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Clare Thomson

0000-0002-8608-4801

Assistant Professor (Education)

Scotland, Edinburgh

I am an Assistant Professor (Digital Pedagogies and Course Design) within the Learning and Teaching Academy at Heriot-Watt University, based on the Edinburgh campus, supporting staff across five global campuses. I have worked in higher education for over sixteen years and within the field of education technology for over twenty years. My interests focus on critical digital pedagogy, inclusion, digital accessibility, creativity and care. I am co-chair of the Association of Learning Technology Northern Ireland members groups, a Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA), a Senior Certified Member of the Association of Learning Technology (SCMALT) and Deputy Team Leader of an AdvanceHE Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) 2022.

Publications

  • Interdisciplinarity defines our identity as medical educators
  • Current Provision of Understanding Hearing Loss Training in UK and Ireland Medical Schools
  • Playful Learning, Events and Activities to Engage Adults.
  • A virtual surgery in general practice: Evaluation of a novel undergraduate virtual patient learning package
  • Awarding global grades in OSCEs: Evaluation of a novel eLearning resource for OSCE examiners
  • Deaf awareness training in medical schools
  • Content and discontent: a qualitative exploration of obstacles to elearning engagement in medical students
  • Safe moving and handling of patients: an interprofessional approach
  • Changing medical students’ attitudes to and knowledge of deafness: a mixed methods study
  • Rich Stories: Embedding LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® into Undergraduate Medical Education
  • Online learning in clinical skills: the Belfast experience
  • Who cares about learning design? Near future superheroes and villains of an educational ethics of care
  • 17. Humanising learning design with digital pragmatism
  • Humanising online learning through the lens of engaged pedagogy
  • eLearning in clinical education: a questionnaire study of clinical teachers' experiences and attitudes.

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