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Metaverse explained for University Leaders: What is currently possible within the Metaverse? 2/4

Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

These include 3D visualisations of the human body for medical purposes, and of engineering and architectural designs that aid a deeper understanding of structure. If you were a medical science student before these visualisations were available, are you likely to have learned anything new from these 3D renditions?

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New IT strategies for solving higher ed’s biggest challenges

University Business

At the end of the day, what you can really do with this product is enable students to have the same experience as their faculty, or even folks who are medical professionals, but they’re not seeing that sensitive information, said Shawn Kerns, an information security analyst and professor at the university.

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Promoting a learning community through peer feedback

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

We interviewed medical students who were practising practical skills in the hospital, and used their answers to understand what affects their decisions about learning with other students. Neill Storrar Dr Neill Storrar is a haematologist in NHS Lothian who undertook this work as part of a 2 year Clinical Fellowship in Medical Education.

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The first, which initially arose in Italy and elsewhere on the European continent a millennium ago, offered professional training in law, medicine, and the church and later in such fields as architecture, business, engineering, and the sciences. Provide more experiential learning opportunities.

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The group project SLICC in medicine: “In this course, you can do anything you want to…”

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

CC0 [pixabay] When this is the first thing you say to a class of 200+ medical students, it raises a few eyebrows! When you say this to staff, it raises a few eyebrows with them as well… In the undergraduate medical curriculum, the Student Selected Components (SSCs) programme amounts to 15% of academic credit for the whole medicine programme.

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Three from MIT named 2025 Gates Cambridge Scholars

CAPD

At Cambridge, she will pursue an MPhil in engineering, researching medical devices used in pre-hospital trauma systems in low- and middle-income countries with the Cambridge Health Systems Design group. Schippers work has also focused on designing medical devices for low-resource or extreme environments.

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Over 25 Destinations to Study Abroad this Fall

AIFS Abroad

Explore central Prague’s cobblestone streets and admire some of the most iconic Gothic and Baroque architecture in the world. Spend your fall semester studying abroad in France and experience architectural wonders, cutting-edge culinary trends and unrivaled sophistication. View Programs in England. Study Abroad in France .