I have finally written up a brief survey I did last year looking at how a selected group of Wessex GPs were using the Internet, Web 2.0 tools and smartphones for their CPD. The link to the document is here. I had the privilege of presenting a poster of the key findings at the Wessex Educational … Continue reading Smartphone and Social Media use for CPD in Wessex
Category: Continuing Education
Mobile Learning and Smartphone use amongst Wessex GPs
I have finally got around to disseminating a questionnaire to the good GPs and GPSTs of Wessex to assess the use of smartphones and their use for M-learning and CPD. More to come but I have drafted an abstract of my findings below. Background and Aims There is an increasing use of smart phones for … Continue reading Mobile Learning and Smartphone use amongst Wessex GPs
A Meta-Analysis of Continuing Medical Education Effectiveness (Mansouri and Lockyer 2007)
Free text from here. In trying to justify why I think PBSGL is a good way of learning, I have done a lot of literature searching and reading about how different CME interventions can change what we do as physicians. The more recent research on PBSGL has demonstrated that Small Group Learning (SGL) is associated … Continue reading A Meta-Analysis of Continuing Medical Education Effectiveness (Mansouri and Lockyer 2007)
Hall, Pippa, and Lynda Weaver. “Interdisciplinary education and teamwork: a long and winding road.” Medical education 35.9 (2001): 867-875
This article looks at education in an interdiscplinary team. Most people have heard of a multi-disciplinary team where a team of specialists (in their own right) discuss cases. Think of the MDT approach to hospital based disciplines and particualr complex cancer care. At the other end of the spectrum is transdisciplinary where there is role … Continue reading Hall, Pippa, and Lynda Weaver. “Interdisciplinary education and teamwork: a long and winding road.” Medical education 35.9 (2001): 867-875
Hall, Pippa, and Lynda Weaver. “Interdisciplinary education and teamwork: a long and winding road.” Medical education 35.9 (2001): 867-875.
This article looks at education in an interdiscplinary team. Most people have heard of a multi-disciplinary team where a team of specialists (in their own right) discuss cases. Think of the MDT approach to hospital based disciplines and particualr complex cancer care. At the other end of the spectrum is transdisciplinary where there is role … Continue reading Hall, Pippa, and Lynda Weaver. “Interdisciplinary education and teamwork: a long and winding road.” Medical education 35.9 (2001): 867-875.
Chronic Pain
After our 2 sessions on chronic pain, we have performed a couple of audits at Bulford. My own is here: 20150121-Opiate audit . Tony (D) has also done one. I found both sessions incredibly useful. I am finding I am being more pragmatic with patients and being realistic with outcomes. I think the main learning points for … Continue reading Chronic Pain
PBSGL Oct 14 – Post Menopausal Symptoms
An excellent discussion. Lots of areas where there was learning and confirmation of practice. There was also discussion about our role as patient advocate in 2 of the cases. Should we stop the HRT in the 74 yr old lady suddenly? What about if it was contra-indicated. Also the role of alternative medicine - if … Continue reading PBSGL Oct 14 – Post Menopausal Symptoms
Online people tagging: SNS and work-based learning
Online people tagging: SNS and work-based learning Cook, John, and Norbert Pachler. "Online people tagging: Social (mobile) network (ing) services and work‐based learning." British Journal of Educational Technology 43.5 (2012): 711-725. After a break for a holiday, I am down to the last few articles I want to review before I submit my assignment. I … Continue reading Online people tagging: SNS and work-based learning
Tweeting For Learning
Tweeting for learning: A critical analysis of research on microblogging in education published in 2008–2011F Gao, T Luo, K Zhang - British Journal of Educational Technology 43.5 (2012): 783-801.I came across this article when searching for microblogging papers. It is a useful article in that it summarises the research done between 2008 and 2011 on … Continue reading Tweeting For Learning
Wikis, blogs and podcasts: a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education
Maged N Kamel Boulos*, Inocencio Maramba and Steve Wheeler BMC Medical Education 2006, 6:41 doi:10.1186/1472-6920-6-41 Free text here I found this article whilst doing a search trying to find evidence of the educational impact of SNS and Web 2.0 tools. Unfortunately it is a slightly older article so some of the concepts and ideas are … Continue reading Wikis, blogs and podcasts: a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education
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