On Saturday 10th July 2021, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton, in association with The Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland hosted its ninth annual National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition. One hundred and four medical students from across the UK and Ireland attended the one-day conference that …
The Medical Education Innovation Network’s Innovation Award recognises and celebrates outstanding innovative teaching practice taking place in the Faculty of Medicine. The 2020-21 inaugural award is open to individuals or teams from across our educational community involved in our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including staff (academic and non-academic) and students. …
Our thanks to Dr Scott Border for highlighting the following student achievement. Dr Border is Principal Teaching Fellow in Anatomy, founding member of the Medical Education Innovation Network (MEIN) and host of the Teaching and Scholarship Podcast. He is passionate about developing online learning platforms and peer teaching. He is …
The annual conference of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) is established as the key meeting for all involved in medical and healthcare professions education including teachers, educationists, researchers, administrators and students. AMEE 2019 was held in Vienna, Austria in August. Several members of the Medical Education Innovation …
What is Universal Design for Learning? Why does UDL matter? Architect Ron Mace coined the term “universal design” to describe the concept of designing all products and the built environment to be aesthetic and usable to the greatest extent possible by everyone, regardless of their age, ability, or status in …
In October’s eCoffee we looked at ways Microsoft Teams can support collaborative working and learning. Teams is part of Office 365 (https://www.southampton.ac.uk/365) and works in conjunction with Office 365’s SharePoint, helping build communication and context around documents stored here. Setting up After creating a team (via the link at the bottom of the …
We finished a year of exciting eCoffees with an inspiring session from Dr Siobhan Lynch. Siobhan shared the story of the creation and development of the Personal Professional Development module for final year undergraduates, which is delivered predominantly online, while students are on clinical placement. Siobhan and Dr Ian Rodd have utilised a range …
In June’s eCoffee, Jonny Vaughan, Ayala Gordon and Hayleigh Sidhu from the university’s Communications and Marketing team visited to share the work they’ve been doing shaping the university’s social media presence. New guidelines have been developed to support university users, highlighting the benefits of a coordinated, collaborative approach, but within …
