The Society is delighted to announce the four winners of the Education and teaching Award, designed to support members wishing to develop new educational resources or conduct a piece of publishable educational research that addresses a key question in physiological education.
Cathal Breen (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
Project title: An Evaluation Of HeARtbeat augmented reality smartphone application for 12 lead ECG electrode placement teaching to health and social care pre-registration students
“By funding this research project, The Physiological Society are impacting clinical skills training and improved patient outcomes. It is envisioned heARtbeat smartphone app will be the de facto method for training all health profession staff in ECG acquisition and a mandatory tool to use during all ECG acquisitions on patients within healthcare environments worldwide”.
Paul Ansdell (Northumbria University, UK)
Project title: Identifying and addressing gender gaps in sports degrees
“I’m really excited to begin working on this Education and Teaching Award, between a team of researchers at Northumbria University we’re hoping to better understand how gender influences how students engage with our sports degrees. We’re hoping that the information we generate will help us and other institutes to improve outcomes for students of all genders.”
Francesca Arrigoni (Kingston University, UK)
Project title: Promoting transdisciplinary creative thinking skills to improve accessibility of physiology and STEM teaching
“I am delighted to have been awarded this Education and Teaching Award that will allow me to develop exciting multimedia approaches for transdisciplinary physiology teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate students. This should not only significantly help students from a variety of backgrounds learn physiology more easily but also advance the delivery of research and education to a broader audience and increase the reach, value and impact of my work.”
Derek Scott (Aberdeen University, UK)
Project title: Barriers and enablers in accessing healthcare science education and careers in Scotland
“I’m very grateful to the Society for this award. This project will allow us to highlight the diverse career paths for people studying physiology and help the Society engage with those using our discipline every day in patient care. It will also allow the Society to become more involved in discussions regarding how we recruit, retain and encourage those who want to access a healthcare science career in the future. Our unique partnership of academics in different institutions and the Chief Scientific Officer for Scotland shows how these awards can be vehicles for novel educational collaborations.”
Find out more about the Education and Teaching Award.