scholarly journals P.118 Curriculum mapping can facilitate transition to Competence by Design

Author(s):  
C Curtis ◽  
A Mineyko

Background: Curriculum maps outline the content of an educational program identifying links between targeted outcomes, educational opportunities, and assessments. The transition to Competence by Design (CBD) in Canadian specialty residency programs requires thoughtful reorganization of educational programming. A curriculum map may assist with understanding the existing curriculum and thereby facilitate planning for CBD. Methods: A map of the pediatric neurology residency curriculum at the University of Calgary was constructed by linking objectives with related learning activities and assessments. Qualitative line-by-line analysis was then conducted to identify gaps in the existing curriculum. The map was used as a framework to plot CBD outcomes and curricular structure as these were established. Results: Generating the traditional curriculum map was time-consuming, requiring 48 hours. Careful review identified several objectives that did not link to formal learning activities or assessments. Many such gaps were recognized to link to non-clinical activities. Using the scaffold of the traditional curriculum reduced the time required for mapping the planned CBD curriculum to 4 hours. Conclusions: The creation of a curriculum map prior to transition to CBD improved understanding of the existing curriculum and will facilitate transition to CBD. Ongoing evaluation of the fit of our predicted CBD map will support effective implementation.

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Rannelli ◽  
Karen Tang ◽  
Rahim Kachra ◽  
Janeve Desy ◽  
Gabriel Fabreau

In Canada, growing disparities in health disproportionally affect socially vulnerable populations. The Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada has attempted to incorporate health equity for socially vulnerable populations within the competency training objectives set forth for internal medicine (IM) residents. However, trainee exposure to these populations beyond inpatient contact in tertiary care hospitals has not traditionally been a requirement of IM training. At the University of Calgary, we have developed a four-week clinical rotation that aims to expose residents to social determinants for socially vulnerable populations. To our knowledge this is the first clinical rotation within an IM program in Canada dedicated to exposing and educating residents on the broader care of socially vulnerable populations. Our goal is to train internists and subspecialists to gain the empathy, skills, and knowledge to better provide care for socially vulnerable populations and to advocate for health equity, throughout their careers. Résumé Au Canada, les disparités croissantes de santé affectent de manière disproportionnée les populations socialement vulnérables. Le Collège royal des médecins et chirurgiens du Canada a tenté d'intégrer l'équité en santé pour les populations socialement vulnérables dans les objectifs de formation aux compétences énoncés pour les résidents en médecine interne (GI). Toutefois, l'exposition des stagiaires à ces populations au-delà des contacts avec les patients hospitalisés dans les hôpitaux de soins tertiaires n'a pas toujours été une exigence de la formation en GI. À l'Université de Calgary, nous avons mis au point une rotation clinique de quatre semaines qui vise à exposer les résidents aux déterminants sociaux des populations socialement vulnérables. À notre connaissance, il s'agit de la première rotation clinique au sein d'un programme de GI au Canada consacré à l'exposition et à l'éducation des résidents sur les soins plus larges des populations socialement vulnérables. Notre objectif est de former des internistes et des sous-spécialités pour acquérir l'empathie, les compétences et les connaissances pour mieux fournir des soins aux populations socialement vulnérables et pour plaider en faveur de l'équité en santé, tout au long de leur carrière.    


1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry Katz ◽  
Alireza Rezaei

Abstract: Recently, a variety of telelearning/teaching tools and Web-based course delivery systems have been developed. Most of these tools are reported to be useful in collaborative learning. However, in this paper it is argued that true collaboration in schools requires not only the technology, but also well-designed learning activities based on sound principles of collaborative learning. In this paper, theoretical foundations and the importance of collaborative learning are discussed, then three sophisticated telelearning tools and their potential for collaborative learning are presented. Finally, in view of the costs and the limitations of these tools, a Collaborative Electronic Learning model based on a three-year study at the University of Calgary is suggested as a more promising and more economic alternative. Résumé: Récemment, une variété d'outils de téléapprentissage et de systèmes de livraison de cours sur le Web a été développée. La plupart de ces outils, dit-on, sont utiles pour l'apprentissage coopératif. Cet article, toutefois, soutient qu'une véritable collaboration dans les écoles requiert non seulement la technologie, mais aussi des activités d'apprentissage bien conçues qui se fondent sur des principes solides d'apprentissage coopératif. Cet article discute donc du fondement théorique et de l'importance de l'apprentissage coopératif, après quoi il présente trois outils de téléapprentissage sophistiqués et décrit leur potentiel pour l'apprentissage coopératif. Enfin, en vue des cou^ts et limites de ces outils, l'article propose un modèle de Collaborative Electronic Learning (Apprentissage coopératif électronique) basé sur une étude de trois ans menée au University of Calgary; il suggère que cette alternative est plus prometteuse et moins dispendieuse.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-13
Author(s):  
Victoria David ◽  
Michael Walsh ◽  
Jocelyn Lockyer ◽  
Marcy Mintz

