University of MinnesotaAcademic Health Center (AHC)Online Learning Opportunities
Minnesota Rural Health Conference
July 19, 2005
Janet Shanedling, PhD
What is the U of M AHC?
Sr. VP, Health Sciences
Research Clinical Sciences Education
Dentistry Medicine(TC and Duluth)
Nursing (TC and Rochester)
Pharmacy (TC and Duluth)
Public Health
Veterinary Medicine
Technology-Enhanced Learning Goals
• Clinical decision-making skills
• Evidence-based practice
• Active, lifelong, and reflective learning
• Flexible access to resources
Program Samples• Nursing 8402: Advanced practice
nurses• Parkinson’s Disease: Second-year
An Overview medical students• Outbreak at Watersedge High school or
college students• Pediatric Grand Rounds Anyone/everyone• Internal Medicine: Internal medicine
Practice-Based residents
Learning Blog
Nursing 8402• Learners: Family Nurse Practitioner, Women’s
Health Care Nurse Practitioner, and Nurse Midwifery
• Goal: For these advanced practice nurses to learn a process for addressing patients' health issues in primary care settings
• Format: WebCT/Vista course blended with two face-to-face sessions
• Activities: Textbook readings, self-assessments, group discussions, reflective essays, online exams
Parkinson’s Disease: An Overview
• Learners: Second-year medical students; Dept. of Neurology; pharmaceuticals staff
• Goal: To provide an initial introduction to movement disorders, including an initial introduction to ‘real patients’
• Format: CD-ROM• Activities: self-study format that includes
interactive activities, videos, animations, self-assessment
http://meded1.ahc.umn.edu/cdproject
Outbreak at Watersedge• Learners: High school guidance counselors and
undergraduate advisors; high school and college students; science teachers
• Goal: To introduce the player to public health professional roles and to basic epidemiological principles and investigative methods; provide public health resources
• Format: CD-ROM
• Activities: Simulation
http://www.mclph.umn.edu/watersedge