Addressing assessment in Libyan medical education (2009)
Richardson, J., Gill, D., Woolf, K.
Assessment is a powerful driver of student learning: it gives a message to learners about what they should be learning, what the learning organisation believes to be important, and how they should go...
Even one star at A level could be "too little too late" for medical student selection (2008)
McManus, C., Woolf , K., Dacre, J. E.
Background More and more medical school applicants in England and Wales gain the maximum grade at A level of AAA, and the UK Government has now agreed to pilot the introduction of a new A* grade....
Woolf, K., Haq, I., McManus, I.C., Higham, J., Dacre, J.
Evidence shows that medical students from Minority Ethnic (ME) backgrounds and male medical students underperform in undergraduate examinations. Our study confirmed these findings in first year...
Mental habits: Metacognitive reflection on negative self-thinking (2007)
Verplanken, B., Friborg, O., Wang, C. E., Trafimow, D., Woolf, K.
In 8 studies, the authors investigated negative self-thinking as a mental habit. Mental content (negative self-thoughts) was distinguished from mental process (negative self-thinking habit). The...
Cave, J, Woolf, K, Dacre, J, Potts, H W W, Jones, A
A number of studies have identified problems with undergraduate oncology teaching. We have investigated how well prepared newly qualified doctors (first foundation year, or FY1 doctors) are for...