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Conferences, equality & diversity, race

Resources for HEIW workshop

Posted on 27 November 2020 by Paul Brennan

Two starting points: GMC Ethical Hub https://www.gmc-uk.org/ethical-guidance/ethical-hub BMA advice on Discrimination and harassment (includes a link to BMA Charter on Racial Harassment) https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/discrimination-and-harassment More reading: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ – Ways You Can Help Racial Injustice: Medicine is not exempt – Melanin Medics (Olamide Dada) British Medical Journal special issue on racism in Medicine Talking openly about racism in Medicine
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equality & diversity, Students

Sources of help at Cardiff University

Posted on 30 September 2020 by Paul Brennan

If you experience harassment, please consider the following: Get to safety and seek support Keep a record Challenge behaviour, if safe to do so Report behaviour and complain, if you feel safe to do so. There are many options for support and further information Good friends and family can be a great place to start MEDIC Support Use
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Liberating Structures, Presentations, Self Development, Teaching

Things to share during Zoom Play Session

Posted on 29 September 2020 by Paul Brennan

Screen sharing White board is in Screen sharing. Annotate with text, drawings, etc Save screen- button on right of Annotate Clear annotations – host can clear own, others, all… Can share files: e.g. a Powerpoint presentation for plenary Annotation also possible on documents Can sharing co-working document (OneDrive, perhaps) Share a link through chat, perhaps
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Electives, Self Development, SSC, Teaching

Inspired by bilingual assessment

Posted on 28 July 2020 by Paul Brennan

Dw i’n eisiau rannu cyfrif o asesiad dwyieithog. I want to share an account of a bilingual assessment. Last year, I was asked by Awen Iorwerth if I would consider making submissions for the Elective assessment available in Welsh. This seemed like a relatively straight forward task so I agreed to look into it. We
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