Accepted Type
Facilitated and Dedicated Poster
Code
P4 - 06
Acceptance Declaration
Accept
Additional Information
I declare I have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program.
Was this work accepted for CCME 2020?
no
Category
General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)
Type
Oral
Sub Type
Education Innovation
Will the presenter be a:
Other
Presenter Other
Faculty
Affiliation
Considered for Poster
yes
Title
The Times They are a-Changin': A Pediatric Bootcamp for Medical Students
Length of Presentation
Background/Purpose
Pediatric medicine is traditionally underrepresented, or at least disproportionately represented in pre-clinical components of traditional curriculum designs. As a result, the majority of pediatric focused medical content is taught during the core pediatric clerkship. Our Pediatric Bootcamp was developed to respond to changes in the clinical educational opportunities for clerkship students due to COVID-19. Given the need to shorten core pediatric clerkship to avoid the potential overlap of the 2021 and 2022 cohorts, the bootcamp took advantage of the current crisis to lay a solid foundation in pediatric knowledge and skills prior to return to clerkship.
Summary of the Innovation
A Pediatric Bootcamp consisting of 14 half-days of core pediatric content was created and delivered in June 2020 while students were displaced from their clinical educational experiences. Clerkship students (Class of 2021) who had not yet completed their pediatrics clerkship, and pre-clerkship students (Class of 2022) were invited to attend and participate in synchronous virtual teaching sessions. Guiding concepts for curriculum development included (1) theme days, (2) case-based focus, (3) approaches to core pediatric clinical presentations, (4) active learning with interactive components, (5) flipped classroom to allow for application during live sessions, and (6) adult learning principles.
Conclusion
Throughout the 3-week period, over 100 students consistently participated in online learning. Student feedback was generally positive, including expressed desire to have a pre-clinical dedicated and consolidated pediatric block. Over the upcoming year we will be monitoring the Bootcamp's impact on learning given some students will experience quite a time gap between the bootcamp and their core pediatric rotations.
Keyword 1
undergraduate medical education
Keyword 2
pediatrics
Keyword 3
bootcamp
Level of Training
Undergraduate
Abstract Themes
Teaching and learning
Teaching and Learning
- Clinical Context
- Integrated instruction & learning
Additional Theme (First choice)
Undergraduate
Additional Theme (Second Choice)
Distributed Medical Education
Additional Theme (Third Choice)
Authors
Presenter
Jessica L. Foulds
Term 1
Yes
Term 2
Yes
Term 3
Yes
Term 4
Yes
Term 5
Yes
