Welcome to the Innovation in Education Design Challenge v2.0

The annual EM design challenge is a resident-driven, iterative process intended to change the way we share, teach, and learn Emergency Medicine.

The goal is to make us better doctors by also making us more effective and collaborative teachers,

We challenge you to transform our residency program and become a great physician educator by taking the concepts here and designing new ways to teach.
Let's get started!!!

What is the point of the design challenge? Is it about the using new technology to teach the same content?

There is no technology that transcends the requirements of the human mind to learn.

Great educators use new tools and skills to facilitate learning, and are defined not by what they teach but by how they teach.

Much of what you learn in residency will be obsolete before you finish your first year as an attending - which means your already behind!!

This accelerating cycle of change is the zeitgeist of our age, and the pervading reality of 21st century healthcare

Rapid change shifts the focus of education and lifelong learning: where the emphasis is less on testing to content requirements and more on what is really important...

We need to think about what makes effective teaching and design learning tools that focus on the outcomes we all want for ourselves as a community of physicians who care for sick patients.

Think about the MOST important outcome of your lecture(s). Is it just about presenting a bunch of related material and amassing it into a 45 minute topical lecture so that you can fulfill a residency requirement?

Or is it about giving your fellow residents an effective mental model(s) that can be translated confidently into clinical skill(s)? Skills that will help them with their next sick patient.

The Design Challenge this year is focused on one aspect of this new paradigm: working collaboratively to enhance our learning skills by focusing on how we teach.

We have identified 5 essential skills every physician educator should be comfortable with to maximize the impact their content will have for learners far beyond the Wednesday conference room.

Here they are >>>>>>>>>>>>>

Resident lectures on powerpoint slides that fulfill your requirement but then drop into the trash folder or stay buried on your hard-drive are no good to anyone.

As part of the design challenge, whatever educational content you create must be accessible via a url link.

http://bit.ly/2982ckb

Not all tools are right for all educational contexts. Is it a procedure your teaching? Maybe a short video or well constructed infographic is your best option. Want to talk about the essential steps for managing an acute aortic dissection? Maybe a short podcast is the way to go.

Part of the challenge is to choose a tool that fits your needs. Define your teaching goal, understand your audience, and then pick the right tool. Be creative in your choice and pick something that is free and open access. .

Good things come in small packages when it come to effective adult learning. High-impact teaching comes from understanding the value of context. Think short procedure video to review before doing an LP, a podcast on the management of PE for the subway ride home after a shift, or an infographic as a cognitive aid when caring for that next sepsis patient.

We challenge you to take your lecture topic and think about enhancing the impact of your work by honing it down to the essentials for fast, efficient, and engaging learning.

Click play for an example:
Slides from a prior lecture were placed into a video using Google photos, shared online and bundled with a more comprehensive discussion of the failed airway online. Total creation time 10 minutes

Link to Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAKWEYH1CoU

Placing your knowledge on a static web page or archive doesn't invite learners to enjoy what you've created.

Effective teaching uses the power of social media to share the content you've created, and invites learners to journey into a world of shared FOAM content.

Curating content, once the domain of textbook editors has now been democratized (think Wikipedia not Pearsons).

Now that you have created your FOAM content and made it available, Come up with an effective way to bundle it for your learners, and consider combining it with other great FOAM resources to enhance what you've created.

Are you going to use a unique hashtag on Twitter? A Youtube or Vimeo channel? Maybe an app like Flipboard or a Google+ Collection? You decide.

YOUR CHALLENGE:
Is to work together in class teams to design a learning tool that will be used by your class throughout the year to enhance your resident lectures.

A successful design will first and foremost consider the learner's needs for mastering the EM content you are responsible for teaching. Your teaching tool design will also incorporate these 5 elements:

1. An ability to choose and effectively use your chosen teaching tool(s).
2. A plan to bundle your content and make it accessible online.
3. An understanding of effective micro-learning.
4. A plan to share with the NYPEM community via social media.
5. Bundle the material for easy online reference.

Here is the challenge by class:
-PGY1 -- Board Review
-PGY2 -- Procedure Skills
-PGY3 -- CPC
-PGY4 -- Core Content

The Design challenge starts now!! At 8:30am, on August 24th, each class will present their tools and their design plan.

- Format for the day
- 8:00 am: introduction
- 8:20 am: each group presents their chosen tools and plan (10 minutes each)
- 9:00 am: break into class groups to start design challenge. (2 hours)
- 11:00 am: each group will have 15 minutes to present their final concept and a mock-up or first sample of what the content will look like and how it will be made accessible online.

In conjunction with the uber mentor program (where faculty mentors will help you focus your presentation) this one two combination is designed to supercharge the quality of resident didactics in the coming year.

Uber mentors will be there to help you build a great EM talk and integrate your design challenge content into one educational program.

Need some design inspiration? This slide background was created for an education series called "postcards from the ED" I created a few years back using a simple template from the Apple iPhotos app.

You can see more design ideas and tools to choose from here:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/112591133802616671721

or here:
http://flip.it/85xbz