Professor Trudie E. Roberts
- Position: Professor of Medical Education
- Areas of expertise: Technology in Medical Education; Education; Assessment of competence; Professionalism; Transitions in training and education; Personalised Adaptive Learning
- Email: T.E.Roberts@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 4368
- Location: 7.09 Worsley Building
- Website: MyPal
Profile
Responsible for scholarship in Medical Education at the University of Leeds. I graduated from Manchester with a degree in Medicine and a BSc in Anatomy. I then undertook my early medical training in Manchester and my research in Manchester and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. In 1995 I was appointed Senior Lecturer in Transplant Immunology at the University of Manchester. In 2000 I was appointed Professor of Medical Education at the University of Leeds. I was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2006. In 2009 I was appointed Director of the Leeds Institute of Medical Education (-2019). I was a Council Member of the General Medical Council from 2009 until 2012 and Chair of the Association for the Study of Medical Education until July 2013. I was President of the Association for Medical Education in Europe from 2013-2019.
I am a member of the International Medical University (IMU) Professional Education Advisory Committee, Academic Council and Editorial Board Member for their online publication IeJSME. I am a Member of the Medical Education, Training & Professional Development Board for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, and member of the Examination Board for the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland. I work with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) on both their Doctoral Fellowship Programme and – Future Focussed Leadership Programme. I have worked with the Office for Students on the Main and Subject Panels for the pilots of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
I conduct Faculty development workshops nationally and internationally on assessment and professionalism, medical education, assessment, transitions, learning environment, interprofessional.
Current and Previous Roles
April 2000 – Present - Professor of Medical Education & Director of the Medical Education January 2008 – January 2019 - Director of the Leeds Institute of Medical Education and Honorary Consultant Physician, Leeds Acute Hospital Trust.
Unit and Honorary Consultant Physician, Leeds Acute Hospital Trust.
January 2005 – December 2008 - Head, School of Medicine, University of Leeds
Feb 1995 – March 2000 - Senior Lecturer in Transplantation Immunology and Honorary Consultant Physician – University of Manchester
Physician – University of Manchester
Director of the New Heart New Start Transplantation Laboratory
Professional Activities
Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)– Past President (President 2013-2019
International Medical University (IMU), Malaysia – Professional Education Advisory Committee (PEAC)
International Medical University (IMU), Malaysia – Academic Council (AC)
International Medical University (IMU), Malaysia – Editorial Board Member for IeJSME
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow – Member of the Medical Education, Training & Professional Development Board
Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland (RCSI)– Examinations Board Member
MRCP (UK) – Member of the Standard Setting Board
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) – Panel Chair/ Deputy Chair - Doctoral Fellowship Programme
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) – Board Member – Future Focussed Leadership Programme
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) – Main Panel and Subject Panel Member for pilot years 1 and 2.
National Agency of Strategic Research (NASR), Iran – Advisory Board Member
General Medical Council (GMC) – Past Council Member (2009-2012)
Doctoral Supervision
Supervision topics include assessment of competence, interprofessional education, transitions in medicine and the influence of culture and environment on learning.
