2023
State-of-the-art review of medical improvisation curricula to teach health professional learners communication
Chan C, Windish D, Spak J, Makansi N. State-of-the-art review of medical improvisation curricula to teach health professional learners communication. Advances In Health Sciences Education 2023, 29: 1025-1046. PMID: 37921903, DOI: 10.1007/s10459-023-10296-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCurriculum developmentCommunication skillsContent of curriculaLearners’ communication skillsCurricular goalsLearners’ communicationMedical improvCommunication curriculumMedical educationCurriculumMedical improvisationsTheatre principlesHealth professionalsLearnersBest practicesEmpathetic communicationSkillsEducationTeamworkImplementationCommunicationArticleImprovImprovisationDevelopmentCognition and dementia with Raymond and Brain: Curriculum development and evaluation using interactive animated flipped-classroom modules to impact nursing students’ attitude toward dementia care
Brown B, Kang G, Schwartz A, Rink A, Gallant N, Magpantay-Monroe E, Empleo-Frazier O, Windish D, Marottoli R. Cognition and dementia with Raymond and Brain: Curriculum development and evaluation using interactive animated flipped-classroom modules to impact nursing students’ attitude toward dementia care. Nurse Education In Practice 2023, 71: 103696. PMID: 37453370, DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103696.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNursing studentsCurriculum developmentNursing schoolsFlipped classroom curriculumStudent focus groupsCurriculum development processFlipped classroom moduleDifferent nursing schoolsBest practicesPre-post assessmentKnowledge quiz scoresFlipped classroomPedagogical approachNursing educationSense of missionReading assignmentsEligible studentsQuiz scoresNeeds assessment dataStudentsModule seriesInteractive modulesAssessment dataCurriculumAffective elements
2022
Anthropomorphic Character Animations Versus Digital Chalk Talks in a Resident Diabetes Pharmacotherapy Curriculum: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Brown B, Gielissen KA, Soares S, Gao CA, Moeller J, Windish D. Anthropomorphic Character Animations Versus Digital Chalk Talks in a Resident Diabetes Pharmacotherapy Curriculum: a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2022, 37: 2251-2258. PMID: 35710669, PMCID: PMC9202980, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07510-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPharmacotherapy curriculumMultimodal curriculumMedical educationInternal medicine residentsSignificant knowledge gainsMedicine residentsSelf-reported comfortLearner experienceChalk talkEducator's toolkitLearner factorsDidactic curriculumCurriculumKnowledge gainVideo stylesGroup activitiesCOVID-19 pandemicQualitative dataIdentical lecturesImmediate posttestEnded feedbackKey themesMean scoreEducationBest practices