Atul Jaidka
Cardiologist | Unity Health - St. Joseph's Hospital
CardioGuide: Lessons Learned One Year After Implementing an Online, Competency-Based Continuing Professional Development Curriculum for Cardiology
Atul Jaidka, Daniel Durocher, Pavel Antiperovitch
Disclosures
Disclosures
- “I have not in the past 2 years, had a financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with one or more organizations that could be perceived as a direct/indirect conflict of interest in the content of the subject of this or any other program.” -Atul Jaidka
Conflict of Interest
- None except I co-created CardioGuide along with Pavel Antiperovitch and Daniel Durocher
Funding
- Self-funded
- Grant received but funds yet to be used from Western University CPD program
Rationale
Rationale
- Competency by design is becoming standard practice in medical education
- Current educational programs in Cardiology are limited by:
- Cost
- Wide breadth of the field
- Rapid changes in clinical practice guidelines
- Current Cardiology education for IM residents depends on in-person teaching during academic half days, morning teaching, and ad-hoc teaching by fellows and staff which is limited by:
- Infection risk
- Vacations
- Lack formal curriculum
Curriculum
Program Design
- Curriculum based on the competency-based continuing professional development framework (CB-CPD) recommended by the Royal College
- Key principles:
- Data to identify learning needs
- Opportunities for self directed learning
- Innovative methods for providing feedback
- Creation of content and assessments used the Royal College Cardiology objectives for Internal Medicine residents
Implementation
- Content delivery: free, mobile friendly open-access website
- Summarizes lengthy guidelines into practical summaries using graphics and visual aids
- CardioGuide.ca
- Competency assessment: peer-reviewed case-based questions
- Provides direct feedback with a learning plan
- eval.CardioGuide.ca
Lessons Learned
Importance of Data
Benefits of Open Access
- July 2020: 590 users and 1764 page views
- September 2021: 2316 users and 4309 page views
Benefits
of Open
Access
Benefits of Open Access
- Reach across Canada
Automation of Administration
- Admin dashboard that includes automated email introduction/reminders and easy to generate reports to track completions or those that need help
Future Directions
Future Directions
- CardioGuide for IM residents at Western - IMGuide
- Other Canadian schools are considering, beta-testing CardioGuide
- Planned collaborations with National Cardiology organizations to develop CPD
- CPD programs for Royal College certified physicians to obtain MOC credits as part of a Western University Continuing Professional Development grant
- Research platform for medical education insights
Conclusion
Conclusion
- Era of increasing patient volumes and a pandemic, trainees report a significant deficit in teaching
- We created a novel CB-CPD based program delivered through a FOAMed website for content and a quiz platform for standardized assessments
- Curriculum decay is a major concern in educational endeavours, thus to ensure longevity we focused on data to keep improving content/delivery, open access principles to allow for organic growth and automated administration so curriculum doesn't stop depending on busy schedules
Questions?
CBME Program Evaluation Summit 2021
By Atul Jaidka
