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GOOD AFTERNOON!
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
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• Murray MacKay Bridge, Halifax
• Est. 1970

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Dr. Blye FrankProfessor and HeadDivision of
Medical EducationFaculty of MedicinePh
902-494-5145blye.frank_at_dal.ca

• Dr. Vonda Hayes
• Director
• Healthy Living Program
• Faculty of Medicine
• Ph 902-494-8331
• vonda.hayes_at_dal.ca

5849 University Ave, Dalhousie University,
Halifax, NS B3H 4H7
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Halifax, NS
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Sir Charles Tupper Medical School
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Division of Medical Education
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The Division of Medical Educationhttp//dme.medic
ine.dal.ca/
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Customizing Faculty Development for a Distributed
Program

• October 30, 2009
• 300pm 500pm

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Learning Objectives

• Be familiar with the literature on the topic
• Know the challenges involved in delivering such a
  program
• Be aware of the associated opportunities
• Be aware of approaches, resources, and technology
  utilized to date
• Develop a strategy to deliver distributed faculty
  development in their community

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Objective 1

• Literature

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Literature Search Results

• Little directly addressing the issue
• Lots on faculty development, distance education
  technologies, online education
• Multiple formats utilized
• Innovative site visit program (U of T)
• Mentoring
• Challenge Moving beyond workshops
• Small groups using educational module
• Short audiotape

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Literature Search Results

• Willingness for change, collaboration, and
  leadership essential factors
• Familiarity with technology
• Focus on teaching and learning to reflect the
  wider organizational context within which
  information and communication technologies are
  used

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Objective 2

• Challenges

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Challenges

• Communication
• Distance
• Gaining Familiarity with colleagues/site
• Cross Fertilization/Exchange of Ideas
• Group Dynamics
• Different Levels of Expertise
• Delivery Methods

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Challenges

• Time
• Faculty Resistance
• Technology Anxiety

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Objective 3

• Opportunities

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Opportunities

• Dissemination
• Clinical Exposure
• Exposure to different organizations
• Exposure to varied teaching models
• Deeper pool for mentors
• Varied approaches
• Enriched opportunities for experience

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Opportunities

• Expertise from all sites
• No boundaries resources nationally and globally

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Objective 4

• 1.Technology Resources
• 2.Budget
• 3.Human Resources
• 4.Other Resources

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1.Technological Resources

• Centralized Scheduling
• Computer Email, Meeting Maker, Blogs, Twitter
• Video-Conferencing
• Teleconferencing
• Bridgit
• On-Line
• DVD
• Web-conferencing
• ?other

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2.Budget

• Realistic Funding- include all expenses
• Central Person
• Transparency
• Clear expectation of accountability
• Appropriate attribution of costs
• A great deal of institutional resources available
  that often have no cost associated with them

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3.Human Resources

• Faculty appropriate ratio to learners
• Build on existing foundation
• Train the Trainer
• Encourage local sessions/engagement
• Sustain and Nurture
• Giving attention to technology champions
• Peer support
• Support Staff
• Central scheduling essential
• Healthy working environment
• Opportunity to know counterparts
• Appropriately resourced

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4.Other Resources

• SPACE
• Office/
• Learning
• Technology
• Communication Avenues/Mechanisms
• Networking - facilitators

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Objective 5

• Develop a Strategy

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Small Group Discussion

• Divide into groups of 5-6
• Appoint a note-taker and facilitator for your
  group
• We will report back in 15 minutes

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Moving Forward
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Consider

• Challenges
• Questions
• Concerns

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References

• Hilty, Donald M. Benjamin, Sheldon Briscoe,
  Gregory Hales, Deborah J. Boland, Robert J.
  Luo, John S. Chan, Carlyle H. Kennedy, Robert
  S. Karlinsky, Harry Gordon, Daniel B.
  Yellowlees, Peter M. Yager, Joel APA Summit on
  Medical Student Education Task Force on
  Informatics and Technology Steps to Enhance the
  Use of Technology in Education Through Faculty
  Development, Funding and Change Management.
  Academic Psychiatry. Special Issue Use of
  Technology for Education. Vol 30(6), Nov-Dec
  2006, pp. 444-450
• Kirkwood, Adrian Price, Linda Adaptation for a
  Changing Environment Developing Learning and
  Teaching with Information and Communication
  Technologies. International Review of Research
  in Open and Distance Learning v7 n2 p1-14 Sep
  2006

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References

• Langlois JP, Thach SB. Bringing faculty
  development to community-based preceptors. Acad
  Med. 2003 Feb78(2)150-5.
• Malik R, Bordman R, Regehr G, Freeman R.
  Continuous quality improvement and
  community-based faculty development through an
  innovative site visit program at one institution.
  Acad Med. 2007 May82(5)465-8.
• Morzinski, Jeffrey A. Graham, Antonnette V.
  Straussner, S. Lala A. Schoener, Eugene Marcus,
  Marianne T. Madden, Theresa Brown, Richard L.
  Interdisciplinary and Distance Mentoring in a
  National Substance Abuse Faculty Development
  Program Journal of Teaching in the Addictions,
  vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 19-34, 2007

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References

• Steinert Y, McLeod PJ, Conochie L, Nasmith L. An
  online discussion for medical faculty an
  experiment that failed. Journal of Teaching in
  the Addictions, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 19-34, 2007
  Acad Med. 2002 Sep77(9)939-40.
• Walsh AE, Armson H, Wakefield JG, Leadbetter W,
  Roder S. Using a novel small-group approach to
  enhance feedback skills for community-based
  teachers. Teach Learn Med. 2009
  Jan-Mar21(1)45-51.
• Willett, Laura Rees. Utilizing an Audiotape for
  Outpatient Preceptor Faculty Development. Journal
  of General Internal Medicine. Vol 21(5), May
  2006, pp. 503-505

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