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MANUSCRIPT: Teaching clinical informatics to third-year medical students: negative results from two controlled trials.

Abstract BACKGROUND: Prior educational interventions to increase seeking evidence by medical students have been unsuccessful. METHODS: We report two quasirandomized controlled trials to increase seeking of medical evidence by third-year medical students. In the first trial (1997-1998), we placed computers in clinical locations and taught their use in a 6-hour course. Based on negative

Posted on 21 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Learning Models & Theory, Manuscript, Online Learning, Resources

MANUSCRIPT: Knowledge transfer in surgery: skills, process and evaluation.

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Knowledge transfer is an essential element in the management of surgical health care. In a routine clinical practice, surgeons need to make changes to the health care they provide as new clinical evidence emerges. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The information was derived from the authors' experience and research in evidence-based practice, searching of

Posted on 21 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Education Technology, Online Learning, Resources

ABSTRACT: Effectiveness of training health professionals in literature search skills using electronic health databases–a critical appraisal.

Abstract The objective was to assess the effect on health professionals' skills of one to eight hours literature search and retrieval training from electronic health databases. We searched: Cochrane library (2002; Issue 3), MEDLINE (1977-2002/5), EMBASE (1980-2002/7); CINAHL (1982-2002/5); ASSIA (1982-2002/7), BNI (1994-2002/5), ERIC (1985-2002/6); LISA (1969--current), NRR (2002, Issue 2),

Posted on 21 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Online Learning, Resources

ABSTRACT: The Characteristics of Unsuccessful E-Mentoring Relationships for Youth With Disabilities

Abstract Recently, researchers have focused on the benefits of e-mentoring for young people with disabilities, such as greater access to sources of information and support. Relatively few researchers have explored the problem of unsuccessful e-mentoring relationships, i.e., mentors and mentored individuals who withdraw from an e-mentoring program before completion. Our findings

Posted on 21 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

RESOURCE: Twitter usage at Clinical Congress rises markedly over two years

In just two years, Twitter use among members of the College has increased dramatically. At the time of the 2010 Clinical Congress in Washington, DC, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Twitter account, @AmCollSurgeons, had 907 followers, and a modest number of attendees tweeted about their experience or engaged with

Posted on 21 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Medical Education, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

ABSTRACT: The impact of social media on a major international emergency medicine conference.

OBJECTIVE:To report on the presence and use of social media by speakers and attendees at the International Conference on Emergency Medicine ICEM 2012, and describe the increasing use of online technologies such as Twitter and podcasts in publicising conferences and sharing research findings, and for clinical teaching.METHODS:Speakers were identified through

Posted on 21 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Education Technology, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

RESOURCE: How to Game a Grading Curve

This is an amazing game theory outcome, and not one that economists would likely predict…In this one-off final exam, there are at least two Bayesian Nash equilibria a stable outcome, where no student has an incentive to change his strategy after considering the other students’ strategies. Equilibrium #1 is that no one

Posted on 20 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Resources

RESOURCE: Fewer Full-Sized Courses. More learning snacks, ePubs, Videos, and Reference Tools

Across our client base, the consistent demand is to limit course length or to somehow modify the instructional design so that it’s possible for someone to “consume” a course in smaller chunks. As tablets and phones enter the workplace, we also see clients getting excited by “just-in-time” access to ePubs

Posted on 20 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Online Learning, Resources

RESOURCE: Technology brings classroom experience to distance learners | Education | guardian.co.uk

Opportunities for social learning open up when students use mobile devices: the OU, for example, plans to allow students to share their e-reader annotations online, and to see which other students are reading the same text and chat online to them about it. The Leicester MSc students have an app

Posted on 19 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Online Learning, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

When 35,000 healthcare professionals “learn” in 35,000 different ways…

I had a great opportunity to skype in to give a brief talk back in June at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting. My topic was on how oncologists are using social media and new technology as an element of their lifelong learning, and I was able to

Posted on 19 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Blog, Medical Education, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

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MANUSCRIPT: Teaching clinical informatics to third-year medical students: negative results from two controlled trials.

MANUSCRIPT: Knowledge transfer in surgery: skills, process and evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Effectiveness of training health professionals in literature search skills using electronic health databases–a critical appraisal.

RESOURCE: How to Game a Grading Curve

RESOURCE: Fewer Full-Sized Courses. More learning snacks, ePubs, Videos, and Reference Tools

When 35,000 healthcare professionals “learn” in 35,000 different ways…

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