Measures of Academic Excellence: Advancing the Profile of Teaching in Medical Education

• In Event: Poster Session 9
  In Poster Session: Education and Assessment in the Professions

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to consider excellence in medical education, why measuring it is important and how it may be achieved. The prevailing situation of university rankings by ‘research excellence’ with concomitant rewards of prestige, funding, awards and elitism of researchers has detrimental effects on education performance. In this paper, we describe an international initiative to recognise excellence in the teaching of medical students within medical schools/universities. The Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) has launched the ASPIRE programme, which is designed to promote international recognition of excellence in medical education. We explain the process and development of criteria for the measures of excellence in the ASPIRE themes for the recognition of teaching excellence.

Authors

• Trudie Elizabeth Roberts, University of Leeds

• Katharine Boursicot, Health Professional Assessment Consultancy

• David Wilkinson, Macquarie University

• R. M. Harden, University of Dundee