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 83: The conference ‘put down’, the flipped classroom and education lessons from Isola Bella
Sep 09, 2014
Returning from the AMEE 2014 Conference, Professor Harden’s latest blog discusses events of the conference with reference to a Blogger and lessons that were learned from a post conference trip to the island of Isola Bella.
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Harden's Blog 82: Are bad email habits wasting time?
Aug 27, 2014
Professor Harden asks if bad email habits wasting your time and celebrates a 53% increase in the number of visits to MedEdWorld over the last year.
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What AMEE means to me - Significance and impact
Aug 26, 2014
AMEE 2014 will be my 11th AMEE. Reflecting on the last 10 AMEE meetings (from 2004) that I have attended and presented either a paper or poster; it occurs to me that AMEE has had a profound impact, and significant influence on my development as a professional educationalist, and budding educational scholar. On the eve of AMEE 2014 may I send Ron Harden and the AMEE organising team my very best wishes; and a big, big, heartfelt thank you!
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HARDEN’S BLOG 81: Resilience and grit in our students
Aug 11, 2014
An interesting TED Talk on ‘The significance of Grit’ is the main focus of Professor Harden’s latest blog. Professor Harden also discusses a journal article on motivation and the tasks of the modern teacher.
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HARDEN’S BLOG 80: A flipped classroom at AMEE 2014
Jul 29, 2014
Professor Harden’s latest blog discusses a recent trip to Epsom, UK, for an American University of the Caribbean Board meeting, final preparations for AMEE 2014 and an interesting blog by Stephen Downes.
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HARDEN’S BLOG 79: Competency-based education misunderstood
Jul 14, 2014
In Professor Harden’s latest blog, he discusses his latest trip to Lisbon, two journal articles on competency-based training, MedEdWorld’s 2014 Autumn webinar series and some exciting new features at AMEE 2014 in Milan.
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HARDEN’S BLOG 78: How can students be engaged in the medical school?
Jul 01, 2014
In this latest blog, Professor Harden discusses student engagement with learning resources with reference to the ASPIRE-to-excellence programme, a supplement published by the Times Higher Education and the success of his daughter's reflections piece for MedEdWorld.
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HARDEN’S BLOG 77: A medical education feast
Jun 18, 2014
From Harvard to IAMSE and Puerto Vallerta, Professor Harden samples the ample range of medical education treats on today's and future menus.
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