Thread by @DuncanShrew

Wow - after such a challenging a year or so, it’s so wonderful to receive this news today: Principle Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 😅 thanks so much to everyone who has #supported me on this journey! @BSMSMedSchool 1/n

For those of us in academia that are curriculum, rather than research, focused - this is quite a big deal. I often feel (even joke out loud) that I’m not a ‘proper academic’… I think there’s imposter syndrome throughout every sector and industry, so it’s nice…2/n

My portfolio of evidence included work I’ve done to support improvement and wholesale change in assessment strategies in #MedEd (largely drawing on work such as pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23662874/) 3/n

As well as redeveloping early clinical education of medical students, and interprofessional education with @CAIPEUK et al (the fabulous @CarrieWeller1 and I won their John Horder award for it this year) 4/n

I’ve also done a fair bit of work around inclusion in medical education and practice, especially looking at doctors with disabilities, mental illness, and LGBTQ+ inclusiveness …and can’t wait to work with @OPWhisperer on developing Anti-Exclusive education and practice 5/n

I feel very grateful for the opportunities I’ve been given to do the work I’ve done. As the first person @BSMSMedSchool to get PFHEA, and I think one of only a few people at both @SussexUni and @uniofbrighton I hope to honour @AdvanceHE’s values and help support others…6/n

In striving for excellence in higher education and healthcare - both training and practice, for our communities, patients and students

*PrincipAL ! Oops - dyslexia strikes again 🙈

(This is an example of a homophone word, one of the qualities of the English orthography that is particularly challenging)