A consortium including the School of Health and Social Care at Bournemouth University, the College of Medical and Dental Sciences at the University of Birmingham, the Centre for Interprofessional Practice, University of East Anglia and the School of Health and Human Sciences, University of Essex have been awarded International Collaborating Centre status by the Best Evidence in Medical and Health Professional (BEME) Collaboration (http://www.bemecollaboration.org ). The BEME Collaboration is an international organisation devoted to developing and producing systematic reviews of research evidence to inform health professional education
Being part of the leadership of the Collaborating Centre offers staff (from health but other professions also) the opportunity to shape the direction and emphasis of future systematic reviews in professional education, conduct or contribute to systematic reviews in eduction with colleagues in national and international partner institutions and to use evidence to inform their teaching, learning and assessment practices. For more information, please contact Sarah Hean at shean@bournemouth.ac.uk
Well done Sarah!