Janine Henderson

Biography

 Janine joined HYMS as a tutor in 2004 and became Director of PBL in 2005, developing the delivery of the core curriculum and working closely with the team of facilitators delivering PBL and clinical skills sessions. During that time she co-founded the HYMS Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education (PGCME). From 2011 to early 2014, she was the Associate Dean for Admissions leading all aspects of HYMS admissions processes. In August 2012, she became Academic Lead for Phase 2 and was appointed Programme Director for the MB BS in February 2014.   Janine’s clinical background is in General Adult Psychiatry. She has developed and delivered a number of SSCs in this area, to help students develop a real understanding and interest in this important area of medical practice. She has a particular interest in the teaching and learning of clinical reasoning skills and has developed new teaching approaches for undergraduate students. With colleagues from a number of UK medical schools, Dr Anna Hammond and Dr Henderson co-founded a national special interest group for teaching clinical reasoning in undergraduate curricula (www.creme.org.uk). Janine is the co-author of Eureka Psychiatry and series editor for a new series of textbooks called Eureka, which integrate core science, clinical medicine and surgery for medical students (http://www.jpmedpub.com/subjectarea.aspx?CatID=62&Catname=Eureka&BookType=Series).

Research Interest

clinical reasoning skills