AbstractThe Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada introduced Competence by Design (CBD) as an educational model along with Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) as markers of achievement that could be directly observed on a frequent basis. In 2017, the University of Calgary Internal Medicine (IM) program piloted CBD. The purpose of this study was to (1) assess whether written feedback from EPAs were actionable, valuable, and disruptive to workflow and (2) assess the time required to complete an EPA. MethodsSeven Foundations of Discipline EPAs were used with 31 PGY-1 Calgary IM residents. The study used quantitative and qualitative data. Following a discussion on an EPA and completion of both the quantitative and written feedback, residents were asked to comment on the value of the encounter and the degree of disruption to workflow. Assessors provided time to complete an EPA. Data were anonymized. Trainee comments were coded for value and disruption, and assessor’s written feedback was coded for actionability. ResultsOne hundred and five EPA encounters were submitted. The majority of the comments provided to trainees were not actionable (94.3%, n = 99/105). While most residents did not comment on value (73.3%, n = 77/105) or disruption (44.8%, n = 47/105) of the encounter, those that did generally found the encounters valuable (25.7%, n = 27/105) and nondisruptive (35.2%, n = 37/105). A minority found the process nonvaluable (1%, n = 1/105) and disruptive (20%, n = 21/105). The mean time to complete an EPA form and provide feedback was 8.6 min. ConclusionMost written feedback was not actionable, suggesting a potential role for faculty development to guide assessors and help them coach trainees on EPAs.   RÉSUMÉLe Collège royal des médecins et chirurgiens du Canada a introduit la compétence par conception (CPC) comme modèle d’enseignement, ainsi que les activités professionnelles confiables (APC) comme marqueurs de réussite qui pourraient être observés directement et souvent. En 2017, le programme de médecine interne (MI) de l’Université de Calgary a testé la CPC. L’objectif de cette étude était : 1) d’évaluer si la rétroaction écrite des APC était exploitable, utile et perturbatrice pour le déroulement du travail; 2) d’évaluer le temps nécessaire pour mener à bien une APC. MéthodesSept APC d’acquisition des fondements de la discipline ont été utilisées chez 31 résidents de première année en MI de l’Université de Calgary. L’étude a utilisé des données quantitatives et qualitatives. Après avoir discuté d’une APC et terminé la rétroaction quantitative et écrite, les résidents ont été invités à faire des commentaires sur l’utilité de la rencontre et le degré de perturbation du déroulement du travail. Les évaluateurs ont accordé du temps pour compléter une APC. Les données ont été anonymisées. Les commentaires des stagiaires ont été codés en fonction de l’utilité et du degré de perturbation, et la rétroaction écrite des évaluateurs a été codée en fonction de l’exploitabilité. RésultatsAu total, 105 rencontres d’APC ont été soumises. La majorité des commentaires fournis aux stagiaires n’étaient pas exploitables (94,3 %, n = 99/105). Bien que la plupart des résidents n’aient pas fait de commentaires sur l’utilité (73,3 %, n = 77/105) ou la perturbation (44,8 %, n = 47/105) de la rencontre, ceux qui l’ont fait ont généralement trouvé les rencontres très utiles (25,7 %, n = 27/105) et non perturbatrices (35,2 %, n = 37/105). Une minorité a trouvé le processus inutile (1 %, n = 1/105) et perturbateur (20 %, n = 21/105). Le temps moyen pour remplir un formulaire d’APC et fournir une rétroaction était de 8,6 minutes. ConclusionLa plupart des rétroactions écrites n’étaient pas exploitables, ce qui suggère un rôle que pourrait jouer le perfectionnement du corps professoral afin de guider les évaluateurs et de les aider à encadrer les stagiaires qui effectuent les APC.


2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Mahmud Alpusari

In line with the competency-based curriculum at the University of Riau, the effort to improvelearning basic concepts of science 2 courses puts emphasis on understanding the concept ofmatter, which is based on students' learning activities through scientific inquiry.Implementation of action research consists of two cycles in PGSD JIP University of Riau onthe odd semester of 2013/2014 with 55 third semester students. Based on the research results,lecturing process by applying the model of inquiry learning, students’ activity increased inwhich in the first cycle all activities are good category except activity I and II are faircategory. Meanwhile students’ activity in first and fourth in cycle II is good category, andvery good category in second, third, fifth, and sixth activity. Temporarily student’s learningoutcomes increased from pre-tests with an average65.45 into 77,0 in daily test I and 77.45onthe daily test II. Improvement from initial data to the first cycle was 11.55, while the datafrom the beginning to the second cycle increased 12 points. In general the improvement ofstudents’learning is possible because the learning model used is inquiry learning so thatlearning becomes active which centered into students by presenting a problem, then studentsare asked to carry out a simple experiment using equipment and tools, using data, arrangingreports, communicating the results of observations based on concepts and learned principles.Keywords: Inquiry, students’ activity, learning outcomes.


