Christina Kowalchuk is an American-born, Oxford-based actor, singer-songwriter and educator. Here she discusses her role as a simulated patient for the Communication Skills course and how she has developed new role-play material to help students talk about gender.
After a hugely successful year as ST3 Medical Education Fellows with the Primary Care and Graduate Entry teams, Dr Hayley Parkes and Dr Jack Amiry both had posters accepted at this year\u2019s RCGP conference. Here, they reflect on their Fellowship year and their participation in the conference.
Undergraduate tutors Dr Rachel Allen, Dr Laura Ingle and Dr Ruth Wilson reflect on a what has been challenging year for undergraduate primary care teaching.
Given the vast array of challenges posed by the pandemic, student welfare is more important than ever. For this term\u2019s \u201cSpotlight\u201d interviews, the Undergraduate Teaching Team speak to both Dr Lois Brand and Dr Laurence Leaver, responsible for advising on the welfare of clinical and pre-clinical students, respectively.
This term, we hear from second-year student Bethan Storey (Queen\u2019s College). Bethan discusses the impact of Covid on university life for pre-clinical students.
When the Clinical School was forced to close its doors in March, medical students seized the opportunity to support Oxford\u2019s effort to combat the pandemic. They volunteered in a huge variety of settings, from the university\u2019s vaccine trial to local GP practices. Here\u2019s what some of them have been up to\u2026
In August 2019, Dr Stewart received a prestigious Teaching Excellence Award for her work tutoring medical students across the entire six-year undergraduate programme. The first in a series of GP tutor interviews, Dr Stewart talks about the enjoyment and energy which comes with teaching.
The last few weeks have given all of us a crash course in conducting telephone and video consultations, no matter what our previous experience. The Communication Skills team were ahead of the curve earlier this year, designing a pilot session for medical students in non-face-to-face consulting. GP Tutor Dr Suzanne Stewart describes the work she has done putting this new module together.
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