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Training of Lecturers
Training for Paediatricians and Paediatric Students
Multilanguage dictionary of medical terms
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Contractual Partners
From this section it is possible to access to a description of each contractual partner of the Softis-Ped project.
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Lecturers
From this section it is possible to access to the information about the paediatric lecturers involved in the Softis-Ped Project in the 5 European countries involved.
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Residents Working with Children Information
From this section it is possible to access to the information about the paediatricians involved in the Softis-Ped Project in the 5 European countries involved.
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Paediatric students
From this section it is possible to access to the information about the paediatric students involved in the Softis-Ped Project in the 5 European countries involved.
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Associated Partners
As a result of the exploitation activity a number of associated partners officially joined the project in order to contribute to the improvement of the project impact on their target groups and to ensure the project sustainability by continuing using the project deliverables in the next years.
Events
The Softis-Ped project has been promoted trough conferences and articles.
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Conferences
The Softis-Ped project was presented in a number of events in order to report about the activities carried out and the results achieved
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Training Activity
The training activity 'Soft Skills in Pediatrics' was held at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tirgu Mures (RO)
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Press Review
The Softis-Ped project partnership made contacts with web sites focusing on the fields of paediatrics and education
This section of the Softis-Ped portal provides administrative information for the project contractual partners and for the European Commission and it is password protected.
Training of Lecturers
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This training package is addressed to lecturers and trainers in the field of paediatrics on how to assist paediatric undergraduate and resident students in developing and consolidating their soft skills for improving the quality of paediatric services.
Communicating with Other Health Care Staff in Pediatrics
5.4. Teaching Soft Skills – Strategies and Methods
5.4.2. Case-Based Learning
In health professional education, learning activities are commonly based on patient cases and student learning is, therefore, associated with real-life situations. A recent review shows that Case-based learning (CBL) appears to foster effective learning in small groups, possibly through the effect of having more engaged learners, but perhaps also through having more structured learning activities closely linked to authentic clinical practice scenarios. Thus, CBL promotes a deep learning approach, with active and meaningful learning. By emphasizing the active and interactive components of the learning process, CBL blends aspects of the cognitive and social constructivist models of teaching and learning. It enables students to see the direct relevance and logical direction of the information to be learnt for their goal of clinical practice, not only regarding clinical skills but also involving soft skills, such as communication whit health care staff.
Nair et al. (2013) shows that CBL could create effective learning environments and thus help in achieving the learning objectives. This puts forth a need to promote a student centered active learning with a focus on critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills in clinical case studies.
Nair et al. (2013) shows that CBL could create effective learning environments and thus help in achieving the learning objectives. This puts forth a need to promote a student centered active learning with a focus on critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills in clinical case studies.
Online Resources
- Cased-based learning in small groupsThistlethwaite J.E., Davies D., Ekeocha S., Kidd J.M., MacDougall C., Matthews P., Purkis J. & Clay D. (2012), The effectiveness of casebased learning in health professional education. A BEME systematic review, BEME Guide No. 23, Medical Teacher, 34:6, e421-e444
Review showing that Case-based learning appears to foster effective learning in small groups, possibly through the effect of having more engaged learners. - Cased-based learning creating effective learning environmentsNair, S. P., Shah, T., Seth, S., Pandit, N., & Shah, G. V. (2013). Case Based Learning: A Method for Better Understanding of Biochemistry in Medical Students, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research : JCDR, 7(8), 1576–1578)
This study describes CBL as a method improving critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills.
