The document discusses revolutionizing medical education through alternative approaches. It notes that medical education is at a critical juncture and could be outsourced beyond traditional academic institutions. It highlights examples of digital innovations in medical education using social media platforms, online courses, and communities of practice. The author's vision for 2020 involves learner, educator, institution and accreditation reforms that embrace digital literacy, expand beyond traditional metrics, and avoid stifling innovations. The goal is to support digital innovators and social entrepreneurs to lead reforms in medical education.
1. Revolutionizing Education
using Alternative Approaches
Michelle Lin, MD
UCSF Professor of EM, Academy Endowed Chair for EM Education
Founder, Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
@ M_Lin
2. Revolutionizing Education
using Alternative Approaches
aliem.link/aacem2017
Michelle Lin, MD
UCSF Professor of EM, Academy Endowed Chair for EM Education
Founder, Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
@ M_Lin
3. Medical education is
at a critical fork
in the road
It could be outsourced
beyond the walls of academia.
26. Learner Educator
Institution
Poor measures of
learner competency
Strict, traditional criteria
for “education” initiatives
Accreditation
Body 1.0 & 2.0
Program-centric
rather than
learner-centric
33. But then what happened?
Clinician-
educator
Educator-
scholar
Digital
innovator-
educator
Academic
value
Who our LEARNERS were listening to in 2009
34. Emergence of social media in emergency medicine
2002-2013
Cadogan M, et al. Emerg Med J. 2014 Oct;31(e1):e76-7.
Websites
Blogs
Podcasts
43. 1. Social media platforms are the modern version
of textbooks for information delivery.
Scalable
Archived
Push-pullable
Open access
Mobile responsive
Easy means to update
46. 4. Approved Instructional Resources
(AIR) Series
National initiative to identify quality EM blog and podcast
content for resident education by crowdsourcing experts
47. 5. Chief Resident Incubator
Year-long virtual community of practice for EM
chief residents for their professional development
48. Year-long virtual community of practice for EM
chief residents for their professional development
5. Chief Resident Incubator
49. Future of Medical Education:
How do we support innovators
and sustain innovation
within academia?
52. Learner 3.0
Improve digital info
management, identify
trustworthy info
Institution 3.0
Educator 3.0
Accreditation
Body 3.0
53. Educator 3.0
Improve digital literacy
and competency. Go to
where the learners are.
Institution 3.0 Accreditation
Body 3.0
Learner 3.0
Improve digital info
management, identify
trustworthy info
54. Educator 3.0
Improve digital literacy
and competency. Go to
where the learners are.
Patient 2.0Institution 3.0
Learner 3.0
Improve digital info
management, identify
trustworthy info
55. Educator 3.0
Improve digital literacy
and competency. Go to
where the learners are.
Institution 3.0
Expand promotions
criteria. Avoid stifling
innovations by claiming
intellectual property.
Patient 2.0
Learner 3.0
Improve digital info
management, identify
trustworthy info
56. Educator 3.0
Improve digital literacy
and competency. Go to
where the learners are.
Accreditation
Body 3.0
Eliminate time-based
metrics; expand
definition of education
Learner 3.0
Improve digital info
management, identify
trustworthy info
Institution 3.0
Expand promotions
criteria. Avoid stifling
innovations by claiming
intellectual property.
63. Medical education is
at a critical fork
in the road
It could be outsourced
beyond the walls of academia.
64. What is your vision for the future of
education? Where should we target our
innovation efforts?
aliem.link/aacem2017
65. We cannot solve our problems
with the same thinking we used
when we created them.
- Albert Einstein
Listen to your residents and
junior faculty. They are the
thought-leaders in ALiEM.
66. Revolutionizing Education
using Alternative Approaches
Michelle Lin, MD
UCSF Professor of EM, Academy Endowed Chair for EM Education
Founder, Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
@ M_Lin
Editor's Notes
What are your sentinel events in your academic career that totally reshaped its trajectory and path? It was 2009 and I’ve been deliberating all week with myself – Should I or shouldn’t I? Am I crazy? Why is no one else doing this? Should I hit the PUBLISH button on my very first post on a so-called free blog platform on Google. You mean that I can publish my thoughts and teachings onto the open web and learners can read for free in an open classroom or open textbook sort of way? I then closed my eyes and then just did. Click, PUBLISH. What then followed has been the amazing, and often accidental, journey to advance education through non-traditional means. In the next 30-40 minutes, I hope to share some of my behind-the-scenes experiences, pitfalls behind how medical education, specifically in residency education can come to be.
