integrating live and online activities: an innovative approach to continuing education (ce)
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Integrating Live and Online Activities: An innovative approach to Continuing Education (CE). James C. Norton, PhD Seth Anderson, BS Maggie Luoma, BS. Overview. About CECentral Rationale Family Medicine Review Methods Results Discussion. UKHC CECentral. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Integrating Live and Online Activities: An innovative approach to Continuing Education
(CE)James C. Norton, PhD
Seth Anderson, BSMaggie Luoma, BS
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Overview
• About CECentral• Rationale• Family Medicine Review• Methods• Results• Discussion
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UKHC CECentral
• Administrative unit within UKHC• Accreditation for Pharmacy and Medicine• Live and Online content• 600 activities last year
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Rationale I
• Adult learning literature suggests limited retention of lecture content
• Regarding CE, traditional lecture format has limited role in helping physicians assimilate new information (Bloom, 2005)
• Literature suggests that active learning is more effective
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Rationale II
• Live events should be interactive• Interaction is easier if basic knowledge is
already shared• Online prerequisites for live events allow that• Natural fit for CECentral
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Family Medicine Review
• Family Medicine Review: a traditional live event lasting a week
• Lecture format• Innovation: Provide online prerequisites for
case based, small group evening seminars• Eight sessions to date, discussing the first four
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Methods I
• 2011 session of FMR: three existing online activities identified as prerequisites– Nephrology– Over the counter drugs– ADHD/ADD
• FMR registrants recruited
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Methods II
• Participants limited to 12 per session• Sessions in evening • Faculty facilitated case discussions• Participants encouraged to bring cases• Faculty had cases as back-up
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Results I
• Significant difference between mean evaluation scores of OTC course when compared to the two other topics, Nephro and ADD.
• Significant difference between the mean first attempt scores between two topics, Nephrology and OTC.
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Results II
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Results III
• 4+ ratings on 5 point scale• “Outstanding forum/discussion which clarified
many nephrology issues for me in treating my renal patients … Keep this session available to others.”
• “The webinars were good, but what really, “made,” this course was Dr. Sawaya, who made sure we understood the material.”
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Discussion I
• Long day for participants• Difficult to assure prerequisites completed• Participants rarely brought cases
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Discussion II
• FMR: making seminars a regular element• Considering alternative time• Plan to expand format to other live meetings
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