Newsletter 01.5
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FDTL4 update: Incorporating disability equality within clinical practice
The Partners in Practice project is developing a curriculum framework for teaching disability equality to healthcare professionals. This article reports on progress and the completion ...
Authors: Ms Caro Howell;
FDTL4 update: Optimising computer-aided and traditional assessment in veterinary education
OCTAVE (Optimising Computer-Aided and Traditional Assessment in Veterinary Education) is a three-year HEFCE funded project, led by the Royal Veterinary College, on behalf of the ...
Authors: Dr Stan Head;
LTSN-01 miniproject update: An educational package for trainers in dental outreach placements
The University of Sheffield's School of Clinical Dentistry is increasing its outreach placements in primary care settings for undergraduates and professions complementary to dentistry ...
Authors: Mr Mike Smith;
LTSN-01 miniproject update: Objects for OSCEs - repurposing CLIVE courseware
Over the last 12 years the CLIVE consortium (http://www.clive.ed.ac.uk) has produced a large bank of learning resources, supporting many subject ...
Authors: Ms Gill McConnell;
Miniproject update: Assessing undergraduate interprofessional learning
Interprofessional education (IPE) is currently a high priority for government, professional bodies and higher education providers. This article describes a mini-project in which sought to ...
Authors: Prof. Maurice Savage;
Review: Dental educational websites
What dental educational sites are available to the dentist? A good starting point is Omni (http://omni.ac.uk/) which helps the beginner browse through ...
Authors: Prof. Damien Walmsley;
Postgraduate focus: new website and services
E-learning can deliver knowledge based programmes, clinical case study programmes and diagnostic support systems which offer learners in the NHS access to educational material when ...
Authors: Prof. Shelly Heard;
LTSN-01 Conference report: Twenty Twenty Vision - External clinical placements
In dentistry they're called Outreach. In veterinary medicine they're called Extra Mural Studies and in medicine they're simply called Clinical Placements. Whatever ...
Authors: Mr Nigel Purcell;
The Northern Deanery: Modernising Medical Careers
Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) is a new UK policy likely to be at least as profound in its effects as the Calman reforms were for ...
Authors: Mr Peter Hill;
News: Higher Education Academy, Review and Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Dr Megan Quentin-Baxter, Deputy Director, LTSN-01, presents an update on the new Higher Education Academy, which came into existence earlier this year. On 30th April ...
Authors: Dr Megan Quentin-Baxter;
The Welsh Baccalaureate
A presentation on the Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification was made earlier this year to medical school admissions tutors attending a Forum 'Selecting the Right People to ...
Authors: Ms Pam Clark;
Special focus: The BBC streams flow from Lifesign
Lifesign is one of the first projects to offer a subject-specific range of moving-image resources. JISC funding ended in 2003 but, now hosted by the ...
Authors: Mr William Garrison;
Mental Health in Higher Education: Taking stock and moving forward
Mental Health in Higher Education (mhhe), a collaborative project of the Learning and Teaching Support Network, set out to increase networking and the sharing of ...
Authors: Ms Jill Anderson;
Workshop report: Fishing for e-learning standards in Sestri Levante
At the beginning of May around 500 delegates gathered in Sestri Levante, a quiet fishing town on the beautiful Portofino coast, Northern Italy for the ...
Authors: Dr David Davies;
Slice of Life: From shared educational resource to international meeting
Digital Brain Atlas that can be downloaded for free. It was created with Flash and has graphics that can be zoomed. http://medstat.med.utah ...
Authors: Ms Suzanne Stensaas;
Organisation focus: The Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA)
A look at the different resources available from the Staff and Educational Development Association, particularly useful for those involved in staff development. The Staff and ...
Authors: Mr Nigel Purcell;
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