So to kick off this talk, I thought I’d go a little meta and teach about innovation using an innovation. I created a google document page that will allow us all to type in questions, comments, and reflections. If you are wifi, go ahead and type in the link shown. This “backchannel” approach to education is allows the audience members to connect with each other and provide real-time feedback. Let’s go even one step further. At the mid-point of this talk, I’m going to toggle over to this sheet and try to answer some or all your questions. This approach allows you to engage with your audience, to clarify any miscommunications, and identify what finer points your audience is interested in.
If we keep on the path that we current are on, I suspect that a majority of education will be outsourced beyond the walls of academia, excluding patient bedside teaching. It feels crazy to say it out loud, but I’ve learned over the years is that one must always challenge assumptions to improve and evolve. Just because it wasn’t possible 100 years ago doesn’t mean that it’s not possible no. But still, the mission of medical education being outsourced? Will educators be recruited and drawn away from academic faculty positions? I’m starting to see hints of this happening.
Let’s first look at our downstream stakeholder in all this – the learner. Think back to when you were a resident. For me I diligently read Tintinelli’s and Rosen’s. I attended the 5-hour weekly conference which were comprised of 1-hour podium lectures. It’s the same read, listen, learn approach that we all had during college and medical school. And I was totally happy with that. It’s what I’ve always known. Sit, listen, digest, repeat. Over 100 years ago in the days of Flexner when medical education systems were being built and accredited, this makes plenty of sense to at least get some minimum standard of educational exposure for everyone. But does it make sense now??
Let’s first look at our downstream stakeholder in all this – the learner. Think back to when you were a resident. For me I diligently read Tintinelli’s and Rosen’s. I attended the 5-hour weekly conference which were comprised of 1-hour podium lectures. It’s the same read, listen, learn approach that we all had during college and medical school. And I was totally happy with that. It’s what I’ve always known. Sit, listen, digest, repeat. Over 100 years ago in the days of Flexner when medical education systems were being built and accredited, this makes plenty of sense to at least get some minimum standard of educational exposure for everyone. But does it make sense now??
Let’s first look at our downstream stakeholder in all this – the learner. Think back to when you were a resident. For me I diligently read Tintinelli’s and Rosen’s. I attended the 5-hour weekly conference which were comprised of 1-hour podium lectures. It’s the same read, listen, learn approach that we all had during college and medical school. And I was totally happy with that. It’s what I’ve always known. Sit, listen, digest, repeat. Over 100 years ago in the days of Flexner when medical education systems were being built and accredited, this makes plenty of sense to at least get some minimum standard of educational exposure for everyone. But does it make sense now??
But today’s learner, or the Learner 2.0, is different from Learner 1.0. They now have to contend with a continued exponential growth of information and digital technologies that will be unfathomable to manage on one’s own. There are now easily accessible blogs, podcasts, videocasts, and testing apps to name a few, in addition to textbooks and journal articles to balance into one’s day. Today’s learners will need to be digitally adept at not only filtering this information to guide their foundational learning, but to set their own personal approach that works for them in pursuit of being a lifelong learner.
Buckminster Fuller
But today’s learner, or the Learner 2.0, is different from Learner 1.0. They now have to contend with a continued exponential growth of information and digital technologies that will be unfathomable to manage on one’s own. There are now easily accessible blogs, podcasts, videocasts, and testing apps to name a few, in addition to textbooks and journal articles to balance into one’s day. Today’s learners will need to be digitally adept at not only filtering this information to guide their foundational learning, but to set their own personal approach that works for them in pursuit of being a lifelong learner.
Buckminster Fuller
But today’s learner, or the Learner 2.0, is different from Learner 1.0. They now have to contend with a continued exponential growth of information and digital technologies that will be unfathomable to manage on one’s own. There are now easily accessible blogs, podcasts, videocasts, and testing apps to name a few, in addition to textbooks and journal articles to balance into one’s day. Today’s learners will need to be digitally adept at not only filtering this information to guide their foundational learning, but to set their own personal approach that works for them in pursuit of being a lifelong learner.
