Prof Susie Schofield

1 EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS AND RECORD OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
2011 PhD (School of Education) (UoD)
2003 Masters in Applied Computing (UoD)
1991 Post-Graduate Certificate Education (Physics, Cambridge)
1984 BSc (hons) in Physics (London)

2 RECENT PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
2024 -> Director, Centre for Medical Education, Dundee
2021 - 2026 External examiner, Royal Veterinary College MVEd (distance learning)
2021 - 2023 External examiner, University of Malta BSc Health Science (distance learning)
2021 External Reviewer, Kings College London School of Nursing Masters (blended)
2020 -> 2024 ADQAS, School of Medicine, University of Dundee (Chaired PGT School Mit Circs
Committee; Chaired School QA and Learning and Teaching Committee; several times
member of Senate appeals panel)

3 PRIZES, AWARDS AND OTHER HONOURS
2024 Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching
2021 Recognised Research Supervisor, UKCGE (UK Council for Graduate Education)
2018 DUSA (Dundee University Student Association) student-led teaching award from DUSA
exec in recognition of work done on student support for online distance programmes
across the University

2013 College Innovation in Teaching Award, University of Dundee
2013 Honorary Graduates Award for Innovative Teaching, University of Dundee

4 INVITED TALKS / KEYNOTES (SELECTED)
2025 Schofield, S. Understanding the spectrum of medical education – Diversity, Equity and

Inclusion in medical education University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE.

2025 Schofield, S. Quality assurance involving students? Riga Medical School, Riga, Latvia
2025 Schofield, S. Assessment and curriculum alignment Riga Medical School, Riga, Latvia
2025 Schofield, S. Quality enhancement in partnership with students Chinese Stomatological

Society Annual conference, Nanjing, China

2025 Schofield, S. Expert Panel Discussion, 2 nd international Bioethics in Health Professions

Education, Dundee, UK

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2025 Schofield, S. AI: Is the dissertation dead? Expert panel, Napier University, UK
2024 Schofield, S. Quality enhancement in partnership with students – what’s holding us back?

Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok

2024 Schofield, S. Transcending Boundaries: Cutting-Edge Medical Research for Global Health

IMRC, Thailand

2024 Schofield, S. Developing a Community of Learners: The Snakes and Ladders of Academia

Worcester University, UK

2024 Schofield, S. Use of Technology to Develop Future Faculty APMEC, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2023 Schofield, S. Developing a research roadmap for health educators Abbottabad, Pakistan
2023 Schofield, S. Cultivating Belongingness through Contextualization: Nurturing Holistic

Growth in Health Professions Education  ICHPE, Lahore, Pakistan

2023 Schofield, S. Leadership Theory and Leadership Styles- Evolution of the concept NUM

HPE, Pakistan (online keynote)

2023 Schofield, S. Enablers and obstacles to sense of belonging and student success. Herriott

Watt Teaching and Scholarship conference, HW, Edinburgh

2023 Schofield, S. Professional identity: The clues in the pronouns UoD Discovery Days
2022 Schofield, S. The lecture is dead, long live the lecture. King Faisel University, Riyadh, KSA
2020 Schofield, S. & Moffat, M. Developing a sense of belonging for learners in a changing
modality ASME Bitesize. Available at https://www.asme.org.uk/events/event/151-
developing-a-sense-of-belonging-for-learners-in-a-changing-modality.html

