Mrs Maria Hayfron-Benjamin, BSc (Hons) MSc (Medical Microbiology), Dip Nursing (Adult), MSc Primary Care, PGCAP (Dist), FHEA, MEd Practitioner Research

Profile

I am currently acting co-lead for the Community-based medical education team and am responsible for ensuring that as a team we deliver 15% of the MBBS curriculum, and supporting and developing our 150+ GP tutors and our academic and professional services team.

I am Lead for Admissions for the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry responsible for ensuring that our admissions processes are fair, accessible and effective.

I work as a practice nurse in Tower Hamlets for one session per week, allowing me to maintain my clinical skills, have regular patient contact, and keep up to date with developments in primary care.

Teaching

I was module lead for our Year 1 and 2 clinical placements for almost 20 years and I continue to mentor the new members of the team who are now leading the Medicine in Society 1, GEP MedSoc, MedSoc 2 and General Practice 2 modules.

PBL facilitator

Communication skills facilitator

OSCE Examiner

I am a MedPro supervisor

I supervise MA Education in Clinical Contexts students

I supervise iBSc students

I supervise 4^th year students interested in neurodiversity on their SSC4 dissertation

I am Chair of the MBBS Degree Exam board

I chair the FMD Admissions and Recruitment Committee

Member of the QMUL Education Quality Standards Board

Member of the Medical Schools Council Selectors Alliance

Member of the Society of Academic Primary Care (SAPC) Heads of Teaching group

Research

Research Interests:

My research interests include widening participation in medical education, supporting medical students and doctors with disabilities, transitioning to medical school, and student feedback on teaching.

I am currently working on an ASME-sponsored national study investigating the changes in medical education as a result of the COVID pandemic.

Publications

• 2021, (Editor and contributor) Hayfron-Benjamin M, and Hayes N Proceedings from Transition to Medical School in COVID Times, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London. Available via ASME.

Conference Presentations

Hayfron-Benjamin M and Langford L (2022) Hybrid early-years clinical placements in Medicine - what have we learnt in the past 2 years? AMEE Annual Conference, Lyon 

Langford L and Hayfron-Benjamin M (2021) Virtual clinical placements for early years medical students - developed in a time of crisis but maybe here to stay?  ASME Annual Scientific Meeting online 

Langford L and Hayfron-Benjamin M (2021)  COVID-proof virtual clinical placements for early years medical students; dynamic evaluation and placement development through collaboration with GP tutors and students  SAPC South East Regional Conference, January 2021 

Hayfron-Benjamin M, Ashajua O, and Duncan E (2016) Using a group feedback approach to enhance evaluation of undergraduate clinical teaching.  ASME Annual Scientific Meeting, Belfast July 2016 

Hayfron-Benjamin M (2015) Student feedback to educators.  Invited panellist, Teaching and Learning Conference, Queen Mary University of London   

Hayfron-Benjamin M, Cook S (2014) Developing the Reflective Writing of 1st year medical students using QM+ - a new virtual learning environment. HEA Annual Conference, Birmingham July 2014