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Martina Crehan

Dr Martina Crehan is the Head of the Teaching Enhancement Unit at DCU. She has previously been the Deputy Director of the Health Professions Education Centre at RCSI, University of Medicine & Health Sciences, and Deputy Director of the Transforming Healthcare Education project at RCSI, where she was the educational advisor on the redesign of the undergraduate medicine curriculum. She has developed and been the Programme Lead on Postgraduate Diplomas in Higher Education Teaching & Learning, and has experience in a wide range of Faculty Development teaching including curriculum design and case based learning. She has also supervised at PhD and MD levels. Her areas of interest include curriculum design, peer observation of teaching, teaching and learning in higher education, student engagement, and reflective practice

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2024	Martina Crehan; Jiaxin (Samantha) Xu; Lily Girme; Clare Gormley; Rob Lowney; Noeleen O'Keeffe (2024) SEDA - Staff and Educational Development Association Is there a chatbot for that? – Reflections on supporting Faculty as they negotiate the challenges and opportunities of GenAI Liverpool UK, .
	2022	Martina Crehan; Naji Alamuddin; Claire Condron; Frances Meagher; Sarah O'Neill; Ellen Stuart (2022) AMEE - International Association for Health Professions Education Case by Case: Designing a case based learning framework in the multi-campus, trans-national context Lyon France, .
	2022	Martina Crehan; Christine O'Keefe; Vivien Jones; Celine Marmion (2022) INHED - Irish Network of Healthcare Educators Designing together: Reflections on a “Students as Partners” project in curriculum co-construction Dublin, .
	2022	John Jenkins; Peter McCrorie; Martina Crehan; Harm Peters; Davinder Sandhu (2022) AMEE - International Association for Health Professions Education Aspiring to excellence in curriculum quality improvement Lyon France, .
	2022	John Jenkins; Martina Crehan; Asja Maas; Ronja Mothes; Harm Peters; Ann Marie Reed (2022) AMEE - International Association for Health Professions Education Practical insight into mastering major curriculum reform (Pre conference workshop) Lyon France, .

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning		-
	National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning		-

Creative Outputs

	Year	Title	Type
	2023	Personal Reflection in Positively Palliative - A collection of personal reflections of loss and love	Composition

Research Interests

Peer Observation of Teaching; Curriculum Design; Reflective Practice

Teaching Interests

Having led Diplomas in Teaching & Learning, my teaching interests and experience reflect the main elements of these programmes such as reflective practice, student centred learning, curriculum design and active teaching and learning approaches.