麻豆传媒

Roles

Deputy Dean of Education, Faculty of Medical sciences

School of Medicine Director of Digital Education

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Neuroscience, University of Sheffield

PhD King's College, University of London

Professional Graduate Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PGDTLLS), University of Derby

MEd (Open), The Open University

Membership of Societies

Member British Neuroscience Association (BNA)

Member Malaysian Society of Neuroscience

Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

MBBS Medical Degree Years 1 and 2

I teach in multiple areas in the pre-clinical years on the MBBS degree programme.  The main areas are basic neurobiology, neuroanatomy and neurophysiology.

Research Projects

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My research now mainly focuses around Medical Education, particularly exploring the use of neuroscientific knowledge of learning and applying this to teaching. Current Research projects include:

The understanding, use, and prevalence of neuromyths in South East Asian educators and students. 

Neuroeducation, or the application of neuroscience research to inform educational policy and teaching techniques, is an emerging field of research. Unfortunately, within neuroeducation are a number of neuromyths that have become prevalent in teaching practice. Neuromyths are incorrect ideas about how the brain works with regards to learning and teaching. Examples include the existence of learning styles such as the visual-auditory-kinaesthetic (VAK) learning styles, or the right brain/left brain logical/creativity myth. Many of these myths are taught in teacher training and so have become prevalent throughout education.

Most studies looking at the use, prevalence, and perception of these neuromyths amongst educators and students have been focused on western countries and school age students and educators. The aim of the project is to establish the thoughts, perceptions and understanding of different neuromyths present in educators, and students entering a higher education teaching environment in South East Asia with a view to future interventional strategies.

The effects of integrative study support on the type and complexity of student study skills techniques

Effective study techniques have been shown to improve student achievement and wellbeing at university. Study techniques that are active in their approach and multimodal encourage deeper and stronger learning and better align to current understanding of the way the brain learns.  

The aim of the project is to evaluate student study skills abilities and to see if integrative study skills support in the form of active teaching, online material or one-to-one support influences learning techniques, and encourages students to take a more active , multimodal and self-directed approach to their learning.

Evaluating the Feasibility of, and exploring opportunities for, embedding transnational cross-campus teaching in the MBBS curriculum.

Since the move to a blended approach to teaching, the MBBS teams in the UK and at the NUMed (Malaysia) branch campus have been working closely to develop both synchronous and asynchronous online teaching resources. This has been possible due to the equivalence of the MBBS degree courses across the two campuses.  

This project aims to explore the feasibility and opportunities to embed cross-campus/transnational teaching throughout the MBBS curriculum with a view to developing recommendations for broader adoption within 麻豆传媒. Insights from the project will be used to provide a model for effective cross-campus and transnational teaching.

Funding

FMS Education Research Development and Practice fund

The understanding, use, and prevalence of neuromyths in South East Asian educators and students - Dr Madihah Rushaidhi, NUMed (Lead), Dr Paul Hubbard, NUMed, Dr Rachel Pye, Reading Malaysia. Funding Achieved - £1,476.00 (RM8,371.40)

Development and evaluation of a skills-based suite of in-course assignments in an undergraduate MBBS curriculum - Dr Laura Woodhouse (Lead), Dr Paul Hubbard, Prof. Jo Matthan, Dr Emma Haagensen, Dr Emma Saunders, Dr Hannah Swainson, Dr Paul Yeo, Dr Pratima Mehra and Dr Jan Deckers. Funding Achieved - £1,255.20

Fostering Collaboration in a Global Learning Community: Development of a Transnational Student-led Question Writing Bank. Dr Scott Walker (Lead), Dr Paul Hubbard, Prof. Jo Matthan, Dr Kassie Fay and Miss Emily Green. Funding Awarded - £2,096

麻豆传媒 Education Development fund

Evaluating the Feasibility of, and exploring opportunities for, embedding transnational cross-campus teaching in the MBBS curriculum - Dr Paul Hubbard, NUMed (Lead), Dr Andrew Chaytor, UK, MedEd Society, UK, MedEd Society, NUMed. Funding Achieved - £2,303.00 (RM13,062.00)

Case based curriculum: A holistic understanding of the human body across campuses – Miss Kayleigh Scotcher and Miss Emily Green, School of Medical education, UK (Leads), Dr Paul Hubbard (NUMed). Funding Achieved - £2455.16

The AI Effect: Evaluating the Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Enhancing Educational Resources. Dr Scott Walker (UK Lead), Dr Andrew Chaytor, Dr Paul Hubbard, Dr Jo Matthan (NUMed Lead). Funding Achieved - £2396.96

EPSRC Northern Health Futures

Digital Healthcare Training for Medical Healthcare Educators in the North East Region - Dr Paul Hubbard (Lead), Professor Edward Meinert (Co-lead). Funding Achieved £21,059.00.

