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Dr Alison Jack

Dr Alison Jack
Dr Alison Jack
Dr Alison Jack

Senior Lecturer

About
Email Address
a.jack@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 437527
Office Address

Room 5.17, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD

School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Biography

Alison graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1995 with a first class Honours degree in Biomedical Sciences then went on to complete a PhD in 1999 from the same institution. During her PhD she worked with Prof. Mary Cotter and Prof. Norman Cameron studying cardiovascular complications in diabetic neuropathy. She returned to Aberdeen in 2001 to take up the position of Teaching Fellow in what was then the Department of Biomedical Sciences, now part of the School of Medical Sciences. Alison was promoted to Senior Teaching Fellow in 2008, was part of the team that set up Aberdeen Dental School in 2008 and became Principal Lead of Year 1 Medicine in 2013.  In 2013 she was also appointed Senior Personal Tutor for the School of Medical Sciences, and represents the College of Life Sciences and Medicine on the Personal Tutor Steering Group. In 2015 she became the Deputy Lead of Assessment with responsibility for the written assessment elements in the MBChB, PA and BDS programmes. She completed her Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching (Medical Education) in 2012 and became a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in January 2015. In September 2017 Alison was appointed Deputy Programme Lead for MBChB.

Alison has a strong interest in medical education in general, and planetary health education in particular. She works closely with colleagues in NHS Highland to promote teaching and research into the relationships between climate and health.

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Deputy Programme Lead of MBChB

MBChB Curriculum Steering Group - member

Personal Tutor for Medical Sciences

Chair of: Year 1 (MBChB) Executive; MBChB Staff-Student Liaison Committee; MBChB Year 1 Executive; Exam Boards; Early Years (MBChB and PA) Teaching Group

External Memberships

European Network on Climate and Health Education - Steering Group member

Medical Schools Council, Education for Sustainable Healthcare Alliance - UoA representative

Scottish Medical Education (Early Years) Group - member

Member of TUTELAGE

Liaison with, and ultimately responsible to, the General Medical Council in relation to the MBChB programmes

Contacts with NHS (Grampian) colleagues in relation to MBChB programme delivery

Teaching

Programmes

Courses

Teaching Responsibilities

Deputy Programme Lead for MBChB

Year 1 Lead MBChB

Gateway to Medicine Programme Lead

Personal Tutor to Medical Sciences

Anatomy Lead for Physicians Associate Programme.

Course co-ordinator for ME2512 (Medicine 1).

Further contributions to teaching include: MBChB anatomy teaching, DE2001 (General Health and Disease), BI20B2 (Physiology of Human Cells), SM1001 (Foundations of Medical Sciences) and Medical Science Honours project supervision.

Designed the BDS General Health and Disease programme when Aberdeen Dental School was established in 2008.

Deputy Lead of Assessment in Healthcare Programmes (2015-2017)

 

 

Non-course Teaching Responsibilities

Personal Tutor to Medical Sciences

Staff Development training

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