The Rodpod

In this episode we end by offending physicists and showing our ignorance of art, but before that we consider if there is merit in inter-mural teaching. Should undergraduates be allowed or coerced to take a module from a different discipline? Inevitably we use a science based lens to consider this when we consider if it would have improved our skill set and would we have beeen better scientists. Along the way we consider how our teaching has changed and how we would like to change the frameworks we teach in. And for our regular listener there are the usual diversions and rabbit holes….. You have been warned!

In this episode I am joined by Craig who is a qualified Dispensing Optician and who is also a final year optometry student. He tells us about some of the pressures faced by mature students returning to education but also the many rewards that he has had from the experience. 

In tge week that the BBC news website announced the tragedy that nearly a third of university courses are still using hybrid teaching as though this were a bad thing we talk about how we use hybrid teaching and once again touch on the performance aspects of teaching. Considering this is the first time we have been let loose since Christmas it is quite restrained and 'on topic'!

Statistics are Dead! Sound the death knell for quantative methods!  Today we are discussing thw differences between qualitative and quantative methodologies and we both well and truly nail our colours to the mast. (Obviously the richness of data trumps a pretty graph but I won't hold that against Rod)

We recorded this episode to mark Black History Month. 

THis week I talk to Emma about how Tai Chi has made her a better healthcare professional. We discuss what grounds us and how we stay real.

I'm andy and Rod is still Rod. THis one was recorded just before Christmas last year and we may have been full of chocolates from under the tree but we decided to talk about Does humour belong in education. (sorry about the dodgy editing at the begining I was wearing a Christmas jumoer)

This week we are continuing our talk about assessments and we are going to look at assessment criteria. How we use assessments and how you as a student can use assessments. And it is true you can use the asessment your way!

He might not have been on Bakeoff (yet) we welcome Nkosi who joins us on our level of diversionary tactics. He starts off talking about the transitions between years at university. How expectations change and what you will get out off it. 

I can't believ it's taken us this long to get around to having an epsiode deicated to reflection. Not only have we got one for you now, we've got a fantastic guest. We are joined by Maria Hussein who talks about her work with developing reflective skills especially among internatiuonal students.

Tjis week we are talking to Elliot about what it is like being a pre registration optometrist supervisor. What they do and what they get out of it.

This week we talk to Alia and Hudaabout what it is like to be a commuter student travelling from home to university every day. Along the way we talk abiut what its like to be a twin. Many people think Rod and Andy are twins but spoiler alert, we're not!

THis week Rod and Andy consider assessments. Why we do them how we approach them and what we think of them. Along the way we are going to tilt at a few windmills and inevitably indulge in a few rabbit holes of discussion.

THis week we tke on the history of the world. Spoiler alert biscuits were consumed during the recording. We discuss how we distort out own personal history through th elens of our lived experience and how this might impact on healthcare from both a patient and providers viewpoint.

This week we reflect on our experiences as learners and how it informs our practice as teachers. As usual it was recorded while under the influence of tea and cake and takes the usual diversionary pathways down rabbit holes, along dead end lanes and and into totally unexpected meadows of lovliness.

Tis week we are joined by Tash who is going to tell us about undertaking an optometry pre reg in independant practice

THis week we are joined by Anoosh Bhogal-Nair who talks about her work using slam poetry to emancipate and give students voice. AS usual we go off ona tangent and thoroughly enjoy the result!

This week Karis talks about her year as a pre-reg optometrist

The further ramblings of Rod and andy

THis week we talk about writing with our special guest Radhika who is a professional writer.