Hart Hall, Mount Allison University, 1958 Source: Mt. Allison Archives, 2007.07/833 Hart Hall, Mount Allison University, 2018   Pre-amble: I have continued the research into the influences of vernacular architecture on the creation of positive learning experiences in undergraduate and … Continue reading →

Centennial Hall & Science Building, Mount Allison University, 2018   It was a great pleasure to present a paper entitled “Vernacular Architecture and the Pursuit of Learning at Mount Allison University” at the 44th Annual Conference of the Society for … Continue reading →

            There is an award process for excellence in social accountability by a medical school that is organised through the ASPIRE project under the auspices of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE). The … Continue reading →

This conference had about 1,700 participants and in recent years it has increased its credibility as a meeting place to discuss all aspects of medical education. On the positive side it was productive to discuss the use of the arts, … Continue reading →

Introduction: This abstract provided the basis for a short paper presentation at the Creating Space symposium before the Canadian Conference on Medical Education in Vancouver in April 2015. See: http://www.proreg.ca/events/ccme/abstracts_2015/schedule_pc_abs.php?id=107270 Title: Using the humanities and arts to blend areas of … Continue reading →

The new academic year of 2014/2015 started with great excitement in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial: 81 students, the Class of 2018, starting Phase 1; and 81 students, the Class of 2017, returning from their summer research projects for … Continue reading →

In May 2014 the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland organised the 2nd Medical Education Scholarship Centre’s Forum. I was pleased to be involved with the following presentations –   (1) Oral poster presentation entitled “Social Accountability in … Continue reading →

  Author note: the workshop had 19 participants and it is too recent for any evaluation data to have reached us. However the talking nature of the workshop did seem to enable the participants to explore the use of the … Continue reading →

  Author note: I am very pleased to be collaborating with these three colleagues in this project that is funded in part from a grant by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).   Brown, … Continue reading →