Using Moodle for Medical Education Delivery to Physicians

Gabriel Gurley

Crouse Hospital

Syracuse, New York USA

Overview

• Using Moodle for Continuing Medical Education Delivery.

• Using Moodle for Online Certification Delivery.

• Moodle as a communications tool for the entire hospital medical staff.

About Crouse Hospital

• Located in Syracuse, New York

• Founded in 1887 as the Syracuse Women’s Hospital by a group of community-minded women

• Today, it is a 500-bed acute care hospital

USING MOODLE FOR CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

Crouse Hospital

Crouse Educational Services

• Crouse Educational Services provides in-house education to medical staff within the hospital.

• Services include Continuing Medical Education (CMEs) to Crouse physicians at no cost.

• In 2013, 93 CME courses were offered covering a wide range of topics, for a total of 191 instructional hours.

How CMEs Are Currently Administered

• Up to this point, CMEs were offered via in-class sessions.

• Attendance is logged via a sign-in sheet.

• Certificates are created using a template, printed and mailed to the physician.

Moodle is transforming Crouse’s Continuing Medical Education Program

Continuing Medical Education

How Moodle is Improving the CME Program

• Moodle logging all attendance records for face-to-face CMEs.

• Physicians can login anytime to view their CME credits.

• Using the Certificate add-on, Moodle can produce physician certificates for CME credit verification.

• Provide Online CMEs via Moodle and Panopto.

Online CMEs

USING MOODLE FOR ONLINE CERTIFICATION DELIVERY

Crouse Hospital

Online Certification Delivery

• In contrast to CMEs, certifications last only for a specific period of time. Medical Staff have to get re-certified when the certification expires.

• Prior to deploying Moodle, certifications were handled exclusively face-to-face or by mail.

• Quizzes are administered via pen and paper, and graded by Educational Services staff.

Online Certification Delivery

Online Certification Delivery

USING MOODLE AS A COMMUNICATIONS TOOL

Crouse Hospital

Medical Staff Communications

Site News

Departmental News

Senior Leadership Communication

Bulletins

FUTURE USES FOR MOODLECrouse Hospital

Badges

• Badges pilot program for CMEs to begin later in 2014.

• Amy McQuigge, Empire State College, providing information and guidance for the pilot.

• Ultimate goal is to issue badges to physicians completing CMEs and certifications.

SPECIAL THANKSCrouse Hospital

Special Thanks

• The Medical Staff Gateway Team, including:

• Dr. Mitchell “Mickey” Lebowitz, Senior Medical Quality Director

• Jackie DeCecco, Continuing Medical Education Administrator

• Annie Agrasto, Director of Medical Staff Administration

Special Thanks

Special Thanks

• Crouse Medical Executive Committee

• Crouse Health Foundation

• Everyone at Crouse for being “Simply The Best!”

Special Thanks

• Empire State College for their cooperation and assistance with the upcoming badges pilot, as well as for their excellent educational programs.

• Amy McQuigge

• Eileen O’Connor

• Susan Forbes

• Diane Gal

Special Thanks

And you! All of the developers, contributors, volunteers

and educators that make Moodle a great Learning Management System.

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