Virtual Conference of Health Education and Research 2021 > Thursday 7th and Friday 8th January 2021
The Abstracts Book including info on Authors and Presenters is now publicly available for consultation.
The You Tube Video Presentations made available by their authors can be found on the INHWE channel.
> Thursday 7th January 2021, 07:00-08:00 GMT
Plenary Session: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Medical University of Bahrain
"Collaborative cognition and metacognitive processes underlying team-based learning: a guide for why and when to use TBL"
Dr Colin John Greengrass, Academic Director for Technology Enhanced Learning, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, RCSI Bahrain
Facilitator: Mr. David Smith, Director, International Network for Health Workforce Education
> Thursday 7th January 2021, 08:00-09:00 GMT
Interprofessional Education I
Facilitator: Prof. Adrian Schoo, Academic Status, Flinders University
> Thursday 7th January 2021, 09:00-09:30 GMT
Tea & Coffee break
> Thursday 7th January 2021, 09:30-10:30 GMT
Plenary Session: the European Team-Based Learning Community
Please note: attendees are requested to read a short pre-reading document in advance of attending the Session in order to get the most out of the experience.
Dr. Jonathan Branney, Senior Lecturer in Nursing and Clinical Sciences, Bournemouth University
Prof. Danny McLaughlin, Associate Dean of Medicine at the University of Lincoln
Facilitator: Mr. David Smith, Director, International Network for Health Workforce Education
"Team-based learning (TBL) is a highly structured flipped classroom teaching method that solves common challenges encountered in healthcare education. What do we all want to achieve? We want enquiring students, who are able to study information independently outside of the classroom, and can then use that information to solve scientific or clinical problems with their colleagues, creatively. We want the students to take responsibility and be accountable for their own learning, to be able to explain key concepts, make a reasoned argument, and work well with others, including in an inter-professional setting. We want good engagement, with students showing up in the classroom having done their background reading. TBL as a method really does deliver all this, and while it is a significant change in ways of working and thinking for educators, most of us who have taught using TBL would never go back to lectures!"
> Thursday 7th January 2021, 10:30-11:30 GMT
Team Based Learning
Facilitator: Prof. Elizabeth Johnson, Dean of the School of Medicine, European University Cyprus
> Thursday 7th January 2021, 11:30-12:00 GMT
Tea & Coffee break
> Thursday 7th January 2021, 12:00-13:00 GMT
Plenary Session: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery
"Developing a Credentialed Competencies Capabilities and Skills Passport"
Professor Thomas Kearns, Executive Director, RCSI Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
Facilitator: Mr. David Smith, Director, International Network for Health Workforce Education
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is an educational institution that is responsible for the formation and training of health professionals in Ireland and internationally. Founded in 1784 to train surgeons, today the College incorporates schools of medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy and nursing, providing extensive education in the healthcare professions at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The RCSI is a culturally diverse, international organisation with alumni present in almost every country in the world. It describes its values as innovation, excellence, independence, academic freedom, diversity, tolerance and community. The Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery was founded in 1974 and continues to evolve and develop. Today, the Faculty offers a suite of Continuing Professional Education programmes and works with its partners to deliver bespoke educational programmes to meet the needs of nurses and midwives in clinical, research and leadership roles.
> Thursday 7th January 2021, 13:00-14:00 GMT
Communication and Intercultural Education I
Facilitator: Dr. Valeriy Kozmenko, Director of Clinical Skills and Simulation Center, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
> Thursday 7th January 2021, 14:00-14:30 GMT
Tea & Coffee break
> Thursday 7th January 2021, 14:30-15:30 GMT
Project Session: DIGI4HEALTH
Mr. Jonathan C. Borg, Director, MECB
Facilitator: Mr. David Smith, Director, International Network for Health Workforce Education
Educators and trainers of the health workforce need to be urgently assisted to catch up with the range of digital technology advancements taking place due to Health4.0. At the same time, as working adults, healthcare personnel have a difficulty to find the time to attend continuous professional development (CPD) courses. Nevertheless, these adult workers need to be supported learning about digital technologies infiltrating the health sector. For this reason, VET trainers as well as healthcare mentors need a Toolkit with an open repository of relevant training resources to aid them in helping healthcare personnel catch up with HEALTH4.0 technologies even in work-based settings. The main aim of this Project called digi4HEALTH (A Digital VET Toolkit for Promoting the 4th Industrial Revolution in the European Health Sector) is to develop a novel digital toolkit by which European VET Trainers and health sector mentors can reach out and assist healthcare professionals and stakeholders to catch up with technologies of the 4th Industrial Revolution.
> Thursday 7th January 2021, 15:30-16:30 GMT
Interprofessional Education II
Facilitator: Prof. Theodoros Xanthos, Professor Physiology and Pathophysiology, Chair Department of Medicine, European University Cyprus
> Thursday 7th January 2021, 16:30-17:00 GMT
Tea & Coffee break
> Thursday 7th January 2021, 17:00-18:00 GMT
Problem Solving in Health Workforce Education
Facilitator: Dr. Valeriy Kozmenko, Director of Clinical Skills and Simulation Center, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
> Thursday 7th January 2021, 18:00-19:00 GMT
"Students as Stakeholders in Medical Education"
The University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine provides the opportunity for South Dakota residents to receive a quality, broad-based medical education with an emphasis on family medicine. The curriculum is to be established to encourage graduates to serve people living in the medically underserved areas of the state, and is to require excellence in the basic sciences and in all clinical disciplines. Within the USD Sanford School of Medicine, the Parry Center for Clinical Skills and Simulation provides innovative, simulation-based education, research and performance assessment across the continuum of education for the USD Sanford School of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, affiliated residency programs, healthcare providers and community. The Parry Center is actively involved in health care-related, simulation-based research to provide a safer and more effective education to students.
