MedEdPORTAL A Door for TBL Scholarship Communication

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MedEdPORTALA Door for TBL Scholarship
Communication

• Kathryn K. McMahon, PhD
• Virginia Schneider, PA-C
• TBLC, 2006

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MedEdPORTAL

• MedEdPORTAL
• www.aamc.org/mededportal
• How can I use it Find Resources
• How can I publish in it
• Lessons Learned by other TBL authors
• Instructors Guide

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MedEdPORTAL Educational Scholarship
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Educational Scholarship
Any documented educational resource (or activity)
that has been successfully peer-reviewed and
subsequently made public through dissemination.
Two essential ingredients
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AAMC Does Not House Materials
MedEdPORTAL
Users desire a resource
Central Index of Published Resources
School B Password - Must email
School A Web Site
School C CD-ROM Must email

• Author Options
• Put on the web, or
• Send out the materials

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Peer Review
If this is to be widely accepted, the entire
editorial process must be comparable to that used
by prestigious journals.
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Peer Review
Like Print-Based Journals, MedEdPORTAL

• Appoints an Editor and an Editorial Board
• Maintains a peer review policy
• Follow a rigorous peer review process
• Uses invited expert reviewers to conduct all
  reviews

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Logistics
Accept with Rev
Submit
Screening
Peer Review
Accept
Publish
Reject
Goal 4 - 6 weeks
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www.aamc.org/mededportal
Authors may publish by completing the Submission
Form
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Constituent Based Activity
As Of 12/16/2005

• 291 Total Resources
• 132 Submissions
• 103 Virtual Patients
• 56 Resources From Partner Collections
• 71 Medical Schools Have Submitted Resources
• Usage Data Coming Soon

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Instructors Guide

• The purpose of the Instructors Guide is to
  provide additional information key to using your
  teaching materials successfully. Include a
  brief (2-5 paragraph) narrative that answers, but
  is not limited to, the following points
• What materials are included? How are the
  materials intended to be used? How much time
  should be allowed for each?
• What are the main teaching points of the
  unit/questions/cases?
• With which concepts or questions did the students
  have the greatest difficulty?
• Are there any particular strategies you used that
  made the session successful?