Speaker Introduction

Niamh has taught the full gamut from large second year science classes, small PBL groups, an online course in Infectious Diseases and, science students engaged in teaching hands-on science to children. She has taught courses that span the Faculties of Medicine, Science and Education. As a key player in the design and delivery of UBC’s distributed medical program, which delivers UBC’s medical program to three distinct University campuses (in British Columbia) separated by water and approx. 500 miles (or 800 km) of land, she has been at the forefront in the promotion, design, and delivery of distributed learning. Niamh often uses what she coins a ‘trickle down learning’ approach. For instance, in teaching science to young children, she excites teachers, parents and University students to do engaging science experiments with children thereby, facilitating the childrens’ learning of science. Niamh will be joined in this session by second year medical students who will share their perspective on assessment.