CCHCSP and Core Curriculum

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CCHCSP and Core Curriculum

• Overview
• Jan 2005
• Core Curriculum
• Bob Bortolussi [phone]
• Robert.Bortolussi_at_Dal.ca

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Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program

• CIHR Supported Training Program
• one of about 50 CIHR training programs
• Multi site participation
• 13 sites across Canada
• lead site HSC Toronto
• Provides Financial support for trainees and Core
  Curriculum

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Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program

• Scholarship Support Programs
• Prerequisites
• must be eligible or certified in a clinical
  discipline and deal with children
• Study in a CCHCSP site
• www.cchcsp.ca

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Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program

• Scholarship Support
• Pre doctoral Award
• eg RN taking PhD research program
• Post doctoral Award
• Career Development Award
• newly appointed clinician-scientist to guarantee
  protected time

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CCHCSP Core Curriculum Overview

• Core Curriculum designed to occupy less than 10
  of trainees time
• Remaining time for primary objectives of training
  at local site
• Multidisciplinary group at each site made up of
  all interested

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CCHCSP Core Curriculum Overview

• Elements of Core Curriculum
• Case Study Seminars (6-8/yr.)
• Regional Mini Symposium (1-2/ yr.)
• National Annual Meeting and Workshops

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CCHCSP Core Curriculum Overview

• Curriculum designed for budding Clinician
  Scientists
• Designed to cover entire objectives over 2 year
  cycle
• Web based material linked to problem oriented
  case discussions for Seminar Case Studies

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CCHCSP Core Curriculum Overview

• Core Web modules
• Available
• Research design and analysis
• Research ethics (Children) integrity
• Mentoring
• Health research law (IP, contracts, patents)
• Research tools
• Time Office management (Jan 2005)
• Coming later
• Communication
• Health policy

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CCHCSP Core Curriculum PBL Cases Study Overview

• Team Resources
• Each Case will contain elements from 2 or 3 of
  the modules
• Cases will be linked to web based resource or
  other electronic material
• Each site will identify learning objectives and
  divide into teams for study

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CCHCSP Core Curriculum PBL Cases Study Overview

• Role of Preceptor
• Access and use Web Coaches Corner,
• Schedule and facilitate meetings,
• Schedule guest experts,
• Insure learning objectives covered,
• Insure teams have mix of disciplines,
• Monitor attendance and participation

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CCHCSP Problem Case 1

• Start
• Preceptor introduces case from CCHCSP web and
  group identifies the learning objectives
• Teams selected for each learning objective

Start
Close
TWIST
Disc
Disc
Disc
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CCHCSP Problem Case 1
Start

• Discussion Board
• Participants will be encouraged to post questions
  about case to CCHCSP web
• Comments from others

Close
TWIST
Discus
Discuss
Discuss
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CCHCSP Problem Case 1
Start

• Twist
• Responses to chat comments are posted by experts
• New elements added to case on the web to
  challenge the teams
• teams must review and address challenge

Close
TWIST
Disc
Disc
Disc
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CCHCSP Problem Case 1
Start

• Closure
• Face-to-face meeting to discuss learning
  objectives
• experts from hospital will join the group for
  discussion
• Chat comments will be resolved

Close
TWIST
Disc
Disc
Disc
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CCHCSP Problem Case 2
Start

• Start of Case 2
• Evaluation of quality of case and learning
  objectives
• New case introduced
• Next cycle begins

Close
TWIST
Disc
Disc
Disc
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CCHCSP Case Cycles

• Cycle of cases
• Monthly cases will be presented, discussed and
  evaluated in sequence
• Periodically CCHCSP will hold a mini-symposium...
  
• Mini-symposium will include family and an
  academic challenge for CCHCSP participants

Case 1
Case 2 etc.
Mini Symposium
Dec
Nov
Jan
Feb
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Mini Symposium Meeting
A.V. Conference
Family Outings

• Weekend Meeting
• Resort setting
• Family events outings
• Mixing and socializing
• Research time-challenge
• AV presentation by national leader

Challenge