Facilitator: Dr. Valeriy Kozmenko, Director of Clinical Skills and Simulation Center, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
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> Friday 8th January 2021, 07:00-08:00 GMT
Plenary Session: European University Cyprus, School of Medicine
"Defining the Healthcare Leaders of Tomorrow"
Prof. Elizabeth Johnson, Dean of the School of Medicine
"The use of technology in the safe teaching of Medicine in the COVID era: The Connectivism in practice"
Prof. Theodoros Xanthos, Chairperson of the Department of Medicine
Facilitator: Mr. David Smith, Director, International Network for Health Workforce Education
European University Cyprus is an educational institution that is responsible for the formation and training of health professionals in Cyprus and internationally. The institute was established as Cyprus College in 1961 and was granted university status in 2007. Over the last decade, the university has fostered a culture of modernization that has resulted in levels of growth that have exceeded all expectations, upgrading the quality of tertiary education in Cyprus and defining a clear international orientation for the university and the country. Presently, European University Cyprus has five schools: the School of Humanities, Social and Education Sciences, the School of Business Administration, the School of Sciences, the School of Law and the School of Medicine.
> Friday 8th January 2021, 08:00-09:00 GMT
Virtual Workshop: The use of virtual patients in Motivational Interviewing skill acquisition through self-preparation for team-based learning
Please note: Anyone who wishes to attend the workshop is asked to read the instructions carefully at: https://inhwe.org/virtual-workshop-inhwe-online-2021
Professor Adrian Schoo, Fellow of ANZAHPE, Prideaux Centre for Research in Health Professions Education, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
Dr Richard Leibbrandt, Research Development Assistant, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
Facilitator: Mr. David Smith, Director, International Network for Health Workforce Education
There is a growing trend towards online learning and using virtual patients in educating health professionals in various clinical skills, particularly during this pandemic era. Online learning with virtual patients (VPs) allow learners to engage with simulated patients, providing a safe environment in which to learn about methods and practice their skills followed by sharing experiences and learnings with peers as part of team-based learning. There are various approaches to the development of and engagement with VPs, whether part of an undergraduate or post graduate curriculum or continuing professional development. This workshop provides the opportunity for participants to engage with a pilot version of a virtual patient conversation tool for Motivational Interviewing (MI), provide input into the ongoing development of the VP, and explore the use and value of virtual patients in teaching MI and other clinical skills to health professionals.
> Friday 8th January 2021, 09:00-09:30 GMT
Tea & Coffee break
> Friday 8th January 2021, 09:30-10:30 GMT
Interprofessional Education III
Facilitator: Prof. Adrian Schoo, Academic Status, Flinders University
> Friday 8th January 2021, 10:30-11:30 GMT
TBL Workforce: Planning and Organisation
Facilitator: Dr. Eszter Kovacs, Assistant Professor, Semmelweis University
> Friday 8th January 2021, 11:30-12:00 GMT
Tea & Coffee break
> Friday 8th January 2021, 12:00-13:00 GMT
Project Session: STORYAIDEU
Mr. Eli Anderson, Director, StoryAid
Miss Emer Thompson, Nurse Lecturer, Institute of Technology Tralee
Facilitator: Mr. David Smith, Director, International Network for Health Workforce Education
Current healthcare training curriculum relies upon a comprehensive understanding of the bio-medical model of medicine. However, it has been recognised that a curriculum that incorporates a more rounded model is critical. To explore a new model of healthcare training, storytelling can become a crucial tool for educators to show the hidden and silent stories of both, patients, healthcare processional, loved one, and vulnerable people who are receiving care. At the same time Europe faces increased demand for health services due to ageing populations, rising patient mobility, and a diminishing supply of health workers caused by retirement rates that surpass recruitment rates. This places great emphasis on the health workforce with the majority of health system change enacted by healthcare professionals themselves.
> Friday 8th January 2021, 13:00-14:00 GMT
Interprofessional Education IV
Facilitator: Prof. Adam Layland, Head of Commissioning, Health Education England
> Friday 8th January 2021, 14:00-14:30 GMT
Tea & Coffee break
> Friday 8th January 2021, 14:30-15:30 GMT
Communication and Intercultural Education II
Facilitator: Mr. Jose Guilherme Couto, Assistant Lecturer, University of Malta
> Friday 8th January 2021, 15:30-16:30 GMT
Plenary Session: the International Network for Health Workforce Education
The International Network for Health Workforce Education (INHWE) is a membership organisation that brings together healthcare educators and researchers from all disciplines with an aim to improve the education and training provided to health workforce professionals across the globe. INHWE offers its members a unique meeting space to critically challenge the status quo and improve healthcare globally. INHWE membership is open to any individual involved in education (or research) of the health workforce. By bringing together a truly international and multi-disciplinary membership the INHWE creates a unique network of organisations and individuals that represent the broad spectrum of professionals who currently work in global healthcare. We employ a blend of innovative practices along with traditional methods to facilitate networking and knowledge sharing within our membership community.
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