Newsletter 01.15
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Plagiarism, practicalities and penalties
Advances in technology have resulted in the facility to copy work electronically with increasing ease.These advances and their potential for misuse are viewed with ...
Authors: Dr Fiona Duggan;
Journal clubs
The advice is not too often, not too long and at a convenient time and place. A journal club for 2 hours on a Friday ...
Authors: Mr Adam Farrier; Mr Henry Jefferson; Mr Richard Thomson; Prof. David Brigden;
Postgraduate certificate in higher education and teaching
An increasing number of universities are beginning to recognise the need to develop a set of recognised qualifications in higher education teaching.This article outlines ...
Authors: Dr Aisling Keane;
Nottingham veterinary school: beginning afresh
Since the appointment of Professor Gary England as the Dean of the University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine and Science in January 2005, considerable ...
Authors: Prof. Malcolm Cobb;
How well prepared are newly-qualified doctors for Foundation Training?
August 2005 saw the implementation of a novel postgraduate curriculum intervention nationwide across the United Kingdom. We aimed to research how newly-qualified doctors perceive their ...
Authors: Dr Catherine Hyde; Dr Stevie Agius; Dr Jaine Shacklady; Prof. Tim Dornan; Dr Jon Miles;
Game informed learning
The increasingly restrictive measures governing working hours, student access to patients and crowded curricula, coupled with a healthcare system involving much shorter inpatient stays - and ...
Authors: Mr Michael Begg;
Workshop report
We wished to initiate a local forum - a medical education special interest group (SIG) - to provide encouragement and support to staff new to medical education ...
Authors: Ms Jennifer Cleland;
Raising awareness of mental health in the veterinary profession
The suicide rate amongst UK vets is more than twice that of the medical profession, and four times greater than in the general population.Behind ...
Authors: Dr Nick Short; Dr John Somers;
VetLife.org.uk
The Veterinary Benevolent Fund (VBF) has launched a new support website as part of a series of initiatives aimed at improving the mental wellbeing of ...
Teaching and assessing clinical skills (TACS
The development of practical skill based competence is an important feature of both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education; the days of see one, do one ...
Authors: Dr Reg Dennick; Dr Ed Fitzgerald; Dr David Matheson;
The accessibility essentials of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
Accessibility is no longer something considered only appropriate for disabled students.Accessible and inclusive teaching and learning can be of great benefit to a large ...
Authors: Dr Simon Ball; Ms Sue Harrison;
Mental health in higher education
The Mental Health in Higher Education (mhhe) project was set up with the aim of enhancing learning and teaching about mental health through increasing dialogue ...
Authors: Ms Jill Anderson;
The European Interprofessional Education Network (EIPEN)
EIPEN continues to develop with progress on consolidating interprofessional education (IPE) developments within the partner countries in the final months of 2007, extending the partnership ...
Authors: Dr Marion Helme;
Common misconceptions of veterinary careers
The Institute for Employment Studies recently published a report Gateways to the Veterinary Profession: Perceptions of Veterinary Careers (report 443) documenting an analysis of perceptions ...
Authors: Ms Gillian Brown;
Conference report:EIPEN 12-14 September 2007
The European Interprofessional Education Network in health and social care (EIPEN) partners, led by the Academy Subject Centre for Health Sciences and Practice, hosted a ...
Authors: Dr Megan Quentin-Baxter;
Conference report: Veterinary assessment
As part of a larger project funded in 2006 by the RCVS trust looking at the potential to develop a common final year assessment for ...
Authors: Prof. Susan Rhind;
Conference report: AMEE 2007
It was a great honour to be awarded a Rewarding Excellence in (Medicine) Learning and Teaching award by the MEDEV Subject Centre, the prize being ...
Authors: Dr Arnold Somersunderam;
The MEDINE Conference 2007: A student's perspective
Imagine a future where one could train in the Medical School of Europe and subsequently be employed by the European Health Service; surely this is ...
Authors: Dr Sarah Dolling; Ms Charlotte Mackay;
Student essay competition 2008
Write an essay of 1000 words and win FREE registration and budget accommodation for the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) annual scientific ...
Workshop programme
Workshops are open to anyone involved in learning and teaching in undergraduate medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine.They attract CPD points and there is currently ...
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