Studynet IDOLS
Project
Drama-based training on-line videos.
University Learning and Teaching Conference
3rd May 2012
The Background
 Approx 850 students from Health & Human Sciences enrolled
on the Interprofessional Education module. Students
collaborate in mixed discipline groups and discuss material with
the aim of improving the quality of patient/service user/client
experience
 The Humanities Acting & Screen performance students take a
level 6 acting project module which gives them an opportunity
to undertake a real-life work-based project which can be used
as part of their assessment
Project Objectives
 To promote inter professional working across the institution by
providing a successful example in practice
 An opportunity for Interaction and engagement between staff
and students from different disciplines to enhance the
students experience and broaden educational opportunities for
all involved
 To create realistic reusable learning objects (RLO) to increase
the assessment opportunities for future cohorts of students
from both disciplines
 Students of Screen Acting with be provided with a real workbased opportunity to explore projects which have hitherto
been hypothetical.
A collaborative solution provides opportunities
 The project was a collaboration between Schools of Humanities
and Health and health disciplines from the Faculty of Health &
Human Sciences (H&H)
 Opportunity for students of Acting and Screen Performance
(ASP)a to develop drama based videos for on-line assessment.
 Opportunity for H&H students to provide material content from
their placements and advise ASP students on content of the
drama.
Project stages
 Meetings with staff students and technical officers to outline project
 Call sent out to H& H students via studynet for real life case studies of
miscommunication in the health professions causing damage to patients.
 Collation of case studies to reveal common causes of miscommunication.
 ASP students identified common causes of miscommunication poor language
skills, poor recording of case histories, and age related miscommunication.
 ASP student select most typical /dramatic case studies for basis of scripts
 Scenarios written by student
 Scenarios sent to H&H staff for checking
 Scenarios cast, filmed and edited by project team led by Amy who uses the
whole project for her final ASP project.
Project Plan
Task
notes
Date
Planning meeting
collection of case studies
from H&H students
Over 80 case studies
analysed by ASP students
November 2011
Planning and drafting
scenarios
Scenarios written by ASP
student
December 2012
Polished Scripts
Staff student collaboration
on refining scripts for
accuracy.
January 2012
2nd March 2012
7th March 2012
Videoed auditions and
casting
Filming
Staff Student, professional
staff,
1st April 2012
Post Production work and
feedback
Student and technical staff
collaboration.
April 2012
Outcomes so far.
Creating the RLO’s was not the focus of the project.
The significant deliverables are;
Cross faculty working for students and staff
Broadening the learning experience for all the students involved and making
more efficient use of resources.
The RLO’s as assessment resources across two faculties.
Work experience for make up students at NHC.
Planned Evaluation
 Student feedback
 Feedback from the teaching teams
 External examiners