Postgraduate MSc Modular (Dissertation)
The Dissertation is the final stage in the HPE's master's level programme in Education. It is intended to allow you to conduct a more in-depth study of a particular education issue that you are interested in.
Dissertation Titles 2024
Gemma Irwin Porter (2024) Veterinary and Veterinary Nursing students’ perceptions of interprofessional education at the University of Bristol Veterinary School.
David Hettle (2024) Exploring the experience and development of junior doctors as medical educators.
Alice Middleton (2024) A qualitative exploration into the perceptions of student-led virtual patient reviews using non-specialist software, for the development of clinical reasoning skills in undergraduate medical education.
Tom Cornwall (2024) A qualitative study exploring undergraduate anatomy students' experiences with written assessment feedback.
Kumaran Selvarajah (2024) An Exploration of Escalation Behaviour Around Difficult Intravenous Access.
Dissertation Titles 2023
Michael Kelly (2023) A therapeutic alliance: what do we know about the capacity for educational interventions to advance behavioural empathy in undergraduate medical students? A systematic review of the published literature.
Robbie McLintock (2023) Formation of the Professional Identity – A Qualitative Study exploring Low-Fidelity Simulation as a teaching method to Final Year Medical Students.
Maalini Patel (2023) A narrative inquiry into the experiences of ethnic minority dental students.
Qiaoling Zhou (2023) A scoping review of the educational value of ward rounds for trainee doctors in the UK: A library-based review to determine how ward rounds can be used and their potential to improve learning for trainee doctors in the UK.
Kim Chan (2023) Case Study of a Dental Team’s experiences and perceptions in recognising and managing patient bias and microaggressions in General Practice.
Dissertation Titles 2022
Moose Harris (2022) How paramedic degree apprenticeship students experience academic and workplace learning and the relationship between these domains.
Abhishek Oswal (2022) The experience of junior clinicians undertaking undergraduate paediatric bedside teaching.
Harriet Bothwell (2022) Motivations behind medical educators: Exploring why junior doctors become clinical teaching fellows.
Harriet Rowland (2022) Greenstone Psychiatrists’ experiences of the transition from trainee to consultant: a qualitative study.
Julia Wolf (2022) Transfusion Medicine training in the United Kingdom: How well does the Essential Transfusion Medicine course address the needs of haematology trainees? An evaluation using an adapted CIPP model.
George Morris (2022) Teacher experiences of interactive video conferencing as a teaching tool: A case study.
Dissertation Titles 2021
James Bowler (2021) Thinking reflectively and empathetically; Thinking psychotherapeutically: A library-based review.
Ciarán Conway (2021) An Exploration of Undergraduate Students’ Experiences of Using a Novel Phone Application as a Pedagogical Tool to Support Learning.
Rebekah Overend (2021) “I’m wondering…are competencies enough?” : What do Paediatric Practice Educators working in clinical practice, think about developing Registered Nurses beyond ‘competency’ and towards ‘capability’?
Dissertation Titles 2020
Rebecca John (2020) Undergraduate clinical experience and self-reported confidence in paediatric dentristry at Bristol Dental School.
Giovanna Sheiybani (2020) Improving the effectiveness of interprofessional learning between junior doctors and Band 5 nurses in the acute medical unit: an action research project.
Daniel Howard (2020) A pilot study exoring the validity evidence for a novel distal locking image intensifier simulator (DiLIIS).
Marie O’Sullivan (2020) A comprehensive needs analysis of the clinical content of the undergraduate curriculum for obstetrics and gynaecology; incorporating opinions of physicians in primary and secondary care.
Stephanie Buchan (2020) The “budding surgeon”: how can we support medical students to aspire to a surgical career?
Dissertation Titles 2019
Jane Pilston (2019) How Do Lecturers Experience the Use of the Patchwork Text Assessment? A Qualitative Exploration.
Dr Emma Abbey (2019) What has Been the Experience of Clinical Staff Working in a New Area of Service?
Dissertation Titles 2015 - 2018
Dr Elizabeth Frances Grove (2018) Out of hours, out of sight? Uncovering the education potential of general practice urgent care for UK undergraduates.
Anna Dargue (2018) Exploring the Undergraduate Dental Students’ Views of Collaborative Learning in the Clinical Learning Environment.
Farnaz Parvizi (2018) Experiences of Mentoring ST4-ST5s Amongst a Group of Orthodontic Trainers at Bristol Dental School.
Caroline Ruth Bromwich (2018) SBAR Education and its Effectiveness in Enabling Nurse and Doctor Communication Skills in an Acute Hospital Setting: A Library Based Review.
Dr Kay Joanna Spooner (2018) An Educational Method for Facilitating Transformational Learning in Foundation doctors using a Patient Story.
Annie Noble (2017) An Exploration of Collaborative Practice in a Hospital Environment. Understanding a Clinical Community of Practice.
Dr Gareth Jarvis (2016) An Inquiry into the Learning Culture of a Mental Health Ward.
James Stuart Puryer (2016) Objective Structured Clinical Examinations at the University of Bristol – Evaluating the Dental Undergraduate Experience.
Alanna Pentlow (2016) The Utilisation of Peer-Assessment for Work-Based Assessments in Postgraduate Medicine: A pilot study.
H.J Soderlin (2016) Does the appraisal process in its current form support the continuous professional development of nurses (in an independent sector treatment centre).
Ewan Bigsby (2016) Trainee and Trainer Perceptions of Learning Opportunities in a Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery Department.
Amy Hawkins (2015) Using simulation to teach communication skills in palliative medicine: A qualitative study.
Melanie Watson (2015) "No man is an island": UWE undergraduate healthcare science practitioners' perception of Inter-professional Education from their experience of a modular inter-professional conference session.
Zoe Veal (2015) Adult and Children's Fiction Literature in Nurse Education: A library based review to determine how fiction literature can be used and its potential for improving empathy and compassion.
Rakhee Rankin (2015) Experiences of first generation, black, African women undertaking an undergraduate nursing programme at the University of the West of England Bristol (UWE)