Engaging explorations of technology for teaching/learning in the health sciences.

Presentation at April 2008 SGEA conference

Sun, 04/06/2008 - 14:08 — Cynthia Russell

Find a brief recording of the presentation here that I did for the April 2008 Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA) on April 4, 2008.
Online resources noted in the slides:

YouTube videos of interest noted in the slides:

Time Management

Thu, 06/21/2007 - 19:05 — Cynthia Russell

Successful time management means that you manage your time according to what you need to do and when you can best do it.

  • Do you know your best time of day for studying? You may wish to complete a Study Time of Day Preference Checklist to help you determine what part of the day you study best in and then schedule your study time during that part of the day.
  • Some students find it helpful to schedule study time. Develop a daily study schedule and stick to it.
  • Be sure to take a 10 minute break for every 60 minutes you study.
  • A good strategy is to study the most complicated or complex material first.

Study Habits

Thu, 06/21/2007 - 19:03 — Cynthia Russell

Good study habits are vital to your success as a health professions' student and include many things. Focus on these things to help you be successful:

  • Time management
  • Study groups
  • Avoid cramming

Skills for Success

Thu, 06/21/2007 - 19:02 — Cynthia Russell

Multiple things go into things go into successful test taking skills, including your:

  • Study habits
  • Note taking skills, class participation, environment
  • Individual learning styles

Test Taking Strategies for Health Sciences Students

Thu, 06/21/2007 - 19:00 — Cynthia Russell

Students in health sciences disciplines take a lot of tests! From the time educational programs begin through to licensure and certification exams, tests are part of the student experience. This material is designed to help learners explore the various components of tests and test taking that will, hopefully, increase success in courses!
You may find the presentation on Test Taking Strategies useful. Listen to it and see if you can get the answers correct!

Topics include:

  • Skills for Success
  • Learning Styles
  • Note Taking
  • Managing Study Habits
  • Multiple Choice Questions
  • Cognitive Levels of Nursing Questions
  • Test Taking Skills
  • Test Day Tips
  • How to Succeed

Audioclips

Wed, 05/30/2007 - 06:17 — Cynthia Russell

This is the repository page for links to materials prepared, collected, and reviewed for content on using and creating brief (3-5 minutes) audioclips for classes.
URL of this page: http://technology-escapades.net/?q=node/22

Blog posting about using audioclips on the technology-escapades blog.

Using Audioclips

Creating Audioclips

Narrative Information

Links to sites described in presentation:

Additional Useful Sites:

Recording Audioclips with Audacity:
Audacity is a free software program that can be downloaded to computers to capture audio clips. It is cross-platform and can be used on Windows Operating System (OS) or Macintosh OS computers.
Once you download and install Audacity, you need to also download the lame encoder. The lame encoder permits you to save files in mp3 format, making them playable on devices (such as PDAs and iPods and other players).
Here are a couple of brief (3-5 minute) and excellent tutorials about using Audacity from SeeItDoItTV.

Find this and other helpful how to brief clips at these sites:

While you're at those sites, get involved in the conversations and see what other resources are available for your use and learning!

Games for Health: Using Serious Games for Positive Patient Outcomes

Fri, 01/26/2007 - 09:59 — Cynthia Russell

This is the beginning of a thread devoted to using games with patients, family members, and members of communities to achieve positive patient outcomes. The "sister" thread, devoted to using serious games for educating healthcare professions students and healthcare professionals, is located here.

On January 25, 2007, I gave a presentation to nurses and students of District 1 in the Tennessee Nurses Association. If you'd like to see the slides and hear the narration from that presentation, click on the image below to be taken to it. It's about 50 minutes, prepared in Articulate Presenter.

Let me know what you think. Are you interested in collaborating in terms of using serious games with a specific patient population? Would you like to discuss how to incorporate serious games in your education of healthcare professions' students or healthcare professionals? Would you like a specific presentation targeted to a specific area of serious games? Send me an email at crussell@technology-escapades.net and let's talk!

