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Profiles
Dr Samantha Regan de Bere
Lecturer in Medical Humanities (Education)
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences)
Role
Academic Lead for Medical Humanities at Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry
Academic Consultant to Schwartz Rounds at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
Member of the Community and Primary Care Research Group
Member of the Community and Primary Care Research Group
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Sociology and Psychology
PgDip Research
MSc Social Research
PhD Military Research
Professional membership
Association for Medical Humanities (AMH)
British Sociogical Association Medical Society (BSA MedSoc)
European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)
Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME)
Roles on external bodies
Formerly Vice President of Association for Medical Humanities (AMH) UK
Teaching interests
Medical humanities, medical ethics and metaphysics, professionalism and identity,
Research interests
Medical humanities, patient centred education and care, discursive methodologies, cultural historical activity theory
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
Supervisions in last five years:
PhD (Director of Studies) The Art and Science of Patient-centred Medicine. Williams, L. Successfully Completed
PhD (2nd Supervisor) Exploring the Impacts of Technological Innovation in Education in Oman. Al Hajiri, A. Successfully Completed
PhD (2nd Supervisor) Exploring the Impacts of Technological Innovation in Education in Oman. Al Hajiri, A. Successfully Completed
PhD (Director of Studies) Deconstructing, Contextualising and Assessing Management and Leadership Criteria. Hanks, S. Current
PhD (Director of Studies) Patient and Public Involvement in Mental Health Revalidation: what's the diagnosis? Baines, R. Current
PhD (Second Supervisor) Professional Identity Formation after Remediation: the implications for professional development and clinical practice. Read, J. Current
PhD (Director of Studies) Patient and Public Involvement in Mental Health Revalidation: what's the diagnosis? Baines, R. Current
PhD (Second Supervisor) Professional Identity Formation after Remediation: the implications for professional development and clinical practice. Read, J. Current
Grants & contracts
In the past five years:
Regan de Bere, S (principal investigator), Nunn, S & Nasser, M
Understanding Differential Attainment: a narrative synthesis review
GMC. £39,000 (2015)
Archer, J, Boyd, A, Regan de Bere, S (co-applicant), Walshe, K, & Woods, K
Evaluation of Revalidation in England
Department of Health PRP. £650,000 (2015)
Archer, J & Regan de Bere, (co-applicant)
Revalidation: the evidence for revalidation and the options for revalidation in the Australian context
Medical Council of Australia. £33,000 (2015)
Archer, J, Cameron N, Laugharne, K, Marshall, M, Regan de Bere, S (co-applicant), Walshe, K, WIlson, S & Wright, R
Evaluation of Revalidation in the UK: a four country collaboration
GMC. £525,000 (2015)
Regan de Bere, S (principle investigator), Nunn, S & Archer, J
What is Revalidation? In public
Health Foundation. £90,000 (2014)
Archer, J, Lynn, N & Regan de Bere, S (co-applicant)
Reviewing the evidence for a National Licensing Exam: a systematic review
GMC. £22,000 (2014)
Regan de Bere, S (principle investigator), Archer, J & Bryce, M
Review of decision making in the General Medical Council's Fitness to Practise Procedures
GMC. £86,000 (2014)
Development of an evaluation framework for Revalidation
GMC. £80,000 (2014)
Archer, J & Regan de Bere, S (co-applicant) & Brennan, S
Strategic review of Medical Council Professional Competence Arrangements
Medical Council of Ireland. £50,000 (2013)
Davies, A, Regan de Bere, S (co-applicant) & Ayres, R
Separating the wheat from the chaff: evaluating workshops as a pedagogic platform for medical education
DME Award. £6,800 (2013)
Regan de Bere, S (principal investigator), Nunn, S, Archer, J & Chatterjee, A
Patient and Public Involvement in Regulation
RST, Department of Health. £20,000 (2013)
Archer, J & Regan de Bere, S (principal investigator) and Nunn, S
Understanding the rise in fitness to practice complaints from the public
GMC. £65,000 (2013)
Regan de Bere, S (principal investigator), Ayres, R & Davies, A
Evaluating the role of the medical humanities in patient-centred learning: a study of interprofessional interaction
DME Award. £6,800 (2012)
Archer, J, Regan de Bere, S (co-principal investigator) & Anderson, A.
What is Revalidation? In Practice. A single site study.
Archer, J & Regan de Bere, S (principal investigator) and Nunn, S
Understanding the rise in fitness to practice complaints from the public
GMC. £65,000 (2013)
Regan de Bere, S (principal investigator), Ayres, R & Davies, A
Evaluating the role of the medical humanities in patient-centred learning: a study of interprofessional interaction
DME Award. £6,800 (2012)
Archer, J, Regan de Bere, S (co-principal investigator) & Anderson, A.
What is Revalidation? In Practice. A single site study.
Health Foundation. £90,000 (2012)
Regan de Bere, S (principal investigator) & Barnes, R.
“The Art and Science of Knowing Patients: students talk with and about patients”.
PhD Studentship (2011)
Archer, J, Regan de Bere, S (co-principal investigator) & Corrigan, O.
What is Revalidation? In Policy.
Regan de Bere, S (principal investigator) & Barnes, R.
“The Art and Science of Knowing Patients: students talk with and about patients”.
PhD Studentship (2011)
Archer, J, Regan de Bere, S (co-principal investigator) & Corrigan, O.
What is Revalidation? In Policy.
