Scientific Knowledge Integrated Patient Presentations (SKIPPS) / Storyline – Tyler Moore

Scientific Knowledge Integrated into Patient Presentations (SKIPPs)

Company	Role	Year	Modality
Des Moines University	Instructional Design Coordinator	2018	e-Learning (Rise / Storyline)

Situation

SKIPPs assesses medical students’ diagnostic skills and their ability to efficiently report findings to attending doctors within a limited time. This project transformed a previously paper-based activity into a fully electronic format.

Task

I began by organizing the activity components, considering that students would control the experience in table groups, and each case would be unique to each group.

I also sent Qualtrics surveys to cohorts 15 minutes before the session ended, based on pre-organized rosters, which was a required participation component for students.

Action

I used Storyline to develop a secured learning experience with timed interactions at 18 minutes. Lab costs and image/procedure expenses were auto-calculated. This also allowed instructors to compare costs among groups for discussion after the activity.

Results

It was highly successful, and I expanded it to all systems year 2 courses and did didactic sessions for years 3-4 (OB-Gyn) with Zoom control by instructors. I also presented this concept at the AACOM conference in Washington, DC. We collected extensive data through post-activity Qualtrics surveys for each session.

Storyline

Overview Documentation

Click to review the SKIPPs Experience Protocol (PDF).

2nd Year SKIPPs Hematology is a year 2 course. This case was managed by students in a live setting. The reset button facilitated a swift classroom reset between back-to-back sessions to ensure incoming students did not see the previous interaction. You can find a sample and the actual Storyline used in classroom training below.

Didactic SKIPPs Years three and four SKIPPs (OB-Gyn Clerkship) were conducted online, with instructors sharing SKIPPs via Zoom and leading discussions by asking questions and sharing their own experiences to enhance the discussion.

AACOM Conference 18 Video This video demonstrated SKIPPs in action with didactic students over Google Hangouts and was presented at the 2018 AACOM Conference in Washington, DC.