FORMER COURSES
MY COURSES
Currently I teach in the Bachelor of Fine Arts Film Production programme at the Caribbean School of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), The University of the West Indies Mona Campus. These courses align contemporary best practice in filmmaking with the theoretical, educational and technical understanding of both film studies and production. Follow the link to learn more about the courses in the BFA Film Production at CARIMAC.
The Advanced Project née Creative Project courses I used to teach, provided a foundation for students embarking on a self‐directed process of study, research and practice leading to a practice-based output. However, the PECH courses introduced Medical Sciences students to the principles of communication with the aim of
improving overall communication in the workplace.
PROFESSIONALISM, ETHICS & COMMUNICATION IN HEALTH
This is a Year One foundation course offered by the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI, St. Augustine to all First Year Medical Sciences students. It encourages them to uncover core values that are necessary to understand themselves and their society. Read more...
PECH 1101: Communication Skills for Health Sciences
PECH 2001: THE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL & CLIENT CARE
This Year Two course builds upon PECH 1001 in which the concept of the social contract between healthcare professionals and society was introduced. Read more...
PECH 2101: COMMUNICATION SKILLS & HEALTHCARE INTERACTIONS
This course uses a skills based approach to demonstrate effective communication principles
in healthcare. Read more...
COMMUNICATON SKILLS
School for Advanced Nursing Education
NURS 1004: WRITING
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NURS 1005: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
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PRODUCTION COURSES
SBCS and UWI St. Augustine
HND UNIT 63: SCRIPTWRITING FOR MOVING IMAGE FICTION
Offered at SBCS, this unit aimed to develop learners' understanding of the script commissioning process and the skills needed to produce scripts to the standard required for moving image fiction production. Read more...
HND UNIT 1153S: PRACTICAL SKILLS PRODUCTION
Offered at SBCS, this unit enables students to understand the practical skills essential for production personnel; to work as a team member, building skills for future production work. Read more...
Offered in the BA in Film at UWI St Augustine, this course examined the roles of the Cinematographer and related crew, the camera as a creative tool, photography, formats, exposure, lighting, lenses, composition and editing decisions. Read more...
ONLINE COURSES
No Face to Face Delivery
COMS 1002 - Communication Skills for the Health Profession's goal was to formulate and illustrate the range of communication styles, methods and skills medical practitioners need to become competent in dealing with patients and the public. Read more...
This course was developed to support staff in creating courses for the online environment. Our goal for OurVLE, at the time, was to populate the platform with courses that would need no face to face delivery. Read more...
SBCS SUMMER SCHOOL
2016 July - August Vacation
FILMMAKING
A 2 hour class introducing film to 9-11 year olds. We watched a fun feature film and discussed its structure.
PHOTO EDITING
Using Adobe Photoshop to edit a photograph was new to the 12-15 year old group. After a brief overview of the software, they were introduced to the crop tool and basic photo adjustments such as making a colour image black and white.