Objectives to Outcomes

Jason Zigmont, PhDSystem Director,

Experiential Learning

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Are you doing this to improve outcomes or to check a box?

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Core Beliefs• We believe that everyone participating in

experiential learning activities is intelligent, well-trained, cares about doing their best and wants to improve. Adapted from the Center for Medical Simulation, Cambridge, MA

• The goal is to improve outcomes through experiential learning

Education does not equal learning

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Bloom’s Taxonomy

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Learning Outcomes Model

The Individual Experiences

Environment

•Well-Tuned Learning Orientation

•Mental Models

•Analogical Reasoning

•Challenging

•Emotionally Charged

•Mistakes or Errors

•Skilled Mentors

•Evidence Based Medicine

•Products and Protocols

Improved Patient

Outcomes

Zigmont et. al., 2011) Theoretical Foundations of Learning Through Simulation. Seminars in Perinatology, April 2011, Vol 35, Issue 2, p. 47-51

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Problem Identification and Needs Assessment- Health Care Problem- Current Approach- Ideal Approach

Educational Strategies

Implementation Goals and Objectives

Targeted Needs Assessment

Evaluation and Feedback

- Individual Learners- Program

- Learners- Learning Environment

- Obtaining Political Support- Securing Resources- Addressing Barriers- Introducing the Curriculum- Administering the Curriculum

- Broad Goals- Specific Measurable Objectives

- Content/Method/Simulation

Kern DE, Thomas PA, Howard DM, Bass EB. Curriculum Development for Medical Education: A Six-step Approach.

Johns Hopkins Press; 1998.

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