Category: Student

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

Banner showing library shelves with books.

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

Figure showing a still image from one of the sample AI generated videos we produced for this project

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

Wooden Scrabble pieces spelling the word support.

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

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