Dr Sharon Buckley

National Teaching Fellow 2010 Having completed her PhD on the bioenergetics of antibiotic uptake and a PGCE, Sharon began her educational career in the north of Scotland. She has held various posts in secondary and post-16 education, including head of sixth form centre. Since joining the University in 2003, she has made a considerable and growing contribution to undergraduate learning and teaching. Sharon has a keen interest in inter-professional learning (IPL). Since 2005, she has led the West Midlands Centre for Innovation and Training in Elective Care (CITEC) project, a Department of Health funded initiative to develop IPL within the West Midlands. Project developments include interactive on-line simulations, plenary days of IPL, scenario-based simulation training and short pathway-based clinical attachments. In recognition of her work, Sharon received the Head of School's Award for Excellence in Learning and teaching in 2007 and a University teaching fellowship in 2008. In 2009-10, over 500 students from five different health professions attended a project event; and similar numbers accessed project resources for independent learning. In April 2010, Sharon presented the project's work in developing IPL simulation training at the All Together Better Health V conference in Sydney, Australia. Sharon is committed to evidence-based practice in education and has published aspects of her work, including a systematic review of the educational effects of portfolios on undergraduate student learning (Best Evidence Medical Education guide No. 11 Medical Teacher 2009), a digest of the review's findings (The Clinical Teacher in press) and a case study on educational systematic reviews (Systematic reviews to support evidence-based medicine 2nd edition Khan et al in press). Sharon is an Associate Tutor with the University Academic Practice Unit, contributing to the teaching and assessment of the postgraduate certificate in teaching and learning and to a study of its impact on participants' academic practice. She is currently working with colleagues to introduce undergraduate teaching academies that will allow the University to provide greater support for clinical teachers within partner NHS teaching trusts.