GRANT RECIPIENTS:

Diane Gregory, Midwifery Program, Medical Campus
dgregory@mdc.edu
Justine Clegg, Midwifery Program, Medical Campus
jclegg@mdc.edu

The virtual midwifery practices are currently being implemented in the MDW 1100C course with 12 students. There are four active practices, each with four virtual clients and three students. The students go to the student success center where they download information on their clients, order labs and consultations. They then take this information to the classroom where they enter it into charts, role-play client interactions within their groups, and receive guidance from faculty. Each week their charts are audited by faculty and feedback is given for improvement. On Friday of each week the individual practices posts their on-call list indicating whom will be on call, when. Each practice must have coverage 24x7. One phone call is made by a virtual client (faulty posing as the client) to each practice with a “problem” every week. The student on call then manages the call and in class of the following week she reports on her call and how she managed it. Faculty and other students, who have received similar calls, give feedback.

Due to the fact that this is the initial time that the online program is being used by students it has not yet been put on the college web site. We are running it (and debugging as we go) through an outside web site. You may view it at: http://www.nth-term.net/vmp/ The administration login is admin and password is awebwork. If you change anything in this area please change it back or let Diann know as students are actively using it and this could affect our daily progress. Students log-in by their practice. To view these you may log-in as lovingcare and use the password baby or as babiesrus password mother. If you order any labs or consultations Diann will have to reset the program so that the students can get into the program as they only get one opportunity to do these tasks We would like you to be able to view these parts of the program but please contact Diann after you do so that the program can be reset for the students prior to the next class day. The other active practices are angelcare with password of postpartum and thegentlebirthplace with password of midwife. I will forward a copy of a student chart to the office through the mail.
See below for handouts.
It is too soon to do a formal evaluation of the project. However the students are asked at every session to share suggestions for improvement and to feel free to offer constructive criticism on the project. Thus far comments have been all positive. “I am learning a lot.” “I won’t forget that now” “After I got off the phone with you I had some real second thoughts about my advice, I should have said…”etc. A formal evaluation will be distributed at the end of the term when the project finishes.

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