Healthcare science courses

My full name is Dr. Sue Outram and my job title is Director of Programmes in the Biomedical Science cluster of programmes.

What excites me about teaching at Middlesex is the possibility to make a real difference.

The students that come to Middlesex are often the first in their families to go to university.

They are so keen to learn.

I am Dr. Vania Gomes de Almeida and I'm Director of Programmes for Healthcare Science and Medical Physiology.

Teaching at Middlesex is very exciting.

You attract students from the wide range of backgrounds with different experience.

And this impacts the learning experience, but also the teaching experience, and from the perspective of an academic, this is very rewarding.

We have a lot of up to date equipment, especially in the field that I'm practicing in.

We practice quite often.

So in the last few years, we've actually set up a social event and the alumni come and present at that social event, and they sit with the students after they've presented, so the students can ask some questions and they just came and told their story in a way that we as academics can't tell it, because the students can really relate to their alumni.

We have a fantastically diverse student community at Middlesex and that's true across all programmes, but particularly on Biomedical Science.

We are very used to teaching a diverse audience.

Students, they have access to equipment that is available in the NHS.

They also have access to patient simulators.

So this means that we are preparing students with a strong background.

We are also allowing them to train.

To use the latest technology.

We've got a very, very effective department, MDXworks.

Middlesex works.

So they're involved with tutoring the students right from the first year.

We finish up in the third year by giving them examples of the sort of places they can work.

So we tailor it all the way through the programme, getting them ready, finally, to choose their career options in the third year.

Middlesex do have and do offer, you know, tremendous opportunities for you to excel.

So the placement I'm doing is a one year placement to become a registered Biomedical Scientist.

Considering that without this placement, it would take me a long time in order to get to the stage that I want to get.

You have many opportunities embedded in our programmes, including guest lectures.

It promotes student visits to hospitals.

And we also promote other activities, for example, networking events.

And these events are very well attended.

It is important from the perspective that you want to prepare students to be ready for the market, to be able to drive change in healthcare.