• Articles

  • Pye R, Rushaidhi M, Lim JJ, Soo YL, Hubbard PS. . Education in Medicine Journal 2026, 18(1), 75-92.
  • Lim JJ, Alnimr AMM, Nyinoh IW, Devi ES, Matthan J, Hubbard PS, Quinn T, Stanescu D, Nayak V. . Postgraduate Medical Journal 2026, Epub ahead of print.
  • Heng W, Ho MH, Mah XH, Lim JJ, Syamsury NHBA, Haagensen E, Ong ELC, Hubbard P. . Medical Education 2025, 59(6), 615-629.
  • Ali A, Hubbard PS, Ueda M. . Brain and Neuroscience Advances 2024, 8.
  • Guilding C, Li Zhi PK, Mohana Krishnan S, Hubbard PS, McKeegan KS. . Medical Science Educator 2021, 31, 2177-2188.
  • Yates S, Zafar A, Hubbard P, Nagy S, Durant S, Bicknell R, Wilcock G, Christie S, Esiri MM, Smith AD, Nagy Z. . Acta Neuropathologica Communications 2013, 1, 3.
  • Hamilton N, Hubbard PS, Butt AM. . Journal of Anatomy 2009, 214(2), 208-218.
  • Hubbard PS, Esiri MM, Reading M, McShane R, Nagy Z. Alpha-synuclein pathology in the olfactory pathways of dementia patients. J Anat 2007, 211(1), 117-124.
  • Butt AM, Hamilton N, Hubbard P, Pugh M, Ibrahim M. Synantocytes: the fifth element. J Anat 2005, 207(6), 695-706.
  • Butt AM, Pugh M, Hubbard P, James G. . Eye 2004, 18(11), 1110-1121.
  • Butt AM, Kiff J, Hubbard P, Berry M. . Journal of Neurocytology 2002, 31(6-7), 551-565.
  • Berry M, Hubbard P, Butt AM. . Journal of Neurocytology 2002, 31(6-7), 457-467.

• Book Chapter

  • Nagy Z, Hubbard PS. Neuropathology. In: Jacoby, R. Oppenheimer, C., Dening, T., Thomas, A, ed. Oxford textbook of old age psychiatry. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp.67-84.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Ali A, Burford B, Brown S, Hubbard P. . In: ASME Annual Scholarship Meeting 2025. 2025, Edinburgh: ASME.
  • Lim JJ, Emerson L, Tilling N, Chaytor A, Hubbard P. . In: ASME Annual Scholarship Meeting 2025. 2025, Edinburgh: ASME.
  • Emerson L, Lim JJ, Tilling N, Chaytor A, Hubbard PS. . In: AMEE Conference 2023. 2023, Glasgow, Scotland: MedEdPublish.
  • Haagensen EJ, Pancho MBC, Walker S, Veasuvalingam B, Madelar Bien J, Scotcher K, Green E, Thwe K, Yakob E, Hubbard PS. . In: 4th Developing Excellence in Medical Education Conference (DEMEC). 2021, Online: DEMEC.
  • Munro KE, Finnamore H, Veasuvalingam B, Delgaty L, Hubbard P, Alberti H. . In: ASME Annual Scholarship Meeting 2021. 2021, ASME.
  • Hubbard PS, Esiri MM, Smith AD, King E, Reading M, Nagy Z, McShane R. Anosmia in subjects with dementia is associated with Lewy pathology in the olfactory pathways. In: Winter meeting of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 2008, Wiley. In Preparation.
  • Hubbard P, Esiri M, McShane R, Nagy Z. Alpha-synuclein pathology in the olfactory pathways of patients with dementia. In: The Winter Meeting of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Proceedings of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 2006, St Anne’s College, Oxford, UK: Wiley.
  • Hubbard PS, Berry M, Butt AM. Regenerating axons grow through a NG2 rich glial scar in the rat optic nerve. In: Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference. 2004.
  • Butt AM, Hubbard P, Hamilton N. Novel NG2-glia (synantocytes): the fifth element. In: Summer Meeting of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 2004.
  • Hubbard P, Berry M, Butt AM. Transforming growth factorβ (TGFβ) augments the response of NG2 expressing glia to spinal cord injury in the adult rat. In: The Winter Meeting of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Proceedings of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 2003, Royal Holloway, London, UK: Wiley.
  • Hubbard PS, Berry M, Butt AM. The response of NG2 glia and astrocytes to spinal cord injury in the adult rat: a role for TGF-Beta. In: Joint scientific meeting of the German, British and Scandinavian Physiological Societies. 2002, Tübingen, Germany: Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology.
  • Hubbard PS, Butt AM. Response of NG2 Glia to a Spinal Cord Crush Injury and TGF-Beta Treatment in the Adult Rat. In: Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference. 2002, Orlando, Florida, USA.
  • Hubbard PS, Butt AM. Injury response of NG2 glial cells to a spinal cord crush and TGF-beta in the adult rat. In: Euroglia 2002. 2002, GLIA.
  • Hubbard P, Berry M, Butt AM. NG2 glia (oligodendrocyte progenitor cells) in the adult rat spinal cord. In: The Summer Meeting of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 2001, University College Dublin: Journal of Anatomy.