MedEdWorld invites you to join the forthcoming webinar sessions. The webinars offer an exciting opportunity to engage online with an expert and with colleagues in a live discussion on a key topic in medical education. The webinars are delivered through MedEdWorld using the Wimba platform, allowing full audio and visual communication and interaction between presenter and participants.
Listed below you will find details of forthcoming webinars and details of how to join.
Presenter: Dr Roger Kneebone, Imperial College London, UK
Summary: Simulation is becoming increasingly prominent in a rapidly evolving landscape of clinical education, and considerable resources are being allocated to it. Although widely used both for training and assessment, however, simulation often takes place without a clear theoretical framework.
This webinar will examine simulation at a conceptual level, exploring issues of realism, fidelity and access. Drawing on the Imperial group's work with hybrid simulation, the presentation will argue that simulation must be firmly rooted in the real world of clinical care. Current advances (such as Distributed and Seamless Simulation) will be used as a springboard for discussion.
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Presenter: Prof Kirsti Lonka, Karolinska Institutet and University of Helsinki, Sweden
Summary: Medical students comprise a highly selected population whose academic achievement is usually good. Only recently however, questions have been raised about the motivation of medical students. Concerns have been raised, however, about the fact that study strategies during medical school appear to develop in ways that may not be optimal. Already more than ten years ago it was pointed out that surface approach to learning increased, and more meaningful approaches to learning decreased during medical school. Medical teachers need new tools for measuring study orientations, motivation, and well-being. MED NORD, a new diagnostic tool, was developed to reliably measure medical students’ study orientations (Lonka et al, 2008). It can be used to explain what lies behind study success and students’ experience of learning.
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Presenter: Dr David Cook, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA
Summary: In this interactive workshop, participants will explore a scholarly approach to the design and evaluation of educational activities and research projects. First we will review the importance of educational scholarship, and identify aspects of medical education practice that require more complete understanding. We will then discuss a three-step approach to planning scholarly projects: 1) Identifying the scholarly question; 2) Using appropriate methods; and 3) Selecting appropriate outcomes. We will conclude with a discussion of challenges facing education scholars, review practical ways to overcome these challenges, and discuss tips for getting started.
Objectives:
At the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Describe essential elements of scholarship.
2. Refine a study question by developing focused problem statements and statements of study intent.
3. Select appropriate study designs and methods to minimize threats to study validity.
4. Select outcomes appropriate to study purposes, and distinguish outcomes, measures, and instruments.
5. Identify and address barriers to conducting education scholarship in their home institution.
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Presenter: Dr Kati Hakarainen, Medical School University of Tampere, Finland
Summary: In this webinar, definitions and characteristics of social media are described. The genres of social media (content creation by blogs and wikis, content sharing by Facebook etc) will be discussed. Medical students increasingly cite social media like Wikipedia when seeking information. Do they see social media only as source of information or do they have a more active role in it? How do they see social media in context of their learning? And do they expect that their teachers should implement means of social media? These aspects will be discussed in the webinar.
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Presenter: Prof Adi Haramati, Georgetown University School of Medicine, USA
Summary: This presentation will focus on the challenges faced by faculty to introduce new content into the curriculum and the strategies necessary to be successful. For controversial topics such as complementary, alternative and integrative medicine, the barriers are more formidable. Dr. Haramati will draw on the experience of several initiatives in US medical schools that were funded by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine to develop model curricula. Some of this work has been summarized in a collection of articles that appeared in the October 2007 issue of Academic Medicine.
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Presenter: Prof Trevor Gibbs, Ukraine National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Ukraine
Summary: Despite twenty years of curriculum transformation, there are still many schools of Medicine and Healthcare that are only just considering changing their curricula. The process was never easy and with present constant and rapid evolution in the world of medical education, is now even harder and anyone faced with the task can expect major difficulties. Using experience drawn from curricula transformation from around the world, this webinar will introduce the important steps in curricula transformation, explore how to overcome some of the difficulties through a structured approach and, through debate, discuss the opportunities and challenges faced.
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Presenter: Dr John Norcini, FAIMER, USA
Summary: Summary: The goal of this session is to familiarize the participants with the major methods for setting standards [i.e., selecting the pass-fail point(s)] on written and clinical examinations. The session will start with a very brief overview of standards, how they differ from scores, the two types of standards, and the characteristics of a credible standard. The second part of the session will focus on specific methods of setting standards, including Angoff’s method and the contrasting group method. Steps in the implementation of each will be described. Active engagement will be encouraged throughout.
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Presenter: Prof Sharon Krackov, Associated Medical Schools of New York, USA
Summary: Feedback is an essential component of the teaching and learning process. Constructive feedback from the teacher gives the learner insight into his or her actions and their consequences. Feedback allows the learner to better fulfill his/her goals and objectives. An effective feedback process helps the teacher successfully achieve the course or program objectives. The ideas and strategies in this webinar are intended to help make feedback a more productive experience for both the teacher and the learner.
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During the webinar you can sit back and enjoy the presentation and discussion online through a broadband internet connection. You can text questions online to the presenter if you wish.
You can ask questions orally if you have a microphone, preferably built into a headset. If you have a webcam you can also be seen by the presenter and the other participants when asking a question.
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The Wizard will check your computer for popup blockers (which must be disabled), supported browsers, the presence of Java (which is required), and audio capability (for recording and playback). If using a headset or headphones, this needs to be connected before you start the Wizard.
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