Newsletter 01.16
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Student heaven
The eCourse, a web-based learning management system from the Birmingham School of Dentistry,won the JISC sponsored award for Outstanding ICT Initiative of the Year ...
Authors: Mr Giles Perryer; Dr Deborah White; Prof. Damien Walmsley;
New guidance provides medical schools with a wealth of suggestions on supporting medical students with disabilities
The General Medical Council (GMC) joined with eleven medical schools to develop guidance on encouraging people with disabilities into medicine.The project was match-funded by ...
Authors: Mr Ben Griffith;
eViP: Electronic virtual patients
Medicine and healthcare face the problem that opportunities for student-patient contact, which is at the heart of clinical competency, is declining in most European member ...
Authors: Ms Chara Balasubramaniam; Dr Terry Poulton;
The operation gown:Art and medicine meet
Medical students will be helped to understand what it is like to go under the knife thanks to a world-first project that brings together art ...
Authors: Prof. John McLachlan; Ms Karen Fleming;
The first term at Peninsula Dental School
On 17 September 2007 Peninsula Dental School opened its doors to the first cohort of 63 students. We all knew how important the day was ...
Authors: Ms Jo Pepperell;
A whole system approach to problem-based learning in dental, medical and veterinary sciences: A guide to important variables, and an invitation to contribute
The term problem-based learning (PBL) is sometimes used to claim educational excellence for different approaches to education.These approaches may not be applied primarily or ...
Authors: Prof. Charles E Engel; Prof. Charles E Engel;
Clinical eLecture programmes at Imperial College London
The School of Medicine at Imperial College has a long history of using broadcasting technologies to deliver clinical lectures. Since 1998, the broadcasting system has ...
Authors: Ms Maria Toro-Troconis;
Student experiences of portfolios
The health service is changing.We are all required to be more accountable in the face of public demand. In addition,we need to be ...
Authors: Mr Richard Thomson; Mr Henry Jefferson; Prof. David Brigden;
The N3-JANET internet gateway
A recent initiative by JANET(UK) (formerly UKERNA) and the NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) builds upon the benefits of using a centrally managed and ...
Authors: Mr Tony MacDonald; Ms Lesley Scott; Mr Malcom Teague;
TechDis accessibility essentials 4: Making the most of PDFs
The TechDis Accessibility Essentials Guide on Making the Most of PDFs has been designed to provide step-by-step information to enable anyone creating or using PDF ...
Authors: Dr Simon Ball;
Transplantation ethics for the 21st century: structured learning in clinical ethics (SLICE) module for undergraduate medical students
Reflection upon several years of service on the UK Unrelated Transplants Regulatory Authority, the Local Research Ethics Committee, the Fitness to Practice and Investigation Committees ...
Authors: Ms Sue Roff;
Workshop report:Interprofessional SimBaby workshop
A one day interprofessional SimBaby workshop was held in Queen's University Belfast (QUB) in October 2007. The aims were to share experiences of designing ...
Authors: Dr Neil Kennedy;
Conference report: Developing a veterinary clinical skills lab, Second International Clinical Skills Conference Prato, Italy, July 2007
As a new veterinary school (our first intake was September 2006), we are continually developing our curriculum and teaching resources, an exciting but demanding process ...
Authors: Ms Liz Mossop;
Workshop report: Health education developers’ special interest group: Leading and facilitating change
This workshop (November 2007) provided the opportunity for staff, curriculum and educational developers in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine and health professions to meet together as ...
Authors: Prof. Judy McKimm; Ms Clare Morris; Dr Faith Hill;
Conference report: National conference on student evaluation - dissemination and debate
This National Conference on Student Evaluation welcomed 50 delegates from all over the United Kingdom to this one day event at University College, London in ...
Authors: Dr Ann Griffin; Dr Anita Berlin;
ePortfolios, identity and personalised learning in healthcare education - the aftermath
This one day conference, was organised by the Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine, and funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC ...
Authors: Miss Suzanne Hardy;
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