Suzanne Fergus and Lynne Gordon

1. Shared Experiences from Pharmacy and Radiotherapy with using Peerwise to support student engagement Suzanne Fergus and Lynne Gordon

2. Students create multiple choice questions and share them with peers Students view, answer, and give feedback to their peers Free to use

5. A 1st year chemistry module (Molecular Structure and Reactivity) co-taught to undergraduate students from Deptof Pharmacy (n= 223) and Dept Health and Environmental Science (n=180).

6. ..being able to remember all the names, properties and reactions involving different molecules. The amount of content per lecture can be a challenge. ….remembering all the material. The amount of material that needs to be learned. The huge difference between material learned at A-level compared to now. Lectures sometimes feel like information overload…. Chemistry has many details that are often difficult to remember.

7. BLOOM’S TAXONOMY OF COGNITIVE SKILLS

8. MSR9 Assignment Peerwise Question Development Due in Week 10, Friday 30th Nov at 18:30 You are assigned two chemistry theory topics (which are also covered in Semester A lectures). You are required to create an MCQ on each topic, answer 5 questions, comment on 3 questions and rate other students’ questions for quality and difficulty.

10. Student Engagement • 3 students out of 237 did not create any questions • 52 students just answered the required 5 questions • 75% of cohort answered more than the required number (2 students answered 95 questions!)

11. 13th Oct 2012 to 30th Nov 2012

15. “Although it was tough making some of the questions …. you learn from this experience” “It wasn’t that easy to be honest, it took me 4 or 5 hours, I thought it was easy to write MCQs but it isn’t because the alternative answer shouldn’t be too easy and that’s what took the time”

16. Use of Peerwise in BSc(Hons) Radiotherapy & Oncology – Lynne Gordon

17. Overview of SRRP2 module • Timetable: • 15 credit module delivered over 7 consecutive weeks, 6 hr contact per week all on the same day. • 8 week gap for placement/vacation • Then 2 assessment prep sessions the week before the in class test. • Content: • legislative, ethical and research frameworks that underpin, inform and influence the practice of radiotherapy. • . Medico-legal and ethical issues • Research principles, processes and methods • Including critical appraisal and philosophy of evidence based practice

18. Deadlines for the SRRP2 module • 25th October – one MCQ on a medicolegal issues topic • 4th November - one MCQ on a research methods topic • Contribution of two questions was allocated 3% towards the coursework mark.

19. Engagement with Peerwise

20. Cohort size = 33

22. Number of questions commented on by students • One student commented on one question. • A second student commented on 4 questions. • No other questions received comments.

23. Potential Issues highlighted by the data • Lack of engagement with module during practice placement weeks • Assessment focussed nature of engagement • Good that students rated questions even though this was not part of the task they were given. • May be related to the ‘badge earning’ function within the Peerwise system.

24. Further work • HHSECDA approval gained to conduct survey and focus groups to find out student perception of Peerwise • Will use again next year with changes • Year plan change (beyond control of team) means delivery will be after placement • Will include commenting and rating as part of the task • Consider structuring topics more overtly, but difficult given concentrated timetable. • Monitor cohort as they move to level 6 research exercise to identify gaps in learning that could be focussed on in subsequent module content.

26. Acknowledgements • Stewart Kirton (Pharmacy) • Jogoth Ali (Pharmacy) • Sarah Flynn (LTI)