Lynn Knight
Biographic Data
| ID | 3995219 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynn Knight |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynn |
| FAMILY NAME | Knight |
| SIGNATURE | KNIGHT L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Plymouth |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Medical educators’ metaphoric talk about their assessment relationships with students
Current perspectives in cognitive linguistics highlight the conceptual nature of cognition and how the conceptual metaphors we hold affect ways we think, talk and act. This study examines medical educators' metaphoric talk to understand ways in which assessment relationships with students are conceptualised in order to understand why educators might 'fail to fail' underperformance in medical students. We conducted 10 focus groups with 70 educator…
From the Heart of My Bottom”
Reporting and analyzing interactional data collected during focus groups can be a significant challenge for qualitative health researchers. In this article, the authors explore the use of humor among focus group participants as one area of interaction and negotiation that is methodologically interesting and theoretically insightful. They explore discussions about service user involvement in medical education across eight focus groups consisting o…
The stroke is eighty nine”
The unprofessional behaviour of medics is explored through their depiction in two physician-authored books-the novel Bodies and the autobiography Bedside stories: confessions of a junior doctor. Using the Integrative Model of Behavioural Prediction, not only the range and nature of professionalism lapses outlined in these books but also the reasons behind such unprofessional behaviours are examined. The books contained examples of lapses in profe…
Doctors being up there and we being down here
A silly expression
The term Medical Humanities has still not been established in the wider medical, educational and academic communities. This qualitative study, conducted across three acute care trusts, is an exploration of whether clinicians were familiar with the term Medical Humanities, and if so, what the term meant to them and whether they considered the associated concepts relevant to medical practice and education. Reactions to the term Medical Humanities w…
When I first came here, I thought medicine was black and white
A silly expression
The term Medical Humanities has still not been established in the wider medical, educational and academic communities. This qualitative study, conducted across three acute care trusts, is an exploration of whether clinicians were familiar with the term Medical Humanities, and if so, what the term meant to them and whether they considered the associated concepts relevant to medical practice and education. Reactions to the term Medical Humanities w…
When I first came here, I thought medicine was black and white
From the Heart of My Bottom”
Reporting and analyzing interactional data collected during focus groups can be a significant challenge for qualitative health researchers. In this article, the authors explore the use of humor among focus group participants as one area of interaction and negotiation that is methodologically interesting and theoretically insightful. They explore discussions about service user involvement in medical education across eight focus groups consisting o…
The stroke is eighty nine”
The unprofessional behaviour of medics is explored through their depiction in two physician-authored books-the novel Bodies and the autobiography Bedside stories: confessions of a junior doctor. Using the Integrative Model of Behavioural Prediction, not only the range and nature of professionalism lapses outlined in these books but also the reasons behind such unprofessional behaviours are examined. The books contained examples of lapses in profe…
Doctors being up there and we being down here
Medical educators’ metaphoric talk about their assessment relationships with students
Current perspectives in cognitive linguistics highlight the conceptual nature of cognition and how the conceptual metaphors we hold affect ways we think, talk and act. This study examines medical educators' metaphoric talk to understand ways in which assessment relationships with students are conceptualised in order to understand why educators might 'fail to fail' underperformance in medical students. We conducted 10 focus groups with 70 educator…
Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Empathy and Medical Education (3 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works) · Medical education (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Communication in Education and Healthcare (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Innovations in Medical Education (2 works)