Tim Swanwick

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Tim Swanwick is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Swanwick has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 13 papers in General Health Professions and 7 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Tim Swanwick's work include Innovations in Medical Education (30 papers), Interprofessional Education and Collaboration (9 papers) and Medical Education and Admissions (8 papers). Tim Swanwick is often cited by papers focused on Innovations in Medical Education (30 papers), Interprofessional Education and Collaboration (9 papers) and Medical Education and Admissions (8 papers). Tim Swanwick collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and United States. Tim Swanwick's co-authors include Judy McKimm, Alex Till, Reena Aggarwal, Clare Morris, Louise Stoll, Fiona Moss, Sanjiv Ahluwalia, Phillippa Poole, Mark Barrow and Robert C. Clarke and has published in prestigious journals such as PEDIATRICS, Medical Education and Medical Teacher.

In The Last Decade

Tim Swanwick

42 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Understanding medical education evidence, theory and prac... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Understanding medical education evidence, theory and practice
    2010 388 citations Tim Swanwick et al. profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tim Swanwick United Kingdom 15 843 387 242 201 137 42 1.2k
Mark Goldszmidt Canada 21 772 0.9× 441 1.1× 300 1.2× 355 1.8× 150 1.1× 68 1.4k
Daniel R. Wolpaw United States 19 805 1.0× 441 1.1× 151 0.6× 261 1.3× 245 1.8× 38 1.1k
Tara J T Kennedy Canada 10 782 0.9× 326 0.8× 136 0.6× 340 1.7× 111 0.8× 12 1.2k
Judith G. Calhoun United States 18 614 0.7× 455 1.2× 163 0.7× 172 0.9× 61 0.4× 51 1.1k
Anneke Kramer Netherlands 21 962 1.1× 475 1.2× 181 0.7× 521 2.6× 165 1.2× 60 1.2k
Susan E. Skochelak United States 21 1.6k 1.9× 662 1.7× 236 1.0× 372 1.9× 230 1.7× 47 2.0k
Elizabeth Morrison United States 19 907 1.1× 377 1.0× 235 1.0× 316 1.6× 295 2.2× 58 1.4k
Carol S. Hodgson United States 14 1.2k 1.4× 488 1.3× 100 0.4× 397 2.0× 147 1.1× 39 1.6k
Janet Grant United Kingdom 10 634 0.8× 337 0.9× 125 0.5× 258 1.3× 74 0.5× 18 860
Elizabeth Bernabeo United States 14 686 0.8× 384 1.0× 98 0.4× 358 1.8× 75 0.5× 25 967

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Swanwick

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Swanwick

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tim Swanwick. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tim Swanwick based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tim Swanwick. Tim Swanwick is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Till, Alex, Judy McKimm, & Tim Swanwick. (2020). <p>The Importance of Leadership Development in Medical Curricula: A UK Perspective (Stars are Aligning)</p>. Journal of Healthcare Leadership. Volume 12. 19–25. 31 indexed citations
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Aggarwal, Reena & Tim Swanwick. (2015). Clinical leadership development in postgraduate medical education and training: policy, strategy, and delivery in the UK National Health Service. Journal of Healthcare Leadership. 7. 109–109. 20 indexed citations
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Mohanna, Kay, et al.. (2013). Innovations and developments. Education for Primary Care. 24(1). 78–85. 1 indexed citations
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Archer, Julian, et al.. (2012). Developing a multisource feedback tool for postgraduate medical educational supervisors. Medical Teacher. 35(2). 145–154. 5 indexed citations
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Swanwick, Tim & Judy McKimm. (2012). Clinical leadership development requires system‐wide interventions, not just courses. The Clinical Teacher. 9(2). 89–93. 35 indexed citations
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McKimm, Judy & Tim Swanwick. (2011). Leadership development for clinicians: what are we trying to achieve?. The Clinical Teacher. 8(3). 181–185. 45 indexed citations
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Swanwick, Tim & Judy McKimm. (2011). What is clinical leadership…and why is it important?. The Clinical Teacher. 8(1). 22–26. 77 indexed citations
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Swanwick, Tim & Judy McKimm. (2010). Professional development of medical educators. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 71(3). 164–168. 11 indexed citations
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Swanwick, Tim. (2010). Comprar Understanding Medical Education: Evidence, Theory And Practice | Tim Swanwick | 9781405196802 | Wiley. PEDIATRICS. 101(3 Pt 1). 446–52. 5 indexed citations
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McKimm, Judy & Tim Swanwick. (2009). Assessing learning needs. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 70(6). 348–351. 17 indexed citations
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McKimm, Judy & Tim Swanwick. (2009). Setting learning objectives. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 70(7). 406–409. 13 indexed citations
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Swanwick, Tim, et al.. (2009). Workplace-based assessment. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 70(5). 290–293. 51 indexed citations
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Wills, Jane, et al.. (2009). ‘Just a Lovely Luxury?’ What can Public Health Attachments Add to Postgraduate General Practice Training?. Education for Primary Care. 20(4). 278–284. 2 indexed citations
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Ahluwalia, Sanjiv & Tim Swanwick. (2008). Specialty Training for General Practice in the United Kingdom. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. 31(3). 276–281. 4 indexed citations
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Swanwick, Tim. (2008). See one, do one, then what? Faculty development in postgraduate medical education. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 84(993). 339–343. 56 indexed citations
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Swanwick, Tim, et al.. (2005). General practice in the foundation programme: evaluation of a brief embedded experience. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 66(12). 696–699. 4 indexed citations
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Swanwick, Tim, et al.. (2005). Workplace assessment for licensing in general practice.. PubMed. 55(515). 461–7. 19 indexed citations
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Swanwick, Tim. (2005). Informal learning in postgraduate medical education: from cognitivism to ‘culturism’. Medical Education. 39(8). 859–865. 185 indexed citations

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