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MBChB Newsletter
Issue 1 - January 2011
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Editorial
The University of Sheffield Medical School delivers education to approximately 1400 undergraduate students as well as to postgraduate students on a variety of taught and research-based degree programmes. This is a mammoth undertaking, and teaching is delivered in hospitals and practices around the region, as well as in Sheffield.

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Annual Teaching Away Day
Each year the Medical School holds a Teaching Away Day. This is an opportunity for course managers, clinicians and academics who deliver the courses and students to come together to discuss the teaching run by the Medical School. These days play a vital role in shaping the on-going development of such courses.

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University Library is Rated the Best in the UK
Students rated the University of Sheffield's Library services the best in the UK, in the recent Times Higher Education Student Survey, with the local Sheffield Student Survey indicating that students in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health are the most satisfied.

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Staff Rewarded for Learning and Teaching
Mr John Rochester - Honorary President of the Medical Society.
Dr Julian Burton - Personal tutor of the year.
Minerva web team - Greatest contribution to learning and teaching.


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Student Success Stories
Ms Alice Pitt was recently selected to present her work to the Society of British Neurological Surgeons. Sultana Begum wins the Association of Clinical pathologists 2nd Prize for Journalism in Pathology.

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Teaching Students to Manage the Critically Ill
Simulation training is playing an increasing role in medical training at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

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Around the Patch
Our students are taught cross a huge geographical area. In addition to placements in general practices across South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, students receive some of their training in the four Associate Teaching Hospitals, as well as in Scunthorpe and Grimsby. Here is a round up of what's going on around the patch.

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The MSC Assessment Alliance
Earlier this year a major change occurred in the national scene with respect to medical knowledge assessment. In April the Universities Medical Assessment Partnership (UMAP), which was a cooperative of 14 UK universities, was disbanded and reformed under the auspices of the Medical Schools' Council.

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