Reflection on student-staff partnership to co-create study-skills resources for UCLMS medical students

Authors

  • Carys Phillips University College London
  • Nicole Tay West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Anais Deere University College London
  • Emma Kelley University College London

Keywords:

Staff Student Collaboration, Staff-Student Collaboration, staff-student partnership, Skills support

Abstract

Four students from UCL medical school (UCLMS) and two members of staff collaborated on a ChangeMakers project on study skills. Two staff and two students from the partnership reflect on their experiences of collaborating on a staff-student project, collaboratively identifying learning points and take-home messages. This reveals an insight into both the process and reflection of student-staff collaboration, hopefully encouraging other educators and students to participate in such projects in the future.

The staff and students critically reflected on their individual experiences of how the student-staff partnership facilitated the project, using the Integrated Reflective Cycle (Bassot, 2013). Reflections were collated and four overarching themes were identified: using the partnership to develop new skills, ensuring a flat hierarchy, how the student voice in the student-staff partnership encouraged student perspectives and staff support within the partnership.  

Within the reflection, we outline top tips and learning points for future collaborative projects, allowing others to learn from our experience.  Via the student-staff partnership, we were able to better understand student views on study skills and utilise the student voice to improve study skills at UCLMS.

Author Biographies

Carys Phillips, University College London

Carys is a GP trainee in Brighton. She worked as an Associate Clinical Lecturer in the Assessment & Feedback Unit at UCL Medical School, and is completing her Masters in Medical Education at the Royal College of Physicians/University College London. She is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research areas of interest include portfolio, assessment and student-staff partnerships.

Nicole Tay, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Nicole is a first-year foundation doctor at Watford General Hospital, recently graduated from University College London Medical School (UCLMS). She also has an intercalated Bachelor of Science Degree in Immunology, Infection and Cell Pathology from UCL. Her interests include teaching and research in improving and assessing in medical education. She has previous experience in being a student representative, and being involved in feedback on the medicals school curriculum at UCLMS.  

www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-tay-84b94110a

Anais Deere, University College London

Anaïs is a third year medical student at UCL currently intercalating in cardiovascular science. Her enthusiasm for research sparked early on in medical school, leading to a studentship granted by the pharmaceutical company Shionogi to conduct a summer research project at a UCL laboratory. She is now chair of this studentship, supporting early year medical students as they navigate the realm of research. Outside of clinical research, Anaïs is very passionate about medical education research and is involved in various projects at UCL. Although she is still exploring her research interests, she has a keen focus on the field of assessment. She is also very passionate about student engagement in medical education, and is collaborating with individuals from various institutions to promote this on a broader scale.

Emma Kelley, University College London

Emma is a Clinical Lecturer at UCL Medical School working in the Centre for International Medical Education Collaborations. Emma’s teaching and research interests are in study skills and student engagement. She has won several awards at UCL for her work setting up a study skills support service for undergraduate students. She has an MSc in Medical Education and is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. 

 https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-kelley-016022192/?originalSubdomain=uk

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Published

03/13/2024

How to Cite

Phillips, C., Tay, N., Deere, A., & Kelley, E. (2024). Reflection on student-staff partnership to co-create study-skills resources for UCLMS medical students. The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change, 9(1). Retrieved from https://journals.studentengagement.org.uk/index.php/studentchangeagents/article/view/1211

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2023): Co-producing knowledge and curricula as a method for fostering student engagement, inclusion and academic integrity

Section

Reflective Essay

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