Global Faculty Development Through Interactive Webcasting Shiyao Yuan, Ray Wells, William P. Burdick Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) Results Introduction How long did they stay? FAIMER offers a two-year part-time fellowship for How was sound? Fair Poor Excellent 7% 7% 13% 0-1 hour 13% international health professions educators to improve education at their institutions. International Medical Good 13% 1-2 hours 19% Education (IME) Day is a four-hour symposium during the Fellowship that focuses on topics relevant to health 2-3 hours 12% professions education through an interactive process. 3.5 hours (entire workshop) 56% Very Good 60% We webcast the live event for the first time in 2013 to How was video? How was Internet connection? reach participants around the world. Methods Fair 27% Very Good 33% Source: Google Fusion Table 44 individuals from 21 locations in 11 countries, in addition to 59 onsite attendees, participated in the live streamed workshop. Aruba (6) Good 20% Brazil (5) China (3) Egypt (1) India (16) Pakistan (1) Peru (2) Sri Lanka (4) Thailand (1) Good 36% Very Good 43% Comments from workshop participants: Bangladesh (4) Poor Excellent Fair 7% 7% 7% Poor 7% Excellent 13% “This is really a revolution of IME day, which makes connection between FAIMER alumni and FAIMER Institute.” “Excellent interactive facilitation by resource persons.” “Excellent coordination by Page and Samar. I did not feel that I was a virtual participant.” Conclusion USA (1) Global webcasting of the IME Day symposium, coupled In collaboration with Drexel University Online Learning with a creative and interactive design, expanded the Team and PWPvideo (Philadelphia, PA), the IME Day access to the real-time event to a global audience, and symposium on “Appreciative Inquiry” (AI) was distributed broadened the impact on faculty development. The live on Blackboard Collaborate using streaming media recorded webcast also gave it a “second life” as archival technology. information for people to retrieve at a later time . Symposium design was highly interactive and consisted of a keynote presentation, paired interview, group tasks and discussions, and a synthesis session at the end. The Acknowledgement Workshop Onsite Workshop Online onsite and offsite interaction was transmitted through Blackboard Collaborate. Offsite participants were engaged in the workshop using the chat function. Two Contact: onsite monitors followed the online interaction and orally transmitted questions and output from the online group. Diana Whitney (Corporation for Positive Change) Drexel University Online Learning Team PWPvideo Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Group Tasks Paired Interviews Webcast Monitoring Shiyao Yuan, M.S.Ed Technology Specialist FAIMER syuan@faimer.org Check out our video! https://vimeo.com/90060089