Workshop / Focus Session onPersonal Learning Environments -

Tools For Medical Apprentice Learners"

Michael P. D'Alessandro, M.D."michael-dalessandro@uiowa.edu "

Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D."donna-dalessandro@uiowa.edu"

Educational Informatics"www.educationalinformatics.org"

www.slideshare.net/michaeldalessandro"

Departments of Radiology and Pediatrics"University of Iowa College of Medicine / University of Iowa Children's Hospital"

Disclosures"

• Nothing to disclose"

Some Questions"

•  Where are you from and what do you do?"

•  What is a question you want answered from this workshop?"

Goal"

• Demonstrate how personal learning environments can be used in medical education"

Workshop Outline"

• Define"• Personal learning environment and learning

portfolio"• Demonstrate examples"

• Medical students / residents / faculty"• Define best practices interactively through

discussion"

The Learning Continuum"

Data -> Information -> Knowledge - > Wisdom / Mastery" [acquired + organized] [reflected] [shared] "

Personal learning environment -> Social learning network"[focus on individual] [focus on group]"

Definitions"•  Personal learning environment (PLE) "

•  Composed of mobile devices, apps, and Web sites that will allow medical apprentice learners to capture, store, organize and make retrievable their medical experience"

•  Help support medical education's increasing emphasis on problem-based and case-based learning in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education"

•  Help to focus medical learning and allow individuals to better enjoy their voyage towards medical mastery"

•  Can be used at all levels of medical education by all learners and should facilitate communication amongst and between learners at all levels"•  This usage can begin the first day of medical school and

continue throughout their career"

Definitions"

•  Learning portfolio (LP)"•  Repository of interesting cases and other professional

experiences and what you have learned from them"•  Coupling of reflective practice along with the creation of

LPs plays a key role in the learning continuum"•  Educational construct: Adult learning theory = Learning

situated in practice"•  Schon's theory of clinical problem solving / model of reflective

practice / learning cycle"•  For each case: Question ~ Story ~ Answer ~ Impact on Practice

~ Resources Used"

Medical Student Personal Learning Environment"

Custom search engine Apps / Web sites Learning Portfolio" Librarians indirectly play a key role in this"

Pediatric Resident Personal Learning Environment"

Custom search engine Apps / Web sites Learning Portfolio" Librarians indirectly play a key role in this"

Radiology Faculty Personal Learning Environment"

Custom search engine Apps / Web sites Learning Portfolio" Librarians indirectly play a key role in this"

E-Memory System - Digitization Of Your Life"•  A digital archive of

your life"•  "Lifelogging""

•  Made possible / inevitable by"•  Most memories are

digital"•  Near-infinite space

to store them"•  Every improving

technology to recall them"

•  Captures, stores, organizes and makes retrievable your experience + reflected wisdom"

•  You become the librarian, archivist, cartographer and curator of your life"

•  Early example: www.evernote.com"

Time To Reflect…"

• How many people have a personal learning environment?"•  If so, what is in it?"

Defining Best Practices For a Personal Learning Environment"•  What is the role of the desktop / laptop?"•  Mobile devices"

•  What form factor is best?"•  Phone vs. Phablet vs. Tablet"

•  What platform is best?"Android vs. Blackberry 10 vs. iOS vs. Windows 8"

•  Open vs. closed"•  Marketshare"•  Fragmentation"•  Upgradability"•  Security"•  Number of apps"•  Overall ecosystem"•  User satisfaction"•  Cost"

Defining Best Practices For a Personal Learning Environment"

•  Apps"•  Which are most powerful / most useful / most open?"

•  Reference"•  Communication"•  Learning portfolio (Information storage + organization)"

•  Web sites"•  Which are most powerful / most useful / most open?"

•  Reference"•  Communication"•  Learning portfolio (Information storage + organization)"

Defining Best Practices For a Personal Learning Environment"

•  Your data and information"•  How do you maintain control of it?"

•  Who owns your data?"•  How do you keep it secure?"

•  Physically"•  Electronically (encryption)"•  Professionally"

•  How do you keep it backed up?"•  How do you ensure its interoperability? "•  How do you migrate it to future hardware and software

platforms?"•  - Or - How do you own your data and keep it in a format

that can be reused throughout your professional life?"

Defining Best Practices For a Personal Learning Environment"

•  Professionalism"•  How do learners respect confidentiality and utilize PLEs in a

professional manner?"•  Am I allowed to use Dropbox / Evernote / Google Docs / etc. by the

institution? Or are they filtered?"•  If not, am I forced to do my work at home rather than at the

institution?"•  Posting of even non-Protected Health Information may not be

allowed by institution"•  Should I go back to paper for Protected Health Information?"

•  Are Personal Learning Environments an institutional concern or an individual concern?"

Conclusion / Call For Action"•  You are now armed with the knowledge

necessary to successfully advocate for the creation of personal learning environments at your institutions"

•  Your plan of action"• Will you create or refine a personal learning

environment? "•  For yourself? For your institution?"

• What are / is your first steps?"• When will have your first step done?"• Put this by your computer…"

References"

• Manning PR, DeBakey L. Medicine: Preserving the Passion in the 21st Century. 2003; Springer: Berlin, Germany"

• Bell G, Gemmell J. Your Life, Uploaded: The Digital Way to Better Memory, Health, and Productivity. 2010; Penguin: New York, New York"• www.totalrecallbook.com"