Innovations Across the Devolved Nations: Best Practice from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

We are delighted to share our members' best practice and innovations in healthcare education across Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Colleagues from Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) share details about the Immersive Technologies Project. We also hear about the impact of enabling Authentic Assessment at Edinburgh Napier University. Finally, we learn how innovative learning through serious games can be useful in teaching difficult topics such as pancreatic cancer or dementia awareness.

Speakers:

• Carol Mckinlay, Immersive Technologies Project Manager, HEIW
• Dr Clare Hawker, Director of Technology and Simulation, Cardiff University ; Member, HEIW

• Dr Catherine Mahoney, Associate Dean in Learning and Teaching, Edinburgh Napier University
• Dr Gary Mitchell, Director of Postgraduate Taught, Queen's University Belfast

For more details about case studies, please contact events@cod-health.ac.uk

Timecode:

(00:19) Introductions

(01:52) Immersive Technologies Project in Wales

(12:39) How they plan to engage with HEIs

(14:44) Serious games around cancer, dementia, etc in Northern Ireland

(20:53) Co production with students and obstacles developing serious games

(25:28) Serious games: collaboration with stakeholders

(27:34) Enabling Authentic Assessment at Edinburgh Napier (Scotland)

(33:17) Impact of Authentic Assessment on clinical care

(35:21) Conclusion

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Note: Dr Catherine Mahoney is Associate Dean in Learning andTeaching, and NOT Associate Dean in Learning and Technology, as stated in the introduction.