Media Services, IT Services, Receives Award for Supporting Student Learning
The Media Services team, UCD IT Services, has been awarded one of the 2011/2012 Awards for Supporting Student Learning for their work on a range of Psychiatry eTutorials with UCD School of Medicine & Medical Science.
They cover topics ranging from Taking Case Histories to Affective Disorder and Delirium. These etutorials allow students to make mistakes, learn from these mistakes and hone their communication skills. This helps the students to grow in confidence, add to their knowledge base and become more effective communicators.
According to Dr. Allys Guerandel, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry, health professionals have identified Communication Skills as one of the critical skills in student education, adding that ìThe students have consistently given very positive feedback on these as demonstrated in the recent Medical Council Accreditation visit when the Council commended the etutorials.
Professor Bairbre Redmond, Deputy Registrar (Teaching and Learning) commented that The Committee considered that the work of you and your colleagues demonstrated an outstanding contribution to supporting student learning and the provision of an effective and positive learning environment in UCD. Congratulations to the Media Services team especially Niall Watts, Brian Kelly and Séan Domhnaill.