FA16 Immunization Module’s Updates

Introduction

Welcome to our Community! This module will help students enrolled in the University of Illinois Medical Program learn the basics of Immunization and Vaccination.

Please only join this community if you are a student enrolled in the program and have been sent here by your instructors. This community will have Open Enrollment for approximately 24 hours, after which time we will make this space Private for Program Members only.

To facilitate your work in this part of the course we will be using the Scholar system. Scholar is a "social knowledge" platform that combines social media features with knowledge sharing and learning management software. Information about how its features work can be found on the Tutorials Page - which you can always get to by clicking the "Help" button in the top-right corner of this screen.

You will:

  • Comment on updates in the Community app
  • Make an update in the Community app
  • Write a clincal case study in the Creator app that demonstrates your capacity to translate the concepts addressed into clinical practice, peer review others' case studies, write a self-review reflecting on the processes of peer review. Your completed clinical case study will be published to the community and your personal profile page.

If you are viewing this as an update in your activity stream and you would like to look ahead, you can find the whole learning module here. However these updates will be released one by one into your activity stream, and you will receive notifications to start your case study, peer review others case studies, then revise and write a self-review.

This learning module has been created as part of a National Science Foundation grant in which we are creating a knowledge sharing environment that elicits a great deal of structured peer interaction. This supports the development of a culture of professional collaboration that is today so important in the medical profession. As part of the project, we will be seeking your opinions and user suggestions about this enviroment and its processes of collaboration.

In order for us to comply with the requirements of studying this course we need everyone to take the IRB Consent Survey. This item should appear soon as an Update in your Activity Stream, so please check it out.

Project Timeline:

September 26:  Join CG Scholar and Enroll in the Immunization Module

September 26:  Read the Introduction Update

  • Comment on the Introduction Update as part of Class Discussion

September 26:  Take the Consent Survey

September 27:  Read Update 1 and Participate in Class Discussion

  • Make your own Update by September 28
  • Comment on 2 or 3 Peer Updates by September 30

September 30: Read Update 2 and Participate in Class Discussion

  • Comment on Update 2 by October 4

October 3:  Case Study Project Assigned

  • Follow Instructions to begin your Case Study

October 10:  Case Study Draft 1 Due

October 17:  Peer Reviews Due

  • Results of Peer Reviews are sent to Case Study Creators

October 24:  Case Study Final Draft Due

  • Finalized Works will be published to Personal Profiles
  • Following publication of Case Studies you will discuss them in class

Comment: How do you think new media and communications technologies might impact peer collaborations in the medical profession? If you want to react to another participant's comment, start your comment with @Name?

  • Richard Tapping
  • Nassim Mafi
  • Crystal Booker
  • Matthew Law
  • Emily Acton
  • Armin Tadayyon
  • Richard Tapping
  • Gabrielle Kuhn
  • Erika Becerra
  • Norah Oles