Reflections From the Pandemic: Is Connectivism the Panacea for Clinicians?

The COVID-19 pandemic and the recent increased interest in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) highlight the need for interprofessional communities' collaboration to find solutions to complex problems. A personal narrative experience of one of the authors compels us to reflect on current approaches to learning and knowledge acquisition and use solutions to the challenges posed by GenAI through social learning contexts using connectivism. We recognize the need for constructivism and experiential learning for knowledge acquisition to establish foundational understanding.

Pedagogy and generative artificial intelligence: Applying the PICRAT model to Google NotebookLM.

Healthcare educators (HPE) are challenged by rapid developments in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools. They need a standardized model to evaluate these new tools and to guide them in pedagogically-sound integration in the curriculum. PICRAT is an educational model designed specifically to help teachers meet this challenge.

Advancing equity, diversity, inclusivity, and accessibility in primary care: The development of an integrated educational experience model.

This article presents the development of the Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity, and Accessibility (EDIA) Cross-Cutting Theme Project within the Team Primary Care (TPC) initiative, aimed at addressing systemic inequities through innovative educational strategies. Grounded in the social accountability of health professions framework, this project aims to equip primary care teams with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to promote health equity. The EDIA Integrated Educational Experience (IEE) model includes a self-assessment tool, digital learning space, and national mentorship network, providing a comprehensive approach for primary care teams to promote health equity.

Assessing Educator Burnout in Online Synchronous Teaching in Surgical Disciplines.

Background: COVID-19 had a tremendous impact on surgical residency education and training. With little experience or training in using online learning in pedagogically informed ways, some surgical educators and learners experienced the disadvantages of online learning which may have contributed to a greater sense of burnout in the pandemic. The purpose of this study is to survey the level of burnout in surgical educators and assess educators' perspectives on factors that increased or decreased burnout in synchronous online teaching during the pandemic.

Twelve tips on creating and using custom GPTs to enhance health professions education.

The custom GPT is the latest powerful feature added to ChatGPT. Non-programmers can create and share their own GPTs ("chat bots"), allowing Health Professions Educators to apply the capabilities of ChatGPT to create administrative assistants, online tutors, virtual patients, and more, to support their clinical and non-clinical teaching environments. To achieve this correctly, however, requires some skills, and this 12-Tips paper provides those: we explain how to construct data sources, build relevant GPTs, and apply some basic security.

Online learning in health professions education. Part 2: Tools and practical application: AMEE Guide No. 163.

Part 1 of the AMEE Guide focused on foundational concepts such as theory, methods, and instructional design in online learning. Part 2 builds upon Part 1, introducing technology tools and applications of these foundational concepts by exploring the various levels (from beginner to advanced) of utilisation, while describing how their usage can transform Health Professions Education. This Part covers Learning Management Systems, infographics, podcasting, videos, websites, social media, online discussion forums, simulation, virtual patients, extended and virtual reality.

Big Assumptions in Online and Blended Continuing Professional Development: Finding Our Way Forward Together.

Continuing professional development (CPD) providers and faculty face a practice gap between our knowledge of effective practices in CPD and our implementation of them, particularly in online environments. Developmental psychologists Bob Kegan and Lisa Lahey have attributed such knowledge-implementation gaps to an "Immunity to Change" rooted in tacit "Big Assumptions." These Big Assumptions produce fears or worries, reveal competing commitments, and result in actions or inactions that hinder intended change.

Perceived Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) During COVID-19: CPD Providers' Perspectives.

COVID-19 precipitated many CPD providers to develop new technology competencies to create effective online CPD. This study aims to improve our understanding of CPD providers' comfort level, supports, perceived advantages/disadvantages, and issues in technology-enhanced CPD delivery during COVID-19. A survey was distributed to CPD providers at the University of Toronto and members of the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education and analyzed using descriptive statistics.

Online learning in Health Professions Education. Part 1: Teaching and learning in online environments: AMEE Guide No. 161.

Online learning in Health Professions Education (HPE) has been evolving over decades, but COVID-19 changed its use abruptly. Technology allowed necessary HPE during COVID-19, but also demonstrated that many HP educators and learners had little knowledge and experience of these complex sociotechnical environments. Due to the educational benefits and flexibility that technology can afford, many higher education experts agree that online learning will continue and evolve long after COVID-19.

Effect of mobile application types on stroke rehabilitation: a systematic review.

Background: Stroke is a significant contributor of worldwide disability and morbidity with substantial economic consequences. Rehabilitation is a vital component of stroke recovery, but inpatient stroke rehabilitation programs can struggle to meet the recommended hours of therapy per day outlined by the Canadian Stroke Best Practices and American Heart Association. Mobile applications (apps) are an emerging technology which may help bridge this deficit, however this area is understudied.

Quantifying the Occurrence of Shoulder Pain after Cardiac Surgery in a Cardiac Rehabilitation Population.

The aim of this study was to identify the occurrence of shoulder pain after cardiac surgery among cardiac rehabilitation participants (CRPs) and its interaction with cardiac rehabilitation (CR). This was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study of open-heart surgery patients conducted at the midpoint of a 6-month CR programme. We measured the proportion of patients experiencing shoulder pain, onset, location, impact on rehabilitation, and pain and disability using the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index.

Treatment of hiccups in stroke rehabilitation with gabapentin: A case series and focused clinical review.

Background: Persistent and intractable hiccups have a major impact on quality of life and can be a barrier to stroke rehabilitation. The first-line treatment for intractable hiccups, chlorpromazine, can have sedating effects, which may negatively affect rehabilitation participation. Gabapentin has been reported in several cases to be effective in hiccup treatment in both the general and post-stroke populations.

All for one and one for all: understanding health professionals' experience in individual versus collaborative online learning.

Introduction: Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) may facilitate continuing interprofessional education while overcoming barriers of time and place for busy health care professionals. The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences, advantages, and challenges of group versus individual online learning.

Methods: Fifteen multidisciplinary health professionals participated in a 12-week online course on either diabetes or traumatic brain injury.

Examination of cardiac rehabilitation participants referred to a musculoskeletal clinic.

Purpose: To describe participants in a cardiac rehabilitation program who were referred to an in-house musculoskeletal clinic and their cardiac rehabilitation and musculoskeletal outcomes.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was done on 51 participants who were referred to the musculoskeletal clinic between February 1, 2009, and March 31, 2010. Data on demographics, clinical characteristics, and cardiac rehabilitation and musculoskeletal outcomes were collected.

Flying blind: the experience of online interprofessional facilitation.

The role of the facilitator is known to be important in fostering productive interprofessional education (IPE) in the face-to-face (F2F) environment. Online learning can help surmount some of the logistical challenges in IPE by bringing together diverse professionals in multiple geographical locations. Best practices in F2F IPE facilitation are beginning to emerge, but there is scant literature examining IPE facilitation online.