Previous successful research students:
Rachmadya Hidayah
Enjy Abouzeid
Richard Brown
Genevieve Becker
Vikram Jha
Suhaila Sanip
Viktoria Joynes
Ahmad Alamro
John Lord
Heather Leggett
Fatmah Almoayad
Angela Hewitt
Sammi Alnasser
Sandra Zijlstra-Shaw
William Ramsden
Currently supervising the following doctoral students:
Aimee Charnell
Wijhdan Abusrewil
Rachmad Bekti
Faye Bennett
Khaled Almisnid
Mohammed Alqarni
Sofia Reppou
Parisa Malekahmadi
International Speaking Engagements Jan 2017- November 2019
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2019 |
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Event |
Location |
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9-13 Jan |
Pre & Post Conference Workshop – Essential Skills in Medical Education Assessment (ESMEA) Course part 1 & 2 |
APMEC (Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference) |
Singapore |
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Symposium – Excellence in Medical Education |
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Symposium – Portfolios of the Future: Enhancing Education for Health |
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22-23 Jan |
Modern Assessment Methods |
Invited workshop |
Helsinki |
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4-9 April |
Frontiers in Assessment of Entrustment and Competence Across the Professions |
AERA (American Education Research Association) |
Toronto (Canada) |
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7 April |
Symposium: Do medical licensing/ certification exams really make a difference? |
NCME (National council on Measurement in Education |
Toronto (Canada) |
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14 April |
Plenary - How to repurpose education and incentivise re-education |
AMEA (10th Asian Medical Education Association Symposium) |
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) |
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21 June |
What are the best approaches for developing a digitally capable health workforce – now and in the future? |
OECD- WHO joint meeting |
Paris |
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2018 |
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10-14 Jan |
Innovative Practice in Mobile Technology to Enhance Learning. Assessment and Professional Development in the Clinical Workplace. |
APMEC (Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference) |
Singapore |
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Symposium - The extended Mind- Knowledge Tests of the Future |
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Panel Discussion - Learning Space, Classroom of the Future. TER "Building Bridges not Walls" |
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24 January |
Teaching and Assessing Professionalism - the biggest challenge of all. |
University College Dublin |
Dublin |
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9-10 April |
Assessing Professionalism |
Singapore International Advanced Assessment Course |
Singapore |
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13-17 April |
"The Teaching and Learning Community & Assessment Community" |
AERA (American Education Research Association) |
New York, USA |
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12-16 June |
Clinical Skills for the 21 Century |
The Mexican Association of Medical Schools and Faculties (AMFEM) 6th International Congress of Medical Education and 5th International Congress of Simulation in Medical Education |
Mazatlán, Mexico |
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Celebrating Failure: a way to preserve professional integrity and save the NHS? |
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“Excellence in Medical Education, the possibilities facing Utopia" |
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25-29 August |
The Role and Impact of Health Professions Education Advance Degree Programmes on Faculty Development: Contributions and Challenges |
AMEE |
Basel, Switzerland |
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18-20 September |
"Producing Doctors for the 21st Century" |
100 Anniversary Celebrations, State Medical School, Tbilisi |
Tbilisi, Georgia |
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14 November |
Professionalism and Integrity: challenges and consequences of modern medical training |
College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, Winter Conference 2018 |
Killarney, Ireland |
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2017 |
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11-15 January |
Contemporary Best Practices in Assessment |
Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC) 2017 |
Singapore |
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From Globalisation of Education to Global Healthcare: Trends and Opportunities |
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How to Sustain Scholarship in Teaching and Learning? |
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7-9 April |
AMEE ASPIRE Standards |
International Medical Education Conference (IMEC) 2017 |
IMU, Kuala Lumpur |
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Quality of Cross-Border Health Professional Programmes |
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12-19 April |
Professionalism, Clinical skills for the 21 Century |
Undergraduate course teaching |
International Medical University (IMU), Malaysia |
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20-21 April |
Foundations of Assessment |
International Advanced Assessment Course |
Singapore |
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26 April – 3 May |
Building Research Capacity in Health Professions Education: Practices, Challenges, and Future Directions for Degree Programs |
America Educational Research Association (AERA) |
San Antonio, USA |
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Assessment of Behavioural and Non-cognitive Competencies: Where are we and where are we going? |
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26-30 August |
Assessing Professionalism Clinical Skills for the future |
Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) |
Helsinki, Finland |
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27 September - 4 October |
Professionalism, Clinical skills for the 21 Century |
Undergraduate course teaching |
International Medical University (IMU), Malaysia |
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26 October |
Lectures on Professional Assessment |
International Advanced Assessment Course |
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London |
