Human touch in digital education—a solution

Sinha, Mehul; Agarwal, Vikas; Gupta, Latika

doi:10.1007/s10067-020-05448-y

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“…Another acknowledged challenge presented by the COVID-19 pandemic was learner engagement. As we considered different educational modalities, we wanted to incorporate both the learner driven models adopted by many massive open online (MOOC) courses [ 10 ] that allow learners to watch on demand and as their educational needs evolve, but also to include engagement strategies, such as gamification tools, to allow learners to engage with the materials. Finally, we prioritized providing trainees with opportunities to interact with faculty [ 11 ].…”

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Enhancing rheumatology education during the COVID-19 pandemic

Bilal

Shanmugam

2021

Rheumatol Int

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, rheumatology educational programs around the world, face the daunting challenge of maintaining education for their trainees. Reduced in-person clinic exposures and social distancing requirements have significantly affected trainee education. Similar to programs around the USA, in early March 2020, our program was faced with an urgent need to pivot both our clinical and educational programs to virtual platforms. Within these limitations, we harnessed innovative educational models and restructured our curriculum to ensure adequate clinical and didactic exposure. We divided trainee's clinical rotations into four blocks, which include Inpatient consult service, Outpatient in-person and procedure clinics, Telehealth Clinics and Research/Elective week. By assigning specific rotations, we were able to ensure fellows were seeing adequate numbers of patients both through telemedicine and inperson while ensuring we complied with social distancing requirements. We further were able to ensure that trainee hands-on procedure training was not compromised. Acknowledging challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and learner engagement in virtual environment, we designed an innovative educational portfolio. Utilizing synchronous and asynchronous learning methods, we have developed multiple complementary educational initiatives including: Rocket Rheumatology, Board Games, At the Elbow, Radiology Reading Rheum, Ultrasound Buddies, The History Rheum, and Rapid-Fire Journal Club. Virtual learning methods will become a cornerstone of medical education moving forwards. The GW Division of Rheumatology has rapidly incorporated innovative educational tools into our curriculum. Our approach will help Rheumatology training programs across the globe enhance rheumatology training.

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Enhancing rheumatology education during the COVID-19 pandemic

Bilal

Shanmugam

2021

Rheumatol Int

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“…We are grateful to Mehul Sinha and co-authors for their interest [1] in our article on online education in the era of COVID-19 [2]. They have reiterated the point that online education may lack emotional connect and suggested how to get around it.…”

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Diversifying online rheumatology education options in the era of COVID-19

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“…Instagram provides for collaborative learning, formation of peer groups, and establishing of mentor–mentee relationships among students globally [ 10 ]. Sharing educational information using infographics and short videos on Instagram facilitates foster peer learning, diagnostic inferences, and metacognitive judgement in medical professionals [ 11 ]. The largely young userbase of Instagram may also benefit from active participation in international scientific conversations as it helps them gain a better understanding of subjects and keeps them updated with scientific information [ 12 ].…”

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The untapped potential of Instagram to facilitate rheumatology academia

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Instagram allows for graphical and visual information exchange. This paper aims to explore the current landscape of rheumatology on Instagram and analyse the accounts available based on their objectives and level of engagement. The search term “#rheumatology” reveals 62 results, leaving 55 after careful exclusion. On grouping into “educational”, “broadcasting”, “support”, and a combination of all three, an analysis is carried out using the total number of posts, follower counts, number of caption characters (last 10 posts), likes per post (last 10 posts), archived stories, reels, IgTV (Instagram Television) videos, hashtags, and links in bio. The analysis reveals that 29 accounts (52.7%) disseminate educational content, 36 (65.4%) are run by organisations, and 22 (40.0%) are of an institute or clinic. Character counts (rho 0.44, p = 0.0006) and videos (likes for ten posts 149 vs. 54, p = 0.006) positively correlate with the number of likes, while hashtag use and post count have no statistical significance with likes. Reels and IgTV videos are infrequently used (18.18%, 3.6%). The rheumatology social media landscape is in its nascency and currently split into educational and broadcasting accounts with a significant overlap between the two. The positive correlation of character counts and videos and the negative correlation of hashtag use and post count with likes lay the case for quality content to improve engagement. Social media editors may ensure quality content for rheumatology education using Instagram. Key Points • The current landscape of Instagram use in rheumatology is limited and largely orientated towards educative content. • Likes on Instagram are positively correlated with caption character counts and videos. • Using currently underutilised tools like videos, engaging captions, and infographics may enhance the utility of Instagram in rheumatology education. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10067-021-05947-6.

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Human touch in digital education—a solution

Abstract: improving the mentor-mentee bond, which will help in improving the learning outcomes from digital learning. Authors' contribution All authors were involved in writing and reviewing the manuscript for critical intellectual inputs.

Cited by 12 publications

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Enhancing rheumatology education during the COVID-19 pandemic

Enhancing rheumatology education during the COVID-19 pandemic

Diversifying online rheumatology education options in the era of COVID-19

The untapped potential of Instagram to facilitate rheumatology academia

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