Points & Questions to Consider in Designing & Implementing YOUR Interprofessional Initiative

Sun, 06/04/2006 - 14:11 — Cynthia Russell

1. Who are your best advocates? In nursing? In other professions? In administration? Among students?

  • You cannot do this alone, not if it is to be truly an interprofessional initiative
  • If you don’t have current advocates, what can you do to convince/persuade others that interprofessional health education is necessary
  • To be most successful, an interprofessional initiative should become part of the strategic plan of the entire institution

2. Where are your advocates located? Internal to your organization? External to your organization?

  • You may be at an institution that doesn’t have other health professions represented
  • Who can you partner with, whether locally or at a distance

3. Which approach would best serve your institution? Vitamin? Vaccine? Smorgasboard? Main entrée?

  • What are you ready and willing to advocate for
  • What could you be successful at, thereby increasing the likelihood that the initiative will continue
  • Can interdisciplinary experiences be planned not only thru courses, but seminars, clinical experiences and research projects?

4. What courses already exist that, with some directed effort, could be altered to become interprofessional?

  • Could you obtain an interprofessional designation for courses (vs a profession-specific designation)?

5. What are some strengths or key collaborations that already exist in your institution?

  • Gerontology/geriatrics?
  • Primary care?
  • Rehabilitation? Others?

6. Will the initiative be completely didactic? Will it be part didactic and part experiential? Completely experiential?

7. What will make the initiative interprofessional?

  • Will the content and desired student outcomes be related to interprofessional practice?
  • Will students from multiple health professions take the course?
  • Will faculty from multiple health professions participate in the instruction?

8. Where in the curriculum do you have the room to add new credits, whether elective or required?

  • Will the initiative be early or late in the students’ educational programs?
  • Will it span their programs?
  • Will it be elective or required?

9. Where in the day/week is there time that could be scheduled for interprofessional initiatives?

10. What opportunities can your clinical sites offer for students to observe and work within interprofessional healthcare teams?

  • Special clinics?
  • Quality improvement projects?
  • Team training sessions?

11. What do you need to “convince” others on your campus (create enthusiasm) that this is the right thing to do?

  • Collect foundational documents calling for this approach? AACN position paper? Institute of Medicine’s publications?
  • Collect material about other successful programs – journal articles or monographs?
  • Host speakers on campus to provide dialogue about interprofessional education?

12. Can you obtain funding for this initiative?

  • Consider internal & external sources
  • Administrative & grant monies
  • Support from clinical partners

FINALLY: If you become a lead person for this at your institution, make sure to have the work planned into your faculty workload so that it is counted toward your promotion and yearly efforts!

Books and Monographs Focused on Interprofessional Health Education

Wed, 05/31/2006 - 20:49 — Cynthia Russell

Author: Drinka, Theresa J. K. and Clark, Phillip G.
Title: Health care teamwork: Interdisciplinary practice and teaching
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Auburn House, 2000.
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=27195758
At Questia.com, you can actually read the Drinka and Clark book. Very interesting site.
Chapter Content:

  1. Are Health Care Teams What We Think They Are?
  2. Developing and Maintaining Interdisciplinary Health Care Teams
  3. Intangibles That Affect Team Development and Maintenance
  4. Communicating in Teamwork: Understanding Professional Differences and Their Implications for Working Together

Journals Focusing on Interprofessional Health Education

Wed, 05/31/2006 - 20:47 — Cynthia Russell

Issues in Interdisciplinary Care
Issues in Interdisciplinary Care was an outlet for interdisciplinary empirical theoretical, policy and practice-based knowledge. The journal covered the following ten disciplines: dentistry, medicine, nursing, optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, podiatric medicine, psychology, social work, and veterinary medicine. Each peer-reviewed issue provided a myriad of perspectives designed to enhance the practice of all types of health care professionals - from practitioners to scholars, policymakers to researchers. Discontinued in 2002.

Journal of Interprofessional Care

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