Academic writing literacy and health media and information literacy (MIL) of medical students remains poor due to reliance on cramming for exams. Content curation using tools like Scoop.it can improve this by providing a blended learning experience. A trial implementation of Scoop.it for a clinical research module saw students actively curate topics of interest, practicing foreign languages and developing information literacy in the process. Evaluation found it an engaging way to learn compared to passive courses.

1. Academic Writing Literacy of Medical Students
can be improved
by Content Curation in Clinical Research Blended
Learning
Gilbert C Faure MD, PhD
Immunologie
Faculté de Médecine
and CREM
Université Lorraine, Nancy

2. Academic Writing +
Media and Information Literacies
Although it was an objective for Society
2020
In the context of Infobesity
Compared to a doubling time of medical knowledge of 50 years in
1950, 7 years in 1980, and 3.5 years in 2010, the current doubling
time is approximately 70 days.
Health and MIL of medical students
remains poor

3. Status of learning of medical
students
Learning: predominantly rely on massed
learning (or cramming « bachotage »)
Medical students tests/exams based on
memory in first years of medical and
for internship further selection
Assessments standardized with many
MCQs
Not much critical mind

4. Learning (2)
No health literacy training in the
context of web and social networks
usage by patients
No initiation for
further (CME/CPD)
or complementary training (master,
PhD) where writing essays and
publishing is mandatory

5. This presentation is based
On 2 experiences of using content
curation
(1) an initiation centered in lond
distance learning due to Covid
epidemy in China
(2) the implementation in a clinical
research blended-learning process in
France in 2021/22

6. Sino-french medical training program Nancy-
Wuhan 2020: 危机
Covid-19: 23/1/2020
https://www.scoop.it/topic/wuhan?page=6&tag=COVID-19
Long Distance teaching and learning:
classes 2015/6/7
Selected resources for homework
DIU: Active learning by students on
chosen topics building portfolio

7. Long distance Teaching
and Learning
Self learning classes 2014/15/16: 10
« devoirs à la maison » home work
Curated resources in French
Langue française: lecture, écriture
7 à 9 questions
Answers and corrections in France (GCF)
and China (Samuel F.) on topic Scoop.it
and/or by e-mail

8. Topics covered
1 La villa Majorelle à Nancy
2 Les mirabelles de Lorraine
3 Le train du Yunnan
4 Immunité anti virale
5 Gourmandises lorraines
6 Consuls et consulats à Wuhan
7 Chirurgie robotique
8 Entreprises françaises à Wuhan
9 Les mastocytes
10 Infections, épidémiologie, prévention

9. Impacts
Campus France: Appel aux initiatives
solidaires (12/3/20) 7ème ex-aequo
Linkedin (27/2/20)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/distance-learning-medical-students-
sino-french-training-gilbert-faure/
EPALE (5/20)
FIED #RED21 (5/21)
Mini-Case study on
Pr M Healey, Chester UK website
2021 E-learning Success Summit

10. Content Curation
A not so recent concept (2010’s)
It allows to
find, select
aggregate
elevate, comment, editorialize
share
archive and retrieve later
Many tools>50…

11. In our experience
https://www.scoop.it/u/gilbertcfaure
• one of the best curation tools on the web for
« serious information »
– Crawling engine and enrichment capacities
• A virtual scientific news journal and « content
hub » easy to browse with pictures
– Search engine « inside » is a major asset
• Human factor of curation is the added value
compared to robots (SEO), and AI.
• But the limit, requiring everyday work

12. Curating information is creating
Snippets (nuggets) of information
Title
Illustration
Summary
Comments
Tags: Keywords

13. Requirements
Reading: searching, selecting,
Understanding
Tagging
Writing: summarizing, elevating,
commenting, discussing
Practicing foreign languages
Learning
Memorizing

14. Methods 2021
UE Master 7.309
DIU Méthodologies de la recherche médicale et chirurgicales
Implementation of Scoop.it Content Curation tool
for active/hybrid learning in a module focusing on
clinical research
50 students (medicine, maieutic) +10 chinese students
from Nancy Wuhan training program
Introductory course on Scientific Information
Access to Curated Resources by teachers
Open a medical topic of interest using Scoop.it free
plan (one topic, up to 50 posts)
Opinion and evaluation survey
after 3 months

