UCL MEDICAL SCHOOL

Booking has now opened for our third Medical Education Conference on the 12th June 2013!

This year’s conference programme is built on the success of our previous, very popular events. The theme for this year is transitions in medical education and training and for this reason we have organised our two annual conferences to run on consecutive days. We very much hope that this will encourage all our medical educators to attend both days and share ideas.

Dr Scott Rice – Practicing professionalism in an age of digital social networking:  exploring the digital divide

• UCL Medical School Hubs

NHS Change Day will take place on 13.03.13.  It will be one day during which the collective energy, creativity and ideas of thousands of NHS staff, and those who support the NHS, in all areas of work and right across the country, will demonstrate how one simple action or new idea can make a difference and improve care for patients, their families and their carers. The team behind NHS Change Day are asking people to make pledges of an action or idea. You can see our pledge on the NHS Change Day pledge wall.

Speak up!

The 2013 National Student Survey seeks your views this term: National Student Survey [http://www.thestudentsurvey.com/]

The closing date (11th February) is nearly upon us for EMEA applications so get your form in to the QA Office quickly! These awards are open to anyone involved in undergraduate education.  Their purpose is to provide a tangible means of recognition of exceptional contribution to education in any phase of the MBBS programme.

Dr Rosie Belcher

"I'm only a student" - Medical Students’ Ethical Dilemmas

Professor Jane Dacre attended an Inquiry into Women in the Workplace at the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee on Tuesday 20th November. She spoke on behalf of the Royal College of Physicians on her extensive research and knowledge on Women in Medicine.

Women in the City announces Medicine & Healthcare Category Award winner for the Woman of Achievement Award 2012

Figures published today by the Medical Schools Council show the rate of increase in the number of women in post has seen significant growth.

Why study Medicine at UCL? The latest league tables continue to provide evidence of the outstanding educational experience for MBBS students at UCL Medical School (UCLMS). It was voted best in London by the National Student Survey but there are some further outstanding results.

UCL Medical School is ranked number 1 in London - again. The result of the 2011-2012 National Student Survey (NSS) has just been made available and Medicine at UCL continues to receive extremely positive feedback and the overall satisfaction score for MB BS programme is 94%. The MB BS degree at UCL also stands well above the sector average for medicine (89% overall satisfaction).

The UCL Medical School Education Consultancy harnesses UCL Medical School expertise to offer a range of consultancy services designed to enable, inform and support high-quality, scientifically rigorous and patient-focused education and training for doctors. 

The following dates are now confirmed for the 2012-13 Medical Education Seminar Series:

• Thursday 11th October 2012: Learning through experience: a fresh look at an old idea (booking now open)
• Tuesday 5th February 2012: Bored with Blackboard and a twit on Twitter? How do you really feel about e-learning technologies?
• Thursday 25th April: Practicing professionalism in an age of digital social networking:  exploring the digital divide

UCL Medical Student, Kwame Asante, won the prestigious Chortle Student Comedy Award 2012 at this year's Edinburgh Festival.

For more information:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/medicalschool/postgraduate/teaching-fellows/conference

UCL Medical School student, Dan Grant, was an Olympic Torchbearer through the streets of South London on Sunday 22nd July.  Dan was part of the torch’s 70 day journey, facilitated by eight thousand Torchbearers, ahead of the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games. 

The second Medical Education Conference - Teaching, Learning and Assessing in the Workplace – was held on 11th June 2012 and the day was a great success.

Rita Issa collecting her winner’s certificate from Moira Howie, Head of Nutrition, Waitrose

Dr Jayne Kavanagh and Ms Shirley Cupit, the academic leads of Target Medicine, UCL Medical School’s widening participation project, visited Whitehall to discuss access to the medical profession with Cabinet Office civil servants.

MBBS 2012: Creating Tomorrow’s UCL Doctors - highly competent and scientifically literate clinicians, equipped to practise patient-centred medicine in a constantly changing modern world, with a strong foundation in the basic medical and social sciences

Proud moment as L&D becomes a University Hospital for London’s top medical school

UCL Medical School hosts: HEA Health Science Discipline Workshop and Seminar Series 2012

‘Getting ready for the REF: Strengthening submissions in medical education research’

The newly opened UCLMS Clinical Assessment Centre is holding a series of drop in open days to which all are welcome. The Clinical Assessment Centre has been designed to host clinical assessment and training events whilst being a suitable venue for conferences and seminars.

Teaching, Learning and Assessing in the Workplace

On Monday 11th June 2012 at UCLH Education Centre, 250 Euston Road