Seminar overview:
This seminar aims to help Faculty colleagues who are planning a TDG project or who are just interested in medical education research. It will help provide insight into the design and thinking behind successful HKUMed TDG projects through the sharing by Dr Masayo Kotaka, Dr Abraham Wai and Dr Fraide Ganotice who have recently completed their TDG projects.

TDG projects:

BiomoleculVR: VR Platform for Teaching and Learning Biomolecular Structures
Dr Masayo Kotaka

The ability to visualise the atomic geometry of biomolecular structures and the interactions between them is critical for understanding the functions of different biomolecules. We currently use physical models and desktop molecular visualization software in our classrooms to teach the structural nature of biomolecules. While student feedback on these learning activities are positive, these learning activities each have their own shortcomings. Physical models are impossible to construct for complex protein structures; and molecular visualisation software often have a steep learning curve for student to overcome before engaging in the learning activities. With the advancement in computer technologies, virtual reality (VR) has become an emerging technology used in education to provide more immersive and engaging experiences to enhance student learning. To this end, we would like to develop BioMoleculVR, a VR platform catered for teaching and learning biomolecular structures in different curricula in HKU and HKU SPACE Community College.

Peer‐assisted Learning in Interprofessional Scenario‐based Simulation
Dr Abraham Wai

Although scenario-based simulation is an established learning method, some potential benefits remain unexplored. These include its provision of unique opportunities for students to acquire the perspective of the patient and those of interprofessional colleagues. Simulation may also facilitate a detailed understanding of pathophysiology through the writing of scenarios. We sought to extend the potential of simulation by asking students to write, deliver and debrief simulation scenarios. This is aligned with the Modernization of MBBS Curriculum in which new pedagogies are developed to improve the quality of teaching despite increasing student population, enhance student ownership of learning, and increase student engagement. The project aims: (1) to explore if scenario-based simulation provide students an opportunity to acquire the perspective of the patient and those of interprofessional colleagues; (2) to investigate if students would develop better understanding of pathophysiology of clinical conditions through scenario writing; and (3) to extend the potential of simulation by asking students to write, deliver and debrief simulation scenarios.

Finetuning the Application Exercise and Facilitation Strategies of Interprofessional Education (IPE)
Dr Fraide Ganotice

Interprofessional Education (IPE) is a large-scale cross-program initiative involving students from Biomedical Sciences, Chinese Medicine, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, and Social Work which has been implemented in Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine since 2016 as a UGC-funded project. After four years of implementation, it has to be finetuned to enhance its relevance and effectiveness. An important part of IPE is an application exercise which aims to trigger teams to work as a healthcare team in managing patients. In the current IPE, teams discuss cases and answer questions by raising ABCD letter cards and content experts facilitate inter-team discussion. This traditional method is limited in terms of relevance and authenticity. To address this limitation, this project aims to increase the depth of application exercise and enrich facilitation strategies using technology to effectively manage a large-scale class. It hopes to deliver authentic application exercise, e-learning application, manual for facilitation strategies for large group case-based discussions, sharing sessions, publication, and development of evidence-based IPE model.

Speakers:

Dr Masayo Kotaka, School of Biomedical Sciences, HKU

Dr Abraham Wai, Emergency Medicine Unit, HKU

Dr Fraide Ganotice, BIMHSE, HKU

Moderator:

Dr Binbin Zheng, BIMHSE, HKU