|
A free online educational resource (Educational Resource on Ageing, ERA) has been developed by the University of Dundee in collaboration with the National Initiative for Care of the Elderly in Toronto (a Canadian government funded network of researchers, practitioners and students dedicated to implementing evidence based quality care for older adults).
ERA has been ‘live’ and accessible internationally since early in 2009.
A bank of “best of 5” questions based around common clinical scenarios of later life has been generated. A random subset of questions is presented at each login, and the ordering of the answers is also randomised. Once a section has been completed the correct answers are given together with an evidence-based web link to support further learning around the topic.
ERA has been piloted in 88 UK clinicians in training and received overwhelmingly positive feedback.
The development of ERA is particularly timely given that the first diet of the knowledge based assessment (KBA/SCE), which UK trainees in Geriatric Medicine are required to take, was in March 2009.
Creating good, clear, unambiguous questions is extremely difficult. We are immensely grateful to colleagues who have worked with us: James Shaw, Angela Wilkinson, Sarah Henderson, Dirk Habicht, Susan Shenkin, Adam Gordon, Simon Conroy, Syed Zaman.
sample screenshots of the ERA
click on any one of the images below to view it full size
 
  
  
 
  
 
 
click on any one of the images above to view it full size
We hope this website proves to be a useful resource not only to clinical students but also for senior clinicians wishing to develop and test their expertise on clinical aspects of ageing.
To access: http://caa-02.dundee.ac.uk/q4/perception.dll (username: era / password: dundee)
|
