Faculty Focus - Supporting Medical Educators in Leicester

Faculty Focus - Supporting Medical Educators in Leicester

Dr Andrew Hughes

Episodes 20
Avg. Duration 28m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jul 2023
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Every 2 Months
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Episodic
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About This Podcast

Hi and welcome to Faculty Focus: A podcast supporting the clinical education community in Leicester. We bring you educator CPD, showcase new initiatives and shine a light on some of the faculty behind it all.

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Recent Episodes

Behind the Scenes of Clinical Education Events with Rebecca Searston

Feb 20, 2026 18m

Rebecca Searston, Conference Manager in Postgraduate Clinical Education, joins host Pip Divall to demystify how UHL plans and delivers courses, study days and conferences—from locking in dates and…

From Barcelona to Bedside: Lessons in Feedback, Failure, and the Future of AI

Oct 27, 2025 41m

In this episode, we debrief the AMEE 2025 conference in Barcelona, focusing on key themes such as feedback and debriefing, error-based learning and the role of AI in medical education. We share…

Behind the Scenes: Creating an Anaesthetic Skills Course for FY Doctors

Sep 16, 2025 26m

In this episode I talk to Rikesh & Tobias, two anaesthetic residents who have set up an anaesthetic skills course for Foundation Doctors.We discuss some of the challenges of setting up…

Building the Future of Medical Education: Voices from JASME and TASME

Jul 01, 2025 26m

In this episode I speak with Internal Medicine Resident and TASME Vice-Chair, Dr Neil Thakrar and local FY1 and JASME Co-Chair, Dr Natasha Singhal about ASME and their rolesin it. They discuss how…

Episode 16 - Bridging Gaps: Education, Belonging, and the Future of LEDs at Leicester

May 14, 2025 24m

In this episode of the Faculty Focus podcast, Dr Aleem Ahmed (Consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine but also Clinical Tutor for Locally Employed Doctors) and I discuss the support…

Episode 15 - AMEE 2024: AI, Adaptive Expertise & Floating Down the Rhine!

Mar 17, 2025 32m

In this episode, Andy and Hussein debrief the AMEE 2024 conference held in Switzerland. They discuss the use of AI in medical education, the concept of adaptive expertise, and the importance of…

Episode 14 - The Evolution of GP Training Programmes

Nov 26, 2024 23m

In this episode of the Faculty of Focus podcast, I speak with Laura Taylor, the GP Clinical Tutor at UHL, aboutthe evolving landscape of GP training, particularly in a hospital environment. We…

Episode 13 - How the GMC Survey Shapes Medical Training

Oct 11, 2024 35m

Episode Recorded: 2nd August 2024We chat with Joanne, Head of Medical Education Management at UHL, about: 🩺 How the survey captures crucial feedback from doctors in training 🛡️ How urgent safety…

Episode 12 - Advancements in Theatre Team Training at UHL

Sep 18, 2024 25m

Faculty Focus aims to showcase education work being done in UHL by inviting people to talk about projects they are doing in the Trust.In this episode we speak with Dr Tom Walters, Anaesthetic…

Episode 11 - Supporting Neurodiversity in Medicine

May 24, 2024 52m

In this podcast I talk to Dr Harj Kaul, one of UHL’s Occupational Health Consultants. Dr Kaul has aparticular interest in neurodiversity and advises regional and national bodieson how to identify and…

Episode 10 - FHEA Application

Mar 13, 2024 28m

HEA Fellowship is an international recognition of a commitment to professionalism in teaching and learning in higher education and demonstrates that your practice is aligned with the…” Professional…

Episode 9 - Widening Participation

Feb 26, 2024 20m

Widening Participation PodcastWith Andrew Hughes and Monika KaushikIn this episode I speak to Miss Monika Kaushik, Consultant Breast Surgeon and Clinical Tutor, about the Widening Participation…

Episode 8 - Educators Day 2023

Nov 24, 2023 52m

Educator Day 2023In this episode we talk to some of the leaders in medical education locally including and here are some of the nuggets discussed:Prof Mark McCarthy (Director of Medical Education)The…

Episode 7 - AMEE 2023 Glasgow

Sep 22, 2023 26m

Hussein and I debrief this year’s AMEE conference held in Glasgow - Hussein’s first AMEE in-person attendance - and how our preconceptions of Glasgow as a city couldn’t have been more wrong!The…

Episode 6 - AI

Sep 22, 2023 29m

Today I am joined by Hussein, Max (our resident DCE Learning Technologist) and Kash Makam (Consultant Anaesthetist and regional Final FRCA teaching lead) to discuss the emergence of AI in medical…

Episode 5 - Role Modelling

Sep 22, 2023 33m

“Faculty members demonstrate clinical skills, model and articulate expert thought processes and manifest positive professional characteristics” (Passi 2013)In this episode Hussein and I discuss role…

Episode 4 - Self-Determination Theory

Jul 31, 2023 26m

In this episode we discuss self-determination theory. Based on the assumption that human behaviour is driven by the need for growth, and intrinsic motivation is important, there are three basic needs…

Episode 3 - Article review - assessing communication skills when considering onward referral

Jul 31, 2023 29m

In this episode Dipti, Paras and myself discuss a paper describing a training intervention around referral communication. We examine the methods and what level of Kirkpatrick’s model of training…

Episode 2 - Interview with Chandra Ohri

Jul 19, 2023 25m

In this episode I interview Dr Chandra Ohri, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, and Phase 2 Director of Clinical Studies at University of Leicester Medical School. This was recorded in March 2022 -…

Episode 1 - Article review: Cognitive Load Theory in health professional education

Jul 19, 2023 46m

In this episode Paras, Dipti and I review a paper on Cognitive Load Theory. To set the scene I quickly outline the Human Memory Model and then focus on ‘Working Memory’. We then discuss how Cognitive…

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