Learning Groups: good directed self-learning opportunities?

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Learning Groups good directed self-learning
opportunities?

• John Pearson, Liza Lack, Sue Domanski

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Why Learning Groups?

• Educational Support and Guidance
• Professional Support and Guidance
• Personal Support and Guidance

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2010 Pilot

• Learning groups
• Provided a valuable opportunity for professional
  development
• Acted as a motivator
• Directed the self-learning of participants
• Were only limited by time and geography

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Establishment of Learning Groups

• Recruitment of Medical educators
• Selection of group members
• Skype meetings

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Design of Learning Group

• Developing good lifelong learning habits
• Providing a safe environment to identify learning
  needs
• Covering curriculum domains
• Focusing on competencies required for Fellowship

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Methods

• Initial questionnaire survey of Learning Group
  participants, both Medical Educator facilitators
  and GPEP2 Registrars
• Observation of two learning groups
• Final survey at end of year

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Survey Results

Ranked questions Medical Educators GP Registrars
Are the groups running well? 3.9 4.1
Usefulness of PDPs in setting direction? 2.1 2.7
Usefulness of Kirkpatrick in setting goals? 1.4 2.2
Satisfaction with role/Medical educator? 3.2 4.0
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What do you think the registrars like doing best?
Activities Medical Educators GP Registrars
Case Reviews 2.9 3.5
Problem based scenarios 2.5 3.3
Journal article discussion 3.6 3.1
Notes Review 3.6 3.1
Role Plays 3.8 2.6

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What do you think the registrars learn most from?
Activities Medical Educators GP Registrars
Case Reviews 2.6 3.7
Problem based scenarios 2.6 3.6
Journal article discussion 2.3 3.3
Notes Review 3.8 3.1
Role Plays 3.6 2.5

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Use of scaffolds in supporting learning (Medical
Educators)

• Used as a prompt
• Reading materials, case scenarios all very useful
• Great in providing framework for the group
  session
• I have reviewed them and used some content to
  support the clinical topics
• Used as a guide these seem to need to be
  developed further

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Use of scaffolds in supporting learning
(Registrars)

• Advanced reading makes discussion enjoyable and
  more meaningful. One is able to think over things
  and present at learning groups
• Very practical for day-to-day practices
  important topics
• Good to direct us in reading and understand some
  things that we are not good at
• Good to guide discussion - able to focus on key
  aspects
• Too prescriptive but nice to have some resources
• Havent used/ not useful/ NA (30 replies)

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Succession planning

• Twenty percent of respondents (13) indicated they
  would be interested in teaching once Fellowship
  achieved
• Four of 11 Medical Educators indicated that
  probably they would be interested in running a
  learning group next year

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Further Developments

• Revision of Scaffolds
• Addition of directed clinical practice/case based
  learning resources
• Interprofessional learning groups
• Greater use of web-based tools