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AIMS (Applied and Integrated Medical Sciences)
Directors: Dr Judy Harris Harris, Dr JRT Greene Internal target areas include: undergraduate students taking degree programmes in medicine, dentistry, veterinary science, anatomy, biochemistry, pharmacology, physiology and related subjects. External target areas include: undergraduate students taking degrees in health- related subjects including physiotherapy and radiography; surgical trainees and consultants and other postgraduate health professionals; secondary school students and members of the public public. Progress to date includes the creation of two suites for human patient simulator (HPS) teaching. The HPS systems were demonstrated during a teaching workshop held in Bristol, in July 2005, as part of a joint international scientific meeting of The Physiological Society and Federation of European Physiological opean Societies. Simulator-based physiology teaching was delivered to around 400 first year undergraduate students during the autumn of 2005. The simulators have attracted extensive local, national and international media/conference coverage. Building plans for a clinical anatomy suite have been completed and refurbishment of the site will begin in May 2006. Two well-subscribed ‘anatomy refresher’ courses for external undergraduates, as well as a series of postgraduate surgical training workshops, have been hosted within the CETL. Forthcoming events include: two further anatomy refresher courses in June 2006; launch of the completed and operational clinical anatomy suite in October 2006; clinical teaching sessions based on the human patient simulators for 4th year medical undergraduates from October 2006; HPS-based physiology and pharmacology teaching for 2nd year undergraduates from February 2007; development of a ‘virtual microscope’ to be available for histology and histopathology teaching from February 2007. |
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