Audrey received a BSc (Hons) in Neuroscience (2017), a MSc in Human Anatomy (2018) and has recently been awarded a PhD in Anatomy Education (2022), all from the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork.  Additionally, while undertaking her PhD studies, Audrey most recently worked as a Senior Medical Demonstrator and anatomical prosector in the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience in UCC.

Audrey’s primary research interests focus on the design and delivery of anatomy curricula in third level healthcare programmes with a particular emphasis on the pedagogical framework, Universal Design for Learning (UDL).  

Publications

Dempsey AMK, Lone M, Nolan YM and Hunt E (2023) ‘Universal Design for Learning in Anatomy Education of Healthcare Students: A Scoping Review’, Anatomical Sciences Education, 16, 10-26.

https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.2160

Dempsey AMK, Hunt E, Lone M and Nolan YM (2023) ‘Awareness of Universal Design for Learning among anatomy educators in higher level institutions in the Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom’, Clinical Anatomy, 36, 137-150.

https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.23947