Health Foundation. £90,000 (2010)
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2018
'Patient and public involvement in medical performance processes: A systematic review'
Health Expectations
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Patient and public involvement in the design, administration and evaluation of patient feedback tools, an example in psychiatry: a systematic review and critical interpretative synthesis'
Journal of Health Services Research and Policy
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'The impact of patient feedback on the medical performance of qualified doctors: a systematic review'
BMC Medical Education
18,
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'The International Landscape of Medical Licensing Examinations: A Typology Derived From a Systematic Review'
International Journal of Health Policy and Management
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Responding effectively to adult mental health patient feedback in an online environment: A coproduced framework'
Health Expectations
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'The Evolving Purposes of Medical Revalidation in the United Kingdom'
Academic Medicine
93,
(4)
642-647
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'The implementation of medical revalidation: an assessment using normalisation process theory'
BMC Health Services Research
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'Developing measures for assessment of patient-centred communication: a case of the tail wagging the dog?'
Medical Education
51,
(11)
1092-1094
, DOI
2017
'Optimizing patient and public involvement (PPI): Identifying its "essential" and "desirable" principles using a systematic review and modified Delphi methodology'
Health Expect
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'The McDonaldization of appraisal? Doctors' views of the early impacts of medical revalidation in the United Kingdom'
Health Policy
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'The impact of large scale licensing examinations in highly developed countries: a systematic review'
BMC Medical Education
16,
(1)
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Getting real in the community: Evaluating the “making a difference”
interdisciplinary social engagement project'
MedEDPublish
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Towards a pedagogy for patient and public involvement in medical education'
Medical Education
50,
(1)
79-92
, DOI
2015
'“No One Has Yet Properly Articulated What We Are Trying to Achieve”'
Academic Medicine
90,
(1)
88-93
, DOI
2014
'Revalidation: Patients or process? Analysis using visual data'
Health Policy
114,
(2-3)
128-138
, DOI
2013
'The United Kingdomʼs Experience With and Future Plans for Revalidation'
Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
33,
(Suppl. 1)
S48-S53
, DOI
2011
'Students' Views on the Impact of Peer Physical Examination and Palpation as a Pedagogic Tool for Teaching and Learning Living Human Anatomy'
Medical Teacher
2010
'Students’ views on the impact of peer physical examination and palpation as a pedagogic tool for teaching and learning living human anatomy'
Medical Teacher
33,
(1)
e27-e36
, DOI
2010
'The transition from medical student to junior doctor: Today's experience of Tomorrow's Doctors'
Medical Education
44,
(5)
449-458
, DOI
2010
'From anatomical 'competence' to complex capability. The views and experiences of UK tutors on how we should teach anatomy to medical students'
Advances in Health Sciences Education
15,
(4)
573-585
2006
'Out of the dissecting room: news media portrayal of human anatomy teaching and research'
Social Science & Medicine
63,
(1)
76-88
, DOI
2006
'Availability of a virtual learning environment does not compensate for the lack of a physical facility'
Medical Teacher
28,
(3)
258-263
2006
'Availability of a virtual learning environment does not compensate for the lack of a physical facility'
Medical Teacher
28,
(3)
258-263
, DOI
2006
'Dissecting medicine: gender biases in the discourses and practices of medical anatomy'
Medicalized Masculinities
2004
'How we teach anatomy without cadavers'
Clinical Teacher
1,
(2)
49-52
2004
'Key issues in educational evaluation research: a case study'
Social Research
2003
'Evaluating the Implications of Complex Interprofessional Education for Improvements in Collaborative Practice: a multidimensional model'
British Educational Research Journal
29,
(1)
105-125
, DOI
2003
'Evaluating the implications of complex interprofessional education for improvements in collaborative practice: a multidimensional model'
British Educational Research Journal
29,
(1)
105-124
2000
'Achieving health improvements through interprofessional learning in south west England'
Journal of Interprofessional Care
14,
(2)
173-174
Chapters
2011
'Key Issues in Educational Evaluation Research: a case study'
in David M; Sutton CD
Social Research
SAGE
2009
'Dissecting Medicine: gender biases in the discourses and practices of medical anatomy'
in Rosenfeld D; Faircloth C
Medicalized Masculinities
Temple University Press
2009
'Crisis or renaissance: A sociology of anatomy in UK medical education'
in Bronson C; Turner B
Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education
Oxford
Routledge.
2003
'Men, Families and Resettlement'
in Higate P
Military masculinities
Praeger Publishers
Conference Papers
2016
'Incorporating patient and public involvement into your assessment strategy'
EBMA Annual Academic Conference: Crossing Boundaries Assessment in Medical Education
University of Exeter
14/10/2016
15/10/2016
2005
'Do virtual communities form within a cohort of face to face learning students?'
Proceedings of Iadis conference web-based communities
01/01/2005
Reports
2018
Evaluating the development of medical revalidation in England and its impact on organisational performance and medical practice: overview report.
Department of Health Policy Research Programme
University of Manchester
Publisher Site
2018
UMbRELLA: Evaluating the regulatory impacts of medical revalidation – final report.
General Medical Council
Publisher Site
2015
Revalidation: the evidence for revalidation and options for revalidation in the Australian context.
Medical Board of Australia
AHPRA
Publisher Site
PEARL
2015
A literature review on the impact of licensing examinations for doctors in countries comparable to the UK.
General Medical Council
General Medical Council
Publisher Site
Posters
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'Making a difference: a qualitative study of an inter-professional social engagement project'
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PEARL
Other Publications
2008
Is anatomy different? A survey of views of UK anatomy tutors.
On-line research findings for Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (MEDEV).
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