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MSS continues to be recognized as an essential organization for leadership development in research, medical education, and clinical practice.
transforming, since hands-on, in-person learning was no longer possible.
UNDERSTANDING LEARNER PREFERENCES CMSS’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Professional Peer Group members recognized the need to shift tactics in response to the global pandemic. CMSS worked closely with our member societies to pivot to virtual meetings to meet the educational needs of our community. We also realized, early in the pandemic, that traditional approaches to medical education more broadly needed
continuing professional development, are delivered?
The CPD PPG and our member societies leveraged the changing circumstances with innovative educational activities—adjusting formats, timing, and content to meet the needs of learners—and in doing so raised crucial questions:
CMSS is leading a first-of-its-kind collaborative research effort to answer these and other questions that remain after the significant changes to medical education brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• What impact did this disruptive innovation have on our learners and the future design of medical education?
CMSS is the one organization that consistently provides connections and content applicable to current day challenges.
• How might teaching and learning in the era of COVID-19 affect best practices, foster additional educational approaches, and even transform the way medical education, and especially
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Driving Change in Learner Engagement: DRIVING CHANGE IN LEARNER ENGAGEMENT: A Transformation of Continuing Development (CPD) A TRANSFORMATION OF CONTINUINGProfessional PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) BACKGROUND INFORMATION
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
global pandemic
how did learners’ cpd engagement before and during the pandemic change?
disruptive innovation
driving
cpd pivot
ANTICIPATED METHOLODGY
EXPECTED TIMELINE
mixed methods study
multi-phase 2 year project
- electronic surveys - facilitated focus groups
how do these findings further advance innovation in educational design and programming of future cpd activities?
1.
representative learners from participating cmss organizations
biostatistician
MONTHS 1 to 6 - launch learner survey - focus group questions
12 to 18
trained qualitative researcher(s)
Visual abstract for the CMSS Continuing Professional Development research study
12
aid in quality improvement and outcomes
subjects:
2.
what has been the impact of activity innovations on learner preferences for participating in future cpd activities?
advance design & programming
co-pi’s meet monthly
cpd professionals in cmss organizations
- compile results - present findings - publication
POTENTIAL IMPACT
- refine plan - baseline data - develop learner survey
6 to 12
enhance technology
- conduct focus groups - analyze data
18 to 24
ultimately better patient outcomes
