Dr Carol Ditchfield

  • Senior Lecturer (Undergraduate Medical School)

telephone: 01413308057
email: carol.ditchfield@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: She/her/hers

School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing, Undergraduate Medical School, Room 3.08, Wolfson Medical School Building, Gilmorehill Campus, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

Import to contacts

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020

Biography

Carol graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1988 with a degree in Biochemistry followed by a PhD in DNA methylation and Virology from the University of Glasgow 1992.

She then went on to obtain a qualification in education (PGCE) from the University of Strathclyde and spent three years teaching Chemistry and Biology at Stewart's Melville College in Edinburgh.

In 1996 she returned to the University of Glasgow as part of the team who developed and delivered the innovative new problem-based learning (PBL) undergraduate medical curriculum. This work earned the team a University of Glasgow Teaching Excellence award.

In addition to PBL, her other area of interest is assessment and she undertook research on student perceptions of assessment feedback for an M.Ed. (academic practice) in 2007.

Her current post is as Senior Lecturer in the Medical School. She is Head of Assessment for the MBChB course and chairs the MBChB Assessment Committee.

Professional Activities

Medical Schools Council Assessment Alliance (MSC-AA) representative

Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

Research interests

Problem-based learning (PBL)

Assessment and standard setting

Single best answer multipe choice questions (SBA MCQ) 

Publications

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2024

Huser, Camille ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3785-7556, Ditchfield, Carol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020 and Runciman, Hamish (2024) Navigating AI in Undergraduate Medicine - Transformative or Disruptive? GP Teaching and Learning Event (TALE 2024), Glasgow, UK, 3 September 2024.

2020

Burke, Joanne, Ditchfield, Carol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020, Flynn, Margaret-Ann, Sneddon, Sharon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9767-4180 and Stapleton, Genevieve ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7493-5277 (2020) Lessons learned from problem-based learning. Clinical Teacher, 17(6), pp. 719-722. (doi: 10.1111/tct.13147) (PMID:32133775)

Noonan, Zoe ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2636-8156, Boyle, James Graham, Pope, Lindsey ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0899-9616, Ditchfield, Carol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020, Leach, John Paul and McDowall, Suzanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1049-9856 (2020) Quarantining the OSCE: reflections on the Glasgow experience. Clinical Teacher, 17(1), pp. 94-97. (doi: 10.1111/tct.12993) (PMID:30592158)

2019

Ditchfield, Carol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020 and Sneddon, Sharon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9767-4180 (2019) Modified Angoff vs Hofstee: a Comparison of Two Standard Setting Methods. AMEE 2019, Vienna, Austria, 24-28 Aug 2019.

2018

Ghouri, Asim, Boachie, Charles, McDowall, Suzanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1049-9856, Parle, Jim, Ditchfield, Carol A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020, McConnachie, Alex ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000, Walters, Matthew R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5743-5871 and Ghouri, Nazim ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8263-2591 (2018) Gaining an advantage by sitting an OSCE after your peers: a retrospective study. Medical Teacher, 40(11), pp. 1136-1142. (doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1458085) (PMID:29687736)

Ghouri, Asim, Boachie, Charles, McDowall, Suzanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1049-9856, Parle, Jim, Ditchfield, Carol A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020, McConnachie, Alex ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000, Walters, Matthew R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5743-5871 and Ghouri, Nazim ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8263-2591 (2018) Response to: Is there such a thing as a fair OSCE? Medical Teacher, 40(11), pp. 1192-1193. (doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1500949) (PMID:30422024)

Ghouri, Asim, Boachie, Charles, McDowall, Suzanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1049-9856, Parle, Jim, Ditchfield, Carol A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020, McConnachie, Alex ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000, Walters, Matthew R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5743-5871 and Ghouri, Nazim ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8263-2591 (2018) Response to: Response to: Gaining an advantage by sitting an OSCE after your peers: a retrospective study. Medical Teacher, 40(11), pp. 1194-1195. (doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1500909) (PMID:30444172)

2016

Ditchfield, Carol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020 and Burke, Joanne (2016) 20 years of PBL: Challenges Faced and Lessons Learnt. AMEE 2016, Barcelona, Spain, 27-28 Aug 2016.

2015

Flynn, Margaret-Ann, O'Dowd, Anne, Burke, Joanne and Ditchfield, Carol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020 (2015) Implementation of a Peer Observation Programme for Problem Based Learning (PBL) Facilitators. AMEE 2015, Glasgow, Scotland, 06-09 Sep 2015.

Ditchfield, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020, Stapleton, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7493-5277 and Burke, J. (2015) Student-Centred Learning and Engagement in Undergraduate Medical Education Using Peerwise. In: AMEE 2015, Glasgow, Scotland, 27-31 Aug 2015,

2014

Ditchfield, Carol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020, Burke, Joanne, O'Dowd, Anne and Flynn, Margaret-Ann (2014) Development of a Revalidation Programme for Facilitators to Improve the Student Experience of Problem-Based Learning. AMEE 2014, Milan, Italy, 30 Aug - 03 Sep 2014.

