Ker, Jean S - University of Dundee

个人简介

Jean Ker is a Professor in Medical Education at the University of Dundee and is the Director of the Clinical Skills Centre. She founded the Scottish Clinical Skills Network in 2000. As part of the Scottish Clinical Skills Strategy she was appointed in 2007 as Clinical Lead in the development of the Scottish Clinical Skills Managed Educational Network ensuring safe educational standards of skills practice across the healthcare professions. She has had the opportunity to work in medical education and primary care development in Bangladesh, Moldova and Latvia on behalf of the World Health Organisation and British Council. She was awarded the University’s ’Innovations in Teaching‘ prize in 2005 for the design, implementation and evaluation of the inter-professional ward simulation exercise and was Innovative Teacher of the Year in 2008. She introduced patient safety tools to the undergraduate medical curriculum and opportunities for rehearsing teamwork. She has developed the Dow Clinical Simulation Suite to enhance transfer of skills in 2011. She is currently involved in developing a transformational model of health care for chronic diseases in Kuwait. She was awarded a national ASME teaching travelling scholarship in 2011.

研究领域

Her research interests include identifying under performance using simulation, performance assessment using simulation and access to simulation based education and postgraduate clinical skills education using simulation Masters, PhD and Professional Doctorate projects.

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Patravali N, Ker JS, McKelvie K, Jarvis R, Ambulatory care teaching: structure, realism and contextualization improve student learning, Submitted to The Clinical Teacher November 2011 Stirling K, Anderson F, Hogg G, Hanslip J, Bryne D, Ker J, Using simulation to support doctors in difficulty, Accepted for publication The Clinical Teacher November 2011 McLeod R, Mires G, Ker J. The use of the Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) assessment tool in the clinical setting - the perceptions of students. Accepted for publication International Journal of Clinical Skills November 2011 Johnston TJ, Tang B, Alijani A, Steel RJ, Ker J, Nabi G. Laparoscopic surgical skills are significantly improved by the use of a portable laparoscopic simulator: results of a randomised controlled trial. Submitted to Archives of Surgery October 2011 Hogg G, Ker J. Over the counter clinical skills for pharmacists. The Clinical Teacher 2011;8:109-113. Boursicot, Katharine; Etheridge, Luci; Sturrock, Alison; Ker, Jean; Smee, Sydney; Sambandam, Elango. Performance in assessment: Consensus statement and recommendations from the Ottawa Conference. Medical Teacher 2011 Steed H, Groome M, Rice P, Simpson K, Day A, Ker J. A brief report on perceptions of alcohol and society among Scottish medical students. Alcohol & Alcoholism 2011; doi:10.1093/alcalc/agr139. Steed H, Groome M, Rice P, Simpson K, Day A, Ker J. Evaluation of a new core curriculum on alcohol use disorders for undergraduate medical students. Alcohol & Alcoholism 2010 45(4):395-7. McLeod RA, Mires, GJ, Ker, JS, Evaluating the educational impact of Direct Observed Procedural Skills (DOPS) on final year medical students. International Journal of Clinical Skills 2010; 3(3): 147-151 Cantillon P., Stewart B., Haeck K., Bills J., Ker J., Retthans JJ. Simulated patient programme in Europe collegiality or separate development? Med Teacher 2010 32(3) e 106-10 McKenna D, Wilkinson C, Ker J. (2010) Diagnostic recognition of facial changes associated with chronic conditions: use of an elearning tool to enhance medical student education J Vis Commun Med 33 (2) 55-62 Ker J. Invited Editorial for Journal of Simulation in Healthcare. Medical Teacher submitted 2010