Category: Teaching

  • Summertime

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    <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/samwebster/9268549296/” title=”pembstri13_broadhaven_kmm_119 by samwebster, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/9268549296_3a913e26b6.jpg” width=”500″ height=”333″ alt=”pembstri13_broadhaven_kmm_119″></a> Summer’s here, and for us in medical education it’s a surprisingly busy time. The academic year is too long, and the gap in between is too short to run all the re-sit exam papers, prepare properly for the next year and take a holiday.…

  • Skull Osteology iPhone App

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    I’ve updated the Skull iOS app. It is now a universal app, so it will work on your iPad or your iPhone. The iPhone version has pretty retina-ready images and is sized for the iPhone 5 (it will work fine with 4, 4S and 3GS iPhones that I’ve tested it with). Go download it (it’s…

  • Circle of Willis

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    Steve Atherton built this 3D computer model that nicely illustrates the Circle of Willis and the cerebral arteries between (and within) the brain and the bones of the skull. We worked on it a while ago and I’ve used it in teaching (it looks great on a 3D TV) but I’ve only just got round…

  • Teaching & Innovation

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    I was nominated for some teaching awards by our medical students, and the award ceremony was last week. I think I agreed to go before anyone told me that it was a black tie event (I haven’t worn a dinner jacket since I was a student) but I’m very glad I did. I won the…

  • The Thalamus

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    I’m finally reaching a stage in my life where neuroanatomy is becoming interesting. I know – it’s hard to believe. I really, really struggled when I first encountered the brain 20 years ago, I’ve really struggled since, and after teaching anatomy for almost a decade (next year will be my 10th year at Swansea University…

  • Gastrointestinal embryology lecture – quiz results

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    I’m giving the next lecture in the embryology series on Monday and I’m mindful that we had a couple of issues with previous quizzes and live results. Let’s add up the scores from the gastrointestinal embryology quiz now: Q1 – girls 86pts, boys 89pts Q2 – girls 50pts, boys 86pts Q3 – girls 18pts, boys…

  • iPad app: Skull Osteology

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    Here it is: Apple App Store – Skull Osteology It’s only a simple app, but hopefully useful for somebody. And hopefully the first of a bunch of mobile learning apps. If I can find the time I’ll get this ready for other platforms too.

  • Skull Osteology iPad app

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    Being busy is a poor excuse for not blogging. if you’re busy then hopefully you’ve got a lot to blog about, but I guess, like me recently, you’re busy with the mundane and there isn’t a lot to talk about. Twitter and the blog get ignored, and you’re only as good as you’re last update…

  • Boys vs Girls

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    I’ve started a new series of embryology lectures that will run over 2 years for each group of students. As I’ve got the whole series to myself, and as I like to run quizzes in the lectures to see how much the students take in (and for fun, and for the students themselves to see…

  • Embryology at a Glance

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    From our embryology podcast series Rhiannon and I wrote a book. A book! Wiley Blackwell have added embryology to their At A Glance series, and they asked us to write it. It has taken us a couple of years but right now it’s available to buy from book shop shelves, online book shops, in ebook…