15. Results (2021)
Diversity of topics (Alzheimer,
Autoimmunity, Cancer, Cardiology,
Gynecology, Grafts, HIV, Neurology…
Phagotherapy)
At least 25 posts… up to full load (65%)
Medical (80%) and lay-people resources
Keywords,
Comments and summaries… up to 2 pages
Usage of English >60%

16. Results
Literacies (information, digital,
health) poor for most french
students, better for chinese
No previous knowledge of concept of
content curation (but Pinterest) or of
Scoop.it tool
No specific training in information
usage,
either scientific or media

17. Limits
Time consuming
Language barriers of published papers
but positive on learning english
Discovery of costs of access of scientific
literature
Discovery of Open Access

18. Evaluation/survey
Very positive
Discovery of information and medical
literature, either scientific
and/or for lay people, very much diverse than
previously though
Discovery of medical, english and french
vocabulary
Enjoyed active, and self learning
Different from passive courses
(ludique et intéressant, enrichissant…)
Understood micro/mobile-learning(s)
Willing to pursue (+++)

19. From Conventional to
Interactive learning
Potential interactions through
The Curation tool
The University ENT
E-mails (preferred by students)
And Through
Free discussions
Sharing of resources selected by teachers

20. Discussion
An easy way of discovering new knowledge in
specific fields of interest
Learning to read and write
Stimulating curiosity
Developing health and information literacy
Building e-portfolio for research projects
Initiating autonomous learning for Life Long
Learning
Practicing and mastering Foreign Languages

21. Conclusion
Content curation used for knowledge
management in corporate settings, and for
marketing purposes, teaching and learning in
other disciplines (geography..)
Can be blended-, hybrid-, self-, micro-…
learning used for by medical students engaged
in clinical research training

22. Disclaimer
once upon a time…
Europe SCICOM meetings
Paris MRES Comité stratégique IST
UHP Nancy 1 Chargé de mission DOC
AUF: ASSIM: maître toile
(http://www.assim.refer.org)
IUIS/ICSU with Michelle Letarte
Now: Emeritus, OKCC/C3O
And Sino-French Medical Training programs (Wuhan
and Kunming)
http://www.scoop.it/u/gilbertcfaure
https://fr2.slideshare.net/gcfaure
No conflict of interest to declare

23. Some References
Curation for OKM and information literacy (IL) is beneficial for PhD
students: Case study of Scoop it ECIL Oct 2015, Tallin, Estonia
Content curation supports learning and training through reading. Bobcatsss
2018 Riga January 2018
Online learning : from Blended learning to Connected learning with content
curation ; WCOL2019 Dublin, Novembre 2019
GC FAURE, F ARNAL. Content curation for Teaching and Learning
«International Research Conference on Education and Online-Learning»
December 22-23, 2020 Berkeley, CA, USA
AMEE 2021 (Glasgow) Content Curation: A tool for teaching and learning
in Medical High Education
AMEE 2022 (Lyon) Implementation and evaluation of Content
Curation in a clinical research training/learning module

24. C3 from e- to ….
M- (Micro, Mobile)
A- (Active)
RaW- (Reading and Writing)
D- Discovery
S-D (Self-directed)
E- experiential

25. C2
Digital platforms provide means for students
to quickly and continually acquire ever-
changing knowledge.
As Bonk puts it, it essentially allows them
“to learn anything, from anyone, at any
time.”

26. Collective knowledge and
Investigative intelligence
Before: Libraries
Now: Internet / Infobesity
Thanks Sempé, Jane Hart

27. Overview
Background: Infobesity
Media and Information Literacy
Content Curation: Tools… Scoop.it
Medical Immunology and more
Implementation for
Connected learning,
Active learning and more
Results and Evaluation
Advantages and challenges
No conflict of interest to declare

28. 2022-2023
analysis underway
Increase of registered students, almost
100
Interest in épreuve de lecture d’article
« reading paper »
Rewards for future internship

29. Results 2022
Topics chosen
French, English
Evaluation on
Relevance … Selection of Sources and
Resources, original medical journals,
web sources
Methods
Knowledge: Clinical situations,
examination and explorations with
medical devices and biological tests,