Category: Conference

FAIMER Brazil: Initial thoughts

Feb 25, 2013

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Brazil, faimer, fortaleza, regional institute, safri, southern african faimer regional institute

I was lucky enough to be invited as a guest Faculty member for the FAIMER Brazil residential sessions in Beberibe (near Fortaleza, Brazil) from 23 February – 6 March. FAIMER is an international programme aimed at developing capacity in medical education and research around the world, and includes an institute in South Africa (SAFRI), where I am…
HELTASA conference – Day 3

Nov 30, 2012

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Does doctoral education matter? Identity change through research journeys across disciplines (Prof. Eli Bitzer) Batchelor and Di Napoli, 2006: when you reach your destination you are different. There are changes in who you are as well as what you know. Changes are around epistemological, ontological and researcher autonomy Kroger, 2007, 11: “a turning point”, moving…
HELTASA conference – Day 2

Nov 29, 2012

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Something odd happened when I synchronised my (offline) notes from the iOS WordPress app and what was on the server, and I lost everything from today’s sessions. It seems that the draft on the server overwrites the local draft on my iPad, regardless of which is the more recent copy. When I synchronised my offline…
HELTASA conference – Day 1

Nov 28, 2012

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heltasa, heltasa2012, social capital, social media, technology

Analysing the professional development of teaching and learning at UWC form a political ethics of care perspective (Bozalek) 5 elements of ethics of care: Attentiveness: Identifying that there is a need that should be met, understanding the needs of others. “Transmission-type” teaching means not being attentive to, nor caring about, students learning needs Responsibility: Acting…
UWC “Scholarship of teaching and learning” colloquium

Jun 14, 2012

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colloquium, innovations in teaching and learning, research, teaching and learning, teaching and learning practices, university of the western cape, uwc

I presented at the UWC scholarship of teaching and learning colloquium last week. Here is the presentation I gave, which is essentially a progress report of my PhD research project. I posted my own presentation a few days ago and here are the notes I took during the colloquium. Can universities be caring? A meditation…
HELTASA conference, 2011 – day 3

Dec 2, 2011

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academic literacy, action research, courage, critical friendship, difficult dialogues, digital stories, digital storytelling, generosity, heltasa, heltasa11, heltasa2011, higher education learning and teaching association of south africa, jack whitehead, learner-centred, lec-torials, lived experiences, nelson mandela metropolitan university, port elizabeth, reflection, self-study, trust

Today was the last day of the HELTASA 2011 conference. It was a challenging and stimulating exchange of ideas that I really enjoyed. Thank you to everyone who was there and who I learned from. Crossing (some) traditional borders Prof Delia Marshall There needs to be wider social, historical, ethical and environmental dimensions of…
HELTASA conference, 2011 – day 2

Dec 1, 2011

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Cape Peninsula University of Technology, case-based learning, cbl, collaborative groupwork, community of inquiry, conceptual threshold crossing, conflict management, control, conversational framework, cput, discourse, disruption, disruptive technology, emotional resilience, epistemology, garrison, gilly salmon, groupwork, hard technology, heltasa, heltasa11, heltasa2011, higher education learning and teaching association of south africa, interpretive boundaries, laurillard, learning events, learning management system, liberalism, lms, nelson mandela metropolitan university, online learning, online presence, Ontology, pbl, piet naude, port elizabeth, postgraduate supervision, power, problem based learning, public good, scientism, small group learning, social presence, soft technology, student wellbeing, teaching presence, transformative change, troublesome encounters, utilitarianism

Explaining, naming and crossing border in Southern African higher education Prof Piet Naude This was one of the most challenging presentations I’ve ever listened to. I didn’t agree with a lot of what Prof Naude said, but he made me question my own beliefs and biases. Ontology: language is the house of reality (language…
HELTASA conference – day 1

Nov 30, 2011

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clickers, doctoral supervision, heltasa, heltasa11, heltasa2011, higher education learning and teaching association of south africa, institutional failure, nelson mandela metropolitan university, port elizabeth, postgraduate supervision, scholarship, service learning, social responsibility, social responsiveness, web-based clickers

Today was the first day of the HELTASA 2011 conference at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth.Before I post my notes, here are 2 suggestions for the organisers that I think are important: Internet access is essential, not a “nice-to-have”. I know you have a wireless network that we can all connect to,…
AMEE conference (day 3)

Aug 31, 2011

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AMEE, AMEE11, collaborative learning, confidentiality, facebook, informal learning, knowledge, knowledge interaction, knowledge transfer, Online identity, professional identity, social interaction, social networks, youtube

Today was the final day of AMEE 2011. Here are the notes I took. The influence of social networks on students’ learning J Hommes Collaborative learning is supposed to facilitate interaction and it’s impact on student learning Difficult to quantify the role of informal learning Informal social interaction: behaviour is the result of interactions and…
AMEE conference (day 2)

