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University of MinnesotaAcademic Health Center (AHC)Online Learning Opportunities

Minnesota Rural Health Conference

July 19, 2005

Janet Shanedling, PhD

What is the U of M AHC?

Sr. VP, Health Sciences

Research Clinical Sciences Education

Dentistry Medicine(TC and Duluth)

Nursing (TC and Rochester)

Pharmacy (TC and Duluth)

Public Health

Veterinary Medicine

Technology-Enhanced Learning Goals

• Clinical decision-making skills

• Evidence-based practice

• Active, lifelong, and reflective learning

• Flexible access to resources

Program Samples• Nursing 8402: Advanced practice

nurses• Parkinson’s Disease: Second-year

An Overview medical students• Outbreak at Watersedge High school or

college students• Pediatric Grand Rounds Anyone/everyone• Internal Medicine: Internal medicine

Practice-Based residents

Learning Blog

Nursing 8402. Primary Care: Assessment and Management of Health for Advanced Practice Nurses

Nursing 8402• Learners: Family Nurse Practitioner, Women’s

Health Care Nurse Practitioner, and Nurse Midwifery

• Goal: For these advanced practice nurses to learn a process for addressing patients' health issues in primary care settings

• Format: WebCT/Vista course blended with two face-to-face sessions

• Activities: Textbook readings, self-assessments, group discussions, reflective essays, online exams

Parkinson’s Disease: An Overview

Parkinson’s Disease: An Overview

• Learners: Second-year medical students; Dept. of Neurology; pharmaceuticals staff

• Goal: To provide an initial introduction to movement disorders, including an initial introduction to ‘real patients’

• Format: CD-ROM• Activities: self-study format that includes

interactive activities, videos, animations, self-assessment

http://meded1.ahc.umn.edu/cdproject

Outbreak at Watersedge

Outbreak at Watersedge• Learners: High school guidance counselors and

undergraduate advisors; high school and college students; science teachers

• Goal: To introduce the player to public health professional roles and to basic epidemiological principles and investigative methods; provide public health resources

• Format: CD-ROM

• Activities: Simulation

http://www.mclph.umn.edu/watersedge

Department of Health

Mapping Exercise

Watersedge Park Beach

Pediatric Grand Rounds:http://www.peds.umn.edu

Internal Medicine – Problem-Based Learning