Pedagogy and Innovation

The Council’s Pedagogy and Innovation work brings together work on harnessing the latest forms of healthcare education to deliver the quality and quantity of future healthcare professionals our country needs.

The Council’s portfolio on this area includes:

• Fostering innovation and new technologies
• Developing best practice modern pedagogy
• Advocating for simulated learning
• Making the case for appropriate funding for pedagogy and innovation

For further information about this workstream, please contact Stella McKernan.

Podcast: A Digital Summit Debrief – what did we learn? Innovation Month 2025

5 Feb 2025 in CoDHcast, News & blogs, Pedagogy and Innovation, Policy

In this episode, Ed Hughes (CEO, CoDH) and Ruth Paterson (Chair, CoDH Innovation & Pedagogy Group; Head of Nursing, Edinburgh Napier University) reflect on the success of the Digital Summit hosted by the Council i... Read More »

Innovation Month 2024: Closing remarks

31 May 2024 in Blogs, News & blogs, Pedagogy and Innovation

by Stella McKernan, Policy Officer The landscape of healthcare higher education is evolving. The health sector is grappling with a rising demand for healthcare services due to an ageing population and increasingly com... Read More »

Blog #InnovationMonth – Interprofessional Education Delivering Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training for Student Midwives and Medical Students through a Collaborative Approach

29 May 2024 in Blogs, News & blogs, Pedagogy and Innovation

In our final #InnovationMonth blog post, Jemma Walker explores the implementation and benefits of Interprofessional Education (IPE) in obstetric training, specifically focusing on the Undergraduate Practical Obstetric... Read More »

Podcast #InnovationMonth – Healthcare Academic Internships: Learning from a Pilot Project

28 May 2024 in CoDHcast, News & blogs, Pedagogy and Innovation

In our final Innovation Month podcast, you can listen to Jonny Bell, Project Manager, discussing a pilot project led at the University of Portsmouth, which provides education internships to healthcare professionals. ⁠... Read More »

Blog #InnovationMonth – A Journey through Simulation in Nursing Education

20 May 2024 in Blogs, News & blogs, Pedagogy and Innovation

Welcome to our exclusive blog post, part of the Council of Deans of Health’s Innovation Month, where we dive into groundbreaking research conducted by a team of researchers at Anglia Ruskin University’s Faculty ... Read More »