Distributed Medical Education

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Distributed Medical Education
Videoconference SitesNS and NB
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Distributed Medical Education

• Tim Fedak

• ROLES

• PhD (2007) Vertebrate Palaeontology (Anatomy,
  Evolution)

• Faculty Development
• Continuing Medical Education
• Project Management
• eLearning Research Analysis
• Instructional Design Delivery

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Medical Education
Distributed
Between sites and through time

• Empowering
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Community
• Connections

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Undergraduate Level

• Technology Capacity Building
• Blackboard Tools Wimba virtual classrooms
• Research Curriculum management, clickers for
  distant sites, lecture capture/distribution.
• Student Interactions
• Tutor Human Body, Wimba for H1N1
• Intro. to Clerkship, Bridgit intro
• Anatomy Drawing Club

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Undergraduate Level

• Technology Capacity Building
• Blackboard Tools Wimba virtual classrooms
• Research Curriculum management, clickers for
  distant sites, lecture capture/distribution.
• Student Interactions
• Tutor Human Body, Wimba for H1N1
• Intro. to Clerkship, Bridgit intro
• Anatomy Drawing Club

Do you often read Wikipedia topics to get general
information about a topic? 89 Yes.

0 No, not really.

7 I don't know what
Wikipedia is.
How often do you use Twitter?
A
Daily B Weekly C Monthly
D Very Rarely E Never
How often do you use Twitter?
A
Daily 0

B Weekly 0

C Monthly 0

D Very Rarely 0

E Never 89
If you often read Wikipedia topics for general
information, have you ever edited/changed
something you noticed was wrong.
0 Yes, all the
time.
33 Yes, once or
twice.
63 Never.

4 I don't know what
your talking about.
Intro. to Clerkship
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Faculty Level

• Faculty Development
• Targeted Sympodium Training
• (Med-1/Med-2 Chapter House)
• Technology Skills Online and On Demand
• DMNB Survey (with Steeves and Stewart)

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Continuing Medical Education
H1N1 Webinar had 300 participants across Nova
Scotia
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Looking to the Future Curriculum Renewal

• Information Age to Age of Trust
• Didactic Teaching (1980s)
• Problem Situated Learning (1990s)
• Information Saturated Learning. 2013?
• How will learners trust information public trust
  physicians?
• Students as Active Education Agents
• Students active contributors to curriculum, Web
  2.0

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Looking to the Future Curriculum Renewal

• Academic Applied EduTech Research
• Collaborative Mentors Faculty and students
• Technology evaluation and innovation
• Requires robust content management system
• Curriculum Management
• Indexed (searchable)
• Collaborative tools Online discussion forums
• Increase IT Capacity and Support

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New Brunswick
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Interprofessional
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Conclusion