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Collaborative and Sharable Healthcare E-learning MedBiquitous Annual Conference. Dr. David Twitchell 30 April 2009. VHA EES Goals. Develop and conduct educational interventions that support VA and VHA strategic priorities and result in measurable learning and performance change.
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Collaborative and Sharable Healthcare E-learningMedBiquitous Annual Conference Dr. David Twitchell 30 April 2009
VHA EES Goals • Develop and conduct educational interventions that support VA and VHA strategic priorities and result in measurable learning and performance change. • Provide a learning infrastructure that increases access to and timeliness of learning opportunities. • Create partnerships to better develop, deliver, and use educational products and services.
Convergence Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) adoption (EDM-2005). Creation and Evolution of JEC and HEC—with the mandate to facilitate sharing Share Existing Healthcare Training Content Collaboratively Develop Shared Content Creating a Sharing Culture required Sharing Partners. PMDB Pharmacy Technician Training
Collaborators Navy Air Force Army ? Health & Human Services Others Veterans Affairs Coast Guard
Pilot Course: Sharable and Collaborative E-learning • Suitable for generalized application • Reusable content, across organizations and courses • Reusable content, across organizations and courses • Sharable resource to show return on investment
The Next Pilot: Proving the Collaborative Model • Prove flexibility and applicability of collaborative model • Address extensive curriculums with size and complexity challenges • Challenge organizational structures and processes • Demonstrate collective value • Unite government agencies
Pharmacy Technician Training • Program Stakeholders • Project Facts • 90 hours WBT part of larger blended curricula to be conducted at METC, and VA and Government locations throughout the world • Initial phase accomplished curriculum analysis, program design, and development of a prototype • Currently designing and developing WBT and planning for program implementation and sustainment
LessonStructure Example Course: Therapeutics, Central Nervous System
InstructionalStrategies Presentation, Interactivity, and Assessments
Planning for the Future • Program implementation • Program management and sustainment Lifecycle Management
Benefits • Standardization across the federal government • A program that is truly the best, incorporates best practices from multiple organizations • Efficient use of development resources, benefiting a larger audience • Building blocks for other pharmacy or healthcare programs • Model for programs with similar goals • Proven success story
Interagency Collaboration • Challenges • Number of people involved • Successes • Creation and sustainment of collaborative team • Project communications • Unified program design • Adaptive process • High instructional standards
Current Sharing and Collaboration Efforts • Continue development of sharable courses and content objects • Continue to push the capabilities • Refine the collaborative model • Tackle technical aspects related to sharing • Metadata, repositories, and registries • Promote quality medical training based on solid instructional design • Share best practices and lessons learned with training and medical communities
Questions and Comments • For more information: • Dr. David Twitchell • 801-924-6836 • david.twitchell1@va.gov