Harden's Blog
Harden's Blog is an area of MedEdWorld where Professor Ronald Harden provides his thoughts on topical matters relating to Medical Education.
If you are looking for 'Reflections', existing uploads can still be found in this area, however they will shortly be moved to their own section of MedEdWorld.
HARDEN'S BLOG: What makes an Excellent Teacher?, the problems with Facebook and more
May 03, 2017
In his latest blog Professor Harden discusses the question of what makes an excellent teacher, the problems with Facebook and the matter of students and research.
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HARDEN'S BLOG: 12th IMEC, Access to closed-access publications and more
Apr 21, 2017
In his latest blog Professor Harden discusses the 12th IMEC meeting, the move to outcome-based education, themes for AMEE 2017 and three ways to fold a suit jacket.
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HARDEN'S BLOG: Competency-based education, China, Helsinki, Student transcripts, assessment videos and two depressing conversations
Apr 04, 2017
In his latest blog Professor Harden responds to personal criticisms following his previous blog as well as discussing the AMEE Conference in China, the upcoming AMEE 2017 Conference in Helsinki, student transcripts, assessment videos and two depressing conversations in medical education
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HARDEN'S BLOG: 20/3/2017
Mar 20, 2017
In his latest blog Professor Harden responds to criticisms of competence-based medical education and discusses the professional doctorates vs PhD debate, the OSCE and postgraduate examinations in surgery, and the topics for AMEE 2017 in Helsinki
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HARDEN'S BLOG: Outstanding learning, students writing books, MCQs, excellence in education and MedEdDXB2017
Feb 16, 2017
In his latest blog Professor Harden discusses the focus on the student in learning through six steps to outstanding learning, the concept of students writing textbooks, core versus supplementary questions in examinations, student-created multiple choice questions, excellence in medical education and the upcoming MedEdDXB2017 conference in Dubai
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HARDEN'S BLOG: Opening a presentation and an international medical education ladder
Jan 30, 2017
In his latest blog, Professor Harden discusses his return from APMEC 2017 and looks at opening a presentation, an international medical education ladder, the Uber-fication of education, generic skills, accountability for our products and two interesting meetings coming up in March.
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HARDEN'S BLOG: A good new year!
Jan 06, 2017
Professor Harden welcomes readers back after little festive downtime and discusses the rise of YouTube as an educational tool, the convenience of a Google Search against older paper methods of research and the potential increase of MOOCs in medical education.
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HARDEN'S BLOG: The Post-Truth World
Dec 16, 2016
With the current developments in global politics, Professor Harden addresses the rise of "post-truth" discourse and its effect on different aspects of medical education, including a former student attempting to sue his alma mater on the basis of their tuition resulting in him not earning a first-class degree.
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