This document discusses using information technology in medical professionalism. It presents several case scenarios of using technology: a home-brewed portfolio system to track knowledge, skills, and attitudes; virtual multidisciplinary team meetings to overcome barriers like distance; and professional websites and social media presences guided by ethical standards. The objectives are to illustrate sensible technology uses beyond conventional internet applications and overcome challenges like geographical barriers through solutions like video conferencing and mobile apps for daily medical tasks.

1. Using Information Technology in
Medical Professionalism
Dr MTD Lakshan
MBBS MS(Oto) DOHNS (Eng) FEB ORL-HNS FRCSEd ORL-HNS

2. Objectives
• Sensible use of technology with real-life case scenarios
• Beyond conventional use of Internet
1. Home brewed software solution
2. Video conferencing to overcome many barriers including
geographical
3. Ethical web presence including social media
• Mobile applications of daily use

4. Software
Desktop software Mobile Apps

5. Storage
Physical Media Cloud Based

6. Life Cycle
0
25
50
75
100
wow
Disaster
OK

7. Sensible use to achieve
productivity goals

8. –Epstein and Hundert
“Professional competence is the habitual and
judicious use of communication, knowledge,
technical skills, clinical reasoning, emotions, values,
and reflection in daily practice for the benefit of the
individual and community being served.

9. Case Scenarios

10. A home-brewed portfolio system

11. Why Portfolio?

12. Knowledge
Skills Attitudes
EthicsCommunication
5

14. Ideal portfolio
Simple Reliable Accessible Privacy
Minimum
Burden
Less
Technical
Multimedia
capable
Assessment
Ready

15. entsrilanka.org/
portfolio

19. If interested for a free
account
entsrilanka.org/portfolio

20. Virtual MDT

21. Problems of cancer patient
care in periphery
• Distance
• Clinical workload
• Time
• Opportunity cost
• Resources
• Poor patient outcome

23. Virtual MDT Protocol
Diagnosis Enrolled
Hard copy
Online
database
MDT Documentation

25. Video Documentation

26. outcome

27. Benefits
• Close to 100 patients
• Saved time, resources
• Prevented opportunity cost
• Educational for all the members
• Happy patients with better outcomes

28. Web Presence
Professional Website

30. Professional Web Presence
• Guided eg GMC
• Professional website/ Blog
• Searchable
• Medical Tourism
• Social Media

31. Advantages
• Tell the world who you are
• what services you offer
• contact details
• patient education and counselling
• news and updates
• pg education

32. Daily app use

33. Uses
• Create - Office Suite
• Time Management - Calendars
• Task / Project Management
• Medical literature searches
• Ebooks reader

35. Good Reader

38. Objectives
• Sensible use of technology with real life case scenarios
• Beyond conventional Use of Internet
• Home brewed software solution
• Video conferencing to overcome many barriers including
geographical
• Ethical web presence including social media
• Mobile application of daily use

39. Healing TouchHealing Touch of Medicine

40. Contact
e: lakshent@gmail.com
t: @mtdlakshan
W: learnent.net