Dr Eileen O’Leary, School of Pharmacy & Department of Chemistry,

University College Cork

Debbie Holmes, Implementation Consultant for Health, PebblePad

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Technology in Action

Plan

Experience

Talent

Reflection

Template

Workbook

Shared Submitted

Exported Printed

Sound

s

Movies

Files

Pictures

Alumni

Account

Asset

Tag

Blog

Portfolio

Collection

*Brief History

*ePrePP - electronic Preparation for Professional Practice

*Inter-Professional Learning

*Requirement for tracking CPD by the respective accrediting bodies (MCI, NMBI, PSI)

*Inter-professional collaboration (disciplines and institutions)

*Nationally Funded

Technology to facilitate transition to Professional Practice

Students

Document & Record Learning – Competencies

Reflect on Learning & Training –Reflection

Diary

Identify & Fulfil Knowledge Gaps –Digital Resources

Staff

Facilitate feedback & assessment

Tracking CPD

Intended Outcomes

Student Involvement – Focus Group

Some of our

placements are

fantastic but

sometimes you get the

feeling that the tutor

doesn’t really know

what we want

It might

just work

but can we

please

have it on

an app

There is a whole range

of stuff out there and

we all have our

favourites but it would

be great to record some

of our cases

I guess I don’t

really know why

medics

prescribe some

drugs

I wonder if

anyone knows

what it is like

to be a nurse

Identifying

knowledge

Gaps

Standardise

teaching and

maximise learning

opportunities

Easy

Access/readil

y available

Greater

emphasis

on IPL

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*For Students* Personal learning space

* Easy access – ‘one stop shop’ for information

* Operate on mobile devices

*For Staff* Premade & custom designed templates (students as users & creators)

* Track and assess competencies

* Single sign on facility

* Shared learning – collaborations

* Integrated with Blackboard

* Free life long access

* Generate reports

* Can track hours

* Recording student achievement is more transparent

* Security and Privacy

Supported Teaching

Strategies

• Reflection templates

• Scaffolded & guided

learning

• Independent learning

• Creativity and Imagination

• Record of learning &

competence

• Peer, self & teacher led

assessment

• Collaborative learning

• Formative and summative

feedback

• Interactive learning

Supported Use

of Technology

• Premade templates

• No programming

knowledge needed – you

can do it yourself!

• Readily configurable

templates

• All submissions in the

one place

• All submissions secure

• Students can create CV,

Templates, Webfolios etc

also

**Workbooks for Placement

*Workbook for behaviour assessment in Lab

*Mimic of the CCSAT

*Used to self-assess against the Core Competency Framework

*Mimic of the IIOP CPD Cycle

*Used for Hospital visit

* Impromptu learning

*Webfolio for Pharmaceutical Chemistry team project

*Test potential for virtual synchronous and asynchronous IPL

*Worksheet of activities assessing behaviours across all Year 1

*Worksheet of behaviours linked to calculations assessment

**The duplicate button

*Ability to create a customised workbook

*Ability to ‘amend’ workbook after it is rolled

out

*Variety of ‘measurement scales’

*Everything is submitted to the one place

*Auto-submit

*Collections

*Can add evidence to support achievement

*Option of workbooks/sheets as one use only

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*Support

*Ability to develop in-house bespoke

templates relatively easily

*Ability to maintain and improve templates

*Confidentiality and security of students

information

*Single sign on and integrated with

Blackboard

*Student owns it and it migrates with them

on graduation – student record

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*Pharmacy

*70 First year students

*70 Placement tutors

*6 Demonstrators

*7 Academic Staff, 1 Admin Staff, 1 Technical Staff

*Nursing

*Roll out in May to 30 nursing students and preceptors

*IT Tralee (ePrePP partners)

*60 Third year students

*TCD (ePrePP partners)

Thank youDebbie@pebblepad.co.uk

eileen.oleary@ucc.ie