Aug 31, 2011

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accreditation, AMEE, AMEE11, anatomy course, athol kent, clinical competencies, collaboration, competence, dental students, distance education, Distance Learning, encyclopaedia, fictional city, gaming in education, global medical education, global medicine, globalisation, interanationalisation, international medical education, language, learning resources, lexicon, life-long education, life-long learning, mobile devices, mobile learning, portfolios, professional culture, reflective journals, self-directed learning, virtual city, virtual clinical encounter

These are the notes I took on the second day of AMEE. One of the things I noticed is that in most of the presentations the speakers talk about “doctors”, and that little is said about “health professionals”. There seem to be few people here who understand that effective healthcare can only be delivered by…
Blended learning in clinical education (AMEE presentation)

Aug 30, 2011

in Conference, Education, PhD, Physiotherapy, Research

AMEE, AMEE11, blended learning, clinical education, phd, presentation, prezi, research, systematic review

This is the presentation that I gave at the AMEE conference earlier today. It’s the results of a systematic literature review I did as part of my PhD, where I looked at the use of blended learning in clinical education. The abstract doesn’t give much information owing to the fact that I had to be…
AMEE conference, 2011 (day 1)

Aug 29, 2011

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active learning, AMEE, AMEE11, cognitive presence, internet, lectures, pedagogy, social presence, technology, vienna

Today was the first day of AMEE 2011, and a great start to my first international conference. Here are the notes I took. Donald Clark – 21st century medical learning “Death of the compliant learner” – almost all of my students are compliant, I hope Clark doesn’t buy into the idea that all of today’s…
SAAHE conference, 2011 – day 3

Jul 2, 2011

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adult learning theories, assessment, community of practice, cop, david taylor, jack boulet, learning theories, phelophepa, reflection, simulated patients, simulation, standardised patients, train of hope, wenger

Today was the last day of the SAAHE conference. Coming as it did immediately after a week of the SAFRI programme, I can’t say I’m not glad it’s over. It’s been an amazing experience though, mostly as a result of the wonderful health educators I’ve been fortunate enough to meet. Here are the last of…
SAAHE conference, 2011 – day 2

Jul 2, 2011

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adult learning, assessment, charles boelen, david taylor, flexner, models, saahe 2011, social accountability, theories of learning

Social accountability: the mark of excellence in health professional education by Charles Boelen Moved from interrogation → an assertion What is a health professional? Flexner’s report changed the scope of medical education by introducing a scientific background, especially in education Medical education should be patriotic (Flexner) Educating → health professionals → for a strategy →…
Social networks and clinical education: presentation at SAAHE

Jul 1, 2011

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clinical dilemmas, clinical education, clinical learning, practice knowledge, presentation, reflective practice, saahe 2011, social media

My presentation at the SAAHE conference is a more in-depth look at the same project that I presented at the conference in 2010. The key points I wanted to make were that: Students struggle to develop practice knowledge because it is hidden from them i.e. they can’t “see” our thinking process as we reason our…
SAAHE conference, 2011 – day 1

Jun 30, 2011

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concept mapping, ebm, ebp, evidence based practice, future of health science education, reflection, reflective journaling, saahe 2011, student perceptions, teaching and learning

Introduction by Dr. Lionel Green-Thompson A country whose health is fragile The future of health science education: 2020 vision by Prof. Athol Kent “After an introduction like that I can’t wait to hear myself speak” It’s not the strongest or fittest who survive but the ones who are most adaptable to change Who will our…
SAFRI 2011 (session 2) – day 1

Jun 27, 2011

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clinical reasoning, dual processing theory, faimer, saahe 2011, safri

A few days ago we began the second SAFRI* session of 2011, which will lead into the SAAHE conference** later in the week. Every day I take notes and will try to put them up as we go along bearing in mind that a lot of what we do is workshop-based. The notes are a…
Reflective blogging in an Evidence-based practice module

Jun 20, 2011

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blogging, ebp, evidence based practice, kolb’s learning cycle, physiotherapy, publication, reflective learning, research, wcpt, world congress of physical therapy

During 2010 a colleague and I studied the use of blogging to facilitate reflection among postgraduate physiotherapy students as it related to the process of learning evidence-based practice. We’re in the last stages of writing the article and have developed a poster that will be presented at the World Congress of Physical Therapy in Amsterdam…
Basic presentation skills for postgraduates

May 26, 2011

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postgraduate, presentations, research, students

A few weeks ago I gave a presentation to our postgraduate students who were preparing to submit their Masters proposals. One of our requirements in the department is that any student wanting to submit a proposal must present to the the department for critical feedback. We want our proposals to be as strong as possible…
Using social networks to develop reflective discourse in the context of clinical education

Mar 10, 2011

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clinical reasoning, ethical reasoning, facebook, health professional education, healthcare professional students, medical education, online discussions, poster, reflection, reflective discussion, research, saahe, safri, social network, social networks, teacher

My SAFRI project for 2010 looked at the use of a social network as a platform to develop clinical and ethical reasoning skills through reflective discussion between undergraduate physiotherapy students. Part of the assignment was to prepare a poster for presentation at the SAAHE conference in Potchefstroom later this year, which I’ve included below. I…