scholarly journals CanadiEM: Accessing a Virtual Community of Practice to Create a Canadian National Medical Education Institution

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel K. Ting ◽  
Brent Thoma ◽  
S. Luckett-Gatopoulos ◽  
Adam Thomas ◽  
Shahbaz Syed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Virtual Community Of Practice ◽  
National Medical

P166: The chief resident incubator - a virtual community of practice

CJEM ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (S1) ◽  
pp. S116-S116
Author(s):  
F. Zaver ◽  
M. Gisondi ◽  
A. Chou ◽  
M. Sheehy ◽  
M. Lin
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Chief Resident ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Grand Round ◽  
Virtual Community Of Practice

Introduction: The Emergency Medicine Chief Resident Incubator is a year-long curriculum for chief residents that aims to provide participants with a virtual community of practice, formal administrative training, mentorship, and opportunities for scholarship. Methods: The Chief Resident Incubator was designed by Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM; www.aliem.com) a digital health professions education organization in 2015, following a needs assessment in emergency medicine. A 12-month curriculum was created using constructivist social learning theory, with specific learning objectives that reflected 11 key administrative or professional development domains deemed important to chief residents. The topics covered included interviewing skills, contract negotiations, leadership, coaching, branding, conflict resolution, and ended with a focus on wellness and career longevity. A Core Leadership Team and Virtual Mentors were recruited to lead each annual iteration of the curriculum. The Incubator was implemented as a virtual community of practice using Slack©, a messaging and digital communication platform. Ancillary technology such as Google Hangout on Air© and Mailchimp© were used to facilitate learner engagement with the curriculum. Three in person networking events were hosted at three large emergency medicine and education conferences with special medical education guests. Outcomes include chief resident participation rates, Slack© activity, Google Hangout© web analytics, newsletter email engagement, and scholarship. We also incorporated a hidden curriculum throughout the year with multiple online publications, competitions for guest grand round presentations, and incorporation of digital technologies in medical education. Results: A total of 584 chief residents have participated over the first 3 years of the Chief Resident Incubator; this includes chief residents from over 212 residency programs across North America. Over 27,000 messages have been shared on Slack© (median 214 per week). A total of 32 Google Hangouts© have occurred over the course of the inaugural Incubator including faculty mentorship from Dr. Rob Rogers, Dr. Dara Kass and Dr. Amal Mattu. A monthly newsletter was distributed to the participants with an opening rate of 59%. Scholarship included 26 published academic blog posts, 2 open access In-Training exam prepbooks, a senior level online curriculum with 9 published modules and 3 book club reviews. Conclusion: The Chief Resident Incubator is a virtual community of practice that provides longitudinal training and mentorship for chief residents. This Incubator framework may be used to design similar professional development curricula across various health professions using an online digital platform.

scholarly journals A Virtual Community of Practice to Introduce Evidence-based Pedagogy in Chemical, Materials, and Biological Engineering Courses

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Farrell ◽  
Stephen Krause ◽  
Nancy Ruzycki ◽  
Amber Genau ◽  
Brittany Nelson-Cheeseman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Biological Engineering ◽  
Virtual Community Of Practice ◽  
Chemical Materials

Abstract W P274: Developmental Evaluation Enhances Utility of the Toronto Stroke Networks Virtual Community of Practice

Stroke ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Fortin ◽  
Krystyna Skryabka ◽  
Gail Avinoam ◽  
Shelley Sharp ◽  
Jacqueline Willems ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Interprofessional Collaboration ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Stroke Care ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Developmental Evaluation ◽  
Virtual Community Of Practice ◽  
Evaluation Approach ◽  
Value Add

Background: The Toronto Stroke Networks (TSNs) Virtual Community of Practice (VCoP) was developed to connect stroke healthcare providers (HCPs), enhance professional and organizational stroke expertise, foster implementation of best practices, and improve patient outcomes in stroke care. The VCoP is a secure social media platform fostering cross system interprofessional collaboration (IPC). Purpose: To use formative developmental evaluation to inform further improvement of the VCoP’s content and performance and to measure its efficacy as a KT tool to support IPC. Methods: An evaluation framework was developed based on “Promoting and assessing value creation in communities and networks” (Wengar, 2011). Stroke HCPs from 15 organizations in the TSNs were provided VCoP training to build virtual competence and to seek feedback for enhanced utility. The TSNs Education and KT Implementation Plan for 2013-2014 integrated activities that encourage VCoP use. These activities include co-development of educational material across sites, information sharing between meetings, and to support implementation of specific activities. Qualitative (e.g. value stories, narratives) and quantitative indicators (e.g. membership and usage) data are evaluated. Results: The TSNs VCoP currently has: 287 members and 26 groups (open and private groups with 4-19 members). There are 8 interprofessional discussions, with a total of 20 pre-populated and requested forums. Feedback from the membership has prompted investments to improve search features and identification of members within the site for more efficient collaborations. Uploading of Provincial Stroke Rounds, provision of a Research and Knowledge Translation Widget, and securing a space for HCPs to submit recommended presentations were added to increase the value-add of the site as a one-stop shop for Stroke HCPs seeking stroke care information. Qualitative analysis of value stories demonstrating the efficacy of the VCoP for IPC is in progress and will be available at time of publishing. Conclusions: The VCoP is an innovative approach to enhancing the system of stroke care. This formative developmental evaluation approach has enhanced the utility of the VCoP as a source for stroke information and HCP connections.

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