| Title | Wrap-Up and Editing of Online Teaching Resources Project in Urology |
|---|---|
| Faculty/College/Unit | Medicine |
| Status | Completed |
| Duration | 3 Years |
| Initiation | 04/01/2008 |
| Completion | 03/31/2010 |
| Funding Details | |
| Year 1: Project Title | Continued Development of Online Teaching Resources in Urology |
| Year 1: Project Year | Year 1 |
| Year 1: Funding Year | 2008/2009 |
| Year 1: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 1: Principal Investigator | John ST Masterson |
| Year 1: Funded Amount | 20,300 |
| Year 1: Team Members | John S.T. Masterson, Clinical Professor, Urological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine |
| Year 1: Summary | This project is intended as an extension of our Summer 2007 "Development of Online PBL Cases in Urology". This involved the creation of 39 online cases related to both Emergency Room and Office Urology clinical problems. The students were the primary authors, and were assigned a specific Urology resident and Urology faculty member. Each student was assigned four cases to be completed over an eight week period during the Summer 2007. Overall editorial review of each case was carried out by JST Masterson and SL Goldenberg. Assistance was also provided by members of the Department of Pathology, and by the Division of Radiation Oncology. Out of the 11 students, participating, one student was located in Victoria and one in Prince George. Local faculty members were assigned to these two students, but the Urology resident was based in Vancouver. Creation of the cases from a remote site did not pose any difficulties, which was felt to be an endorsement of the accessibility to cases from remote sites. Clinical exposure to real life cases is not uniform in the three distributed sites, so it is felt that this type of resource will help minimize any discrepancies. |
| Year 2: Project Title | Continued Development of Online Teaching Resources in Urology |
| Year 2: Project Year | Year 2 |
| Year 2: Funding Year | 2009/2010 |
| Year 2: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 2: Principal Investigator | John ST Masterson |
| Year 2: Funded Amount | 27,950 |
| Year 2: Team Members | John S.T. Masterson, Clinical Professor, Urological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine |
| Year 2: Summary | With the expansion of the Medical School, with both increased size of the entering class, and wide geographical distribution of students, it was felt that there would be difficulties securing consistent clinical exposure for students. This was related to varying patterns of practice, varying levels of commitment of specialists in the distributed sites, lack of Resident staff at all sites, and the sheer volume of students. The development of an Online PBL resource with universal access was initiated by the Department of Urological Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine. This project will be the third year of development of Online Resources to support the distributed curriculum model, which currently includes Vancouver (VFMP), Victoria (IMP) and Prince George (NMP). An additional campus, in Kelowna, will be added in 2011. This resource is intended to provide students from all distributed sites and from remote rural sites with 24/7 access. With the students acting as reviewers and editors, the 2007 cases were exported from CLIPP/CASUS (server based in Germany) to DiagnosisX which is hosted by the Molson Medical Informatics Institute and McGill University. This was necessary because federal law in Canada prohibits the exporting of any confidential data (students) to any server hosted outside of Canada. With the students acting as primary case authors, and supported by a Urology Resident and a Urology faculty member, a total of 26 new cases were completed. A template for current and future cases was also developed to help ensure the uniformity and quality of the cases. An Images Resources Library, hosted on a secure database by the Department of Urological Sciences, was created to store all types of images pertaining to Urology for future teaching and examination purposes. A total of four cases were integrated into the FERGU (Fluids, Electrolytes, Renal, Genito-Urinary) Block of FMED 404 as optional learning resources for the 1st year medical students. Approximately 35% of the class utilized the cases. An Excel file with approximately 18,000 lines is currently being reviewed to assess group student performance. For 2009, our objectives include:
Virtually all the funds will be directed to student stipends, to student travel costs from the distributed sites in Vancouver, and to student travel costs for presentations at both Canadian and International meetings. |
| Year 3: Project Year | Year 3 |
| Year 3: Funding Year | 2010/2011 |
| Year 3: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 3: Principal Investigator | John ST Masterson |
| Year 3: Funded Amount | 9,120 |
| Year 3: Team Members | John S.T. Masterson, Clinical Professor, Urological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine |
| Year 3: Summary | The Department has a bank of 75 Online PBL cases and 24 videos, as funded previously by TLEF. Regular editing and testing is necessary during the development, publishing and maintenance phases. The videos need hyperlinks within the PBL cases, and also need to be set up as a free standing resource within DiagnosisX and UBC MEDICOL. Funding is also being sought to create a bank of online e-Structured Oral Exam questions, to be linked into the cases. As in 2009, selected Online PBL cases will be integrated into the 1st year 2010 FERGU Block. We would like to monitor the continued utility of this optional resource and to solicit student feed back about the cases with regards to the content of Weeks 3 & 4 in FERGU. We plan to look at the natural evolution of case design, knowledge acquisition, and student feedback. This will allow for creation of a “Users Guide” for other Departments and authors. |