These slides accompanied the workshop delivered on #FOAMed at the ASME annual scientific meeting in Edinburgh on 10 July 2013 by Natalie Lafferty, Annalisa Manca and Dr Rakesh Patel.
The workshop aimed to raise awareness and demonstrate how tools such as blogs and twitter can support free open access medical education (#FOAMed) an internationally emerging trend in medical education.
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Using Free Open Access Medical Education #FOAMed
1. Using Free Open Access
Medical Education #FOAMed
Natalie Lafferty & Annalisa Manca – University of Dundee
Rakesh Patel – University of Leicester
ASME ASM 2013, Edinburgh – 10 July 2013
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2. Natalie Lafferty - @nlafferty
Lecturer eLearning
Annalisa Manca - @annalisamanca
Educational Technologist & PhD student
Dr Rakesh Patel - @rakeshpatel
NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Medical
Education/Specialist Registrar in Renal Medicine
Welcome
3. WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
Raise awareness and demonstrate how
tools such as blogs and twitter can
support free open access medical
education (#FOAMed) an
internationally emerging trend in
medical education.
4. AIMS & OBJECTIVES
• Understand how free social media tools such as
blogs and twitter can be used to develop
FOAMed resources to support learning.
• Apply the use of social media to design learning
content tailored to specific learning needs.
• Highlight the versatility of the FOAMed approach
across the continuum of medical education and
in different learning contexts.
• Understanding and evaluating the benefits of
participating in FOAMed learning activities.
35. Open learning and you
How do you use open learning to support
– your own learning
– your teaching
What did you last learn online
– where did you find the information
– were you signposted ?
36. Open learning and you
Think about where you learn and who
with.
– Are there physical & online spaces and
connections.
– What’s the constellation of your learning
environment, locations, people, objects,
tools, artefacts
?
39. “Using Web 2.0 technologies leads to a new sense of
communities of interest and networks and also a clear
notion of boundaries in web space - for example
personal space, group space and publishing space.”
JISC 2009
42. BlogsReflection/Portfolio
Reviews of research
News & views
Formative
assessment
Just-in-time learning
Teaching – guide on
the side
Patient experiences
Supporting
communities
Audience Engagement - Comments
Blogs play a central role in delivering #FOAMEd
45. “I simply blog as a way to keep track of
the new developments in medicine that
are relevant to my practice and patients.
The blog is a digital notebook and an
archive accessible from any place and
device with an internet connection.”
Dr Ves - Cases blog
http://casesblog.blogspot.com
68. Be aware of local
NHS/Hospital
social media guidelines
69. NHS social media policies highlight
the potential risks of social media
including:
- breach of patient confidentiality
- breach of copyright
- cyberbullying
- lapses in professionalism
70. 09/ 09/ 2011 21:16Social media — University of Leicester
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It takes time to search, evaluate and select the right technology… if we need any! And it doesn’t have to be fancy…
Think of why we want to use technology… to support learning through participation – and participation is a strong component of mededThis is a typical scene of a medical education learning environment – our students and ourselves participate in several, different communities of learning, in which we share resources, repertoires, tools, practices…Participate in joint activities and discussion, information sharing, mutual interaction and shared learningBUT how do we embed technology in this environment? How do we use it to support learning through particwe must consider not only the “action” that embeds the experience, but also the whole environment where learning happens, which is dynamic and influenced by:Participantsrelationshipssocialpoliticseconomypowergendertransfer/negotiation of knowledgeboundaries between communities and ways to overcome themLearning in action