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 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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HARDEN’S BLOG 76: A Clinical University
Jun 02, 2014
In this latest blog, Professor Harden talks of his recent trip to a medical school in Greenville, USA, posters and e-posters for AMEE 2014, his own Japanese garden and NEJM’s new adaptive technology to deliver personalised learning.
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Harden’s Blog 75: Need for formative feedback
May 08, 2014
Having come back from a successful trip to the Ottawa Conference, Professor Harden discusses plenary sessions at Ottawa, an article on spiral curriculum and a Blog on the A to Z of Learning.
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Harden's Blog 74: What’s wrong with medical training?
Apr 24, 2014
In this latest blog, Professor Harden discusses the current model of medical training and reflects on the SPICES model he described 30 years ago.
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