Dr Kathryn Steven

Acting BSc Course Director

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 4062

Email

kas25@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Biography

Dr Kathryn Steven qualified from the University of Manchester with an MBChB (Hons) in 2008. She is currently Interim BSc Course Director and Clinical Lecturer at the School of Medicine, St Andrews. She works clinically as a General Practitioner in Fife.

Teaching

Lecturer in clinical and communication skills to BSc students at the School of Medicine, St Andrews. 

Involvement in assessment which includes sitting on exam boards, writing questions and OSCE examining. 

Research areas

My Masters in Medical Education examined markers of widening participation in medicine. 

My MD thesis examined interprofessional education between medical and pharmacy students, using a realist approach.

Current research interests explore the role of lifestyle medicine, nutrition and planetary health, relating this to medical education. 

Selected publications

• Open access

  Toward interprofessional learning and education: mapping common outcomes for prequalifying healthcare professional programs in the United Kingdom

  Steven, K. A., Howden, S., Mires, G., Rowe, I., Lafferty, N., Arnold, A. & Strath, A., 2017, In: Medical Teacher. 39, 7, p. 720-744

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• How Clerkship Students Learn From Real Patients in Practice Settings

  Steven, K. A., Wenger, E., Boshuizen, H., Scherpbier, A. & Dornan, T., Mar 2014, In: Academic Medicine. 89, 3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• When Only the Real Thing Will Do: Junior Medical Students' Learning From Real Patients

  Steven, K. A., Dornan, T., Boshuizen, H. & Scherpbier, A., Nov 2009, In: Medical Education. 43, 11

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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