Awards
Highly Commended in the Health Service Journal Value Awards, 2019
Winners,
Health Stream Sanctuary Award, City of Sanctuary, 2014
Winners, Adult Learners’
Week National Outstanding Learner Provider in the Healthcare Sector Award 2008
Winners, Greater Manchester Strategic Healthcare Awards 2005 – for Innovation and
Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
Workshops And Presentations
Smalldridge A, Sykes M and Morowa H; An innovative adaptation of Problem Based
Learning (PBL) teaching to improve the clinical reasoning skills of a group of
International Medical Graduates (IMGs); 2013; MedEd Published: March, 2013.
Smalldridge A, Cross D, Sykes M (2012). Tips for helping International Medical Students’
communication skills. Workshop given at University of Manchester Community-Based Medical
Education Undergraduate Teaching Conference; Bolton, UK.
Sykes M, Cross D,
Smalldridge A (2012). Tackling language related communication issues in supporting
International Medical Graduates. Workshop given at the Association of Medical Education
in Europe Conference 2012; Lyon, France.
Cross D, Smalldridge, A (2012).
Identifying IMG’s language and communication learning needs using a combined linguistic
and clinical approach. Oral presentation given at the European Association for
Communication in Healthcare Conference 2012; St Andrews, Scotland.
Cross D,
Keaney M (2012). Safe and Effective Clinical Communication (SECC) – A skills training
course for International Medical Graduates (IMGs). Workshop given at the Communication
and Medical Ethics Conference 2012; Trondheim, Norway.
Cross D, Smalldridge A,
Sykes M, Keaney M (2012). Safe Communication Skills for International Doctors. Poster
presented at Patient Safety Congress 2012; Birmingham, UK.
Fisher JP, Sykes M.
(2009) Helping international medical graduates adapt to the NHS. Workshop given at the
Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) Annual Scientific Meeting;
Edinburgh, UK
Fisher JP, Sykes M, Rayner C (2008). Fit to practice in a diverse
society? – teaching cultural competence and diversity awareness. Workshop given at
Manchester Medical Education Conference 2008. Manchester, UK.
Anderson K,
Fisher JP, Sykes M (2006). International medical graduates and home grown medical
students learning together. Poster at Association of Medical Education in Europe
Conference 2006; Genoa: Italy.
Sykes M, Fisher JP and Hampson A (2005). Helping
overseas doctors adapt to work in the healthcare system. Workshop given at the
Association of Medical Education in Europe Conference 2005; Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Keaney M, Sykes M, Fisher JP (2005). Refugee Health Professionals – part of the
solution. Poster at the International Health and Medical Education Centre/Lancet
Lecture; London, UK.