Long-term vision – staged process
Pedagogic
Didactic
student-centred (supported by digital resources)
Training / Capacity Building
Sensitization
training implementation
Capacity-building workshops
sustainability
local training
Long-term vision – staged process
Student Support
Edinburgh resources
local development
Infrastructure
ICT infrastructure
Curriculum management system,
PCs, server
Disciplines
Medicine
Nursing
Clinical Officers
Edinburgh-Malawi collaboration
Three Scottish Government IDF-funded projects 2006 – present - circa £1m
Multi-professional – medicine, nursing, clinical officers
Multi-level - UG, PG and CPD
5 major work streams:
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Capacity Building mainly in digital content creation
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Provision of existing Edinburgh electronic resources
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Support for curriculum development and staff development
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Infrastructure improvement
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Online CPD recording system for Medicine initially
Linked Projects: St Andrews (Guild); West of Scotland (McLachlan)
CURRENT PROJECT
e-Learning in Clinical Education – 3 years April 2010 – March
2013 - £399,024
Project Director DD; Manager Prof Eric Borgstein
Main focus is nursing, but continued support for medicine and
clinical officers
ACHIEVEMENTS - UG MEDICINE
Circa 400 Edinburgh and third-party resources available to CoM to support Y1
and Y2 – basic sciences and some clinical subjects
Good access for students and ‘local ownership’ essential
Work to date:
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Catalogue of Edinburgh resources developed (May 2009)
Online Learning Resources Repository developed (May-Oct 09)
CMS with resources linked to teaching events (Nov 2009)
Academic Liaison Officers appointed Oct 2009 - ‘key staff’
Learning Technologist (Ross) working in Blantyre (Oct-Dec 09)
Several Content Creation workshops (Articulate) – April 2009- May 2011
Local staff development activities run by ALOs during 2010
Parallel Curriculum and staff development activities
ACHIEVEMENTS - UG NURSING
Same set of 400 Edinburgh & 3rd party resources available to KCN
Already ~100 additional resources have been developed locally
Curriculum Management System designed, built and implemented for Y1 (2011)
Resources for basic sciences and some clinical subjects being linked
New server and 80 PCs now implemented
~70 staff attended content creation workshops & locally-run training workshops
KCN ALO has been in post since 2009
Parallel work with module leaders to create CMS and link appropriate resources
ACHIEVEMENTS - CLINICAL OFFICERS
Same set of 400 Edinburgh & 3rd party resources and resource
catalogue will be made available to MCHS
Already some locally developed Articulate resources, quizzes,
videos and virtual patients
New server and 20 refurbished PCs now implemented at MCHS
~30 MCHS staff attended content creation workshops since 2009
CMS – PURPOSE
Provide course information that is relevant to staff / students
 Timetable
 Module information
 News / Notice board
 Discussions
Encourage student-centred learning by delivering learning
resources in a context that is relevant to their curriculum
Easily editable by staff who are responsible for their teaching
materials
Initially system will be intranet only – fast, reliable
Kamuzu College of Nursing
Welcome
Year 1 Courses
Some text that introduces the CMS, and gives any important
details that the students should be aware of.
Medicine
News/Messages
Hygiene & Safety
Trauma Care
Please note that next Monday will be a holiday. This means that KCN will be
closed to students.
Posted by: Administrator
on: 01/02/2010
Links
The library is requesting that all overdue books be returned by this Friday as
the college will be issuing fines to any students that still have outstanding
books.
Posted by: Librarian
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Email
KCN Homepage
ICT Support
on: 01/01/2010
Events
10/01/2010
Calendar
All Day
Visit to Kamuzu Hospital
Hospital Visit
CMS – Course Page
Hygiene & Safety
The Hygeine and Safety topic is designed to teach you best practices in...
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Outcome 1
Outcome 2
Outcome 3
Lecture 1 Introduction
This topic will guide you through some of the materials that you will be expected to learn in the
coming weeks.
Discussions
Resources
• Course Handbook
• Assessment Overview
PowerPoint File 1
Lecture 2 Hand Washing
This topic will teach you the principles of good hand hygiene, and why it is important in good
patient care
PowerPoint File 2
Video of hand-washing
Lecture 3 Manual Lifting
This topic will teach you how to best take care of your body when moving large and heavy objects.
PowerPoint File 3
Interactive Presentation (Articulate)
Video of hand-washing
Digital resources
DIGITAL RESOURCES
Simple level – PowerPoint; lecture notes, handouts – local
provision
External provision/collaborative development
 PowerPoint presentations with voice-over
 Computer-based tutorials – aggregations of text, images,
animations, video, audio, quizzes
 Scenario-based learning e.g. virtual patients
 Audio-lectures
 Videos e.g. techniques, clinical examination
HIGH QUALITY IMAGES AND INTERACTION
VIDEO
THANKYOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
d.dewhurst@ed.ac.uk