There is a drive in healthcare
education to use technology and involve patients and service users in teaching
sessions. Combining these two important agendas, I collaborated with a
healthcare sciences lecturer, Trevor Kettle (@TrevorKet). to co-deliver two teaching
sessions using the Meetoo app (and Skype). This a blog of two halves, with my reflections and Trevor's reflections (so do make sure you read both bits!)
These were students on two
different courses at the Faculty of Health Sciences at Southampton University –
both post-graduate, qualified health and social care professionals. The
sessions were both 1.5 hours, and the first was co-delivered in person, while
the second was co-delivered with Trevor Kettle in the room, and me Skyping
in.
The Meetoo App is a platform for real-time polling and
discussion that allows students to share their thoughts and reflections,
opinions and ask questions.
This blog is a collection of
reflections on these experiences. These are twofold:
- the process of using technology and
collaborative teaching as a process to educate
- the content of the conversation we had with
the students.
Underpinning all of this was a
strong equal partnership to co-produce the teaching sessions, the content and
process between Trevor Kettle and myself – for which I am very grateful. Far
from being onerous, this collaboration to coproduce the two teaching sessions
required only a preliminary Skype meeting of about an hour and one or two
iterations of the PowerPoint slides being shared via email. We had a short
reflective debrief afterwards. Trevor’s perspective on it all in included
below...