So everyone knows how much I love reading your blogs, but they aren’t actually a part of your curriculum simply to brighten up long train journeys. I started this program, initially, to help you learn to reflect and describe your clinical experiences to each other. I didn’t realise at first that you were all going Read More…
Author: Clare McNally
I am a Lecturer of Oral Health at the Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne. My current focus is on improving my teaching to create an enviable blended program.
Self care and work-life balance (2.0)
Sorry I am one day late posting this… my goal is to post something every Friday morning. If you are going to post weekly – I want to too. I posted a blog last year about self care and looking out for yourself. This seems like a good time to remind everyone to do this… Read More…
Last day of the BOH3 intensive
I am feeling like a bit of an empty nester today. Our BOH3 students have finished their intro into third year and are ready to go on their clinical placements around the various community clinics and other dental clinics. I have had the best time working with BOH3 for the past 2 years. They have Read More…
Achieving long-term goals
Well the title is a bit misleading – I should say achieving medium term goals! I hadn’t worked as a full time lecturer for a long time before starting at Melbourne. But I did have a plan to try and convert most of my work online. I don’t want to unnecessarily contribute to the waste Read More…
Self care and motivation
I have been drafting this blogpost for several weeks in my head. But the Fail Forward post seemed to resonate so I let it stand for a bit longer. But after a tough day it seems relevant to post this now. Studying and working at University is hard… it’s full of lots of highs such Read More…
Fail forward
BOH 1 had their first clinical session with patients yesterday. It is always a stressful and nerve-wracking time (although I am usually excited). I taught the clinical procedures component for the first time last year – with many changes and bumps along the way and we made it through. This year I had all sorts Read More…
Feed up, Feed back, Feed forward
I have been trying to get time to write this post for a long time and this weekend seems the most appropriate. I learned about this method of giving feedback to students at a workshop that was otherwise forgetful. And since I learned about this feedback framework, I have read that this is fairly standard Read More…
Reflective practice
Two weeks ago I started participating in a weekly Twitter chat #LTHEChat – (Learning and Teaching in Higher Education). This chat is run by academics in the U.K. It is a frenetic conversation with 5 questions posed in the hour. Participants respond to each others questions and to each other as well. The timing is Read More…
If you can’t explain it to your grandma, you don’t understand it
I made a note to write this blog post when I listened to episode 66 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. This episode was titled making challenging subjects fun. I think that a lot of the subjects in the BOH (certainly the practice subjects) don’t seem challenging on the surface. When you read the unit Read More…
Lessons from the BOH 3 clinical intensive
The third year Bachelor of Oral Health students have finished their 4-week intensive program that is designed to set them up for the final year of their degree. This program focuses on learning sociology and public policy, getting back into the swing of seeing patients and some preclinical restorative refreshers. I am mostly involved in Read More…