Our final year medical students are in the midst of exams. Exams are occurring later this year to give the students more time on clinical placement and more revision time before finals. All our students have been disadvantaged by Covid
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Student finals by Dr Jane Wilkinson
Exams in a Covid world by Professor Jane Wilkinson
If someone had told me when I started as Associate Dean Education at the beginning of the first lockdown that I would still be spending so much time on the impact of Covid on the student experience in January 2022,
Read moreUpdate from Dr Jane Wilkinson, Associate Dean for Education
This is a busy and stressful time for staff and students alike as we are in the midst of the exam period. Last year students sat formative exams and progressed regardless of the outcome. This year the exams are summative,
Read more“Moving forward” by Jane Wilkinson, Associate Dean (Education), Faculty of Medicine
Many of us tell our children not to wish their lives away in their haste to get on with the next phase. However, I suspect we are all longing to get to the point when the restrictions of lockdown will
Read moreA year like no other in medical education by Dr Jane Wilkinson
Since March, the Faculty’s education team have been working in rapid response mode without much in the way of respite. This started with the immediate need to transfer face-to-face teaching to online delivery with the first lockdown. I remember the
Read more“What a start” by Jane Wilkinson
Little did I know what was to come when I was appointed as Associate Dean for Education in January of this year! These are very difficult and perilous times, but I have been overwhelmed by the positive response from staff
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