Been thinking about how preparing for elective can facilitate bidirectional learning i.e. elective students teach and share knowledge with host students/doctors/staff/patients etc.
The UCL elective Booklet is filled with some excellent ideas on what to bring and how to prepare mentioning how students could contact the centre in advance and find out if they have any use for medical textbooks, BNFs etc.
In the context of electronic resources i had a thought. There are a number of excellent podcasts on International health issues: some discussing electives, global disease and treatments, health care policies, international aid and so on. Many are audio, some are in video.
These are easily linked to on a wiki resource, but i only thought of searching itunes for podcasts now, how many students would think of this before elective?
Moreover, podcasts can be downloaded to ipods or mp3 players. Almost every student has an mp3 player and no doubt takes that on elective. Lightweight, lighter than a bunch of textbooks, and with a cheap pair of speakers, easily presentable to a number of people. real potential for bidirectional learning. Not only that, it allows the student to study/refresh/learn about important things in the elective when they want to, when they might necessarily have more time to do so
lancet infectious Diseases Podcasts - burden of disease, research in public health ...
Lancet Student podcasts - electives, activism, diseases ....
CSIS Global Health Policy Podcasts - policies, interviews and articles on global health
Global Health & Development Podcasts - public radio International podcasts and videos of common diseases, health issues
There is a whole host more too.
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