Breaking Boundaries: Innovation in medical education

 

Venue: Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre, University of Manchester

Date: 12th and 13th February 2003

Hosts: The TLTP-3 86 (Facilitated Network Learning in Medicine and Health Sciences) project team and the Learning and Teaching Support Network for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine with support from cognate subject centres.

Presentations are now available. All are under 1MB in size unless stated otherwise.

Day 1 Day 2

12th February 2003
Time	Activity
11.00	Coffee and registration
11.20	Welcome and Introductions Professor Reg Jordan, Subject Centre Director and Undergraduate Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
11.30	Key Note Speaker Alasdair Liddell, Co-ordinator, Delivery and eLearning for the NHSU
12.00	TLTP3-86 Facilitated network learning in medicine and health sciences Professor Reg Jordan, Project Director Presentation - powerpoint 97 and up required, 3.2 MB
12.30	Global learning in the 21st Century Professor Ronald Harden, General Secretary, AMEE, IVIMEDS and Link to BBC webcast on the virtual medical school
13.00	Lunch and networking
14.00	TLTP3-86: Network learning in 3 medical schools. What is the next step? Dr Tony McDonald, TLTP3-86 Project Officer and Assistant Director FMCC, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Presentation - Quicktime player required 9.2 MB
15.00	Coffee and networking
Parallel sessions
	Teaching and Learning	Technical	Learning and Teaching
15.30	Global learning Professor Ronald Harden General Secretary, AMEE	From play to pedagogy - the potential of instant messaging and peer 2 peer in learning technologies Dr Joe Nichols Head of Learning Technology, University of Wales	Common learning and interprofessional learning Debra Humphries Director of New Generation Project, University of Southampton Presentation - powerpoint 97 and up, You can also see the group work outputs at: http://www.mhbs.soton.ac.uk/newgeneration/People/Debra.htm under Presentations:
16.30	Coffee and networking
17.00	Mini-projects showcase See the miniprojects page
18.00	Plenary discussion
18.30	Free time and bar
19.30	Dinner After dinner speaker, Professor Paul Bacsich, Professor of Telematics, Sheffield Hallam University

Day 2 Top

13th February 2003
Time	Activity
9.00	Coffee and welcomes
9.15	Interoperability issues - metadata, controlled vocabularies, current standards and specifications Lorna Campbell, Deputy Director, CETIS Presentation - powerpoint 97 and up
9.45	E-learning Kathy Wiles, Senior Advisor, LTSN Generic Centre NB This session was replaced at short notice with a session by Lyn Norris from EduServ/Athens who spoke about devolved authentication and single sign on. Presentation there was an additional technical session from Athens too and the slides are available - powerpoint 97 and up
10.15	Questions and answers
10.30	Coffee and networking
Parallel sessions
	Dissemination	Assessment	Technical
11.00	Embedding learning and teaching into the curriculum Professor Ian Hughes Director TLTP3-83, University of Leeds Presentation - powerpoint 97 and up	Assessment Professor Paul O'Neill Associate Dean of Medical Undergraduate Studies, University of Manchester Presentation - powerpoint 97 and up	Interoperability and reusable learning objects Lorna Campbell Deputy Director, CETIS Presentation - powerpoint 97 and up
12.00	Lunch and networking
	Dissemination	New Projects	Learning and Teaching
13.00	How to get the results of your project published Professor John Spencer Professor of Primary Care and Medical Education, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Presentation - powerpoint 97 and up	FDTL-4 and JISC funded projects Kathy Wiles Senior Advisor, LTSN Generic Centre NB This session was replaced at short notice with a session on portfolio learning led by Dr Geoff Hammond, University of Newcastle The slides are available and you can find out more at: http://mypimd.ncl.ac.uk	Accessiblity/disability and widening participation Professor Trudie Roberts, Professor of Medical Education, University of Leeds Presentation 1, presentation 2 - powerpoint 97 and up
14.00	Where are learning and teaching heading in medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine? A look to the future. This turned into a session on UKeU given by David Unwin and Dr Megan Quentin-Baxter, Centre Manager, Presentation - powerpoint 97 and up
14.30	The future of clinical education Elizabeth Robertson, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow Presentation - powerpoint 97 and up Link to the CyberMedicalCollege
15.00	Plenary
15.30	Close

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