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Michal Tombs

Yr Athro Michal Tombs

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Email
TombsM2@caerdydd.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29206 87431
Campuses
Neuadd Meirionnydd, Ystafell 9fed llawr, Ysbyty Athrofaol Cymru, Parc y Mynydd Bychan, Caerdydd, CF14 4YS
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Michal’s background is underpinned by Occupational Psychology, both as a practitioner and as an academic. She has spent over a decade teaching psychology and led and contributed to course developments at national and international levels. Michal moved into medical education as her research interests are aligned to this context. Teaching on both the face to face and the e-learning courses in Medical Education, she co-ordinates the MSc stage (dissertations) and leads the Learning & Teaching in Clinical Education module. Michal is also the PGR lead in Medical Education.

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Michal is an applied psychologist and as such her research focuses on the application of psychological theories in a diverse range of workplace settings and medical education. This includes research projects that span across the broad spectrum of occupational psychology such as training, leadership, and occupational rehabilitation.

Michal is particularly interested in researching informal learning and the hidden curriculum in Medical Education, exploring the context in which people work and study (i.e., leadership, organisational culture, support) and how it impacts motivation and attitudes towards learning that are the bedrocks for progress and survival of organisations. Another particular area of interest is selection and recruitment in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.

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PGR lead in Medical Education

Module Leader – Learning & Teaching in Clinical Education

Module Leader - Educational Research Skills

Dissertation / MSc Co-Ordinator

Member of the School's Ethics Committee

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Michal studied Psychology at Swansea University (1994-1997) and completed an MSc in Occupational Psychology at Cardiff University (1998). After qualifying as a Registered Practitioner Psychologist (Occupational), she returned to Academia to study for a PhD under the supervision of Professor John Patrick into the topic of Motivation to learn (Completed in 2011). Before joining the medical education team she worked for University of Wales, Newport and the University of South Wales as a Course Leader of the BSc Psychology programme. Michal was responsible for leading the Psychology undergraduate course at Newport through BPS accreditation.

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A Senior Fellow of the Advanced HE Academy.

Member of the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) and the Research Methodology Group (RMG)

Registered Occupational Psychologist (HCPC)

Associate member of the British Psychological Society (BPS)

BPS Certificate of Competence in Occupational Testing (Level A) and the BPS Certificate of Personality Testing (Level B) and a qualified Assessor for the BPS Qualification in Psychometric Testing.

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2016-Present day: Senior Lecturer in Medical Education, Cardiff University

2010-2016: Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of South Wales

2003-2010: GTA and Professional Tutor in Occupational Psychology, Cardiff University

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Michal supervised numerous postgraduate students on a range of projects in Medical Education and Occupational Psychology and is keen to hear from you if you are interested in conducting research into informal learning and the hidden curriculum in medical education. As an expert in the field of Psychometric testing she will also be keen to hear from you if you are interested in researching selection and recruitment in Medical education.

Current PGR students

Majed Alqahtani (joint supervisoion with Professor Steve Riley) - High-fidelity simulation in Emergency Medical Service (EMS) education (2019-present day).

Mohammed Algabgab (joint supervisoion with Professor Steve Riley) - Feedback in Emergency Medical Service (EMS) education (2019-present day).

Hashim Samir (Joint supervision with Professor Mike Robling) - Simulation Education of Medical Ultrasound, current situation and future directions (2020-present day)

Assim Javaid - WCAT Clinical Fellow (Joint supervision with Professor Steve Riley) - Preparing medical students for the demands of clinical work through innovative educational solutions on decision making and priritisation. (2020-present day)

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With extensive experience of research in the field training, Michal is now a source of expertise for the BPS Occupational Psychology in Policy Group on the topic of continuous learning. She provided a range of research and consultancy services to organisations such as South Wales Police, Devon & Cornwall Constabulary, and the Ministry of Defence in the area of organisational training and presented her work nationally and internationally.