5 SELECTED PUBLISHED WORK OR OUTPUTS FROM CREATIVE PRACTICE

5.1 Chapters in Books
1 Khan, A. S. & Schofield, S. (2020) Challenges in Conducting a Focus Group Discussion: Using
Card Sorting to Facilitate Open Discussion Sage (50%)
2 Cameron, B. H., & Schofield, S. (2017). E-Learning in Global Surgery. In Global Surgery (pp.
127-144). Springer, Cham. (40%)
3 Schofield, S.J., Chandratilake, M., Nishigroi, H. (2016) Chapter 11 The use of technology in the
supervision and teaching of medical education in Teaching, Coaching and Mentoring Adult
Learners (the ‘Work’) edited by Heather Fehring and Susan Rodrigues (‘the Editor’). Taylor &
Francis/Routledge of Abingdon, UK (50%)
4 C Macrae, S Schofield, & R Ajjawi (2013) Professional Development for Medical Educators. In:
 S Loftus, T Gerzina, J Higgs, M Smith and E Duffy Educating Health Professionals: Becoming a
University Teacher. Sense Publishers, The Netherlands (50%)
5 S Schofield & R Ajjawi (2012) Avoiding plagiarism in Communicating in the Health Sciences (2 nd
Ed) Jiggs J, Ajjawi, R McAllister L, Trede F, Loftus S Sydney: Oxford University Press (95%)

5.2 Refereed Journal Articles
1 Offiah, G., Schofield, S.J., Rees, C.E. (2025) Using Hofstede’s framework to explore surgical
cultures and their impact on female surgeons. Medical Education
2 Somerville, S., Howden, S., Ker, J., & Schofield, S. (2024). Exploring accessible, inclusive and
sustainable simulation-based education in remote and rural communities: a realist
review. International Journal of Healthcare Simulation, 1-14.
3 Oo, M. S., Schofield, S., Aung, S. T., Thwin, M. M., Oo, S. S., Yee, K. T., Lwin, M. M. & Zakaria, A.
R., (2022), Integrating a mobile-learning platform for enhancing clinical teaching: the learners'
perspective International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research. 21, 11, p.
87-111 25 p.

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4 Qazi, A., Schofield, S. & Kennedy, C., (2022), The Attrition of Female Doctors in Pakistan: The
way forward, Journal of Women Medical & Dental College. 1, 3, p. 1-3
5 Tuma, F., Majeed, H., Blebea, J., Nassar, A., Durchholz, W. C., & Schofield, S. (2022). The
educational value of an audience response system use in an Iraqi medical school. BMC
Medical Education, 22(1), 1-10.
6 Offiah, G., Cable, S., Rees, C. E., & Schofield, S. J. (2022). Gender Matters: Understanding
Transitions in Surgical Education. Frontiers in Medicine, 1150.
7 Scott, M. & Schofield, S. (2022) Enhancing the Student Experience through Sustainable
Communities of Practice https://doi.org/10.29060/TAPS.2022-7-1/SC2508
8 Qazi, M. A., Schofield, S. & Kennedy, C., (2021) 'Doctor Brides': A narrative review of the
barriers and enablers to women practising medicine in Pakistan. Journal of the Pakistan
Medical Association. 71, 9 (2237-2243)
9 Ng, J. Y., Vaideanu-Collins, D., & Schofield, S. (2021). Animated video to enhance surgical
training during COVID-19 pandemic. Eye, 1-2.
10 Napier, J., Schofield, S., Moffat, M., Peter, H., Schram, A. (2021) A tale of three cities – transfer
of learning from ‘one-off’ CPD workshops to workplace. Educational Developments, 14 -15
11 Gormley, M., Collins, L., Schofield, S., & Neville, P. (2021). Exploring the impact of digital
professionalism awareness training on dental undergraduate students. European Journal of
Dental Education, 25(2), 271-281
12 Ng, J. Y., Vaideanu-Collins, D., & Schofield, S. (2021). Comments on: Essentials of setting up a
wet lab for ophthalmic surgical training in COVID-19 pandemic. Indian journal of
ophthalmology, 69(5), 1333-1335.
13 Schofield, S., Howden, S. (2020) Going against the tide: Reducing the flexibility of online
learning. Clinical Teacher 17 (S1), 185.
14 Gormely, M., Collins, L., Schofield, S., Nevillle, P. (2020). A 'brown envelope' intervention for
digital professionalism training Medical Education. 2. P.
1 McWilliams, S., & Schofield, S. (2020). What influences postgraduate psychiatric trainees’
attitudes to clinical audit?. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 37(2), 106-110.