Tuesday 22 February 2011

First batch of sessions being written

There are now over 20 content authors busy working on writing sessions for the e-LPRAS project. Thank you all of you. I  believe that one author expects to  be finished next week. That is what I call efficiency! That is the sort of contribution that the project needs with another 600 or so sessions to write!

I will be working on the project most Mondays and will be available to discuss any difficulties or concerns that might you have.  Remember that the first draft does not need to be the finished product and there will be lots of help from the team on formatting etc.

I have also recruited a team of psychologists to help with the relevant sessions. James Partridge from Changing Faces has been crucial in helping me to make those links. Thank you James.

We have got off to a really good start and I will be posting weekly updates to keep you informed of progress. Please get in touch if you have only just found us and would like to contribute. The more the merrier!

Wednesday 16 February 2011

e-LPRAS is up and running

I am pleased to announce that, thanks to the generous support of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons (BAPRAS), the e-learning project for plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery (e-LPRAS) is up and running again. This project will take several years to complete but, in due course, will cover the whole curriculum for plastic surgery trainees in the United Kingdom. I will be working as the National Clinical Lead for this project one day a week. Volunteers will be writing the content for individual sessions, which will consist of 20 to 30 minutes of learning as experienced a trainee sitting at a PC. The primary target audience is plastic surgery trainees in years 5 who are studying for the FRCS (Plast) examination.

The curriculum consists of around 1000 sessions. These will be released in batches as modules are completed. The 1st module to be written will cover the essentials of plastic surgery. There are around 20 authors are currently working on the sessions for this module. Approximately 114 sessions have already been written. I am a the whole module will be released towards the end of 2011.

If you would like to become involved as a content author or peer reviewer please get in touch. Full job description is available on request.