Official opening of the Ron Grimley Undergraduate Simulation Centre

The official opening of our new simulation centre was conducted by Professor Kate Thomas, Deputy Dean of University of Birmingham Medical School. Mr Atiq-ur Rehman (Head of Clinical Teaching Academy), Dr. Nicola Calthorpe (Consultant Anaesthetist), Mrs Denise Mcmahon (Director of Nursing) and Professor Kate Thomas all gave speeches of accolade and recognition for everyone involved […]

REME Teaching Award achievement for Dr Nicola Calthorpe

We are delighted to announce that Consultant Anaesthetist and RGUC Senior Academy Tutor, Dr Nicola Calthorpe, has been awarded a Recognising Excellence in Medical Education (REME) Teaching Award on behalf of University of Birmingham medical students. This award celebrates the delivery of outstanding teaching and recognises Dr Calthorpe’s efforts in the delivery of undergraduate medical […]

TASME Innovation Award: July 2014

The RGUC entered and were first runners up in a national competition for Innovations in Teaching. This award which sees upward of 25 entries per year, was given for the Innovative Anatomy project, part of the RGUC online learning resource iClinical. The learned audience were highly enthused to hear details of this novel teaching package which is under […]

Dean’s Prize July 2014

Congratulations to Dr Katherine Speirs and Dr Christopher Timmis, Clinical Teaching Fellows at RGUC, who entered and won the University of Birmingham Deans Prize for Undergraduate Medical Education Research. Their work entitled “The advocacy-enquiry debriefing method in simulation education: exploring student perspectives” was also presented as a poster at the 2014 Association of the Study of Medical […]