17 March 2011
Chinese faculty to say farewell to Dundee
Photo opportunity: 6.30pm on Thursday, 17th March at Queen Mother Building, University of Dundee. Senior School of Medicine staff will present certificates to visitors from Tianjin Medical University in recognition of their visit.
The University of Dundee's School of Medicine will this evening bid farewell to visiting faculty from Tianjin Medical University in China.
A total of 16 academics from Tianjin have visited Dundee over the past six months to observe how the University’s undergraduate medical programme is structured and how teaching methods and materials are used.
In two groups of 8, the Tianjin delegation shadowed students at various stages of their degree in different teaching environments – lecture theatres, small group working, and hospital wards - with each group spending two months on the programme.
The second of the groups will leave Dundee at the weekend and the School of Medicine will tonight host a reception to mark the partnership. Taking place at the Queen Mother Building boardroom from 6.30pm, the event will see certificates presented to the visiting academics before a dinner takes place in their honour.
Professor John Connell, Dean of the School of Medicine said, 'In order to get an insight into the complexity of the programme, each member of the group also visited a GP's practice to observe the teaching of students outwith Ninewells and to see how the primary care system operates.
'As part of the visit, the group met with key members of staff in the Medical School to discuss aspects of the university’s programme. The delegation was impressed with the design of the curriculum which is based around the various systems of the body e.g. cardiovascular, respiratory etc, and how the programme is specifically designed to integrate knowledge, skills and professional behaviour.
'Throughout the visit, the group attended sessions in medical education teaching run by John Dent, a Reader in Medical Education and consultant in orthopaedic surgery at Ninewells Hospital. Visits were organised for individuals to meet with clinicians from their own specialty or meet with researchers in their own research area.'
The visits are the result of long-standing links between the University of Dundee and Tianjin Medical University. Dundee has recruited students from Tianjin for Masters courses for several years, and delegations of senior TMU staff have visited the university on several occasions.
Professor Pete Downes, Principal of the University, visited Tianjin last year and TMU President Hao Xishan will visit Dundee in June. Representatives from Dundee have been invited to attend Tianjin Medical University’s 60th Anniversary later this year.
For media enquiries contact:
Grant Hill
Press Officer
University of Dundee
Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4HN
TEL: 01382 384768
E-MAIL: g.hill@dundee.ac.uk
MOBILE: 07854 953277 |
