We are delighted to announce that Diversity in Death and Dying: Medical Student Museum Experience has won the 2025 Vice-Chancellor’s Award in the Teaching and Learning category.
Led by a team including Dr Gina Hadley, Dr Sally Frampton, Dr Jim Harris, Professor Joshua Hordern, and Dr Ariel Dempsey, the project invites Oxford medical students to explore the emotional, cultural, and ethical dimensions of end-of-life care through guided engagement with objects in the Ashmolean Museum. Medical students are immersed in the Ashmolean Museum to use objects and images to interrogate aspects of end-of-life care and are asked to reflect on the challenges presented by this unavoidable part of professional practice. This collaborative initiative draws on expertise from Theology, Neurosciences, History, and the Medical School, with vital contributions from expert patient tutors.