Buckminster Fuller
But today’s learner, or the Learner 2.0, is different from Learner 1.0. They now have to contend with a continued exponential growth of information and digital technologies that will be unfathomable to manage on one’s own. There are now easily accessible blogs, podcasts, videocasts, and testing apps to name a few, in addition to textbooks and journal articles to balance into one’s day. Today’s learners will need to be digitally adept at not only filtering this information to guide their foundational learning, but to set their own personal approach that works for them in pursuit of being a lifelong learner.
Buckminster Fuller
What about from the lens of the educator? Remember when you were in your first year of being a faculty member? You gave your lectures to medical students, residents, and faculty in likely a very podium-style approach. We (or at least I) was abusing all of Powerpoints many dizzying transitional features. But information delivery does not equate to learning. Let me repeat – just because you dropped knowledge bombs all throughout your talk does not necessarily mean that anyone will remember it. In fact, it’s been proven in that lecture-based talks result in poor learning retention rate of 10-25% after 3 days.
What about from the lens of the educator? Remember when you were in your first year of being a faculty member? You gave your lectures to medical students, residents, and faculty in likely a very podium-style approach. We (or at least I) was abusing all of Powerpoints many dizzying transitional features. But information delivery does not equate to learning. Let me repeat – just because you dropped knowledge bombs all throughout your talk does not necessarily mean that anyone will remember it. In fact, it’s been proven in that lecture-based talks result in poor learning retention rate of 10-25% after 3 days.
What about from the lens of the educator? Remember when you were in your first year of being a faculty member? You gave your lectures to medical students, residents, and faculty in likely a very podium-style approach. We (or at least I) was abusing all of Powerpoints many dizzying transitional features. But information delivery does not equate to learning. Let me repeat – just because you dropped knowledge bombs all throughout your talk does not necessarily mean that anyone will remember it. In fact, it’s been proven in that lecture-based talks result in poor learning retention rate of 10-25% after 3 days.
What about from the lens of the educator? Remember when you were in your first year of being a faculty member? You gave your lectures to medical students, residents, and faculty in likely a very podium-style approach. We (or at least I) was abusing all of Powerpoints many dizzying transitional features. But information delivery does not equate to learning. Let me repeat – just because you dropped knowledge bombs all throughout your talk does not necessarily mean that anyone will remember it. In fact, it’s been proven in that lecture-based talks result in poor learning retention rate of 10-25% after 3 days.
But today’s educator 2.0 – whether it be generational or because of all the digital technologies and open access information that we grew up with, this approach no longer meets their needs. I think it’s crazy that we still subscribe to much of the same processes as 100 years ago. Because let’s say that you are the primary investigator for a study drug that is cures cancer. You’ve done retrospective analysis, case-controls, and tackled a randomized controlled DB study on it. All results show that it works! The scientific community concurs with your conclusions. But for some odd reason, hardly anyone uses it. Yes, it is more expensive, but it definitely works better than the current standard care therapy. Same thing with education. We have proven adult learner theories and educational frameworks that demonstrate better learning and learning retention, but we are all still beholden to the podium-based didactic across the spectrum of medical education UME, GME, CME. It is more resource intensive in the short-term, but aren’t the learners worth it? And yes, I realize the irony of this in that I’m giving a talk, but I’m splitting this talk such that in the second half, I’d like to have an unscripted dialogue with you about next steps and how I can help you innovate in that direction.
But today’s educator 2.0 – whether it be generational or because of all the digital technologies and open access information that we grew up with, this approach no longer meets their needs. I think it’s crazy that we still subscribe to much of the same processes as 100 years ago. Because let’s say that you are the primary investigator for a study drug that is cures cancer. You’ve done retrospective analysis, case-controls, and tackled a randomized controlled DB study on it. All results show that it works! The scientific community concurs with your conclusions. But for some odd reason, hardly anyone uses it. Yes, it is more expensive, but it definitely works better than the current standard care therapy. Same thing with education. We have proven adult learner theories and educational frameworks that demonstrate better learning and learning retention, but we are all still beholden to the podium-based didactic across the spectrum of medical education UME, GME, CME. It is more resource intensive in the short-term, but aren’t the learners worth it? And yes, I realize the irony of this in that I’m giving a talk, but I’m splitting this talk such that in the second half, I’d like to have an unscripted dialogue with you about next steps and how I can help you innovate in that direction.
