Peter Gill July 30
Time for a quick update on PedsCases, see below for all the new information!
TEAM
We would like to welcome two new members to the PedsCases team, Michelle Bischoff and Debraj Das, medical students at the University of Alberta who are completing summer studentships with PedsCases.
CONTENT
Currently, there are over 15 podcasts, 40 cases, 224 questions and 11 flash-card conditions available for free on PedsCases.com. The podcasts are available free to download at LibSyn or on iTunes. Subscribe to PedsCases on iTunes and receive all the new podcasts as soon as they are created! To date, the podcasts have been downloaded by over 20,000 users!
AAMC MedEdPORTAL
We are continuing to submit PedsCases podcasts, cases and questions to AAMC MedEdPORTAL. To date, we have 10 modules published! Click PedsCases modules to view the resources. Several other modules have been accepted with revisions and will be available shortly.
CONFERENCES
Recently attended conferences:
Lauren Kitney et al. Canadian Conference of Medical Education (CCME) May 1-5, 2010. Newfoundland, Canada.
Peter Gill et al. South West Society for Academic Primary Care (SWSAPC) March 23-24, 2010. Oxford, England. Peter Gill et al.
Upcoming conferences:
Peter Gill et al. Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference September 4-8, 2010. Glasgow, Scotland.
Peter Gill et al. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Conference November 13-17, 2010. Seattle, USA.
RESEARCH
The PedsCases team is completing several research studies evaluating the effectiveness of various learning modalities for clinical medical students studying pediatrics and determining how PedsCases can fulfill unmet curriculum goals in medical school. Stay tuned for updates!
Click here to see an article recently published in The Clinical Teacher, a medical education journal highlighting online learning in paediatrics.
Thank you for using PedsCases! Please do not hesitate to contact us at
pedscases@gmail.com with any questions or comments.
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Peter Gill July 30
Hi Everyone,
An update on PedsCases is long overdue. There has been a tremendous amount of growth of PedsCases over the past 6 months. The PedsCases podcasts, available free to download, have been downloaded by over 9,000 users!
Firstly, the PedsCases team has recently published an article in The Clinical Teacher, a medical education journal highlighting online learning in paediatrics.
Click here to see the article.
Secondly, we have been working vigorously to submit the PedsCases podcasts, cases and questions to the AAMC’s MedEdPORTAL. Click on the topic to view the modules:
Adolescent Medicine
Failure to Thrive
Pediatric Limp
Several other modules have been accepted with revisions and will be available shortly including Child Abuse, Acute Otitis Media, Developmental Assessment and Short Stature and Delayed Puberty.
Lastly, we are continuing to present PedsCases at several medical education conferences. Lauren Kitney will be completing an oral presentation at the
Canadian Conference of Medical Education (CCME) in Newfoundland, Canada and Peter Gill will be presenting at the
South West Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) Conference in Oxford, England.
Thank you for using PedsCases! Please do not hesitate to contact us at
pedscases@gmail.com with any questions or comments.
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