Presentation for ALT-C 2011. Supports the ePoster session 0176.

1. Physician, teach thyself! Learning technologists in the eLearning Support Group (eLSG) at Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry are working with UG, PG students, core teaching staff and clinicians to develop learning materials, innovative approaches and online systems which improve all the processes by which doctors learn to become more effective teachers. Sally Holden, Luke McGowan Zac Gribble, Richard Ayres

2. context…. “The word ‘doctor’ means physician, and is derived from the Latin docere, to teach. All doctors in the UK are required to teach future generations of doctors, yet, unlike the preparation provided for their roles as clinicians and despite their expertise in what they teach, there has traditionally been a deficiency in appropriate teacher education in the medical profession. The role of doctors as teachers is increasingly recognised as a core professional activity that should not be acquired through chance, aptitude or inclination alone.”Doctors as Teachers (2006) Board of Medical Education

4. staff development in use of eLearning

5. staff development using eLearning

6. students as developers of eLearning materials

7. clinical education

9. wide range of optional “extras”

10. considered essential by many students eg streamed plenaries

11. Life Sciences Resource Centre (LSRC) eStudy Guides

12. with new associated online LSRC Tutor guides using same approach as their students

13. in-Vivo benchmarking: ensuring equality of clinical assessments

14. staff development website

15. a blend of face to face and online training opportunities for all staff

17. RLOs, websites, podcasts, videos, and posters

18. 2010/11: demand to develop websites and RLOs has trebled (at least)

19. this year’s student developers have edited their own content once templateshave been designed

20. eLSG provide guidance and more interactive components

21. have worked with academic staff to produce a policy which will:-

24. eLSG have worked with the ClinEd staff to:-

25. redesign the programme for a blend of F2F and online

26. develop online “e-tivities”

27. design and run online synchronous learning experiences

28. participants develop their own medical curriculum during the course

29. reflecting on their own experiences and design their ideal approach

31. based on Tomorrow’s Doctors categories

32. provides step by step online guide for GPs supporting students

33. Dementia Learning Zone: helping to diagnose dementia earlier

34. changing GP and healthcare practice in their treatment of dementia patients

35. Radiology Academy Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs)

36. trainee radiologists delivering LSRC anatomysessions to medical and dental students