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Promoting Reflective Writing among Psychiatry Students Niall Watts Allys Guerandel, Kieran O’Loughlin Kevin Malone, Geraldine O’Neill Ed-Media 2011, Lisbon Educational Technology Officer Media Services, IT Services University College Dublin [email protected]

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Page 1: Niall watts promoting reflective writing among psychiatry students ed media 2011

Promoting Reflective Writing

among Psychiatry Students

Niall Watts

Allys Guerandel, Kieran O’Loughlin

Kevin Malone, Geraldine O’Neill

Ed-Media 2011, Lisbon

Educational Technology Officer

Media Services, IT Services

University College Dublin

[email protected]

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Reflective Writing Project

• First of its kind

• Blended

– Why?

• Consistent

• Complete

• Exchange Ideas

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The Students - Clinical Teaching Practice

From Tulane Public Relations Photostream on Flickr

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Presentation Outcomes

• Introduce 3 parts of blend

• Theoretical Background

• Preliminary Findings

• Future Plans

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E-learning Tutorial - Instructivist

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Discussion Forum - Constructivist

3 Posts

– 1 per level of Reflection

– Matched assessment criteria

– 2% of grade

– Random Groups

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E-Tivity - Spark

(c) The Times (2008)

Intriguing Ambiguity

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Categories of Reflection

– Descriptive

– Dialogic

– Critical

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Reflective Essay Assessment

Reflect on the mental health

consequences of under-age

alcohol consumption in Ireland.

or

Psychiatry is frequently perceived

as an art not a science. Reflect

on this statement.

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Ethics

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In Theory...

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Why Online Discussion?

• Suitable:

– Complex ideas

– Multiple perspectives

– No correct answer

• Apply Knowledge - Intriguing Ambiguity

• Match with Reflection

Brookfield & Preskill

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Community of Inquiry Model

Transformative model

Shared understanding

• Reading • Commenting

(c) Garrison & Anderson (2003)

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The 5-Stage Model for T&L Online

• Tutor feedback

• Exchange of ideas

• Social role

• E-tivity stages 3-5

From Salmon (2004) Emoderating pg 29

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What happened?

Some preliminary findings...

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Number of Posts per Category

0

10

20

30

40

50

Descriptive Dialogic Critical

Reflective Posts

From Blackboard Statistics

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Reflective Posts vs. Essay Grades

N=47

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Posts vs. Reflective Component Grades

N=47

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Posts vs. Hits

0

5

10

15

20

25

0 1 2 3

#Students

# Posts

#Hits per Student vs # Posts

60-77

40-59

20-39

0-19

N=50

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Conclusions to date

• 55% of students with 3 posts

– ‘Best’ in Reflective Essay

• 36% of students overall

– ‘Best’ in Reflective Essay

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Students Liked...

Control

Personal Relevance

Own patient

Feedback

Competence

Sense of belonging

Relevant for exam

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What next?

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Future Plans

• Further Investigation

– N = 200

– Content Analysis

• Distinguishing types of reflection

– Student Feedback

• Intrinsic & Extrinsic Motivation

– Lecturer Feedback

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Thank You - Questions

Niall Watts

Media Services, IT Services

University College Dublin

[email protected]