Category: Staff

How Diverse is Your Reading List? An Analysis of BSc Economics Curriculum

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Authors: Dunli Li and William Nguyen Introduction Gender and ethnicity imbalances in Economics have been long-standing issues. An American Economic Association (AEA) survey indicates that among tenured and tenure-track faculty in economics, only 23.5% are women and a mere 6.3% are black or Hispanic (Bayer & Rouse, 2016). A Royal Economic Society (RES) study shows…Continue Reading How Diverse is Your Reading List? An Analysis of BSc Economics Curriculum

The potential of AI text-to-video generation in medical education for neurologists

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Authors: Noronha A1,  Davis D1, Rahman T1, Jain D1, Ogundiya O1, Vijayanathan J1, Khusakul P1, Fleming F1, Aldridge C1, Valnarov-Boulter I1,  Malik Z1,  Foakes A3,  Young TM2 Introduction AI text to image generating tools have recently been used to make novel medical images for medical education. Less well developed is the emergent field of AI…Continue Reading The potential of AI text-to-video generation in medical education for neurologists

The use of actors as standardised patients in teaching the neurology examination to undergraduate medical students

Image showing a representative neurology kit used for the examinations described in this presentation.

Authors: Malik Z1,  Valnarov-Boulter I1, Davis D1,  Khusakul P1, Rahman T1, Vijayanathan J1, Jain D1, Ogundiya O1, Noronha A1, Fleming F1, Aldridge C1, Young TM2 Introduction “Standardised patients” are actors aiding medical training or evaluation. Despite over fifty years of use, existing literature has focussed on standardised patients depicting diseases, rather than on their potential…Continue Reading The use of actors as standardised patients in teaching the neurology examination to undergraduate medical students

Feedback: a catalyst for student learning? We need to get students and staff talking

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Students and staff report that assessment feedback given on the BSc Psychology programme is not well understood or valued, and NSS scores remain stubbornly low. We asked: Should we care? Do poor feedback ratings matter if student attainment is good anyway? We employed a mixed methods approach in a staff-student ChangeMakers partnership to firstly understand…Continue Reading Feedback: a catalyst for student learning? We need to get students and staff talking

Personal Tutoring Reimagined Post COVID-19

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Abstract COVID-19 highlighted the weaknesses in the Medical School Personal Tutor (PT) programme and was the catalyst for its change. Medical students were faced with the challenges of virtual learning, national lockdown, and volunteering to support the national effort in hospitals and the community. Our students needed engaged and supportive PTs; however, there were mixed…Continue Reading Personal Tutoring Reimagined Post COVID-19

What are the experiences of teachers and students of introducing planetary health topics to undergraduate medical curricula? 

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Medical schools around the globe have begun to introduce Planetary Health (PH) into their curricula, but with little evaluation which is needed to help support this field. Introducing new curriculum topics is challenging; PH faces the additional hurdle of not being universally acknowledged as relevant.  This research explores factors that need to be considered when…Continue Reading What are the experiences of teachers and students of introducing planetary health topics to undergraduate medical curricula? 

Teaching in small groups to learn complex imaging techniques and supporting professional practice in neuroscience

Art work by Miss Caroline Casey, Institute of Neurology. Handmade Neural Fireworks. Confocal microscopy UCL Doctoral School, Research Images as Art Competition entry 2017-2018..

The UCL MSc Module, ‘Applied Experimental Approaches to Studying Neuronal Circuits in Health and Disease‘, is a unique course that combines lectures by established professors and tutorials taught by postdoctoral fellows at Queen Square Institute of Neurology. We have prepared the practical component of the module considering challenges in learning complex subjects, such as advanced…Continue Reading Teaching in small groups to learn complex imaging techniques and supporting professional practice in neuroscience

Using Sports Coaching as a Cultural Reference to Help International Students Understand Flipped Classroom

Author: Dr David Palomas, Department of Chemistry (UCL) YouTube video: How to switch closed captions on/off Abstract The flipped classroom has positive effects on academic performance [1] and engagement [2]. It is also an inclusive learning methodology [3]. However, students resist transitioning to active learning because they lack an understanding of the reasoning behind it…Continue Reading Using Sports Coaching as a Cultural Reference to Help International Students Understand Flipped Classroom

‘Getting comfortable with uncertainty’: developing students’ critical copyright literacy in the age of genAI

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Abstract Copyright literacy refers to “acquiring and demonstrating the appropriate knowledge, skills and behaviours to enable the ethical creation and use of copyright material” (Morrison and Secker, 2015). In a digital and increasingly open environment, copyright literacy is essential for students, both in academic and professional contexts.    The advent of generative AI has added further…Continue Reading ‘Getting comfortable with uncertainty’: developing students’ critical copyright literacy in the age of genAI

Learning as evaluation – embedding an evaluation process within skills development activities

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Abstract The UCL Careers Extra Internships Scheme was launched in 2023 to provide ring-fenced, funded internships with charities and SMEs for undergraduates from under-represented groups. Integral to the scheme is a programme of wraparound support which includes one-to-one discussions pre-internship to identify areas for skills development, follow-up reflections on skills learned, and finally the opportunity…Continue Reading Learning as evaluation – embedding an evaluation process within skills development activities

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