Digital Clinical Experience First Day of Class Presentation
To Do List - Before the First Day Have you… Set your due dates for each Shadow Health assignment? Built different sections in your Shadow Health course if needed Take a look at the answer keys for the assignments to highlight important content for students Communicated how you will grade the Shadow Health assignments? Include assignment settings -- whether first attempts are graded or multiple tries are allowed Review and set assignments settings Ensured all other faculty teaching the course have accounts and know how assignments will be used? Completed the Spring 2016 Updates Kit?
What is Shadow Health?
What to show your students: We recommend playing the following brief video in class: 3 minute overview video: https://player.vimeo.com/video/101735331 If you do not have access to a computer and/or speakers, here is a quick synopsis of the Shadow Health technology: Shadow Health is a platform for you to hone your assessment skills on virtual patients. With these virtual patients, you will practice your interviewing, examination, documentation, and critical thinking skills. Shadow Health will provide you immediate feedback on your performance. Your instructor will provide grading rubrics to interpret this feedback on your performance. We will be accessing and completing Shadow Health assignments throughout the semester.
Why are we using Shadow Health? Patient Standardized Patient High-Fidelity Mannequin Digital Standardized Patient Learn at your own pace ✔ Convenience -- 24/7 practice opportunities Transparency over your care providing unique coaching opportunities Replay scenarios for mastery Automatic feedback Conversation with patients Building skills in a safe environment for you and your patient Research proven effective for learning
How will you access the technology?
Register for an account Use laptop or desktop computer Shadow Health is not currently supported on mobile platforms Open your Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari web browser. Visit https://app.shadowhealth.com/ and click Register for a Student Account Use the most up-to-date course PIN that has already been provided in the syllabus or LMS. Register with the same first and last name as is reflected in your course. Use your school email, not a personal email. *Contact Shadow Health Support (shadow.desk.com) with any questions**
2. Login anywhere, anytime Return to http://app.shadowhealth.com/ at any time to login and complete Shadow Health assignments.
Technical Support
Technical Support
Which assignments are we using?
Student View - Course Overview
Complete the Orientation first!
How will these assignments be graded?
Instructor View - Course Overview We recommend walking students through how at least one assignment will be graded. Shadow Health has example student work you can use for this purpose. Navigate to the Training Course to pull up example student work. Have your grading rubric, if applicable, handy and grade an example student attempt with this rubric in class.
Meet and Greet
Remember to keep in mind... Shadow Health virtual patients understand a vast number of questions, over 250,000, and is the best conversation engine on the market. To ensure success when interviewing these patients: You have to be very specific with questions Sometimes you will need to rephrase your question to get the answer you need Digital patients don’t have a working memory. Avoid unclear pronouns, as these can confuse digital patients.
Let’s meet Tina Jones! We suggest pulling up an assignment in class to introduce your students to Tina Jones. If you want to practice communicating with Tina in class, here is a script you can follow: https://frc.shadowhealth.com/home/first-day-resources-for-instructors/
Any questions?