PROPOSAL summary/abstract

Our goal is this proposal is twofold. First, we seek to develop an online learning platform that offers just-in-time, competency-based training for basic fracture care that is accessible by any learner who rotates through the emergency department. Second, we plan to couple it with a dynamic evaluation and feedback tool that allows evaluation by “front-line” supervisors such as residents, fellows, and other physicians and provides feedback to our learners in a paperless manner.

1. PROPOSAL summary/abstract

 1. PROPOSAL SUMMARY 

We propose a partnership between 1) UC Berkeley - UCSF Joint Medical Program (JMP) student-centric Problem-Based Learning (PBL) pedagogy for preclerkship medical education, and 2) Osmosis, a med-student created health-education technology partner that provides a web and mobile-collaborative learning platform to support medical student learning and assessment.

Most assessment tools for the operating room (OR) fail to harness the contextual richness of that environment to provide learners with a clear picture of their performance and constructive avenues for improvement. Our previous work has suggested that learners follow a developmental trajectory (Technician, Anatomist, Anticipator, Strategist, Executive, or TAASE; see attachment for a descriptive figure) as they progress through training in surgery.