Information for Teachers
The Taste of Medicinewebsite has been designed to help school and college students by providing a range of support including; information and advice about the variety of healthcare courses and careers; how to maximise their chances of progression to a medical or healthcare course, specifically focusing on work experience and communications skills; how learning and teaching takes place at university.
Experiencing It has been developed with Year 11 and Post-16 students in mind, especially those interested in pursuing a career in healthcare given the importance of being able to gain relevant work experience before applying for these courses. It is also of great importance that students are able to reflect on their experiences, recognising the skills gained and development that has taken place and present this when applying for a university course. Although it is mainly focused at those interested in healthcare, it is also the case that many of the key messages could be useful for a range of other cohorts.
Listed below are some hints and tips on how to make the best use of Experiencing It with either a specific class or during a careers information session. You are of course under no obligation to use this lesson plan, Previous experience, has identified this as an effective way of communicating important messages about work experience and promoting the development of reflective practice. The plan has significant curriculum links to Key Stage Four Citizenship and Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Education all detailed within the plan.
In our testing with local schools, we have found Experiencing It works very well with the following groups (noting that this list is not exhaustive):
- Year 11 Science Classes
- Year 11 Health and Social Care Classes
- Post 16 groups with an active interest in progressing to study medicine or health care courses
- Post 16 students studying specific health and social care courses
The following simple lesson plan can be used as a guide when you use the Taste of Medicine: ‘Experiencing It’ website at your school. In addition to this plan you might want to use the website in other ways too, and it can meet curriculum links to other subjects to those already mentioned. If you have any questions about the site as a whole or the plan below please contact us at tasteofmedicine@sgul.ac.uk
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Click here to view the Single Class Lesson Plan - (974kb PDF) If your School or College is local to St George’s and you would like someone to come and talk to students specifically about work experiencing and reflection please contact us: tasteofmedicine@sgul.ac.uk |
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