Aloti revised

1. Learning On The Internet
Travis Gerrard, MD - Chief Resident @ VM
Background
Many opportunities to learn in residency
Previous:
- Powerpoint slides from large group
saved to a network hard drive
Present Day: VMIMR.com
- Searchable website
- Each conference with dedicated
webpage containing
- powerpoint slides
- learning pearls
- case outlines
- multiple choice questions.
- ability to analyze usage
Unforeseen benefit
- Weekly email referencing learning from
the week on VMIMR.com
Method of Learning Reference
Method / Results
- Cross sectional study of residents
- 2 months after implementation
- 43% of residency sampled
- 70% of senior residents sampled
62% of respondents had personally
referenced VMIMR.com
86% of respondents felt positively about
the emails referencing the weeks learning
on VMIMR.com
Conclusion
- Website and emails have recent
implementation
- Appears there is utility and overall
positive response from the residents
regarding both website and email.
- Further research into both would
provide more data
Large group & small team / independent settings
Large group learning opportunities:
Morning Conference
Resident Case Report
Specialist Lectures
Primary Care Didactic
Reasons to change previous system:
- No direct or surrogate markers for utility
of learning opportunities
- Residents unable to attend conference
have limited ability to access learning
- No easy way to refer to previous lectures
- Difficult to categorize learning taking place
i.e. Have we learned about X yet?
- Unclear if slides were referenced after
a lecture