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 95: Messages from Malaysia
May 06, 2015
Professor Harden’s latest blog discusses his latest trip to Malaysia for events and activities including the 2015 International Medical Education Conference. He also provides an update on the arrangements for the 2016 Ottawa Conference from his trip to Australia after Malaysia.
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HARDEN’S BLOG 94: Teaching insufficiently recognised
Apr 08, 2015
In his latest blog, Professor Harden discusses the relationship between funding and excellence in teaching, an update on abstract submissions for AMEE 2015 and an insight into his next travel plans.
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HARDEN’S BLOG 93: Stories in Medical Education
Mar 25, 2015
Professor Harden talks about interesting themes for AMEE 2015 in Glasgow and how high-stakes assessment can have unintended consequences.
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HARDEN’S BLOG 92: Informative and exciting, but demanding
Mar 09, 2015
Professor Ronald Harden highlights the review of more than 2,700 abstracts submitted for AMEE 2015 in Glasgow and at the same time talks about the move in a university to a competency-based approach.
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Harden’s Blog 91: APMEC and the Chinese New Year
Feb 24, 2015
Upon returning from the 12th Annual Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC) Professor Harden reflects on the take home messages and perceptions of risk.
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Harden’s Blog 90: India Adventures
Jan 22, 2015
In Professor Harden’s first blog of 2015, he discusses his latest trip to India for two events and his reaction of the student’s participation from the new ESME Student Online course.
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HARDEN’S BLOG 89: Thoughts in the bath
Dec 23, 2014
In the last blog of 2014, Professor Harden discusses the upcoming 2015 APMEC meeting in Singapore, an update on AMEE 2015 in Glasgow, ‘The International Handbook of Medical Education’ he is joint editor of and why he feels the number of citations does not necessarily reflect the quality of an article.
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HARDEN’S BLOG 88: Shift towards threshold concepts
Dec 03, 2014
In his latest blog, Professor Harden gives an update on the ESME Online course referencing a useful suggestion from a participant, Medical Teacher submissions and the principle of threshold concepts from the Open University “Pedagogy 2014 Report”.
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