Today was Open Day for the graduate entry medicine course that I’m teaching the anatomy for. We’re holding three (April, June, July), and this was the first, and it was for people looking to apply for the academic year starting September 2005. It was also the first time we’ve used the brand new Anatomy Suite for real.
The Anatomy Suite held up well. We’ve received the best part of all our models, skeletons, bones, joints, posters, etc that we’ve ordered and it all looked pretty good. I demonstrated some 3D anatomical layered models running on my iBook and the layout of the online teaching aids, and switched (at the flick of a switch) to a DVD cued to a video of a rotating brain. We had a couple of groups talking, and neither interfered, which was part of the reason for the design of the layout of the room. We’ll be teaching anatomy in small groups, so this should work fine.
The Suite is still not finished, and we’ve ordered some more technical kit (laptops, projectors) and have yet to order a bunch of PCs for the medical students’ use within the Suite. We’re getting there though, and it all works so far.
Curiously, one of the attendees was a friend from my first degree days – he was doing biochemistry while I was learning anatomy. Wierd, eh? He’s planning to apply.
Oh, and I got my license from the Home Office today too. I am now a licensed anatomist!
