Teaching Safety
The teaching laboratories are managed by Hayley Monk, the Senior Technical Operations Manager, with a Technical Manager assigned to each suite of labs.
Stopford Building – Undergraduate Teaching Labs (SUGT 1&2)
Technical Manager – Anthony Steel
First Floor UG Teaching Labs (1SUGT)
Labs run by Deputy Technical Manager Nicola Steel
The practical classes that run in these labs are largely medical biosciences, and include:
- Physiology
- Pharmacology
- Neuroscience
- Immunology
and OSCE skills:
- Haematology
- Resuscitation
- Drug dilution
- Blood pressure and pulse
- ECG
- EMG
- EOG
- Effects of drugs
- Vision
and:
- CSLC/Pre-medic/Pre-dentist (based on the Ground Floor)
Human physiology/pharmacology practical classes often require student volunteers to act as test subjects, from whom written consent is obtained using either Band 1 or Band 2 consent forms (as appropriate).
Second Floor UG Teaching Labs (2SUGT)
Labs run by Deputy Technical Manager Philip Bond
The practical classes that run in these labs are largely biosciences and pharmacy classes:
- Biochemistry
- Molecular biology
- Microbiology
- Cell biology
- Developmental biology
- Zoology plant sciences
- Genetics
- Pharmacy
Stopford Building – Postgraduate Teaching - Microbiology and Virology Unit (MVU)
Technical Manager – Audrey Bibby
Postgraduate teaching:
- MSc Medical Microbiology
- MSc Medical Virology
Pharmacy Dispensing
Technical Manager – Audrey Bibby
Labs run by Deputy Technical Manager - Karen Purcell
Provides undergraduate students with:
- Aseptic dispensing labs
- Computer-assisted learning and simulation technologies
Anatomy / Surgical Teaching (Dissecting Room Mortuary)
Technical Manager – Stephen Lindsay-Smith
Deputy Technical Manager - Katie Howick
The Dissecting Room is used exclusively for teaching Human Anatomy to medical, dentistry, physician associates, speech & language therapists and nursing students.
It's a restricted access area licensed by the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) and is closely monitored by CCTV cameras.
All students using the dissecting room must sign a Code of Conduct form.
Clinical Teaching
Technical Operations Manager – Peter Yates
Deputy Technical Operations Manager - Dawn Rearden
Clinical teaching comprises the following disciplines:
- Nursing
- Optometry
- Dentistry
- Psychology
- Audiology
- Mental health