AMEE

Day: Sunday 28 August
Time: 0930-1230
Venue: Lyon Congress Centre

Presenters: Poh-Sun Goh1, Sol Roberts-Lieb2, John Sandars3
1 National University of Singapore, Singapore
2 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, USA
3 Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK

Background: This AMEE Technology Enhanced Learning Committee’s workshop has a focus on Micro-Scholarship, which provides an innovative and proactive approach to the development and presentation of medical educator scholarship. The core feature is the small step-by-step processes to create, collect and collate, and share a wide variety of content. Specific content can be presented as evidence of scholarship and subjected to open peer review. An essential aspect of Micro-Scholarship is reflection and meta-reflection with active engagement in a community of practice. The use of technology, including blogs and social media, can greatly enhance all the activities associated with Micro-Scholarship. This workshop will provide participants with the theoretical background of Micro-Scholarship, the process and potential use of a wide variety of technologies for Micro-Scholarship, and an opportunity to actively plan how they can develop and present their own scholarship of being a medical educator. In addition, participants will develop their approach to meta-reflection and identify supportive communities of practice and mentors.
Who Should Participate: All who are interested in exploring Micro-Scholarship for medical educators
Structure of Workshop: The workshop will be arranged in four parts with a brief introduction and small group activities.

• Part 1 – What is Micro-Scholarship?

• Part 2 –  The choice of Technology

• Part 3 –  The challenges of Micro-Scholarship

• Part 4  -  Planning to implement Micro-Scholarship

Intended Outcomes: By the end of the session, participants will:

• Have an increased awareness of the process and outcomes of Micro-Scholarship

• Critically choose technologies for Micro-Scholarship

• Develop meta-reflection skills for Micro-Scholarship

• Identify appropriate communities of practice and mentors for Micro-Scholarship