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Module 1

Introduction: Please read through the following information for Module I "Technology Enhanced Community Healthcare"  When you have finished reading about the Module at the bottom of this page you will be directed to click on your First Activity. 

Objective:
The first session will present the concept of the LCDN UNITE Project and the "A Step" curriculum and how information technology plays an integral role in the unfolding and dissemination of the curriculum as well as developing a community bridge between the Unite group and the northern clinic teams.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of the session, the learners will understand how the LCDN UNITE Project "A Step"  curriculum will be presented using technology designed to facilitate dialogue and a sense of community. The learners will understand how the technology chosen for curriculum distribution will also serve as a vehicle for interdisciplinary team activity locally as well as a bridge between the urban medical center and the rural clinics.

Seminar Facilitator: Rosanne Hessmiller Ph.D., Roseh@unm.edu

Story Profile: Communities of Practice

Lecture: Computer Mediated Communication

Supporting Materials

• Caucus Tutorial  ADD
• ADD Community of Practice
• Resources for Moderators and Facilitators of Online Discussi

Facilitated Dialogue: Question Sets

Activity A: Visit the LCDN UNITE Project "A Step" Webcourse website

Activity B: Enter Caucus Tutorial and create a Biography

Activity C: Creating a Virtual Community of Rural Health Practitioners

Discuss the concept of a Community of Practice.  Communities of Practice are networks of individuals working in a common area of interest to capitalize on each other's expertise while collectively defining and developing current practice and moving the practice in new directions. What is a Community Of Practice?

LCDN UNITE  provides the infrastructure for the establishment of a virtual community of rural health practitioners and educational and professional organizations who provide and exchange relevant medical education. Rural an urban practitioners can engage in online activity - case studies, modules, courses, communicate with their peers in clinical discussion forums and seek clinical information for interdisciplinary community healthcare practice.

Healthcare in remote rural clinics is often an isolated experience. The LCDN UNITE Project and A Step web based interdisciplinary curriculum seeks to develop a community of practice, which will serve as a peer support and action network. Learners and faculty facilitators will grow professionally while collaborating to identify and begin to better understand and solve complex community healthcare challenges.

How will the community of practice operate?
• Case Presentation
• Case Analysis
• Facilitated Threaded Discussion
• Identification of issues/concerns
• Grouping/clustering of related issues/concerns
• Prioritization of issues to address
• Development of a plan of action

Module 1, First Activity