Family  Medicine  Educa/on  Modules  

 Stephanie  Dascola,  sdascola@umich.edu  

License:  Unless  otherwise  noted,  this  material  is  made  available  under  the  terms  of  the  Crea9ve  Commons  A;ribu9on  4.0  License:  h;p://crea9vecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.  Copyright  2014.  

Key  Take  Aways  Google  Sites  is  an  excellent  resource.    

–  Easy  to  use    

– Minimizes  errors    

–  Superior  search  func9on    

– Mobile-­‐enabled    

–  U9lizes  University  resources    

–  Cost-­‐effec9ve    

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The  Beginning  

•  Tara  Master-­‐Hunter,  M.D.,  assistant  professor,  assistant  residency  program  director,  wanted  to  enhance  resident  physician  learning.  

 

•  GME  Innova9ons  Grant,  2007  –  Three-­‐year  grant  

 

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Audience  •  Residents  

–  Self-­‐driven  during  rota9ons  –  Learners  took  pre-­‐  and  post-­‐tests  with  each  module  –  Required  for  gradua9on  

 

•  Faculty  use  the  modules  as  a  reference    

•  Occasional  guests    

•  Bilingual  learners    

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Authoring  

•  The  content  was  developed  by:    

– Department  of  Family  Medicine  faculty  members  and  residents  

 

– U-­‐M  staff    

–  Community  physicians  

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Original  PlaDorms  •  SiteMaker    

•  CTools    

•  UM.Lessons    

•  Password  protec9on  was  needed  due  to  image  copyright  issues  (kerberos/level  1)  

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SiteMaker  •  32  separate  modules    

•  Inconsistent  formaang  across  modules  and  within  modules  

 

•  Did  not  work  well  on  mobile  devices  

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The  Need  

•  It  was  rumored  that  SiteMaker  and  UM.Lessons  were  going  to  be  re9red  

 

•  An  opportunity  to  enhance  the  modules,  including  mobile-­‐friendly  

 

•  Share  the  informa9on  with  the  public    

•  Cost-­‐effec9ve  

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Researching  the  Op/ons  • We  contacted  several  groups:  

– Drs.  Stephen  Bayne  and  Domenica  Sweier,  Sch.  of  Den9stry  faculty  

–  Lauren  Atkins  Budde,  Instruc9onal  Support  Services  

–  John  Johnston,  CTools  –  Chris  Chapman  and  Jason  Engling,  Learning  Resource  Center  (LRC),  and    Juliana  Stange,  MLearning  

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Working  with  LRC  •  Established  the  needs  and  goals    

•  Worked  on  poten9al  solu9ons    

•  Experimented  with  different  plaforms  – Wiki  –  CTools  –  Sog  Chalk  –  PowerPoint  –  Google  Sites  

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Narrowing  It  Down  • Wiki  vs.  Google  Sites  

– Used  content  that  was  representa9ve  of  all  the  modules  (text,  images,  video)  

 

–  Set  up  drag  pages  and  started  experimen9ng  with  the  features  

 

–  Evalua9on  was  based  on  ease  of  use,    visual  appeal,  scalability,  func9onality  

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Wiki  

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Wiki  Pros  and  Cons  •  Pros:  

–  Clean  design  –  Users  understand  it/are  used  to  the  format  &  layout  –  All  modules  would  be  united  –  Increased  usability  if  used  as  a  reference  

 

•  Cons:  –  One  very  long  page,  not  good  for  learners  –  Sec9ons  did  not  lend  themselves  to  ease  of  moving  around  the  site  

–  Not  as  easy  to  program  and  format  –  How  do  we  share  with  the  public?  –  Not  visually  appealing      

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Google  Sites  

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Google  Sites  Pros  •  Easy  to  use  •  Auto-­‐save  •  Visually  appealing,  themes  

•  Scalability  •  Great  search  func9on  •  A;achments,  images,  and  videos  

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• Handles  other  languages  very  well  • Manages  complicated  back-­‐end  programming  • Builds  the  sitemap  automa9cally  • Mobile-­‐friendly  • Analy9cs  

