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A student partnership project to enhance curriculum development in medical education

Teaching Matters Online Learning

We identified space in the year 1 curriculum that would allow for a formal teaching and learning opportunity on physical activity for health. We recruited six medical students via an announcement on Learn. Jeni Harden Dr Jeni Harden is Director of Education in the Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics.

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Student engagement and sense of mattering in a large UG course

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Credit: Pixabay In this insightful post, Dr. Celine Caquineau, a Senior Lecturer at Edinburgh Medical School, tackles the formidable challenge of enhancing student engagement within large undergraduate courses. Her research interests include learning communities, student -staff partnerships and transnational education. Feb 4, 2025

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Boldly Future Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Faulkner, a professor of agricultural education and co-director of N.C. A&T’s 1890 Center of Excellence for Student Success and Workforce Development (SSWD), earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at N.C. Now, the medical industry understands how agriculture plays a crucial role in overall health and wellbeing,” says Williams.

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Welcome to March-April Learning & Teaching Enhancement theme: Celebrating Best Practices

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

In the fourth series on the theme ‘Engaging and Empowering learning’, I am thrilled to present insights from innovative educators captured in five intriguing blog posts. Each post delves deeply into unique methods that effectively address today’s educational challenges, enriching student engagement and empowerment.

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Engaging the professional community in teaching medical students

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

You might think that the teaching content in a professional vocational degree like medicine – defined by the governing body the General Medical Council ( GMC ) and detailing what a medical student should know as they exit their undergraduate programme and embark on their first day as a junior doctor – would be almost entirely prescriptive.

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Students as partners in education: Experiences from the Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Activities include outreach workshops with local schools, like Liberton High School, to foster the link with young people aspiring to enter higher education. While at the Dick Vet, Vikky has enjoyed spending time with the university’s archery club and doing activities for the education certificate.

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GenZ+GenAI: A whole new world and not a brand new world

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Kartic Subr, a Senior Lecturer in Computer Graphics within the School of Informatics at The University of Edinburgh, delves into the pioneering realm of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in educational settings. The arrival of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), the latest tool in the educational landscape, is no exception.