BIMHSE News Issue 12

December 2019 Issue 12 Project: Evaluating the effectiveness of ‘internationalization at home’ in the university learning environment Principal Investigator: Dr Polly Siu Ling Chan, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing (E: pollycha@hku.hk ) Co-investigators: Prof Chia Chin Lin, Dr Patsy Chu, Dr Veronica Lam, Dr Esther Lo, Dr John Fung, Ms Mary See, Ms Cherry Sun, Mr Abraham Wan Internationalization is a strategic theme for teaching and learning in the HKU. This TDG focuses on Internationalization at Home (IaH), and its main purpose is to facilitate international and intercultural learning between local and international students in the university learning environment. To achieve IaH, intercultural learning strategies for enhancing the interaction among the students will be deployed, with an aim to develop their cultural competence. The strategies include in-class intercultural learning activities and post-exchange chat forum for ‘at home’ undergraduate nursing students. To measure the effectiveness of IaH, students have to fill in the Inventory for Assessing the Process of Cultural Competence among Healthcare Professionals — Student Version (IAPCC-SV) before and after implementation of the strategies. Students’ global citizenship is expected to be further developed through the enrichment of intercultural learning experiences. Project: Evaluating the impact of transformative E-learning initiatives: From the clinical curricula to the university Principal Investigator: Professor Julian Alexander Tanner, School of Biomedical Sciences (E: jatanner@hku.hk ) Co-investigators: Dr Gordon Wong, Prof Michael Botelho, Dr Mei Li Khong E-learning is transforming education globally. In this academic year 2019–20, our MBBS curriculum is undergoing a major modernisation reform. One part of this reform is to shift learning from the lecture hall to an online environment where rich peer-to-peer learning communities can be fostered, where students have greater flexibility, and where material can be reviewed at any time throughout their six- year curriculum. In this TDG, we will evaluate the effect of e-learning on student learning through a mixed-method approach on MBBS year one students. We will triangulate data from pre- and post- tests, questionnaires and qualitative interviews to determine the effect on their understanding of course material. This study will provide guidance on how best to implement e-learning throughout the later years of our MBBS curricula, and to provide recommendations for best practice for other curricula at HKU and globally. Project: Development of adaptive scenario-based E-learning modules to enhance clinical competencies in medication management Principal Investigator: Ms Janet Kit Ting Wong, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy (E: janetwkt@hku.hk ) Co-investigator: Dr Alan James Worsley Aiming to offer an additional simulated environment for undergraduate students to acquire clinical knowledge, skills and experience in medication management, this project will develop adaptive scenario-based e-learning modules on the Moodle. The e-learning modules are developed in different tiers of difficulty. Fundamental modules focus on specific skills, whereas more advanced modules require progressively greater integration of clinical knowledge, skills and judgement. Each branching virtual clinical scenario is composed of several learning nodes of narrative, photo, video and clinical data that simulate a real patient case. Different answers chosen by the students at each node will lead to different outcomes for the patient. To reinforce the correct decision, real-time adaptive feedback is provided to students, based on their answers. Adaptive learning with simulated scenarios will allow students to learn from the consequences of their clinical decisions without fear of making mistakes, which can cause harm to patients in real-world settings. 11 Ms Janet Kit Ting Wong Dr Polly Siu Ling Chan Professor Julian Alexander Tanner