mine Feb 2010

Day 10 - final day...

I arrived at 0900hrs to Hendon and was amazed to see so many people already there. Usually i am the first to arrive but even the Italians were there before me - nerves or what!!!
Excellent day where we presented our findings over the past two weeks to our invited VIP's. Good feedback ( evaluations ) from all. The student conference went very well with Valentino and Antti chairing the conference - well done. Fantastic presentations and everyone put a lot of effort into this.
Looking forward to the meal at Brick Lane tonight and to say a final farewell to all delegates.

mine - Feb 2010

Day 9 - Met at Hendon today to finish off presentation and work out if any questions could be asked. Morning went very well with everyone contributing to the presentation.
Laughing at the fact that Malin went all quiet when asked to introduce presentation - she is so good and knowledgeable.

mine Feb 2010

Day 8 - Goodness, how quickly the past 2 weeks have almost gone!!

Exceptionally good day for learning - Josanne intoduced me to a new website which you can develop professional looking presentations. We presented our presentations today as a trial run for feedback from academics - good response from everyone. I will be able to use some of these websites to improve my teaching presentations.

This afternoon the "duck tour" was organised - although i have lived in London for almost 19yrs, i have never been on one of these tours ( I know - shame on me ). So, i have now decided that should any visitors come to stay then we have to do the duck tours - very enjoyable afternoon. Thank you.

mine - Feb 2010

Day 7 - Bit of a mixed day for me today. We ( the mentors ) met at Hendon and commenced work on our presentation. Emanuel came well prepared with excellent ideas and graphics which were developed further by the group. I had to leave the group on two occaisons as I had presentations to give to CFP students about to embark on their first clinical placement. The presentation was completed and is now ready for the final day... watch this space!!

mine - Feb 2010

Day 6 - Getting used to ( or trying to ) getting used to European time - I am so anal about time keeping and always in class at least 10-15mins before start time. To see evryone coming in at 0930hrs or later, then have coffee and a chat is quite comical as i sit and laugh at myself about being so anal.
Quite nice today for all mentors to come together rather than two groups - we all know what needs to be included in the final presentation and are working towards this. Personally, i still cannot see my own final presentation currently but hoping to by the end of this week.

mine - Feb 2010

Day 5 - Very interesting feedback from student groups regarding their anxieties and expectations from mentors prior to and on placement. It was also interesting to see how the Italians are graded in ther practice and how Middlesex are reviewing their pass / refer status and incorporating a grading system for British students. This would have to be very clear with dimensions for each grade so no confusion between mentors and lecturers. Looking forward to see how this develops.
Mentors also had similar ideas of why and what they are assessing from the student perspective.

mine - Feb 2010

Day 4 - Reviewed learning theories. Has made me realise that i don't know my theories as well as i thought so i need to revisit them and study some more.
Although the examples given on the day could fit into two or more theories, this gave us all food for thought.