Submission ID 77497
| Code | OE-5-6 |
|---|---|
| At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: | |
| Category | Medical Education |
| Type | Oral |
| Will the presenter be a: | Early Career Faculty - (Less than 7 years of practice) |
| Title | A Novel Series of Brief, Asynchronous, Case-Based E-Learning Modules to Supplement Knowledge Integration and Preparation for Clerkship |
| Background/Purpose | The transition from pre-clerkship to clerkship marks an important opportunity for medical students to integrate previous curriculum and prepare for more experiential clinical learning. However, students may feel unprepared with respect to common scenarios that require rapid clinical decision making. We developed a novel series of e-learning modules as part of a self-directed learning week to better address this issue. |
| Methods | Students at the end of their pre-clerkship at McMaster University worked through a series of mandatory self-directed modules during one week in October, 2021. Twenty-two 'rapid fire' e-learning modules were developed on common, critical, acute care clinical presentations across several disciplines, including internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, and others. These were asynchronous, formative, interactive, case-based modules encompassing important clinical presentations; and mapped to the Medical Council of Canada presentations. Each module included a number of short answer questions with expert feedback, summary review content, and additional resources. |
| Results | All 204 students completed the rapid fire modules. The modules were strongly praised with extremely positive comments, with over 90% of students stating that the activity should be offered to future cohorts. |
| Discussion | These novel self-directed e-learning modules were an efficient and effective approach to expose medical students to important clinical presentations in a low-stress, formative manner. They were very positively evaluated by students; and can easily be re-deployed and updated in subsequent years. The modules will be maintained in the curriculum, with planned revisions and improvements, based on feedback. |
| Keyword 1 | Transition to clerkship |
| Keyword 2 | e-Learning |
| Keyword 3 | Pedagogy |
| Abstract content most relevant to: (check all that apply) | Undergraduate Medical Education |
| Abstract Track - First Choice | Curriculum |
| Curriculum | Case-Based Integrated Quality improvement |
| Authors | Patricia Farrugia Patricia Farrugia Anthony Levinson Jodie Bousfield |
