E- Mentoring in a Radiology Residency Program: a pilot project

1. E-Mentoring in a Radiology Residency Program: a pilot project Sponsoring OrganizationsRadiological Society of North AmericaDepart. of Radiology, University of Virginia Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

2. X X X X X John Parboosingh, Alberta, Canada William Brant, U. Virginia, USA Jeffrey Rees, AKUH, Nairobi, Kenya Timona Obura, AKUH, Nairobi, Kenya Fiona Miller, RSNA, Chicago, USA Research Team

3. Study Goals  1) Provide Radiology Residents in Nairobi with teaching sessions by a mentor from University of Virginia, USA; and, 2) Assess the feasibility of creating a community of learners among residents at AKUH, Nairobi.

4. Goal 1  Teaching Residents by WebEx conferencing • Mentor - William E. Brant, MD Prof. of Radiology, U of Virginia Health System • Curriculum Development • Needs assessment – Visit Nairobi, October 2007 • Teaching file on Ftp sites • Monthly live internet sessions on WebEx • Cases for 17 weekly Col meetings • Google discussion board

5. Goal 2  Resident Community of Learners OBJECTIVE:to enhance collaborative learning among Radiology residents at AKUHN. • Validate understanding of new information • Make it ‘fit’ practice in Kenya? • 17 weekly meetings of Community of Learners • Resident’s learning diary • Google Discussion Board

6. EVALUATION TOOLS Community Facilitator’s Log & interactivity tool Resident survey & exit interview & narratives Exit Interviews – Faculty, Mentor & IT Staff Content analysis of Webex sessions Content analysis of Discussion Board

7. Using NARRATIVE to enhance LEARNING and project EVALUATION X X

8. Nature of interaction between faculty and residents Faculty played a facilitator’s role, encouraging problem solving and only providing practical wisdom where appropriate

9. Dr Obura’s videoclip

10. Lessons learned • integrate e-mentoring program into existing residency program • CoL promotes self-management of learning • Enhance technology for interactive teaching sessions • Train faculty in skills of community building & collaborative learning

11. Dr Brant, e-Mentor “I’m totally excited to be a part of this project because I see huge potential for it. For the future of radiology education and particularly in support of RSNA’s efforts in international education …. because if we can teach over the internet, then academic radiologists at universities … everywhere can assist in the training of radiologists in less developed countries”.

12. Thank you for your attention We welcome suggestions & comments Email: parboo@telusplanet.net

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