A VBF funded project Home | People & Technology | E-Learning CV Site under development… People & Technology J Adrian Longstaffe PhD BVetMed MRCVS MBACP Adrian Longstaffe graduated from the Royal Veterinary College as a veterinary surgeon in 1967, and holds a PhD in parasite immunology. Pathology After a short time as a clinician in both the UK and the US he worked as a diagnostic and teaching pathologist for 16 years. Since the late 1980s, he has been involved nationally and internationally in the development and support of e-learning in university education. E-Learning Starting with networks of videodiscs and BBC Master microcomputers in the Department of Patholog at the University of Bristol in 1987, in 1989 he founded the Wellcome Trust Tropical Diseases Videodisc Project (now known as Topics in International Health). In 1991 he founded the Educational Technology Service of the University of Bristol and ran it until 1996 when it merged with another unit to become the Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT). He was director/director emeritus of the Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for Medicine (CTICM) from 1989 to 2000 and a visiting fellow of the ILRT from 1998 to 2001. Consultancy Since 1996 he has operated as an independent consultant working mainly in the fields of academic support, instructional design, digital image collections and more recently in website review and website editorial tasks. Clients include the University of Sydney, Barnett International (pharmaceutical industry), the Centre for Medical Education (University of Bristol) and the Royal Veterinary College (London, UK). Dr Longstaffe combines 20 years experience as a veterinary teacher with 25 years in support of e-learning across the university spectrum. His training in counselling and workshop leadership informs his ability to communicate, inspire and teach in the fields of e-learning, website review and editing, patient confidentiality, consent and Copyright.