How Digital is Revolutionising

Biomedical Education and the Implications for

Medical Librarianship

Dr. Neil Bradman

Chairman, Henry Stewart Group

First, a warning...

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The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection

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Change is happening – we all must adjust

At a stroke it increases the teaching faculty

Now an important question…

Flipped Classroom

Students listen to the lecture before coming

to class and then, armed with their questions,

can take part in a seminar discussion.

No one need miss a

lecture

Benefits of the Online Approach to Education

Students can listen as often as they wish

World leading experts come

to them

Questions and thinking are stimulated

The focus is more on learning than on teaching

Benefits of the Online Approach to Education

Challenges

Quality of internet and

intranet access

Awareness Evaluation of a resource’s

worth

Technology Enhances and Empowers

Team learning

Flipped classroom

Distance learning

Blended learning

Taking Full Advantage of the Opportunities

Ability to access streaming digital content 24/7/365

Online material must be actively promoted to ensure

the potential benefits are realised

Appraisal and assessing “value for money”:

there are no short cuts

Taking Full Advantage of the Opportunities

Budget advocacy

Archiving for regular or irregular future use digital

material produced ‘in-house’ in the university

Thank you!