Reel Health Stories:A public engagement project

Katherine Woolf, Jayne Kavanagh, Luci EtheridgeUCL Medical School

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Background to the project Inputs Outcomes Evaluation

UCL Archway Campus & Whittington Hospital

>1,000 medical students per year trained here

Archway: socio-economic mix

Archway: socio-economic mix

Reel Health Stories

Short film competition

on the theme of

“health and sickness”

Open to all

Aims

Raise the profile of UCL Medical School with local people

Give local people the chance to influence the education of their future doctors

Create a bank of short films for use in medical student teaching

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Background to the project Inputs Outcomes Evaluation

Inputs: funding

£1,500 Beacon funding

£650 departmental funding (from 2 pots)

£2,150 paid for:

Website hosting & design Poster & flyer printing & design Advertising on filmmaker websites Refreshments for steering group & screening Cash prizes for entrants

Inputs: project team

3 members of UCLMS academic/teaching staff (salaried)

Inputs: steering group (salaried/free)

• Jane Dacre - UCLMS Director• Marcia Rigby - UCLMS adminstration• Marian Elfons Tawafig – UCLMS student• Sandra Elfons Tawafig – UCLMS student• Hilary Jackson – UCL Public Engagement • Mike Yorke – UCL Anthropology and Upside Films• Peter Devonald – film festival organiser• Louise Radinger - local filmmaker

Inputs: Project partners (free)

Local arts charity

Local film festival

Inputs: Judges (free)

Advertising (free)

Medical student volunteer posters & flyers

Press and social networking (free)

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Background to the project Inputs Outcomes Evaluation

42 entries: 15 from North/East London

9 good quality films being used in teaching

3 film screenings attended by ~150 people

Unforeseen outcomes

Recognition

Increased PE/PPI activity

Bright club performance Podcast SLMS PE/PPI Steering group

Contents

Background to the project Inputs Outputs Evaluation

Original aims

Raise the profile of UCL Medical School with local people

Enable local people to influence the education of their future doctors

Create a bank of short films for use in medical student teaching

Evaluation: raised profile of UCL in Archway?

Film competition entrants

Evaluation: raised profile of UCL in Archway?

UCL screening attendees

Evaluation: engaged local people?

Evaluation: engaged local people?

Evaluation: engaged local people?

Evaluation: engaged local people?

http://ucl.ac.uk/medicalschool/postgraduate/public-engagements/reel-health-stories

Evaluation: created a bank of films?

Difficulties/ areas for improvement

Budget tight Significant of amount of staff time required

Summary

Reel Health Stories enabled us to forge links with local organisations

Created a bank of films made by local people & others

Significant amount of “unpaid” effort Foreseen and unforeseen positive outcomes