Seminar: Internet-based medical education: findings and lessons from a realist review March 19, 2011
Nikki , any interest to you, or is it the same one you are already booked for?
Dick and John - FYI - I think this would interest you if you were in UK.
Dick - I wonder if you want to let them know anything about people's uni.org (and if they'd be interested).
It does say "please send your news, comments and questions to cde@london.ac.uk." - but I don't know how much they mean that, or how open they are to news from outside the mainstream system. Maybe you are already in contact. In fact, thinking about your most recent progress report to the advisory group on closer formal ties with Manchester Metropolitan University it seems that you are becoming increasingly recognised by the mainstream - to the benefit of all your students, including any John can send your way via the KRC at Fantsuam.
Please let me know if you do decide to feed anything in to this.
From: cde <cde@london.ac.uk>
Date: 18 March 2011 15:35
Subject: CDE seminar update: What works in international development?
To: CDE <cde@london.ac.uk>
Centre for Distance Education
Details of two upcoming seminars of interest to anyone working in distance learning, online teaching and course design (apologies for cross posting)
3ie-LIDC Seminar Series: What works in international development?
Internet-based medical education: findings and lessons from a realist review
Wednesday, March 23rd 2011, 17:00 to 18:30
Venue: London International Development Centre (LIDC), Room 103, 36 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PD
We are pleased to pass on details of a seminar by Dr Geoff Wong (University College London), being hosted by our colleagues at the London International Development Centre.
Educational courses for doctors and medical students are increasingly offered via the Internet. Despite much research, course developers remain unsure about what (if anything) to offer online and how. Prospective learners lack evidence-based guidance on how to choose between the options on offer. We aimed to produce theory driven criteria to guide the development and evaluation of Internet-based medical courses. We found that, when designing or choosing an Internet-based course, attention must be given to the fit between its technical attributes and learners' needs and priorities; and to ways of providing meaningful interaction. We offer a preliminary set of transferable questions to aid course developers and learners consider these issues. Our review also highlighted the more general issues of how best to develop and evaluate educational interventions.
Registration is mandatory and is on a first come - first served basis. To register, please email: admin@lidc.bloomsbury.ac.uk
Geoff Wong is a part-time NIHR Clinical Lecturer in the Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health at UCL. He is also a GP Principal in Swiss Cottage, London. His Doctorate in Medicine (MD) was a realist review on the use of the Internet in medical education. He was supervised by Trish Greenhalgh and Ray Pawson. His research interests are synthesising evidence from complex social interventions and medical education. He recently completed an ESRC realist synthesis with Ray Pawson which developed a theory on the barriers to the programme theory of the use of legislation in public health. He is co-applicant on the forthcoming RAMESES project (Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards) which will run for 27 months and is due to start on 1st April 2011.
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