Complicated Labour: Delivering Interprofessional Learning Objects

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Complicated Labour Delivering Inter-professional
Learning Objects

• Elinor Clarke MA,RN,RM,ADM,PG CERT
• Associate Director, Centre for Inter-professional
  e-learning (CIPeL)

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Complicated Labour

• Introduction
• Reflection learning objects
• Complicated Labour conception, labour and
  delivery.
• The Learning Objects
• Evaluation
• Analysis
• Future/Action Plans/Questions

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Background

• CIPeL
• Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) funding
  2005
• Coventry University collaborative bid to HEFCE
  with Sheffield Hallam University for Centre For
  Excellence Teaching and Learning (CETL)
• Conjoint validation in May 2005
• All Health and social Care courses at Coventry.
  Approximately 800 students in each year group
• Included the Inter-professional learning Pathway
  (IPLP)
• Production of Learning Objects
• Core strand of CIPeL activity.

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Introduction

• CIPeL Centre for Inter-professional e-learning.
• Trigger Collaborative curriculum development
  (Feb 2005) Elinor suggests management Journeys
  based on the success of patient journeys
  (Davidson Courtney 2004)
• Rebecca (module leader) interested in
  collaboration
• Collaboration to produce a joint bid for CIPeL
  secondment (Elinor Clarke and Rebecca Khanna) and
  inter-professional collaboration (Midwifery and
  Occupational Therapy).
• Secondment to CIPeL (March 2006).
• Working together to produce the management
  Journeys. To ensure co-ordination and that key
  milestones are met the project will be guided by
  principles of PRINCE2 project management
  methodology (OGC, 2005).
• Supervision by Dr Lynn Clouder (CIPeL Director,
  Coventry University)

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Trigger Inter-professional curriculum
development
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Reflection- Delivering IP Learning Objects based
on Gibbs (1988)

• Description
• Feelings experienced
• Evaluation
• Analysis
• Conclusions
• Summary and Action Plan

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Description

• Conception production of four management
  journeys based on patient journeys (Davidson
  2005)
• Labour Developing the management journey
  stories Leadership, working together,
  partnership and management.
• Delivery - Web CT vista, Course Genie, Triggers,
  e-tivities

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Feelings Experienced

• Joy - secondment
• Motivation excited.
• Anxiety - support encouragement
• Frustration time management Microsoft project.
• Inadequacy Poster Production IN Design
• Fear of giving birth.

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Poster
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Evaluation

• Conception scenario or trigger based learning
  objects same format as Patient Journeys.
• Labour user involvement, production of the
  journey, evaluation tool. Time consuming.
• Delivery Loss of control, 800 spectators, time
  limits.

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Rebecca and Elinor working together
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Analysis -conception

• Conception
• which type of learning object meets IP outcomes?
• What trigger? A meeting of professionals which
  concerned care of a patient.
• Feedback from health service managers
• Building the journey.
• Student activities

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Analysis - labour

• Labour
• Granualisation
• Authentic and realistic
• Applicable to all professionals
• E-activites how many?
• Student experience / work

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Analysis - delivery

• Delivery
• Student Interns to trial the management journey
  learning Objects (Jan/Feb 2007)
• Utilise during the delivery of module (March
  2007)
• Evaluation of module including e Learning
• Portable and reusable? Repository. Meta data.

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Conclusions

• We were inexperienced in producing LOs
• Producing Learning Objects was complicated.
• Project management, Risk assessment and
  evaluation are important.
• Post-dates delivery - but we will safely deliver
  the management journeys

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Action Plan

• Action Plan
• Develop a tool to risk assess the complications.
• CIPel to produce a job description
• Pilot an e-delivery room
• Consider a supporting community of LO developers.
• Learning Technologists role and responsibilites
• Utilise a pre-secondment survey to identify
  teachers needs e.g. surveryshare.com
• Future - Deposit in the repository (June 2007)

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References

• Davidson A and Courtney K (2004) Using and
  re-using electronic patient case studies to
  promote inter-professional learning. Proceedings
  WebCT users European Conference, 16-18 Feb 2004,
  Amsterdam.
• Courtney K, Davidson A Bluteau P (2006)
  Empowering for Inter-professional learning,
  presented at 2006 WebCT European Conference,
  Edinburgh.
• Gibbs D (1998) Learning by Doing A guide to
  teaching and Learning Methods. Further Education
  unit, Oxford Polytechnic in Johns C (2004)
  Becoming a reflective Practitioner. 2nd Edition.
  Oxford. Blackwell Publishers.
• Davidson A (2005) Patient journeys. Centre for
  Inter-professional e-learning, Coventry
  University.
• Land R (2005) Educational Development The Society
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Useful Web Sites

• http//www.thelearningedge.com
• http//www.cipel.ac.uk
• http//www.hefce.ac.uk/learning/elearning
• http//www.bbworld07.com
• http//www.heacademy.ac.uk
• http//www.jisc.ac.uk

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