But today’s educator 2.0 – whether it be generational or because of all the digital technologies and open access information that we grew up with, this approach no longer meets their needs. I think it’s crazy that we still subscribe to much of the same processes as 100 years ago. Because let’s say that you are the primary investigator for a study drug that is cures cancer. You’ve done retrospective analysis, case-controls, and tackled a randomized controlled DB study on it. All results show that it works! The scientific community concurs with your conclusions. But for some odd reason, hardly anyone uses it. Yes, it is more expensive, but it definitely works better than the current standard care therapy. Same thing with education. We have proven adult learner theories and educational frameworks that demonstrate better learning and learning retention, but we are all still beholden to the podium-based didactic across the spectrum of medical education UME, GME, CME. It is more resource intensive in the short-term, but aren’t the learners worth it? And yes, I realize the irony of this in that I’m giving a talk, but I’m splitting this talk such that in the second half, I’d like to have an unscripted dialogue with you about next steps and how I can help you innovate in that direction.
But today’s educator 2.0 – whether it be generational or because of all the digital technologies and open access information that we grew up with, this approach no longer meets their needs. I think it’s crazy that we still subscribe to much of the same processes as 100 years ago. Because let’s say that you are the primary investigator for a study drug that is cures cancer. You’ve done retrospective analysis, case-controls, and tackled a randomized controlled DB study on it. All results show that it works! The scientific community concurs with your conclusions. But for some odd reason, hardly anyone uses it. Yes, it is more expensive, but it definitely works better than the current standard care therapy. Same thing with education. We have proven adult learner theories and educational frameworks that demonstrate better learning and learning retention, but we are all still beholden to the podium-based didactic across the spectrum of medical education UME, GME, CME. It is more resource intensive in the short-term, but aren’t the learners worth it? And yes, I realize the irony of this in that I’m giving a talk, but I’m splitting this talk such that in the second half, I’d like to have an unscripted dialogue with you about next steps and how I can help you innovate in that direction.
Social entrepreneurs
Social entrepreneurs
Social entrepreneurs
Social entrepreneurs
Social entrepreneurs
Social entrepreneurs
Within academia
Outside walls of academia
Virtual innovation lab at ALiEM with 40 core team members where we peer and near-peer mentor and support each other
Open transparent, flat heirarchical structure where all voices are heard and titles are meaningless. We value quality
No significant money yet but I am able to pay them all a small honoraria through a composite of multiple small revenu streams
In academia
- Will need to fix many things (EDUCAUSE)
If we keep on the path that we current are on, I suspect that a majority of education will be outsourced beyond the walls of academia, excluding patient bedside teaching. It feels crazy to say it out loud, but I’ve learned over the years is that one must always challenge assumptions to improve and evolve. Just because it wasn’t possible 100 years ago doesn’t mean that it’s not possible no. But still, the mission of medical education being outsourced? Will educators be recruited and drawn away from academic faculty positions? I’m starting to see hints of this happening.
I would champion that you should take stock and listen to your residents and junior faculty. They grew up nderstanding the complexities and digital technologies around them. In fact, they are the drivers and thought leaders in our organization at ALiEM. They are my secret weapon in… Revolutionizing Health Professions Education.
What are your sentinel events in your academic career that totally reshaped its trajectory and path? It was 2009 and I’ve been deliberating all week with myself – Should I or shouldn’t I? Am I crazy? Why is no one else doing this? Should I hit the PUBLISH button on my very first post on a so-called free blog platform on Google. You mean that I can publish my thoughts and teachings onto the open web and learners can read for free in an open classroom or open textbook sort of way? I then closed my eyes and then just did. Click, PUBLISH. What then followed has been the amazing, and often accidental, journey to advance education through non-traditional means. In the next 30-40 minutes, I hope to share some of my behind-the-scenes experiences, pitfalls behind how medical education, specifically in residency education can come to be.