects in medical education are effective CONTEXT: In 2011 three medical schools began a collaborative project along with NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to modify, develop and deliver a medical school version of the NES foundation programme ePortfolio, called UMeP. The underlying principal was the introduction of an authentic ePortfolio early in undergraduate life. The challenge of three diverse medical schools with significantly different curricula and assessment approaches working together with a single postgraduate ePortfolio was complex and demanding. DISCUSSION: We reveal the complexities of collaboration on education projects and draw on our experiences to provide illustrative examples of collaboration. Despite the increased complexity and need for compromise, we argue that successful collaborative partnerships are key to maximising the circumstances in which education innovation can be successful, and create the potential for robust evaluation and research.

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  • Published

Journal

Clinical Teacher

ISSN

1743-4971

Publisher

Wiley

Issue

7

Volume

11

Page range

546-550

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  • Division of Medical Education Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-03-13

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