As usual with these reports it is being written "on the fly", to
be of interest to those who could not attend & is by no means an official
or formal report. I aplogise for any typos or other errors.
Alistair Liddell |
Dr. Jeff Hammond then introduced Alistair
Liddell, Coordinator, Delivery and eLearning for the NHSU who gave the
keynote presentation. He gave an overview of the
NHSU with a slightly adapted
presentation most of which I'd seen 3 times before. He referred to government
decisions and manifesto commitments which had led to the creation of NHSU as
part of a new change in the way the NHS operates. He defined his view of a
"corporate university" and some of it's key principles. He described
"close ministerial support" as being both the advantage and
disadvantage of the way in which NHSU came about.
He considered the elearning approach as a key component of a blended approach
which includes face to face and other methods. RLOs were seen as being a key
component which can be put together to achieve individuality within a framework
of accreditation. He described how the initial programme was chosen at
ministerial level but during questioning sidestepped issues about political
purposes and relationships with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. |
| The next presentation was by Prof Reg Jordan, Director LTSN-01 and
Undergraduate Dean of Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle upon
Tyne. He focused on many of the drivers for change in medical and health
sciences including NHS (DoH, WDCs, NHSU, interprofessional education &
working etc.) and Education, including the recent white paper. He also
considered the changes to regulatory bodies and statutory recommendations and
Quality Assurance processes. The required outcomes of medical education,
including flexibility, multisite and an emphasis on process rather than product
led into a description of the NLE
project and it's comparison with commercially available software platforms
(VLE, MLE, LE etc) with a description of it's aims and some of the lessons
learnt. These issues were further explored during questions. |
Reg Jordan |
Ron Harden |
The next presentation was by Professor Ronald Harden,
General Secretary of AMEE who addressed Global learning in the 21st Century.
Ron gave a very entertaining presentation, well supported by a powerpoint which
addressed many of the challenges confronting medical education and introduced
IVYMEDS which is a
collaboration of 32 medical schools worldwide and provides a bank of reusable
learning objects which can be combined into a personal gateway for dynamic
learning. He described the core elements as:
- Learning experiences
- Virtual patients
- Outcome based education
- assessment
providing a curriculum map (including links to resources) and study guides
and aids which can be individualised and delivered both online and face to
face.
The philosophy underpinning this work includes;
- just in time
- just for you, and
- mutliprofessional education
Questions discussed copyright, IPR & financial models
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| The next presentation was by Dr. Tony McDonald who gave more detail about
the TLTP3 - 86 NLE which is
used by several medical schools and other health sciences courses. He set out
the history and how this project had arisen, ranging from word documents to XML
& SQL applications. He then went on to introduce the managed portfolio
learning project they are currently undertaking emphasising the importance of
flexibility and integration with MIS systems. He also pointed people to the
JTAP report at
http://www.ltss.bris.ac.uk.uk/jules/jtap-03.pdf |
Tony McDonald |
| We then went into parallel sessions & I
chose the session on Common learning and interprofessional learning |
Debra Humphries |
Debra Humphries, Director of the new generation project,
University of Southampton, encouraged participants around the room to briefly
describe their context and then briefly described the project at Southampton
giving a background including; Kennedy report., QAA, Merger of education
funding streams (Empett Report), and reform of regulation of health
professions. She used a series of group discussion to address issues around;
- Definitions of interprofessional and mutliprofessional learning
- drivers and barriers to interprofessional learning
- how etechnology can help
The summartion of the feedback will be on the
New generation website
under Debra's area
http://www.mhbs.soton.ac.uk/newgeneration/People/Debra.htm
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| There was then a showcase of poster presentation
of projects from LTSN -01 and wine reception |
| The final session of the day was a feedback from the workshops
in a plenary session presented by John, Rachel and Margaret |
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If you have comments or would like to find out more about the activities
listed above please mail me. Rod.Ward@Sheffield.ac.uk