BSoc Sc Sociology (Manchester); PGCE (Manchester; PhD (Birmingham).

Profile

Julie is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Research in Medical and Dentist Education (CRMDE). Her recent work has focused on the evaluation of new postgraduate medical training curricula, including the Foundation Programme and specialty training in general practice.

Research Interests

• Postgraduate medical training
• Education of healthcare professionals
• Educational change
• Curriculum development and implementation
• Qualitative research methods
• Research design
• Social theory / phenomenology
• Foundation Programme
• General practice training

Teaching and administration responsibilities

She is Programme Leader and course tutor for the Postgraduate Diploma in Education for Healthcare Professionals.

Other professional appointments

Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners’ (RCGP) Curriculum Development Group.

Publications (selection)

PC Spurgeon, HR Thomas, J Bedward, NA MacNab, IW Davison, J Howes. (2009). European Working Time Directive: Lessons from the Evaluation of Pilot Projects, Department of Health.

J Bedward, AD Bullock, HR Thomas. (2008). The Role of the Consultant at University Hospitals Birmingham, University of Birmingham, ISBN: 0704427079.

J Bedward, SE Burke, IW Davison, HR Thomas, N Johnson. (2008). Evaluation of the RCGP GP Training Curriculum: findings from Year 1 of data collection, RCGP, Birmingham, University of Birmingham, ISBN: 9780704427181.

Fraser, A.A., Thomas, H.R., Deighan, M., Davison, I. W., Bedward,  J., Field, S.J. and Kelly, S. (2007) Directions for Change: A National Survey of General Practice Training in the United Kingdom. Education for Primary Care, 18 (1): 22-34.

Bedward, J., Cragg, R., Davison, I., Spurgeon, P. and Thomas, H. (2006) An Evaluation of Foundation Year Two Implementation 2004-2005. Birmingham: University of Birmingham.

Bedward, J. and Daniels, H.R.J. (2005) Collaborative Solutions: Clinical Supervision and Teacher Support teams: Reducing Professional Isolation through Effective Peer Support. Learning in Health and Social Care, 4 (2): 53-66.

Publications 2001 - 2009 [complete, pdf, 292 KB, opens new window]