2013

Cameron, Katherine, Grosset, Andrew, Johnson, Iain, Monaghan, Ashley, McCaffrey, Brendan, Penton, Mark, Ditchfield, Carol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020, Flynn, Margaret-Ann and Burke, Joanne (2013) Can Undergraduate Medical Students Write MCQs? IAMSE Annual Conference 2013, St. Andrews, United Kingdom, 08-11 Jun 2013. (Unpublished)

Grosset, A. et al. (2013) Engaging Students in Peerwise: An Innovative Online Learning Approach. 6th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 19 Apr 2013.

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Number of items: 13.

Articles

Burke, Joanne, Ditchfield, Carol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020, Flynn, Margaret-Ann, Sneddon, Sharon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9767-4180 and Stapleton, Genevieve ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7493-5277 (2020) Lessons learned from problem-based learning. Clinical Teacher, 17(6), pp. 719-722. (doi: 10.1111/tct.13147) (PMID:32133775)

Noonan, Zoe ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2636-8156, Boyle, James Graham, Pope, Lindsey ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0899-9616, Ditchfield, Carol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020, Leach, John Paul and McDowall, Suzanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1049-9856 (2020) Quarantining the OSCE: reflections on the Glasgow experience. Clinical Teacher, 17(1), pp. 94-97. (doi: 10.1111/tct.12993) (PMID:30592158)

Ghouri, Asim, Boachie, Charles, McDowall, Suzanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1049-9856, Parle, Jim, Ditchfield, Carol A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020, McConnachie, Alex ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000, Walters, Matthew R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5743-5871 and Ghouri, Nazim ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8263-2591 (2018) Gaining an advantage by sitting an OSCE after your peers: a retrospective study. Medical Teacher, 40(11), pp. 1136-1142. (doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1458085) (PMID:29687736)

Ghouri, Asim, Boachie, Charles, McDowall, Suzanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1049-9856, Parle, Jim, Ditchfield, Carol A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020, McConnachie, Alex ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000, Walters, Matthew R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5743-5871 and Ghouri, Nazim ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8263-2591 (2018) Response to: Is there such a thing as a fair OSCE? Medical Teacher, 40(11), pp. 1192-1193. (doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1500949) (PMID:30422024)

Ghouri, Asim, Boachie, Charles, McDowall, Suzanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1049-9856, Parle, Jim, Ditchfield, Carol A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020, McConnachie, Alex ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000, Walters, Matthew R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5743-5871 and Ghouri, Nazim ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8263-2591 (2018) Response to: Response to: Gaining an advantage by sitting an OSCE after your peers: a retrospective study. Medical Teacher, 40(11), pp. 1194-1195. (doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1500909) (PMID:30444172)

Conference or Workshop Item

Huser, Camille ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3785-7556, Ditchfield, Carol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020 and Runciman, Hamish (2024) Navigating AI in Undergraduate Medicine - Transformative or Disruptive? GP Teaching and Learning Event (TALE 2024), Glasgow, UK, 3 September 2024.

Ditchfield, Carol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020 and Sneddon, Sharon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9767-4180 (2019) Modified Angoff vs Hofstee: a Comparison of Two Standard Setting Methods. AMEE 2019, Vienna, Austria, 24-28 Aug 2019.

Ditchfield, Carol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020 and Burke, Joanne (2016) 20 years of PBL: Challenges Faced and Lessons Learnt. AMEE 2016, Barcelona, Spain, 27-28 Aug 2016.

Flynn, Margaret-Ann, O'Dowd, Anne, Burke, Joanne and Ditchfield, Carol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020 (2015) Implementation of a Peer Observation Programme for Problem Based Learning (PBL) Facilitators. AMEE 2015, Glasgow, Scotland, 06-09 Sep 2015.

Ditchfield, Carol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020, Burke, Joanne, O'Dowd, Anne and Flynn, Margaret-Ann (2014) Development of a Revalidation Programme for Facilitators to Improve the Student Experience of Problem-Based Learning. AMEE 2014, Milan, Italy, 30 Aug - 03 Sep 2014.

Cameron, Katherine, Grosset, Andrew, Johnson, Iain, Monaghan, Ashley, McCaffrey, Brendan, Penton, Mark, Ditchfield, Carol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020, Flynn, Margaret-Ann and Burke, Joanne (2013) Can Undergraduate Medical Students Write MCQs? IAMSE Annual Conference 2013, St. Andrews, United Kingdom, 08-11 Jun 2013. (Unpublished)

Grosset, A. et al. (2013) Engaging Students in Peerwise: An Innovative Online Learning Approach. 6th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 19 Apr 2013.

Conference Proceedings

Ditchfield, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-0020, Stapleton, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7493-5277 and Burke, J. (2015) Student-Centred Learning and Engagement in Undergraduate Medical Education Using Peerwise. In: AMEE 2015, Glasgow, Scotland, 27-31 Aug 2015,

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Teaching

Undergraduate

Assessment Lead for MBChB1 examination

PBL facilitation in year 1 of the MBChB curriculum

Lectures on introduction to PBL, academic writing skills and assessment

CPD

Lectures and workshops on assessment, MCQ writing and standard-setting


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