Edi/ng  a  Page  in  Google  Sites  

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Google  Sites  Cons  •  Not  as  much  control  with  the  layout    

•  Tables  do  not  render  well  on    mobile  devices  

 

•  Cannot  double  click  on  choice  when  seang  up  the  naviga9on  –  Because  this  is  a  large  site,  there  is  lots  of  scrolling    

–  Cannot  scale  the  window  of  pages      

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Adding  a  Page  to  the  Naviga/on  

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Adding  a  Page  to  the  Naviga/on  Part  II  

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Side-­‐By-­‐Side  Comparison  

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Page  with  Text  and  Video  

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Page  with  Text  and  Image  

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Other  Languages  

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Addi/onal  Collabora/on  

•  Through  Amy  Locke,  M.D.,  assistant  professor,  integra9ve  medicine  fellowship  director,  Open.Michigan  (O.M.)  also  became  a  collaborator.  –  Piet  Kleymeer  – Dave  Malicke  

 

•  O.M.  works  w/  faculty,  students,  and    staff  to  share  educa9onal  materials.    

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Partnering  with  Open.Michigan  •  Reviewed  materials  •  Explained  different  types  of  Crea9ve  Commons  licenses; Licensed  the  content  

•  Found  openly  licensed  replacement  images  •  Properly  a;ributed  images  •  Assisted  in  conver9ng  13  modules  •  Uploaded  videos  to  the  O.M.  YouTube  channel  •  Led  video  cap9on  transla9on  efforts  •  Trained  

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Open.Michigan  Landing  Page  

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Building  an  App  

A  mobile  app  is  being  developed  with  the  MSIS  Office  of  Enabling  Technologies  using  the  “Sign  With  Your  Baby”  materials  (courtesy  of  Dr.  Michael  Fe;ers,  CC  BY-­‐SA).  

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Awesomeness  •  Thanks  to  Open.Michigan,  there  are:  

– Mul9lingual  YouTube  video  cap9ons  –  Shared  in  Africa  –  O.M.  is  the  top  referrer  

•  Shared  with  U-­‐M  SPH  •  Shared  in  Japan  •  Added  three  new  modules;  more  to  come  •  Developed  two  other  Google  Sites  for  sharing  videos  &  slides;  control  access  w/  MCommunity  

•  Using  Google  Sites  for  a  new  Intranet    

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Next  Steps  

•  Find  a  solu9on  for  the  tes9ng  and  evalua9ons    

•  Possible  CME  credits  

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Success  • Support  from  Department  of  Family  Medicine  leadership  

 

• Maintenance  built  into  yearly  residency  curriculum  review  

 

• eRVUs    

• Dedicated  staff  support    

• University  resources    

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Highlights  •  Partnerships  formed  with  Learning  Resource  Center  and  Open.Michigan  

•  Presence  on  Open.Michigan  website  and  YouTube  channel  

•  Plaform:  Google  Sites,  all  modules  united  •  Excellent  search  func9on  •  Pages  of  content:  1400+  •  Languages:  English,  Japanese,  Romanian,    Spanish  

•  Mobile-­‐enabled  

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Thank  You  

•  For  guidance,  assistance,  support,  and  empowerment  

 

–  Chris  Chapman  and  Jason  Engling,  LRC    

– Dave  Malicke  and  Andrea  Matsumoto,  Open.Michigan  

 

–  Josh  Budde,  Family  Medicine    

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More  Informa/on  •  Department  of  Family  Medicine:  medicine.umich.edu/dept/family-­‐medicine  

 

•  Educa/on  Modules  direct  link:  sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fammed-­‐modules  

 

•  LRC:  med.umich.edu/medschool/osp    

•  Open.Michigan:  open.umich.edu  

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38  modules.  1,400  pages.  4  languages.  

88,805  YouTube  views.    

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Ques/ons?    

sdascola@umich.edu  

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