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: 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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HARDEN'S BLOG: Sleepless in Seattle
Nov 18, 2016
Professor Harden gives his thoughts on some of the session themes from the AAMC 2016 Meeting in Seattle, Entrustable Personal Activities and the further development of the ASPIRE initiative.
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HARDEN’S BLOG: Enthusiasm for medical education in Uruguay and Argentina
Oct 27, 2016
This week Professor Harden discusses his recent visits to Uruguay and Argentina as well as their overwhelmingly positive response to the Face-to-Face ESME course.
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HARDEN'S BLOG: Teaching Rated Poor at Top Universities
Sep 30, 2016
Professor Harden discusses the current trend of top universities receiving low marks in surveys given to their students and the potential role of the ASPIRE-to-Excellence initiative in changing this.
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