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Teaching delivered · July 2026

Face-to-Face Workshops in Research Skills and Clinical Teaching

On Friday 10 July 2026 MD Acumen delivered two intensive face-to-face workshops to senior medical students at New Vision University, Tbilisi, Georgia — one on the principles of statistics in modern medicine and the route to publication, and one on designing and delivering a small-group tutorial. Every participating student received named Certificates of Completion.

FHEQ Level 6 · EQF 6
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Last editorial review: 11 October 2026 · Next scheduled refresh: 11 April 2027.

Date
Fri 10 July 2026New Vision University · Tbilisi, Georgia
Format
2 × 2-hour workshopsFace-to-face · interactive · small group
Level
FHEQ Level 6Senior medical students · EQF 6
Recognition
2 certificates eachNamed Certificates of Completion

The workshops were delivered to senior medical students of New Vision University, Tbilisi, Georgia. MD Acumen does not award academic credit; recognition of attendance rests with the home medical school.

The programme

Two workshops, one teaching day

Each workshop ran for two hours in a face-to-face, small-group format, combining short expert exposition with structured practical exercises, worked examples and live discussion.

Workshop 1 · Morning

Principles of Statistics and Applying This to Modern Medicine — and Getting Published

A grounded, clinician-oriented treatment of the statistical concepts that underpin the modern medical literature — and a practical route-map from a completed project to a published paper.

  • Duration2 hours
  • FormatFace-to-face · interactive
  • LevelFHEQ 6 · EQF 6
  • AssessmentFormative, in-session
  • RecognitionCertificate of Completion
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Workshop 2 · Afternoon

Principles of Designing and Delivering a Small-Group Tutorial

An applied introduction to clinical teaching: planning, structuring and delivering an effective small-group tutorial, aligned to the General Medical Council's Generic professional capabilities framework, Domain 8 — capabilities in education and training.

  • Duration2 hours
  • FormatFace-to-face · interactive
  • LevelFHEQ 6 · EQF 6
  • AlignmentGMC GPC Domain 8
  • RecognitionCertificate of Completion
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Learning outcomes

What participants are now able to do

Statistics and publication

✓
Interpret the core statistical measures encountered in the clinical literature — p-values, confidence intervals, relative and absolute risk, and number needed to treat — and explain their limitations.
✓
Match common study designs to appropriate statistical approaches, and recognise the principal sources of bias and confounding.
✓
Appraise a published paper critically, distinguishing statistical significance from clinical importance.
✓
Plan the route from student project to publication — selecting a target journal, structuring a manuscript, and navigating peer review as an early-career author.

Designing and delivering a small-group tutorial

✓
Write clear, assessable learning objectives and construct a session plan with a defined opening, body and close.
✓
Select and apply small-group techniques — questioning, snowballing, think-pair-share and case discussion — appropriate to the objective.
✓
Give and receive structured feedback, and use it to iterate the teaching session.
✓
Evaluate a tutorial against the GMC Generic professional capabilities framework, Domain 8, and evidence teaching activity for a clinical portfolio.
Recognition

Named Certificates of Completion — issued to every participant

Each participating student received two individually named Certificates of Completion — one for each workshop — signed by the course lead. Certificates of this kind form documented, verifiable evidence of teaching and scholarly activity of the sort that UK and international selection panels score.

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Workshop resources

Download the workshop slides

The complete slide sets from both workshops are available below as PDF documents, hosted securely on MD Acumen’s Google Drive, for participants' continued study and portfolio records.

📊  Statistics & Getting Published — full slides (PDF) 🎓  Small-Group Tutorial Design — full slides (PDF)

These materials are provided for the personal study of workshop participants and remain the intellectual property of MD Acumen Ltd. Please do not redistribute without permission.

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