2008 Health Sciences Projects
The Caries Management System – what it is and how it works
An eLearning resource is being developed for the Faculty of Dentistry which helps students learn to classify and diagnose caries according to the principles of the Caries Management System.
Developing active online learning modules to support the Person, Context and Practice (PCP) of ‘cultural perspectives’ in health
This project recognises ‘cultural perspectives’ in health as a core area of knowledge, skills and values in Health Sciences programs as well as a component of the Ethical, Social and Professional Understanding graduate attribute. This project seeks to aggregate existing and developed teaching materials on this topic in one LMS (CE6) site which can be accessed by BHS and Occupational Therapy students.
Online video clips to enhance learning of practical skills in Neurological Physiotherapy
A learning design will be developed within the University LMS (CE6) to deliver 40 video clips that model the practical skills that students of neurological physiotherapy need to develop.
Development of a pilot blended UoS in Transplantation for the Master of Surgery (coursework) programme
The goal of this eLearning project is to complete development of a pilot LMS (CE6) unit of study for blended learning in Transplantation for the Master of Surgery.
Using eLearning to support cross-curricular learning for Nursing & Midwifery
A previous eLearning project (Research Roundtable) provided a framework for the development of a staged learning process within the LMS (CE6) which was then implemented across the curriculum. This current project is extending this framework to address further topics within the pre-registration and postgraduate coursework Masters of Nursing as outlined below.
- Topic 1 Exploring legal issues
- Topic 2 Enhancing maths performance to increase clinical safety
- Topic 3 Evidence based nursing in critical care
Upcoming Projects
- Professional Practice & Fieldwork Information Centre
(Faculty of Health Sciences) - Inter- and intra-block study support for indigenous students in courses in substance use
(Faculty of Medicine) - Development of an interactive tutorial to assist post-graduate markers in learning how to provide written feedback
(Faculty of Medicine) - Clinical Log Books – developing an eLearning approach
(Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery) - Development of clinical case studies for electronic formative feedback
(Faculty of Pharmacy)
