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Health Sciences and Practice & Medicine Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine Higher Education Academy Subject Centres. eLearning in Health 2011 conference collaboration, sharing and sustainability in the current environment. iPhones for all Year 4 medical students? – the experience so far.
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Health Sciences and Practice &Medicine Dentistry and Veterinary MedicineHigher Education Academy Subject Centres eLearning in Health 2011 conference collaboration, sharing and sustainability in the current environment iPhones for all Year 4 medical students? – the experience so far Dr Jonathan Darling Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics and Child Health University of Leeds
iPhones for all Year 4 medical students? – the experience so far • Jonathan Darling, Jessica Bradley, Gareth Frith, Christopher Murray • School of Medicine
Outline • Why mobile learning? • Uses of the platform • Evaluation • What next?
Leeds MBChB • Five or six year course • 260 students per year • New curriculum launched in 2010 • Work-place based practice key • Mobile Learning supports learning and assessment
Why mobile learning? • Support of MBChB Students in practice • ‘Near patient’ learning • Access to medical information • Assessments in practice locations • Reflection and assessment outcomes linked to e-portfolio
Uses of the platform • Educational content • e-Portfolio tools • Organisational
Reference/Educational Content • Dr Companion • BNF • Oxford Handbook titles • Delivered by Medhand • Other apps • Instant ECG • Medscape • 3D Brain
E-Portfolio tools • Progress File • Work-place based assessment (WPBA) Delivered by MyKnowledgeMap
Organisational • Email/SMS • Mapping • Calendar • Internet • Notes
Evaluation • Work place based assessments • Student opinion
Assessments Within Rotation Dates • WPBA Spread by Date Completed-Rotation 1: Sept-Oct 2010
Assessments Within Rotation Dates WPBA Spread by Date Completed - Rotation 3: Feb - March 2011
Opinions • Focus groups/ workshops • Students • Tutors • Student questionnaire • 74 responses (30.6%)
What next? • -Learning Suite application (lecturers can build their own assessment questions)
What next? -Learning Suite application (lecturers can build their own assessment questions) • iTunes U (internal site)
What next? -Learning Suite application (lecturers can build their own assessment questions) • iTunes U (internal site) • Mobile Portal
What next? -Learning Suite application (lecturers can build their own assessment questions) • iTunes U (internal site) • Mobile Portal • VLE interface (Blackboard Mobile Learn)
Summary • iPhones for senior medical students • Reference/ educational content • Assessment • Reflection • Transition issues • Near-patient use • Tutors • Technical
Summary • MBChB underpinned by innovative technology enhanced learning • Acceptance of the device - wide impact • Innovation in teaching medicine • Students - assessment in work based practice • First steps to expanding mobile learning