AnswersIn Medicine with UCL Medical School 29 th October 2010

1. AnswersIn Medicine with UCL Medical School 29th October 2010

2. Deliver high quality engaging learning resources • To all students across all sites

3. Tomorrow’s Doctors? Today’s undergraduates • Students - fee paying and naturally demanding • Medical Schools - faced with funding cuts • Undergraduates suffering from productivity drives in the NHS

5. Technology is not a barrier to ‘learning on demand’. It is an opportunity.

6. Medical students: • 94% access to a PC at home • 86% broadband access at home • 64% own an MP3 player • (84% of these (54% of total) MP3 players are iPods) Survey of 3rd and 4th year undergraduates, UCL Medical School – October 2006 1162 questionnaires 426 responses Response rate 36.7%

7. Junior doctors: • 93.3% access a computer on a DAILY basis • 99.67% have broadband at home or at work • 77.54% have a mobile device on which they can listen or play video • 62.4% have a mobile on which they can access the internet • 69.58% own an iPod or iPhone Survey of specialist trainees, London Deanery - October 2009 7134 questionnaires 2133 responses Response rate of 29.9%

8. Junior doctors: 55.65% use online medical learning resources ‘often’ or ‘very often’ 65.87% have subscribed to an on-line MCQ self-assessment site at some stage Survey of specialist trainees, London Deanery - October 2009 7134 questionnaires 2133 responses Response rate of 29.9%

9. 'Generation Y' student doctors swap textbooks for iPhones Published Tuesday 28th September 2010 The University of Leeds is issuing smartphones to all fourth and fifth year medical students. This will give them access to progress files, assessment modules, and educational materials whenever and wherever they might be. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/898/generation_y_student_doctors_swap_textbooks_for_iphones

10. Apple • MyKnowledgeMap • MedHand = Oxford Handbook + BNF • O2 Telefonica

11. E-Learning but don’t be boring • Make it engaging • Short modules (e.g. approx. 15mins) • Give it a structure • Deliver it on demand

12. Media to suit the device • Watch on-line • Download to listen • Interact and self-assess on-line/on mobile

13. Downloads: • MP3 • MP4 • pdf bullet point transcripts • Slides • Apps available • (Direct to phone)

14. Self-assessment: • MCQs with feedback • Certificate of activity

21. Available at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/medicalschool/staff-students/course-information/resources • Downloadsvia iTunes U: https://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/BrowsePrivately/private.ucl.ac.uk.2019026822

24. For undergraduates but also: • Postgraduates • CME • Patients (experts)

25. Tomorrow’s Doctors? Today’s Junior Doctors • Junior doctors’ opportunity of experience disrupted or lacking

42. AnswersIn Medicine • medical school teaching • academic medical publishing • UCLBusiness plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of UCL

43. Website – authenticated access • Curric. on a Stic’ • Apps – iPhone / cross platform

44. Plan for Internal Medicine • 68 hours of core content • 18 hours completed • 50 hours to complete

45. Care of the Elderly • Cardiology • Thoracic medicine • Endocrinology inc. Diabetes • Rheumatology • Nephrology • Neurology • Haem/Onc • (Gastro / Hepatology)

46. Then: • Clinical examination • Dermatology • Emergency medicine • Infectious diseases • Metabolic medicine

47. Then: • Pathology • Radiology • Obstetrics and Gynaecology • Paediatrics • Psychiatry • Surgery