Publications by authors named "Sarah Freeston"
This guideline is written as a reference document for clinicians presented with the challenge of managing paediatric patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma up to the age of 19 years. Care of paediatric patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma differs in key aspects from that of adults, and there have been several recent developments in the care pathways for this condition; this guideline has sought to identify and attend to these areas. It addresses the presentation, clinical assessment, diagnosis, management (both surgical and medical), genetic counselling, follow-up and prognosis of affected patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Analysis of Teaching of Medical Schools (AToMS) survey: an analysis of 47,258 timetabled teaching events in 25 UK medical schools relating to timing, duration, teaching formats, teaching content, and problem-based learning.
BMC Med
May 2020
Background: What subjects UK medical schools teach, what ways they teach subjects, and how much they teach those subjects is unclear. Whether teaching differences matter is a separate, important question. This study provides a detailed picture of timetabled undergraduate teaching activity at 25 UK medical schools, particularly in relation to problem-based learning (PBL).
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- Medical schools in the UK exhibit significant differences in various aspects, including teaching styles, entry criteria, and postgraduate performance, prompting the MedDifs study to explore these variations.
- The study analyzed aggregated data from 29 medical schools, focusing on 50 different measures such as curricular influences, student satisfaction, and specialty training outcomes.
- Results indicate that while differences in medical schools are consistent over time, schools using problem-based learning (PBL) tend to have lower postgraduate performance despite higher satisfaction with feedback, suggesting a complex relationship between teaching methods and outcomes.