KE6 Solution Design: Nutrition Good nutrition for health Professor Alan Jackson, Professor Martin Wiseman, Dr Steve Wootton 24 th March 2011

Contents KE6 Solution design Nutrition project: goals, requirements and process Nutrition eLearning solution Evaluation Questions 2

KE6 Solution design Have you defined your problems/needs? What is your goal to achieve? What requirements does your solution need to meet? Is your solution appropriate for the identified problem and requirements? Is your solution appropriate for your target audience? Is your solution appropriate for the environment where it is going to be used? How will you design your solution? 3

Nutrition project: Goals Audience: undergraduate medical students, primarily Southampton but usable by others Set medical curriculum: national and local requirements Known nutrition curriculum – national (Intercollegiate Group on Nutrition/AoMRC) 4

Nutrition project: Goals To transfer knowledge and understanding of core principles of nutrition for safe and competent medical practice To serve as a platform for spiral learning To transfer a limited number of core skills and competencies To be embedded within the existing medical curriculum To be integrated into medical practice 5

Nutrition project: Requirements To develop consistent and standardised materials for current and future health professionals; To cater for the different needs of health practitioners by providing individualised (customised) learning experience; To broaden educational opportunities for the healthcare workforce by integrating nutrition knowledge and competencies from different healthcare perspectives. 6

Nutrition solution: Process Map nutrition curriculum –Identify core learning needs –Appropriate for stage of learning Develop specific learning outcomes Develop new content, adapt existing Use content experts Build on experience Customise and contextualise the contents – “As a doctor, you will need to be able to….” 7

Nutrition eLearning solution Nutrition portal –User profile captured and used for tailored learning Content design –Customised for different user groups –Reflective learning Delivery –Blended –Cohort & self-direct 8

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Course module structure 13 Interactive learning materials (Unit) Unit assessment Recommended next course Module Assessment Module Pre- assessment

Approach to learning design Engaging Interactive Personalised learning Reflection Cognitive dialogue 14

Learning design: Key features Contextualised/individualised examples Interactive tasks Narrative Graphical presentation Individualised feedback 15

Nutrition community 16 Adults Children

Nutrition community 17

Solution: nutrition community - Doris 18 Age: 75 years Ulna length: 23.7cm (height 1.56m) Weight: 44.0kg Waist circumference: 70.5cm Hip circumference: 85.1cm MUAC: 21.6cm BMI: 18.1m/kg 2 Ethnicity: White British Occupation: pensioner Marital status: widowed with 1 daughter (Carol) Other info: Doris is fond of a boiled egg Appearances: C001 and C002

Solution: nutrition community - Jack 19 Age: 3 years 3 months Sex: male Height: 85.0cm (<3 rd c) Weight: 10.0kg (5 th c) MUAC: N/A Weight –for-length: -2 SD (< 3 rd centile) BMI for age: 13.8m/kg 2 (<3 rd c) Country: UK Other info: Jack’s father is a widower and struggles with parenting. Has a sister, called Mary Appearances: C001, C003

Solution: Contextualised interactive tasks 20 Course 2 for Pharmacy Course 1 for Medicine

Solution: Interactive animation & activity 21

How it works 22

Evaluation Feasibility in principle Accessibility and functionality in practice Efficacy Effectiveness 23

Conclusion Imaginative and interactive solution Comprehensive curriculum coverage Applicability across diverse disciplines Feasibility, functionality and effectiveness to be tested 24

Conclusion Imaginative and interactive solution Comprehensive curriculum coverage Applicability across diverse disciplines Feasibility, functionality and effectiveness to be tested Questions…? 25