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Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine Annual Report 2006-7 In veterinary we supported the RVC in an application to HEFCE who were awarded £3.73M in June 2006 to support the creation of VETNET LLN 15 , the Lifelong Learning Network for the Veterinary and allied Animal Science disciplines. It is a partnership consisting of eight HEIs and ten FECs (in the first instance), the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, LANTRA (the Sector Skills Council for the land based disciplines), the British Veterinary Association and the British Veterinary Nursing Association. The majority of LLNs in England are regional partnerships; VETNET is one of three with a national network and a regional infrastructure (southeast including London, southwest, east, midlands, northwest and northeast). It is expected that any regional pathways developed will sit within a national framework. VETNET LLN encompasses not just veterinary practice, but also animal care and welfare, and professions allied to veterinary practice, such as veterinary nursing. On a regional and national basis VETNET will: • Establish qualifications equivalence; • Formulate credit principles and processes; • Provide a framework and progression map for higher educational and lifelong learning; • Engage in curriculum building and adaptation; • Provide guidance and information services based on a database of qualification and credit equivalence; • Provide clearing house functions; • Provide Personal Development Planning and AP(E)L support for learners in order to facilitate reengagement with learning. MEDEV sees this as an excellent opportunity to further develop awareness and understanding of wider issues of access and WP in the region and nationally, and have, as part of their contribution to the project, agreed to work with the LLN on all aspects of dissemination. 3.13 Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales Advice from our NPCs and SSAs in Northern Ireland and Wales, indicates that they feel they have a strong grasp of the local, political situation. Interaction with the Subject Centre enables an overview of where their work fits into the wider national perspective and continues to increase awareness and share good practice in both local and national initiatives in teaching and learning development. We are planning to increase our policy perspective in these countries in the coming period through appointment of policy advisors. 3.13.1 Northern Ireland There is one School of Medicine and one Dental School at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland. There are three NPCs and four SSAs based in the Northern Ireland constituency. However we also have contacts in Eire, particularly in Dentistry and Veterinary, who participate in MEDEV activities. With only two schools we need to work very closely with local priorities, and need advice from senior staff as to how the Centre can best assist. One SSA, Ms Boohan, is the editorial advisor to the Newsletter - regularly identifying priority areas for commissioning articles. Communication has increased since the CETL was established, and staff of the Centre have visited at the invitation of the CETL, and less formally to meet with staff (together with Marion Helme from HSaP where appropriate). In October 2006, MEDEV hosted a health policy ‘masterclass’ for senior managers, facilitated by Paul Stanton, in Belfast. This was one of the largest events held this year with over 50 participants. Eighteen delegates from NI have attended MEDEV events (see 7 HEI Evidence of Engagement Data 2006-7 on page 37 below). Workshop funding was awarded for a workshop on the use of ‘SimBaby’ in interprofessional teaching (to take place in 2007-8). Three mini projects were awarded in 2006-7: Dr Paul Collier was awarded funding for a JISC case study, Inter professional e-learning and medicines governance. Dr Stephen McCullough The Development of an interactive Computer-Based platform to Focus Student-Directed Observation and Learning of Virtual Microscope Slides, and Dr Jacqueline James Evaluating the impact of an e-pathology course on student performance, learning and interaction. We are pleased to have received these high quality proposals, as there have been occasions when no bids were received at all. 15 http://www.vetnetlln.ac.uk/ (September 2007). 16
Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine Annual Report 2006-7 3.13.2 Scotland There are five Schools of Medicine, three Dental Schools and two Veterinary Schools in Scotland. The Subject Centre has met several times with Alistair Robertson, <strong>Academy</strong> Senior Advisor who confirmed that, based on discussion of the activities listed in the Annual Report 2005-6 the Subject Centre has been undertaking appropriate activity in terms of the constituency in Scotland. Nine NPCs and 11 SSAs are based in Scotland. Scottish institutions were successful in bidding for two communities of practice, one JISC case study and three mini projects. The Subject Centre attended five external meetings in Scotland. One workshop was held Critical thinking: defining the concept, promoting the practice – University of Glasgow. MEDEV Senior Subject Advisor, Nigel Purcell, sits on the ASME Executive Board and attended the annual, international, ASME 3 day conference held in Aberdeen. 3.13.3 Wales The Subject Centre continues to develop a good working relationship with the constituency in Wales. There are two Schools of Medicine (University of Wales, Swansea and Cardiff University) and one Dental School (Cardiff University) in Wales. Swansea students (graduate entry programme) currently graduate from Cardiff. There are two NPCs and three SSAs based in Wales. Representatives from MEDEV attended two meetings in Wales this year. Two mini-projects (one in medicine and one in dentistry) were awarded: Breaking boundaries dissemination: a collaborative evaluation and promotion of better chair side teaching Mr John Sweet - Cardiff University, and Can the quality of risk communication by undergraduate medical students be improved? An educational intervention & evaluation Dr Elizabeth Metcalf- Cardiff University. A third successful project is shared between Cardiff and UEA. The Subject Centre met with Wales Senior Advisor Gabriel Jezierski in Winter 2006. It was confirmed that the Subject Centre is undertaking appropriate activity in terms of the constituency. The Senior Advisor has been provided with a copy of the annual report. 3.14 Other 3.14.1 Interprofessional <strong>Education</strong> Our involvement is IPE is briefly outlined in 3.53.5 Federation With HSaP on page 7 above, to which we would add that we have worked hard this year to ‘walk the talk’ – it is essential for staff of the Centre to participate in IPE-related activities in order to dispel any myth that our constituency does not take IPE seriously. 3.14.2 Federated Access Over the past three years MEDEV has worked with various JISC funded core middleware projects, JANET (UK) and the local Strategic Health Authority to investigate the potential for enabling access to HE resources and services from within NHS networks (and vice versa). “Most people who work in the Trusts wouldn’t have access to or be aware of the SC, and firewalls etc. don’t help” (R13) The NHS-HE Forum and National Library for Health have been effective in raising issues. MEDEV is partner in a JISC funded project (FAM) to investigate solutions using the NHS-HE portal and federated access management. “The N3 JANET Gateway is a joint project between the NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) and JANET (UK) (formerly UKERNA) designed to provide an efficient, secure method of allowing bidirectional access to NHS and HE academic resources. The gateway is located within JANET (UK) and will provide fast and robust web access to support access to services such as Virtual Learning Environments. Support will also be provided for terminal services traffic such as Citrix or other "thin client" applications which are already in use in many areas to support staff and students at remote sites. 17
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