Leilanie Clayton

Teaching philosophy

Teaching interests

Leilanie is incredibly interested in any new and unique ways to teach her favorite subject; Anatomy. She is boldly changing the way we think of higher learning by combining in-person traditional anatomy labs with online educational apps and technologies. You can often find her in the gross anatomy lab dissecting and creating images and/or videos for anatomy course material.

Educational responsibilities/ teaching summary

Leilanie is heavily involved with most labs taking place in the Gross Anatomy Department. When it comes to planning the lab, creating material or being part of the lab itself, she is there to assist.

Leilanie is the departments main pro-sector.  She is responsible for creating anatomy specimens, images/videos for labs and lectures in many different courses using the surgical camera and touch screen VH dissector to aid in her creation of these labs.

This year, Leilanie was named session lead for UT1 and will take over the Med I volunteer summer dissection experience. She looks forward to sharing her dissection knowledge with the students and endeavours to make their time spent in the lab memorable.

Teaching themes

Leilanie remembers how difficult studying anatomy can be for a student so she has developed a patient attitude when it comes to lecture teaching, starting with the basics and working up to the more complicated material to include all different levels of student anatomy knowledge.

Her teaching style is strict but fair; adhering strictly to the Gross Lab protocols while ensuring that the donors are respected. That being said, you will always know what is expected of you when she teaches. 

Leilanie will never turn down a question, even if the student thinks it is a silly one, and she will try multiple different ways to help students understand the subject. Leilanie always strives to share her passion for anatomy knowledge and wants to make learning more interactive and fun!