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LEARNING WITH TECHNOLOGY

Technology is playing an ever-increasing and vital role in today’s health care environment, both in
how we practice and in how we learn. We must integrate technology into new and existing programs,
determine how to best incorporate technology into how we teach, and give our students the best
environment to learn, especially within teams. Our Center for Experiential Learning and its new
simulation center (see story in this publication) will be a focal point for training and technology. To
enhance learning through technology, there are plenty of places for students to plug in their laptops
and iPads™. Rooms are fully wired with conferencing capability and cameras allow students to record
team exercises or virtual simulations, providing an excellent feedback mechanism. Our faculty must
also become technologically savvy themselves and are updating their teaching toolbox to incorporate
iBooks™, digital micrographs, virtual patient simulation, and videos into their lessons. “Flipping
classrooms” is also becoming more prevalent. Instead of lectures, students learn new material outside
the classroom—such as online or by video—and the classroom is dedicated to more active and
personalized interaction with faculty and peers.

EHR AND PATIENT- AND FAMILY-CENTERED CARE

The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is dramatically changing how health care providers
communicate, interact, and partner with patients and families, as well as each other. However, there
are significant concerns as to how health care professionals can best utilize the EHR in a manner that
is patient friendly and doesn’t distance them from the patient. The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation has
selected Sarah Peyre, Ed.D., assistant dean for Interprofessional Education, as a Macy Faculty Scholar.
The Foundation’s support will help accelerate Dr. Peyre’s work to identify, develop, and implement
best practices for integrating EHR into patient- and family-centered care at UR Medicine. She will
also create and pilot a Medical Center-wide curriculum—including online learning, simulation, and
team-based learning—to train students and clinicians in best practices for EHR use. The curriculum
could serve as a national model for how to ensure that EHR enhances the partnership between
patients and health care professionals.