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WebOSCE is an on-line technology for the learning of complex skill-sets - as they're used when giving bad news, doing smoking cessation counseling, etc.
Skills acquisition is best done in an apprenticeship setting, where the learning of facts is combined with practice under the supervision of an experienced mentor. "See one, do one, teach one" - or better: "See many, do some, teach some". We developed the WebOSCE technology to allow on-line practice, assessment, mentoring, and assignment of learning tasks in addition to the mere learning of the knowledge:
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Please click the parts of the picture on the left to get more information.. LEARNING of FACTS For the teaching and learning of healthare communication skills, we developed "doc-com", a series of 41 media-rich on-line modules, together with the American Academy in Communication in Healthcare. The core element of the modules are so called "annotated videos", where the learner can observe master physicians interact with patients, while they are provided with insights to the specialist's reasoning. Please click here to open a new screen for doc.com - even if you're not one of the 17,000 current subscribers, since there are always 3 modules open to the public! LEARNING TO APPLY SKILLS THROUGH PRACTICE You had to learn how to drive a car through practice, and the same is true for playing any sort of instrument, if you're among those who learned to play one. You can't learn how to play the guitar by reading a book, neither can you watch a master play the instrument, and then do it for yourself. WebOSCE technology allows you to practice what you've learned, over and over if needed, until you are "ready" to apply the skill in the real world. Please choose a WebINTERVIEW recording below, that most interests you: - Smoking Cessation Counseling (Real WebINTERVIEW between Drexel University College of Medicine 3rd year student and Standardized Patient) - Organ Donation Counseling (With Members of the Gift of Life Institute) ASSESSMENT OF SKILLS COMPETENCIES The golden standard to assess clinical skills competence and performance – including communication skills – is by means of an OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Exam). During such exams, the students perform on Standardized Patients (SP), who then grade the students using a checklist. Our WebOSCE technology allows to do this on-line, taking out the need to travel to distant places! The American Academy on Communiation in Healthcare is planning on using the assessment as provided by WebOSCE technology to use for certification of complex skill sets, like the giving of bad news. The Assessment is the second phase of our WebINTERVIEWS - please review the second part of the recordings that you're most interested in: - Smoking Cessation Counseling (Real WebINTERVIEW between Drexel University College of Medicine 3rd year student and Standardized Patient) - Organ Donation Counseling (With Members of the Gift of Life Institute) REMEDIATION ASSIGNMENTS Our system allows to use the assessment data to automatically create individualized remediation assignments, thus making the learning circle full! After completion of a WebOSCE intervention, the user is provided with
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This site was last upadated on May 27th, 2010 by Christof.Daetwyler@DrexelMed.edu
