Technology for Health Care Professionals Birmingham

This course will provide the competencies for health care professionals to optimize the use of current technology and programs to optimize their practice, life and career. It is a flipped educational program with pre reading and viewing of materials and a totally hands on approach during the workshop. At the end of this life changing workshop, participants will take away tangible digital educational resources in their subject matter

IT for performance overdrive – a faculty development program for health care professionals

This course will provide the competencies for health care professionals to optimize the use of current technology and programs to optimize their practice, life and career. It is a flipped educational program with pre reading and viewing of materials and a totally hands on approach during the workshop. At the end of this life changing workshop, participants will take away tangible digital educational resources in their subject matter.

Technical Requirements: Participants will need to bring a laptop (PC or Mac) and a mobile device (Android phone, iPhone, or any tablet) to the workshop. It is critical to have the most up-to-date browser on your laptop. Google Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer 9 are all recommended.

Overall Course objectives

At the end of this course you will be able to

• Maximize your potential as a health care professional using current technology and resources 
• Design, develop and deploy rich digital educational resources as a content creator and curator
• Create your holistic personal technology strategy

Program Outline

Introductions and Participants Expectations 830 845

Using current technology and resources   845 1030

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this session you will be able to

• analyse your technology needs and your choice of operating systems and devices
• identify and utilize various available applications and programs for your customized use
• develop your personal technology strategy for work and play

 Tea 1030 - 1045

Creating and curating digital educational resources 1045 - 1230

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this session you should be able:-

• To design a learning program based on sound theories of learning
• Adapt the program for the digital age
• To  assemble a digital learning module for a component of your educational program

 Lunch 1230 -1330

 Learning management systems 1330 - 1430

 Learning Outcomes

 At the end of this session you should be able:-

• Understand the use of  learning management systems (LMS)
• To  describe and use the components of the  Moodle LMS
• List ,understand and use the functionality of a virtual learning environment (VLC WizIq)and student response system (Socrative)

Deploying and distributing educational resources 1430 - 1600

Learning Outcomes

 At the end of this session you should be able:-

•  Use a portable version of Moodle (Poodle) to deploy your program
• To  test and evaluate your program on Moodle
• Be able to redesign and review your program as necessary

 Tea 1600 - 1615

 Monetizing your program 1615 -1645 (Optional)

 Wrap up 1645 - 1700