Amy Lin, MD (alin@uic.edu) & Abbas hyderi, md, mph (ahyder2@uic.edu) Personalized Learning and Unified Synthesis (PLUS): An activity to facilitate self-directed learning Amy Lin, MD (alin@uic.edu) & Abbas hyderi, md, mph (ahyder2@uic.edu)

Learning Objectives By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: Describe Personalized Learning and Unified Synthesis (PLUS) as a specific activity that can incorporated into any learning activity to further augment self-directed and lifelong learning skills Practice applying PLUS by generating self-directed learning worksheets associated with this activity

Agenda Introduction and Team Formation - 5 minutes Individual Readiness Assurance Test (IRAT) - 5 minutes Team Readiness Assurance Test (TRAT) - 10 minutes Clarifying Discussion - 10 minutes Application Exercise Task #1 -  40 minutes Application Exercise Task #2 - 30 minutes Lessons Learned/Next Steps - 10 minutes 

Introduction & Team Formation Free resources available: (or can use Headspace app if subscription purchased)  www.mindfulness-solution.com http://marc.ucla.edu/mindful-meditations Breathing Meditation 2009- 5min 31 sec

Team formation - Criteria 1. Have you personally been involved in preparing documentation for your medical school's LCME review (if applicable) over the last year with the revised standards? 2. Have you been interviewed by LCME reviewers (if applicable) regarding the elements ED 5-A (old) and/or 6.3 (new)? 3. Do you teach aspects of the critical appraisal/evidence-base medicine curriculum at your institution?

Individual Readiness Assurance Test You have 5 minutes to complete this closed book test

Team Readiness Assurance Test You have 10 minutes to complete this closed book test Grading points 5 points = right answer on first try 3 points = right answer on second try 1 point = right answer on third try 0 points = right answer on fourth or fifth tries

Clarifying Discussion http://clipart-library.com/clipart/6BcadBnT8.htm

Question 1 What is the common aim of both the old standard ED-5A and the new element 6.3?   Active learning   Lifelong learning  Self-directed learning   Social learning   Problem-based learning

Question 2 Which of the following best describes the sequence of steps in a Personalized Learning and Unified Synthesis (PLUS) activity? Identify learning gap; Search the literature; Analyze selected sources; Synthesize information from source(s) Search the literature; Identify learning gap; Analyze selected source(s); Synthesize information Practice questions; identify learning gap; Search the literature; Synthesize information Review faculty feedback regarding learning gaps

Question 3 What is the suggested approach to faculty feedback on information seeking and critical appraisal skills for the PLUS activity? Give a numerical score from 0-100 Give a grade – A, B, C, D, F Utilize rubric to provide feedback on each of the steps of the PLUS activity Provide exemplar answer and have students compare their post to the exemplar

Question 4 When a foreground question is selected for the PLUS activity, what approach is suggested for framing the question? Utilize the question generator filter through PubMed Kolb's cycle of experiential learning Moving from generic to specific lines of inquiry PICO (Patient; Intervention; Comparison; Outcome)

Appeals Sorry, no appeals today. :)

Application Exercise Free resources available: (or can use Headspace app if subscription purchased)  www.mindfulness-solution.com http://marc.ucla.edu/mindful-meditations Breathing Meditation 2009- 5min 31 sec

Task #1: PLUS As a team… Complete the self-directed learning worksheet (40 minutes total) Identify a question your team still has after the readiness assurance test. Indicate if it is a foreground or background question. IF it is a foreground question, use PICO format, if possible (10 min) Perform search (up to 10 min) Analyze information sources, including strengths and weaknesses (up to 10 min) Synthesize information to answer your question (up to 8 min) One member writes your answers on the poster paper (2 min)

Task #2: Faculty feedback As a team you have up to 30 minutes... Use the faculty feedback form to rate the self-directed learning worksheet submissions Select the best submission

Lessons Learned / Next Steps Free resources available: (or can use Headspace app if subscription purchased)  www.mindfulness-solution.com http://marc.ucla.edu/mindful-meditations Breathing Meditation 2009- 5min 31 sec