reel health stories: a public engagement project
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Reel Health Stories: A public engagement project. Katherine Woolf, Jayne Kavanagh, Luci Etheridge UCL Medical School. Contents. Background to the project Inputs Outcomes Evaluation. UCL Archway Campus & Whittington Hospital. >1,000 medical students per year trained here. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Reel Health Stories:A public engagement project
Katherine Woolf, Jayne Kavanagh, Luci EtheridgeUCL Medical School
Contents
Background to the project Inputs Outcomes Evaluation
UCL Archway Campus & Whittington Hospital
>1,000 medical students per year trained here
Archway: socio-economic mix
Archway: socio-economic mix
Reel Health Stories
Short film competition
on the theme of
“health and sickness”
Open to all
Aims
Raise the profile of UCL Medical School with local people
Give local people the chance to influence the education of their future doctors
Create a bank of short films for use in medical student teaching
Contents
Background to the project Inputs Outcomes Evaluation
Inputs: funding
£1,500 Beacon funding
£650 departmental funding (from 2 pots)
£2,150 paid for:
Website hosting & design Poster & flyer printing & design Advertising on filmmaker websites Refreshments for steering group & screening Cash prizes for entrants
Inputs: project team
3 members of UCLMS academic/teaching staff (salaried)
Inputs: steering group (salaried/free)
• Jane Dacre - UCLMS Director• Marcia Rigby - UCLMS adminstration• Marian Elfons Tawafig – UCLMS student• Sandra Elfons Tawafig – UCLMS student• Hilary Jackson – UCL Public Engagement • Mike Yorke – UCL Anthropology and Upside Films• Peter Devonald – film festival organiser• Louise Radinger - local filmmaker
Inputs: Project partners (free)
Local arts charity
Local film festival
Inputs: Judges (free)
Advertising (free)
Medical student volunteer posters & flyers
Press and social networking (free)
Contents
Background to the project Inputs Outcomes Evaluation
42 entries: 15 from North/East London
9 good quality films being used in teaching
3 film screenings attended by ~150 people
Unforeseen outcomes
Recognition
Increased PE/PPI activity
Bright club performance Podcast SLMS PE/PPI Steering group
Contents
Background to the project Inputs Outputs Evaluation
Original aims
Raise the profile of UCL Medical School with local people
Enable local people to influence the education of their future doctors
Create a bank of short films for use in medical student teaching
Evaluation: raised profile of UCL in Archway?
Film competition entrants
Evaluation: raised profile of UCL in Archway?
UCL screening attendees
Evaluation: engaged local people?
Evaluation: engaged local people?
Evaluation: engaged local people?
Evaluation: engaged local people?
http://ucl.ac.uk/medicalschool/postgraduate/public-engagements/reel-health-stories
Evaluation: created a bank of films?
Difficulties/ areas for improvement
Budget tight Significant of amount of staff time required
Summary
Reel Health Stories enabled us to forge links with local organisations
Created a bank of films made by local people & others
Significant amount of “unpaid” effort Foreseen and unforeseen positive outcomes