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10-11 November |
Moving forward with Innovations: Clinical Skills for the 21st Century |
Colombo Conference on Medical Education |
Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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30 November - 2 December |
Assessing Professionalism - the biggest challenge of all |
2nd Balkan Education Conference Kaunas Lithuania |
Kaukas, Lithuania |
National Speaking Engagements Jan 2017- June 2019
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2019 |
Title |
Event |
Location |
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6 March |
iBSc teaching – 3 hours session on Policy and Funding |
Teaching for Leeds IBSc Course in Medical Education |
University of Leeds |
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8 March |
TOPOL Review |
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15 March |
Failure to Fail |
Academy of Clinical Educators |
Glasgow |
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21 March |
Keynote presentation - Topol Review – the future |
Clinicians Day Conference |
Leeds |
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12 & 17 June |
Lecture – How to set up a medical education unit - parts 1 and 2 |
Postgraduate Course |
University of Leeds |
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19 June |
Securing the Topol Review forward – is digital technology the game-changer in meeting our workforce challenges |
NHS Confed Conference |
Manchester |
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2018 |
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9 February |
Assessment. Part of a panel presentation on assessment in different educational environments. |
UAL Teaching Platforms |
University of Arts London |
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14 February |
iBSc teaching - 3 hour session on Curriculum Development |
Teaching for Leeds iBSc Course in Medical Education |
University of Leeds |
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15 February |
iBSc teaching - 3 hour session on Appraisal and Assessment |
Teaching for Leeds iBSc Course in Medical Education |
University of Leeds |
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26 June |
"TEF- Update" |
Talk as part of an event on TEF, Dental Lecture Theatre |
University of Leeds |
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27-28 September |
Lectures on Professional Assessment |
Advanced Assessment Course |
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London |
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5 November |
iBSc teaching - 3 hour session on Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) |
Teaching for Leeds iBSc Course in Medical Education |
University of Leeds |
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19 November |
iBSc teaching - 3 hour session on Curriculum Development |
Teaching for Leeds iBSc Course in Medical Education |
University of Leeds |
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2017 |
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25 January |
Celebrating Failure: A way to preserve professional integrity |
Manchester Medical Society - Telford Lecture |
Manchester |
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15 February |
Policy and Funding - within the Curriculum Development |
Leeds University iBSc Student teaching |
University of Leeds |
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21 February |
Assessing Professionalism |
Leeds University iBSc Student teaching |
University of Leeds |
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25 February |
Clinical Skills for the 21st Century |
Leeds Leaders - Leeds Academic Development, Education and Research Society |
University of Leeds |
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20 March |
The Changing Culture of Medical Education. Celebrating failure: a way to preserve professional integrity and save the NHS? |
Society for Education in Anaesthesia (UK), 18th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING |
Hull |
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18 May |
Clinical Skills for the 21st Century |
Birmingham Medical Education Conference - the University of Birmingham with NHS Health Education England |
University of Birmingham |
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17 October |
The stethoscope has had its day. |
The Future of the Stethoscope |
University of Leeds |
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27 October |
Professionalism in medical education at Leeds |
University of Leeds, Medical School Professionalism Ceremony |
University of Leeds |
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6 November |
The crisis in the NHS |
Medical Education - Foundation year talk to Kuwaiti students |
University of Leeds |
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7 November |
Technology Enhanced Learning - session 1 |
iBSc Module - Learning and Teaching |
University of Leeds |
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14 November |
Technology Enhanced Learning - session 2 |
iBSc Module - Learning and Teaching |
University of Leeds |
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22 November |
Preparing Doctors for responsibility: change the person or change the place? |
Health Education England Postgraduate Conference |
Taunton, UK |
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I am married to a surgeon, have two children and dream of owning a Subaru WRX.
Research interests
My main research interests and expertise are in the areas of:
Technology in Medical Education
Education
Assessment of competence
Professionalism
Interprofrssional Education
Transitions in training and education
Personalised Adaptive Learning
Qualifications
- 2007 Fellow Higher Education Academy
- 2006 National Teaching Fellowship
- 1999 FRCP London
- 1987 PhD Immunology
- 1982 MRCP (UK), 1979 MBChB Manchester, 1976 BSc (Hons) Anatomy (1st Class)
Professional memberships
- AMEE - Association of Medical Education in Europe
- ASME - Association for the Study of Medical Education
- AERA - American Educational Research Association
- NCME - National Council on Measurement in Education
- GMC - General Medical Council
- RCP - Royal College of Physicians
Student education
I teach on the iBSc course in Medical Education on Technology Enhanced Learning, Professionalism, Assessment, and Policy and Curriculum Development.
I also supervise Doctoral Researchers – see list of previous and current students under my supervision.
Research groups and institutes
- Leeds Institute of Medical Education