Teaching Matters Experiential Learning
APRIL 24, 2025
Up until the late 20 th Century, medical education has relied on the apprenticeship model where trainees were able to perform procedures on patients before they were fully competent. Here I will talk about three such innovations thatare being used by Edinburgh University Medical School.
Teaching Matters Experiential Learning
APRIL 4, 2016
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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APRIL 8, 2025
students can pursue any internships as long as they also engage in the more important experiences to medical schools like clinical experiences (e.g. shadowing, research or paid-employment in a clinical setting), volunteer experiences, and leadership experiences. Do you see many engineering undergraduates who also pursue Premed?
Teaching Matters Experiential Learning
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
Dr Neil Hudson, Senior Veterinary Clinical Lecturer at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Director of the Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education reflects on the benefits of enabling undergraduate students to participate in teaching. Feb 3, 2017
Teaching Matters Experiential Learning
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
An RCVS Diplomate in Equine Internal Medicine, Neil teaches throughout the BVM&S Programme, and introduced and leads the Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education at the Vet School. His research interests include veterinary education, students as teachers, admissions and equine gastroenterology and welfare.
Teaching Matters Experiential Learning
MAY 10, 2018
CC0 [pixabay] When this is the first thing you say to a class of 200+ medical students, it raises a few eyebrows! The SSC2b is a small window of opportunity in Semester 2 of second year, which is designed to enable our students to do something beyond mainstream medicine, or indeed undertake something very different.
Teaching Matters Student Employment
AUGUST 17, 2017
The credibility of the post-nominals was valued, and particularly mentioned by those not from a medical speciality, and even in those with many years clinical experience. Gill Aitken Gill Aitken is the Programme Director of the MSc in Clinical Education and the Director of Quality for the Edinburgh Medical School. Aug 17, 2017
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