Dr Pirashanthie Vivekananda-Schmidt

DPhil, C.Psychol, MA(Ed), PFHEA, AFBPsS, Occ.psy

Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Professor of Medical Education

p.vivekananda-schmidt@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5363

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Dr Pirashanthie Vivekananda-Schmidt
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health
The Medical School
Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
S10 2RX
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For enquiries please contact - ClinMed-Operational@sheffield.ac.uk

I am a Chartered Psychologist with practitioner status in occupational psychology. I am a Principal Fellow of the UK Higher Education Advance, UK and a senior member of staff of the Sheffield Medical Education team. My interests and experiences are summarised below.

  • Educational leadership: I have experience in curriculum development in practice through my work in Medical Education. I have held senior leadership roles in Education including oversight for quality and governance within the Faculty of Health.
  • Organisational development, managing change and training: developing and assessing professionalism and ethics and law education; human factors and errors in decision making.
  • Professionalism and Patient Safety: I lead on the MBChB Professionalism and Patient Safety theme which encompasses developing competencies in ethics and law, developing leadership and teamwork skills, and developing as a reflective and safe practitioner.
Research interests
  • Developing and validating assessment tools within healthcare education.
  • Technology-enhanced learning, especially applying Serious Gaming principles for medical and healthcare training.
  • Understanding factors that influence student performance.
  • Developing ethical practice including sustainable practice.
Publications

Journal articles

Chapters

Conference proceedings papers

  • Blackburn D, Percox FH, Vivekananda-schmidt P & Reuber M (2017) 28 Developing a teaching aid on dementia diagnosis using conversation analysis. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol. 88(8) (pp A24.2-A24) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Johnsen HM, Fossum M, Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Fruhling A & Slettebø Å (2016) A serious game for teaching nursing students clinical reasoning and decision-making skills. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Vol. 225 (pp 905-906) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Campbell A, Ho A, Knox R & Lee M (2015) Professionalism Symposium 1: Designing Effective Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Professionalism. 12th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference, 4 February 2015 - 8 February 2015. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vivekananda-Schmidt P & Amin Z (2015) Applying Innovations In Technology To Enrich Learning And Feedback Experiences. 12th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference, 4 February 2015 - 8 February 2015. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Knox R, Charlton R, Sahota G, Lee S & Prince R (2014) Developing Situational Judgement Tests (SJTs) to assess professionalism in medical students, 4 February 2015 - 8 February 2015. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lewis M, Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Hassell AB, Coady D, Kay L, Walker D, Haq I, Rahman A, Dacre J & McLean MJ (2005) Validation of a perceived confidence log in the examination of the shoulder and knee joints. RHEUMATOLOGY, Vol. 44 (pp I79-I79) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Lewis M, Hassell AB, Coady D, Kay L, Walker D, Haq I, Rahman A, Dacre J & McLean MJ (2005) The computer assisted learning package, Virtual Rheumatology, has a measurable impact on the learning of musculoskeletal examination skills by undergraduate medical students. RHEUMATOLOGY, Vol. 44 (pp I79-I79) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Lewis M, Hassell AB, Coady D, Kay L, Walker D, Haq I, Rahman A, Dacre J & Mclean MJ (2005) What influences undergraduate medical students to utilise the computer assisted learning package "Virtual Rheumatology"?. RHEUMATOLOGY, Vol. 44 (pp I78-I78) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Hassell AB, Lewis M, McLean MJ, Coady D, Kay L, David W & Rahman A (2004) The computer assisted learning package, virtual rheumatology, has a measurable impact on the learning of musculoskeletal examination skills by medical students.. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM, Vol. 50(9) (pp S273-S273) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Reinhardt-Rutland AH, Shields TJ & Anderson RS (2003) Visual acuity in negotiating the built environment: Eye motion data and speed. CONTEMPORARY ERGONOMICS 2003 (pp 183-188) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Coady DA, Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Lewis M, Kay LJ & Walker DJ (2002) Agreement between medical and non-medical examiners in scoring a musculoskeletal OSCE.. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM, Vol. 46(9) (pp S209-S209) RIS download Bibtex download

Datasets

Preprints

Teaching activities
  • Lead for MBChB "Professionalism and Patient Safety" theme
  • Curriculum development in healthcare education
  • Application of Medical Ethics and Law, patient safety education, and research ethics and integrity
  • The role of human factors in patient safety, including biases in thinking
  • Staff development for healthcare educators 
Professional activities and memberships
  • Former trustee and current member of the Education Committee, Institute of Medical Ethics, UK
  • External Examiner roles at UK Medical Schools
  • Member of the Education and Training Board of the British Psychological Society
  • Editor of the Occupational Psychology Outlook (a publication of the Division of Occupational Psychology of the British Psychological Society).