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"AFMC and the Norlien Foundation have partnered to provide funding and support for the development of a suite of e-learning tools on early brain and biological development and addictions for undergraduate medical education. The suite of resources includes virtual patients, a primer (e-textbook), and podcast series. Topics that are addressed include core concepts of early child development, epigenetics, intervention and treatment strategies, and system responses to addiction."
"The Flipped Classroom Infographic explores how educators are reorganizing the classroom to deliver instruction online, outside of class and using class time for "homework". The infographic takes a close look at educational technology and activity learning as new, effective learning models that are driven by historically poor learning models and a prevalence of new technology resources."
"Teaching hospitals the world over face increasing difficulties in sourcing real patients who exhibit every conceivable ailment which medical students need to learn to diagnose and treat. An e-learning approach using interactive computer simulations known as virtual patients is one way to solve the problem, but in which settings is the use of these virtual patients most effective?"
Our study has shown that the online module on EBM was effective in increasing EBM knowledge and skills of postgraduate students and was well received by both students and tutors. Students and tutors experienced generic challenges that accompany any educational intervention of EBM (e.g. understanding difficult concepts), but in addition had to deal with challenges unique to the online learning environment. Teachers of EBM should acknowledge these so as to enhance and successfully implement EBM teaching and learning for all students.
Medical education portal. Links to free open access medical education resources, monthly teaching cases, custom medical search. Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences-AIBS educational site., We created for our visitors a custom Google search engine that generates results from professional oriented sites for healthcare providers, leaving outside commercial pages. It is a highly specialized Custom Search Engine that reflects medical knowledge and interests.{kl_php} include("http://www.e-meducation.com/templates/daydream2blue/google.php");{/kl_php}, Orofacial pain and fever, Severe shortness of breath after PTCA, A short description of the procedure is presented for each case along with interesting remarks and teaching points. We present our findings in: Laparascopic surgery, Lesions on blue skin base, Fever in a patient with liver metastasis of bowel carcinoma
MedEd Portal is the AAMC's digital library of peer reviewed e-learning resources. These resources are free to use and made available to teachers under the Creative Commons Licence. To search and download the resources you will need to create an account.
Interesting blog post from Cole Camplese of Penn State University which puts forward a model of the personal reflection process which includes the development of personal and academic goals, putting content into a private personal repository and then publishing elements of this into an e-portfolio.
Medical students reported that use of an electronic portfolio that provided quantitative feedback on their progress was useful when the number and complexity of targets were appropriate, but not when the portfolio offered only formative evaluations based on reflection. Students felt that use of the e-Portfolio guided their learning process by indicating knowledge gaps to themselves and teachers.
Franklin Consulting offers specialist advice and consultancy on the implementation of learning technologies. This site includes links to a number of reports lookign at different aspects of educational technology.
An online tutorial developed by Intute and JISC giving an overview of how to use the web to search for medical resources. It highlights some of the key web sites for medicine including professional organisations, subject gateways, databases, electronic journals and learning and teaching materials.
An online publication for daily news, views, blogs and learning relating to medicine. This site combines journalism with medical expertise to cater for the daily information and professional development needs of doctors. The educational content is peer reviewed and authors are required to declare competing interests.
Post about a paper published in Computers and Education 2008 comparing student test results depending on whether they attended a specific classroom lecture or listened to the lecture as a podcast. There is also a link to the article. The results indicate that the students who listened to the podcast and tool notes scored significantly higher than the lecture condition.
HEAL is a digital library of peer reviewed digital learning resources that can be downloaded and used/reproduced in local teaching resources. To download content you will need to register for a free account. Collections include anatomical illustrations from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland