Using moodle for medical education delivery to physicians - Gabriel Gurley

Using moodle for medical education delivery to physicians - Gabriel Gurley
Presented at Edinburgh Moodlemoot 2014
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1. Using Moodlefor Medical
Education Delivery to Physicians
Gabriel Gurley
Crouse Hospital
Syracuse, New York USA

2. Overview
•Using Moodle for Continuing Medical
Education Delivery.
•Using Moodle for Online Certification Delivery.
•Moodle as a communications tool for the
entire hospital medical staff.

3. About Crouse Hospital
•Located in Syracuse, New York
•Founded in 1887 as the Syracuse Women’s
Hospital by a group of community-minded
women
•Today, it is a 500-bed acute care hospital

4. USING MOODLE FOR CONTINUING
MEDICAL EDUCATION
Crouse Hospital

5. Crouse Educational Services
•Crouse Educational Services provides in-house
education to medical staff within the hospital.
•Services include Continuing Medical Education
(CMEs) to Crouse physicians at no cost.
•In 2013, 93 CME courses were offered
covering a wide range of topics, for a total of
191 instructional hours.

6. How CMEs Are Currently Administered
•Up to this point, CMEs were offered via in-
class sessions.
•Attendance is logged via a sign-in sheet.
•Certificates are created using a template,
printed and mailed to the physician.

7. Moodle is transforming Crouse’s
Continuing Medical Education Program

8. Continuing Medical Education

9. How Moodle is Improving the CME
Program
•Moodle logging all attendance records for
face-to-face CMEs.
•Physicians can login anytime to view their
CME credits.
•Using the Certificate add-on, Moodle can
produce physician certificates for CME credit
verification.
•Provide Online CMEs via Moodle and Panopto.

10. Online CMEs

11. USING MOODLE FOR ONLINE
CERTIFICATION DELIVERY
Crouse Hospital

12. Online Certification Delivery
•In contrast to CMEs, certifications last only for
a specific period of time. Medical Staff have
to get re-certified when the certification
expires.
•Prior to deploying Moodle, certifications were
handled exclusively face-to-face or by mail.
•Quizzes are administered via pen and paper,
and graded by Educational Services staff.

13. Online Certification Delivery

14. Online Certification Delivery

15. USING MOODLE AS A
COMMUNICATIONS TOOL
Crouse Hospital

16. Medical Staff Communications

17. Site News

18. Departmental News

19. Senior Leadership Communication

20. Bulletins

21. FUTURE USES FOR MOODLE
Crouse Hospital

22. Badges
•Badges pilot program for CMEs to begin later
in 2014.
•Amy McQuigge, Empire State College,
providing information and guidance for the
pilot.
•Ultimate goal is to issue badges to physicians
completing CMEs and certifications.

23. SPECIAL THANKS
Crouse Hospital

24. Special Thanks
•The Medical Staff Gateway Team, including:
•Dr. Mitchell “Mickey” Lebowitz, Senior
Medical Quality Director
•Jackie DeCecco, Continuing Medical Education
Administrator
•Annie Agrasto, Director of Medical Staff
Administration

25. Special Thanks

26. Special Thanks
•Crouse Medical Executive Committee
•Crouse Health Foundation
•Everyone at Crouse for being “Simply The
Best!”

27. Special Thanks
•Empire State College for their cooperation and
assistance with the upcoming badges pilot, as
well as for their excellent educational
programs.
•Amy McQuigge
•Eileen O’Connor
•Susan Forbes
•Diane Gal

28. Special Thanks
And you!
All of the developers, contributors, volunteers
and educators that make Moodle a great
Learning Management System.

29. The End