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Neuroscience Education

The Clinical Neuroscience department members contribute to education broadly, including to undergraduate students (in both the medical school and in our stakeholder universities), post graduate courses that we manage or contribute to, NHS training, and external and community teaching.

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Undergraduate teaching

The core undergraduate education from Clinical Neuroscience includes contributions to the undergraduate medical (BM BS) degree at BSMS. Our team manages teaching related to the year two module, Brain, Body and Mind, which forms part of the University of Sussex BSc Medical Neuroscience degree. Our department also leads the award-winning Time for Dementia (link) and Time for Autism (link) programmes. Our academic team contribute to undergraduate clinical teaching in Psychiatry, Neurology, Radiology and Imaging, and Dementia Care, as well as core scientific topics in neuroanatomy (including human dissection), physiology, development, and biochemistry throughout the medical curriculum. Each year, research faculty within the department teach a large number of year 4 Independent Research Projects (Module 404), many of which are hands-on research in the lab or with imaging. We also contribute to the breadth of the medical course, with department members offering many small-group Student Selected Components (SSCs).

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Time for Autism

Time for Autism is a ground-breaking education programme that aims to transform healthcare for autistic people by increasing medical students' knowledge and understanding of autism and related conditions. The project is a collaboration between Brighton and Sussex Medical School, local families, Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, local charities and voluntary groups.

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Time for Dementia

Time for Dementia is a programme to develop, deliver and evaluate an innovative educational initiative, a longitudinal programme in dementia. Time for Dementia is a ground breaking dementia educational programme led by the Brighton and Sussex Medical School as part of a multi-stakeholder collaboration between teaching colleagues, undergraduate healthcare students, families living with dementia, researchers, administrators, Alzheimer’s Society and other universities.

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Postgraduate teaching

MSc Ageing and Dementia

The Ageing and Dementia course is designed for a diverse range of professionals and graduates with an interest in understanding ageing and supporting people living with dementia. It is particularly relevant to those working across healthcare, social care, research, and policy, as well as individuals seeking to develop specialist knowledge in this increasingly important field.

The course brings together a unique set of educational initiatives aimed at deepening understanding of the ageing process and the aetiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of dementia. It equips students with the knowledge and competencies required to improve the quality of life for older adults and people living with dementia through evidence-based care and practice.

The programme provides a comprehensive, holistic theoretical and practical framework for understanding ageing and dementia, enabling a broad perspective on their impact at the individual, community, and societal levels. Clinical knowledge is integrated with the development of key communication skills across health and social care settings, alongside training in research, critical appraisal, and leadership.

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