The TELT team’s work on the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery (MCHD) program is grounded in a pedagogical approach known as the TELT Framework for the creation of a sustainable flipped and blended learning environment. It focuses on the use of active and authentic learning during face-to-face classes supported by digital pre-class activities and formative assessments with feedback. The outcome of this work has been the creation of hundreds of reusable digital resources integrated within student-centred learning approaches. 

The TELT team has worked on several major digital uplift projects. From 2016 to 2019, a holistic evaluation of the digital learning environment was conducted which led to significant changes to improve the use of WATTLE, including introducing a learning content management system to better manage teaching resources and allow students to search; reducing the number of WATTLE sites from 127 to 5; and, improving the design, navigation and organisation of the sites for clarity and consistency. Since 2020, the TELT team has collaborated with staff to implement a digital clinical portfolio system for student work-integrated learning (WIL) during clinical placements in hospitals and GP practices to document student learning. This cloud-based platform includes a dashboard that enables students and staff to easily provide feedback and track progress. 

Staff and student development is a critical component of the TELT program of work to enhance digital literacy and educational practice. To support the development of our future medical educators, medical students in the final years of the medical program are engaged as co-creators in TELT projects. Since 2017, 19 students have been employed to contribute to 13 projects across a range of disciplines and provided insightful student perspectives to enhance educational offerings to their peers and future student cohorts. 

The [Australian Medical Council Accreditation] Team was particularly impressed by the professionalism, skills, enthusiasm and leadership of the TELT team in providing innovative and relevant resources for students […].

SMP Director Professor Paul Fitzgerald

The availability and use of videos is correlated with improved summative assessment marks and fewer failed students. Consistency of tutor teaching has improved. Examiners and new tutors can be trained easily saving valuable time for the clinical skills chairs. The video production process has enhanced the teaching and resources for each skill.

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