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HEA Health Sciences Conference 2012

The Health Sciences discipline cluster is based at the Higher Education Academy in York and consists of a core of 11 team members who are spread across the UK. The ...

02 February 2012

Higher Education Academy health sciences newsletter

The new Health Sciences team at the Higher Education Academy have just issued their first newsletter containing details of apointments, news, events and funding opportunities.  It can be viewed here ...

01 February 2012

MEDEV workshop: workplace based assessment: a role in undergraduate medicine

Student doctors need to gain experience in postgraduate assessment methods, ie, workplace-based. Unlike the more formal assessments such as the OSCE, Placement-based Assessments are not always well received and can ...

20 January 2012

Video case studies available on the MEDEV site

The OER phase 2 projects (ACTOR and PORSCHE) have released video case studies to complement the outputs already available. The success of both projects has led to an increased awareness ...

17 January 2012

HEA workshop: teaching and assessing professionalism in health care

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL.  TO BOOK A PLACE ON THE RESERVE LIST PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINKS PROVIDED Professionalism is an important issue across all of the health ...

17 January 2012

HEA workshop: dental students - assessing professional behaviour, leadership and fitness to practice

This workshop is aimed at assisting dental provision in the UK to respond to the GDC learning outcomes 2011 particularly in relation to understanding and assessing professional behaviour, leadership and ...

17 January 2012

MEDEV workshop: Mobile learning: embracing the future now

This free event will discuss findings related to assessment, reflective learning, student engagement with mobile learning and the impact of the use of mobile devices on professional image following the ...

16 January 2012

MEDEV online workshop: Writing teaching development and other HE funding proposals

This MEDEV led online workshop seeks to enhance skills for staff planning to submit applications for small educational grant proposals.

16 January 2012

Launch of the "making and using clinical healthcare recordings for learning and teaching guidelines"

New guidance for using medical recordings in teaching New advice and guidance on making and using clinical healthcare recordings funded by the Strategic Content Alliance for learning and teaching launched ...

05 December 2011

MRes studentship in veterinary medicine and science

Project title: Exploring the future of the veterinary textbookPrincipal supervisor: Liz Mossop, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science Other supervisors: Nick Short, Royal Veterinary CollegeMegan Quentin-Baxter, Project Director, Newcastle University ...

02 December 2011