Joint miniprojects with Health Sciences & Practice 2010

This year's Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (MEDEV) mini-project call was once again held in conjunction with the Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre.

The joint call invited proposals under any of the following themes:

•    Developing practice education for students
•    Employability and employee learning
•    Education for Sustainable Development
•    External examining
•    Interprofessional education
•    Implications of a devolved United Kingdom
•    Reward & Recognition
•    Student engagement including the National Student Survey

We were particularly interested in applications which spanned three or four professions across the disciplines of the two subject centres, i.e. at least one from Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine and at least one from Nursing, Allied Health Professions, Public Health, Pharmacy and the Therapies.

We are pleased to announce the outcomes of the Joint miniprojects with Health Sciences & Practice 2010 below.

Successful applicants

• OLIVER: OnLine Induction Video Educational Resource) - Preparing students for intra-mural rotations (IMR) using a student-produced online video resource
  Principal investigator: Kirsty Magnier
  Project resources: Interim report, OLIVER website, Final report
• What information resources do medical students use?
  Principal investigator: Sarah Edwards
  Project resources: 212 Final report,
• What do new undergraduate students understand by the term feedback?
  Principal investigator: Janette Myers
• Enhancing student engagement in PTES in the health disciplines: a mixed methods study
  Principal investigator: Martin Webber
• A pilot study to explore the role of manikin-based clinical simulation in improving critical thinking and documentation by nurses and doctors during critical events in A&E
  Principal investigator: Colin Torrance
• Enabling service users to lead interprofessional workshops to improve student listening skills
  Principal investigator: Elizabeth Anderson
  Project resources: MINI PROJECT (MP220): Enabling service users to lead interprofessional workshops to improve student listening skills ,
• Dental, nursing, pharmacy and physiotherapy students' professionalism dilemmas: A UK questionnaire survey
  Principal investigator: Charlotte Rees
  Project resources: Dental, nursing, pharmacy and physiotherapy students' professionalism dilemmas: A UK questionnaire survey ,

Projects fully funded by Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre are avaliable on their website.