Thursday 26 November, 09:00 – 10:00 GMT

 

As physiology education moves online it is more important than ever for teaching communities to develop strategies that cater for every individual student. The contributors to this webinar discussed strategies and interventions they have employed to make the curriculum more relevant and accessible to all their learners.

 

Dayne Beccano-Kelly (University of Oxford, UK) spoke about his project to make the study of physiology more appealing to BAME populations by using a competition asking participants to identify culturally appropriate role models.

 

Hilary MacQueen (The Open University, UK) brought all her extensive experience of teaching at the Open University to bear to explain strategies and techniques we can employ in the online milieu to engage our students.

 

James McEvoy (Royal Holloway, London, UK) outlined strategies he has employed with his own students to reduce the BAME awarding gap in concrete terms.

 

Nick Freestone (Kingston University, UK) returned to the theme of the use of role models in his discussion of how he has used relatable alumni and other interventions to remove awarding gaps in the suite of undergraduate pharmaceutical science degrees of which he is course leader.