Community

In the community section you will find:

• The Resource Archive for Teacher Trainers (RAFTT) - www.medev.ac.uk/randd/RAFTT/, including the RAFTT blog (contact Gillian Brown for a username and password)
• Special interest groups to support communities of practice including:
  • UK Council of Communication Skills Teaching in Undergraduate Medical Education (closed community). To enquire about the Council please email enquiries.

Main mailing list (including fortnightly eBulletin)

• Medev - Subject centre list for regular email alerts and fortnightly eBulletins, open, moderated

Other mailing lists - please contact us if you are interested in any of the 'closed' lists.

• Medev-admissions list, closed, moderated
• Medev-employability list, closed, moderated
• Medev-IMPS list for elearning and technical discussion, closed, moderated
• Medev-studentsupport - closed, moderated
• Medev_NPC - closed, moderated
• Dentistry_NPC - closed, moderated
• Medicine_NPC - closed, moderated
• Veterinary_NPC - closed, moderated
• Slice of life - hosted by the Subject Centre on behalf of Slice of Life, open, moderated

The Subject Centre is involved in a number of collaborative projects:

• SNAS is a Higher Education Academy project about learning and teaching resources for Supporting New Academic Staff, website: www.heacademy.ac.uk/SNAS.htm.
• The Subject Centre is involved in the Higher Education Academy employability and enterprise project: website: www.heacademy.ac.uk/Employability.htm
• EIPEN is funded through the European Commission Leonardo Da Vinci Programme. EIPEN aims to establish a sustainable inclusive network of people and organisations in partner countries to share and develop effective interprofessional learning and teaching for improving collaborative practice and multi agency working in health and social care. Website: www.health.heacademy.ac.uk/projects/eipen/
• MEDINE2 is the Thematic Network on Medical Education in Europe (MEDINE), based at the University of Edinburgh (formerly at the University of Bristol). It addresses educational, institutional and quality issues in European medical education within the framework of European initiatives. This project is being carried out with the support of the European Community under its Erasmus and Socrates Programmes. Website: medine2.com
• mhhe is the mental health in higher education project, currently funded by the NHS under Section 64 with additional funds from a number of health and social care related Subject Centres. Website: www.mhhe.heacademy.ac.uk. Interdisciplinary workshops are being planned and delivered in the area of mental health in higher education. More information from the website.

Other special interest groups

• Health Sciences & Practice Special Interest Groups
• Higher Education Academy special interest groups
• Psychology in Medicine
• BeSST in Medicine - The UK forum for psychologists, sociologists and cognate disciplines involved in teaching, learning & research relating to the education of medical practitioners.