Category: Teaching

  • The Oath

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    I noticed that Welsh and English versions of “The Doctor’s Oath” had gone up in the School of Medicine’s foyer today.

  • Boys win a quiz

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    I hear the boys finally won an embryology quiz after Jo Bishop’s urinary system lecture. Thats 5:1 to the girls, with 4 left to play! I’ll be teaching you the embryology of endocrine organs on Monday afternoon so get prepared.

  • Girls 5 Up

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    Oh dear, I hear that the Girls are now 5-0 up on the Boys in the embryology lecture series quiz. The scores were very, very close again today at the end of the respiratory tract lecture. Thanks Jo, for keeping the series going. Boys, what have you got to do to win the next 5…

  • Teaching & Research

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    Teaching and research in universities. We do both, but which is most respected? Which is most important? Are the answers to these questions different for someone who teaches medicine? The Science of the Invisible blog notes the results of the latest Higher Education Academy reward and recognition survey, and includes some depressing comments and observations…

  • False Fact On Wikipedia Proves Itself

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    I stand by my comments that Wikipedia is a good resource, and that if you think parts of it are wrong then you should contribute to it yourself. I also warn that no source is infallible, particularly a source open to all for revisions. An article on Slashdot reports that an edit to a Wikipedia…

  • Academic Earth – General Human Anatomy

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    Academic Earth have a wide range of video lectures “from the world’s top scholars”. I thought I’d include a link to the Berkeley General Human Anatomy series for student interest. Is this style of teaching and/or resource useful to you, personally? Please comment, or let me know in person. I may poll Swansea medical students…

  • Anatomy: thorax, chest wall, ventilation

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    In last week’s anatomy session we started looking at the thorax. I spoke a little bit about the structure of the thoracic cage, specifically the ribs and the intercostal muscles. We noted that the diaphragm is responsible for increasing the volume within the thorax when its muscle fibres contract and the dome shape becomes flattened.…

  • A teacher

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    “A teacher is never a giver of truth – he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself. A good teacher is merely a catalyst.” – Bruce Lee

  • Medical students get iPod tutors

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    That title sounded familiar, so I clicked on the link on the BBC News website. “University students are being given iPods loaded with useful tutorials. “The University of Derby has given 35 devices – costing £99 each – to radiography students, to provide them with “different ways to learn”. They contain pre-loaded video lessons about…

  • Exams

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    Gasp! He’s writing about the exams! No, not really. I was just going to comment on how knackered Jo and I are after setting up, running and marking (yes, it’s marked already) an anatomy spotter exam. I really hate the marking – it’s tedious but instantly rewarding when someone does very well. Anyway, one more…