2018 ◽  
pp. E51-E54
Author(s):  
Jennifer Beatty ◽  
Michael Peplowski ◽  
Noreen Singh ◽  
Craig Beers ◽  
Evan M Beck ◽  
...  

The Leader in Medicine (LIM) Program of the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, hosted its 7th Annual LIM Research Symposium on October 30, 2015 and participation grew once again, with a total of six oral and 99 posters presentations! Over 45 of our Faculty members also participated in the symposium. This year’s LIM Symposium theme was “Innovations in Medicine” and the invited guest speaker was our own Dr. Breanne Everett (MD/MBA). She completed her residency in plastic surgery at University of Calgary and holds both a medical degree and an MBA from the University of Calgary. In her inspiring talk, entitled “Marrying Business and Medicine: Toe-ing a Fine Line”, she described how she dealt with a clinical problem (diabetic foot ulcers), came up with an innovation that optimized patient care, started her own company and delivered her product to market to enhance the health of the community. She clearly illustrated how to complete the full circle, from identifying a clinical problem to developing and providing a solution that both enhances clinical care and patient health as well as reduces health care costs and hospital admissions. The research symposium was an outstanding success and the abstracts are included in companion article in CIM.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
DENISE HARDESTY SUTTON

When Harlequin Enterprises acquired British publisher Mills & Boon in 1972, the merged firm became the world’s dominant publisher of popular romance novels. Little is known, however, about the role that innovative marketing strategies played in the growth of these two romance publishing companies, especially their use of product sampling, direct mail, product standardization, and what was known at Mills & Boon as the “personal touch.” Through research in the Mills & Boon company archive at the University of Reading, the Grescoe Archive at the University of Calgary, as well as an analysis of company histories, trade publications, interviews, and marketing techniques, this study reveals how Harlequin and Mills & Boon took a different approach to product promotion than traditional publishers. Their innovation was to incorporate consumer goods marketing strategies, familiar to other industries, that disrupted and redefined standard practices of book publishers.


2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Craig Lee

PURPOSE:To evaluate training in infectious diseases, determining which components of the training program best prepare residents for their career choices and where improvements are needed.METHOD:A cross-sectional survey was mailed to all 14 physicians who had graduated from both the Adult and Paediatric Infectious Diseases Training Program at the University of Calgary from 1985 to 1998. Responses about the adequacy of training were measured using a Likert-type scale and a qualitative questionnaire.RESULTS:Of 14 mailed questionnaires, nine responses were received (64%). Two-thirds of respondents were in an academic setting, and seven (78%) graduates obtained postfellowship training. The specialists in academic settings were all engaged in multiple nonclinical activities. The clinical and diagnostic microbiological components of training received the highest scores in terms of adequacy of training.CONCLUSION:Graduates of the University of Calgary training program indicated an overall satisfaction with their training. However, improvements are needed in career counselling, health administration, antibiotic utilization, infection prevention and specialized outpatient clinics. Potential strategies for addressing these issues include didactic lectures, enhanced exposure to clinical outpatient settings and provision of designated faculty mentors.


2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-7
Author(s):  
Jane C. Duffy

ASTIS offers over 83,000 records that provide freely available access to publications, including research and research projects, about Canada's north. This database is a product of the Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada which also maintains subsidiary regional, subject, and initiative-based databases. The subsidiary databases are all housed within and accessible through the main ASTIS database. Examples of the smaller databases include: ArcticNet Publications Database, the Nunavik Bibliography, and the Northern Granular Resources Bibliographic Database. ASTIS offers the ability to browse through its access points, including its own thesauri, thus permitting users to select and use a variety of free-text and controlled search terms.


Author(s):  
Marina A. Fedorova

The change in educational paradigms has led to the need to define new methodological regulations that allow to consider the objects of pedagogical reality from a different angle. This led to the need to study traditional issues of pedagogy in an innovative context. The issue of forming students’ independent learning activities is not new for pedagogy. However, we present it from the perspective of an integrative-reflexive approach, which allowed us to identify its internal potential for personal development. The theoretical methods of pedagogical research used in the study: analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, method of causal relationships research, etc., which allowed to mentally penetrate into the essence of the studied pedagogical phenomenon and rethink it in a new educational reality. It is established that the educational independent activity accumulates the reflexive and didactic potential for professional and personal formation and development in the process of studying at the university. The possibilities of reflexive discourse as a way of realizing the reflexive-didactic potential of educational independent activity in the learning process are determined. According to the structure of the process of reflection in educational independent activity we distinguish the stages of reflexive discourse: reflexive-indicative, reflexive-presentative and reflexive-realizational. We consider the relationship of these stages of the discourse with various types of reflection and features of self-assessment, self-analysis, self-design and self-realization as structural components of educational independent activity.


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