Outline of Presentation

1. Outline of Presentation • Potential benefits of an Audience Response • System 3. Ways in which we might incorporate an Audience Response System in our lectures Challenges of traditional lectures 4. Other creative uses of an Audience Response System for Program Directors

2. The Educational Landscape • Resident physicians are adult learners with multiple competing demands on their time. • Physician teachers are often challenged to cover large amounts of information dense material in a short amount of time

3. Challenges that we face with Traditional Lecture Format 1. Resident fatigue and distraction 2. Teacher “time crunch” 3. Information dense material 4. One-way flow of information 5. Short attention spans 6. Poor long term knowledge retention

4. Traditional Lecture Format, continued: • Sustained attention is known to be challenging for adult learners • There’s evidence in the literature that students remember things the best in the first 5 minutes of a lecture • The average adult attention span is 15 minutes

5. What is an Audience Response System? • A tool that facilitates interaction between teacher and audience • Simultaneously collects and analyzes data • Available from many different vendors, with a wide range of costs, functions, strengths and weaknesses

6. Three Key Components of an Audience Response System (ARS): Software 2. Receiver a. Infrared b. Radiofrequency 3. Response Devices

7. Benefits of an Audience Response System: • Increases attendance (Mayo) • Increases learner engagement by allowing all students to answer all questions • Gives instructors the ability to emphasize and test understanding of important concepts • Periodic “clicker breaks” help relieve student fatigue and “restart the attention clock” • Increases knowledge retention (Am J Obstetr Gyn)

8. Uses of an Audience Response System In Lectures • At the start: To test the audience’s baseline understanding of concepts • During your talk: • To tailor your presentation based upon the audience’s baseline • understanding of concepts (“Conditional Branching Option”) • At the end: To test in real time the understanding of key concepts

9. Conditional Branching Option: Ask the audience a question using the Audience Response System: If they demonstrate poor understanding of the topic, then the ARS system will proceed with the next set of content materials in your presentation If they demonstrate good understanding of the topic, then the ARS system will skip the next set of content materials in your presentation and move on

10. Are mist tents an effective treatment for croup? • Yes • No • Unsure

11. Please make your selection... • Yes • No • Unsure

12. Discussion of Mist Tents in Croup • If the majority of the audience chose an incorrect answer, this indicates the need to discuss the content further • Conditional Branching rules will then advance the presentation to cover this material • The next slides will then review the literature on the use of mist tents in the management of croup

13. Discussion of Mist Tents in Croup • If the majority of the audience chose a correct answer, this indicates that the audience already understands the take home point • Conditional Branching rules will then advance the presentation to cover the next set of material • The next slides will then review the literature on the use of steroids in the management of croup

14. Board review Sessions Uses of an ARS, continued: • Intern applicant ranking meetings • M & M Conferences • CME activities for faculty members • Ethics Conferences • Attendance logs

15. Applicant Ranking Meetings 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% • Unacceptable • Barely acceptable, major concerns • Concerns that need further discussion • Acceptable, minor concerns • Solid candidate, will be satisfactory • Solid candidate with obvious potential • Desirable candidate, will do well • Highly desirable, will do well above average • Highly desirable, leadership potential • Superstar, will be one of the best residents (Future Chief Resident) Mean = Standard Deviation =

16. So in Summary…. • Audience Response Systems may have multiple other uses in our training programs Audience Response System may prove to be an effective tool to supplement traditional lectures. 3. Training in the Audience Response System is available now through the Office of Educational Development and Research