Category: Teaching

  • Exam day

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    This morning we set up the final anatomy exam for the current 1st years. If they pass this, that will be the end of their anatomy teaching for their “undergraduate” medicine training.

  • So you want to be a university lecturer?

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    I came across an interesting article while trying to find out what it is that people think we (university lecturers) do. This doesn’t tell me that, but much of it sounds very familiar. It’s more about what we actually do, than what people think of us. Small parts of it are quite different to my…

  • Endocrine Embryology Podcast

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    I recorded a podcast for the endocrine embryology lecture recently, but I’ve not yet had time to draw images for the enhanced version. It should be available via iTunes and the medicine page soon. This podcast is a little out of sync with the other lectures in the embryology series. As there is an exam…

  • Students Sue Anti-Cheating Service

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    Anti-plagiarism software use is becoming commonplace to ensure that students do not submit other people’s work as part of their own. The method of storing submitted essays and comparing with essays submitted in the future poses a potential legal problem. The Washington Post reports that “Two McLean High School students have launched a court challenge…

  • Spotter 1 exam marks

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    The results from the first anatomy spotter exam are up on the notice board (and on Blackboard, I think). All the first year students were looking rather tired and not particularly over the moon about being back in studies on Monday, at the term’s first anatomy session. I hope that when they see the results…

  • Exam Day

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    It’s exam day today. I would wish all of our first year students good luck, but really I don’t want luck to be a factor. I’d much rather that you had all done the work required to understand and store the information you’ll need to demonstrate a good to high level of competency. If you…

  • Term 1 spotter questions

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    I’ve added the example musculoskeletal anatomy questions to the term 1 section on the medicine page. Remember that the real exam will not use multiple choice questions.

  • Enhanced Podcasts

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    I’ve uploaded a podcast based upon the last embryology lecture about the development of the musculoskeletal system. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to add images to these podcasts in the enhanced format as I have wanted to: I just haven’t had enough time. I need to draw the images myself and this just takes too…

  • Halloween

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    With Phil it’s not just the time of year that causes this change of colour.

  • Skeletons everywhere

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    I haven’t got this skeleton in my office because it’s Halloween, honest. It’s because we’re starting to teach musculoskeletal anatomy next week.