Extending Collaborative Education beyond the Med School

Dr David ToppsResearch, Innovation & Economic Development

in Northern HealthTORC Forum

SSM, March 2010

Main Points

You can’t do it alone!Collaboration or Chaos

Collaboration

Chaos

NOSM and DME

• Area– France & Germany combined– Bigger than Texas– 2 hubs, 48 communities

• Partners in Community– 20 Full time faculty– 1200 community faculty

PocketSnips

• Ultra-concise teaching videos• Collaborative interprofessional approach

– SharePoint Team Site collaborative

• http://pocketsnips.org

PocketSnips

• Clinisnips channel on YouTube• YouTube data

– Over 850,000 views– Stellar usage stats

• Use of video for teaching beyond medicine.

Clinisnips on YouTube

OpenLabyrinth

• Virtual Patients– Follow a case or story or narrative– Free, open-source, developed by Dr Ellaway

• Use of Virtual Patients beyond medicine, – Any pathway, or algorithm

• PINE Library– collaborative approach across professions– http://vptestv1.nosm.ca/pine

PINE Cases

NOSHN

• Northern Ontario Simulation in Healthcare Network

• All 10 HPE orgs in North – plus 3 Regional hospitals

• eDOME day• Mini-SUN in May

– Unique dual conference

Academic FHT

• Virtual Organization• 3 Family Health Teams across North• SPIE Project

Health Services Virtual Organization

• Disney story• Connecting edge devices anywhere• Mashups for mannequins• Extends power of many resources

Health Services Virtual Organization

funded by

A simulation continuum: Integrating technology for teaching, learning, and remote simulation

Kevin Lachapelle1, Rachel Ellaway2, David Topps2

1McGill University, 2Northern Ontario School of Medicine

How does Disney do it?

How to make a 3 minute ride into a 15 minute entertainment experience

• Crowd management

• Pre-game show

• Post-game shop

• An integrated managed experience = simulation integration

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