Last year I was involved with a pre-induction group which looked at preparing students for university life. One of the outputs from the group was Gale's Skills4Uni development kit. Essentially it consisted of a programme of mini tasks/tests, each focusing on different areas of learning such as research, note taking, report writing etc.
The application is made available before the students start university but have accepted their offers. In much the same way as students in Engineering were given an assignment before they started their first term.
I had initial ideas of developing a pre-induction activity for the current first year MBChB cohort which we discussed in the team. We developed an idea of students being prepared for their first personal mentor meeting by doing a pre-induction activity which involved using PebblePad to create a profile of the students intentions, interests in medicine and motivations where. However, due to unforeseen circumstances we were unable to deliver this activity.
I think it would be very beneficial to ensure that this activity is delivered for the new cohort in Autumn.
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Nas, really good to see that induction is being looked at. Let me know if you would like me to pursue this with colleagues on the MBChB.
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