70 | Teaching, Learning and Student Development
Proposal for Unified Final Exit Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Examination
Another significant change that was approved during the year is the unified final MBBS exam. Currently, separate examinations are held for Medicine and Therapeutics, Surgery, and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The clinical part of these examinations requires extensive and expensive regional examiner travel. The MBBS programme is not producing a specialist doctor, but a doctor who should be able to approach the clinical cases that may present to him/her in general practice in a holistic manner, integrating knowledge and competen- cies gained across disciplines. A combined examination will promote an integrated approach to patient care and at the same time will result in significant cost savings with respect to running the exams. Students entering the clinical years in the 2022/2023 academic year will sit the unified final exam two years later.
Promotional Flyer for Short Course – Living a Wild Life Part 1: Illicit Wildlife Trade, Money Laundering and Border Security
The Centre for Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (CPDLL) Increased Demand for Short Courses The CPDLL developed 23 new short courses and certificates which were approved in the academic year 2021/2022. This was in response to governments and organisations wanting to retrain and upskill their employees to drive organisa- tional development and sustainability. The Centre for Biosecurity Studies (CBS) collaborates with CPDLL for new course The Centre for Biosecurity Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, staged the first ever course in the Caribbean addressing illegal wildlife trade and money laundering risks to the financial and banking sectors. This professional short course has been facilitated by United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and two regional anti-money laundering special- ists Mr Andrew Dalip Jr. (Environmental attorney and AML specialist) and Mr Mitch Rollins (former law enforcement and banking AML specialist). It was delivered through the Centre for Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (CPDLL).
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Government Sociology and Social Work
BSc Public Policy and Management offered for the first time This programme replaced the BSc Public Sector Management programme which is being phased out. FACULTY OF SPORT The BSc Sport Coaching programme was launched and received its first students in academic year 2021/2022. An MPhil/PhD Sport 5 programme was approved. It will allow students to do in-depth research into any aspect of Sport that has a bearing on the West Indian Society. Sport touches society in every way. Participation leads to team spirit and fair play. Communities and countries in the Caribbean are identified by sport and most people identify with sport. Study in Sport can involve sociological aspects, economic impact, scientific interventions and psychological effects on groups of people, countries or the region as a whole.
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES CAVE HILL CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT TO COUNCIL 2021/2022
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