{"id":3062,"date":"2020-11-09T11:01:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T11:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/CESI\/?p=3062"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:46:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:46:24","slug":"personal-tutor-profile-samantha-holloway-school-of-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/personal-tutor-profile-samantha-holloway-school-of-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Tutor Profile: Samantha Holloway, School of Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3063\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/personal-tutor-profile-samantha-holloway-school-of-medicine\/8w7gsu6w_400x400\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/11\/8w7gsU6w_400x400.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"8w7gsU6w_400x400\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/11\/8w7gsU6w_400x400.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/CESI\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/11\/8w7gsU6w_400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3063\" width=\"344\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/11\/8w7gsU6w_400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/11\/8w7gsU6w_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/11\/8w7gsU6w_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/11\/8w7gsU6w_400x400-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/11\/8w7gsU6w_400x400-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/11\/8w7gsU6w_400x400-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tell us a little about yourself, what School you\u2019re a Senior Personal Tutor in and how long have you been involved with Personal Tutoring?<\/strong><br>I\u2019m based within the Centre for Medical Education, School of Medicine. I\u2019m the Programme Director for the Masters in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair and I\u2019m also a Tutor on the Medical Undergraduate programme. I have been a Personal Tutor for 8 years and Senior Personal Tutor for Postgraduate taught programmes since 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What\u2019s been the most rewarding thing about being a Personal Tutor so far?<\/strong><br>Knowing you\u2019ve been able to make a difference in a student\u2019s development. Being able to support students through their studies and seeing them Graduate is very rewarding!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What\u2019s been the biggest realisation for you in terms of the impact a Personal Tutor can have on students?<\/strong><br>How powerful the Personal Tutee-Personal Tutor relationship can be in instilling confidence, self-esteem and self-efficacy in a student if managed well<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What advice would you impart to colleagues new to Personal Tutoring?<\/strong><br>Personal Tutoring is a two-way process where the student should feel empowered to engage with the process but they may need time to feel comfortable with the Tutee-Tutor relationship. Therefore it\u2019s important to set boundaries, manage expectation and build a rapport to foster an environment of trust and respect. Personal Tutoring is not just giving advice and \u2018rescuing\u2019 struggling students<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What 5 things would you recommend as good practice for all Personal Tutors?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Know your students and their programme of study<\/li><li>Listening should be the main feature of Personal Tutoring interactions<\/li><li>Be mindful of student concerns and foster an environment that allows students to talk about the challenges they are concerned about<\/li><li>Facilitate reflective practice to support students to identify what\u2019s going well and what isn\u2019t so they can set realistic goals<\/li><li>Seek support from colleagues<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new Personal Tutoring Online Resource is now live and available to all Personal Tutors, Senior Personal Tutors and those that help support the Personal Tutoring System. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The package consists of:&nbsp;<br>\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/comms.createsend1.com\/t\/t-l-xttkiit-l-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A refreshed Personal Tutoring Online Resource<\/a><br>\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/comms.createsend1.com\/t\/t-l-xttkiit-l-g\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A bank of Scenario-based Case Studies<\/a><br>\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/comms.createsend1.com\/t\/t-l-xttkiit-l-w\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Personal Tutoring at a Distance Podcast Series<\/a><br>\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/comms.createsend1.com\/t\/t-l-xttkiit-l-yd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Personal Tutoring at a Distance \u2013 thematic video resources<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tell us a little about yourself, what School you\u2019re a Senior Personal Tutor in and how long have you been involved with Personal Tutoring?I\u2019m based within the Centre for Medical [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1799,"featured_media":3063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[371,376],"tags":[184,273,299],"custom_author":[],"class_list":["post-3062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-education","category-education-development","tag-digital","tag-digital-practice","tag-personal-tutors"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":3062},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KqgK-No","meta_box":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/11\/8w7gsU6w_400x400.jpg","pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1799"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3064,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062\/revisions\/3064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3062"},{"taxonomy":"custom_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/custom_author?post=3062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}