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Behind the scenes of Cambridge University Medical School - Med student VLOG #35

2018-05-24 · Vlog or day in the life · Ali · recording, 5:21 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Medicine and his doctor years (also: YouTube, writing online and creators) · mode: Demonstration and walkthrough

Ali, a final-year Cambridge medical student, vlogs the clinical school's faculty Away Day, where he presents his YouTube channel (about 110 videos in nine months) and proposes that the clinical school make its own channel of high-quality educational videos for medical students.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Arriving at the Clinical School Away Day, a big faculty meeting

  • ★★ Ali attends the Cambridge clinical school's Away Day, a big faculty meeting, where he has been invited to give a presentation about his YouTube channel. — 00:00:00 · University of Cambridge

00:00:28 — Morning session: the dean, e-learning talks, assessment

  • ★ At the Away Day's morning session the dean spoke and others talked about e-learning content, online resources being trialled and online examiner training; to Ali electronic learning seems to be really pushed. (hedged) — 00:00:28
  • ★ Ali is interested in the Away Day's talk on assessment because, he says, he absolutely loves exams. — 00:00:28

00:01:16 — UK Medical Licensing Assessment talks and writing a multiple-choice question in groups

  • ★★ After presentations on the UK Medical Licensing Assessment, the Away Day's attendees split into groups to try writing a multiple-choice question and see how hard it is. — 00:01:16

00:01:55 — Ali's talk about his YouTube channel and a channel for the clinical school

  • ★★ In his talk Ali says he has been making YouTube videos for nine months and has made about 110 in that time. — 00:02:15
  • ★★ Dr Davies emailed Ali the week before, asking him to talk about his channel and suggest how the clinical school might use a platform like YouTube to improve the student experience. — 00:02:15
  • ★★★ Ali proposes that the Cambridge clinical school make its own YouTube channel of high-quality educational videos for medical students. — 00:02:39 · University of Cambridge

00:03:23 — Education theory in group work and what Ali took from the day

  • ★ The Away Day ended with group sessions on education theory, including hypothetico-deductive reasoning versus pattern recognition. — 00:03:23
  • ★★ Ali had not realised that faculty planning a curriculum or training to teach students do the group work, spider diagrams and post-it notes he associates with school or university. — 00:04:06
  • ★★ The Away Day made Ali appreciate how much work goes on behind the scenes of the Cambridge clinical school. — 00:04:06 · University of Cambridge
  • ★★ Ali's presentation about his channel seemed to go down reasonably well: a few people approached and emailed him, making the Away Day a nice networking opportunity. (hedged) — 00:04:06

00:04:42 — Drone shots, attendees' comments and sign-off

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Mentioned

Central: University of Cambridge

Also: University of Oxford

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