About Us
About the Project
This learning resource centre is the result of the vision and hard work of what is more formerly known as the PocketSnips Procedural Skills Project.
A consortium-based initiative involving the public and private sectors, PocketSnips is an interprofessional project that advances continuing medical education and continuing professional development for health professionals throughout northern Ontario—where the project initiated— and beyond.
PocketSnips also makes an important contribution
to the field of just-in-time professional development for healthcare
providers in that some of the highlighted procedures are infrequently
performed. As short and accessible resources, the micro videos that
comprise the heart of the project enable clinicians to review and then
perform procedures as need dictates.
PocketSnips Awarded Excellence in the Use of Educational Technology and Instructional Design from CNIE
Joyce Helmer, Chair of the Wabnode Institute, Cambrian College
Dr. David Topps, Director of eLearning at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine
On April 30, in Banff, Alberta, Joyce Helmer, Chair of Cambrian's Wabnode Institute, and Dr. Lorraine Carter, Co-ordinator Laurentian University-St. Lawrence College Nursing Collaboration Program, accepted an Award of Excellence from the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE). They accepted the Award on behalf of a collaboration that includes the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM), Cambrian College, of the Laurentian University School of Nursing and Laurentian University Instructional Media Centre, and Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital.
The award, presented for excellence in the use of educational technology and instructional design, recognizes the partners in an initiative called PocketSnips. The goal of the PocketSnips project is development of clinical teaching tools accessible through Professional Digital Assistants (PDAs) and desktop computers.
Dr. David Topps, Director of eLearning at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and Joyce Helmer were the co-leads on the project.
» Read full media release
» CNIE Awards of Excellence program
Special AcknowledgementsPocketSnips is a
collaborative project with educational representatives and content
experts from each of the following organizations:
- The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM)
- Sudbury Regional Hospital/ Hôpital régional de Sudbury (SRHRS)
- Laurentian University School of Nursing
- Laurentian University Instructional Media Centre
- The Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)
- Cambrian College
Funding for the project has been provided by:
Appreciation is extended to each of these funding organizations. Without their support, this project would not have been possible.
The PocketSnips team also wishes to acknowledge the sharing of
lessons learned and best practices by:
- The Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
- The Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
- www.HealthLibrary.ca
Finally, PocketSnips acknowledges the contributions by team members,
content experts, content reviewers, and other volunteers who believe
in the project.
