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ADEA: Dental Informatics (DI) Section Meeting Minutes
March 30th 2008
Started at 12:34pm
1. Welcome
David Ord, Chair of the DI Section called the meeting to order and provided a welcome
to all the participants. Athena Tsembelis as Chair elect, Muhammad Walji as Secretary,
and Elise Eisenberg as Councilor were also introduced.
2. Council Section Meeting Update
An update was provided regarding the Council of Sections meeting. Due to a recent
change, the entire leadership of a section can attend and participate at the Council of
Sections meeting. The meeting was called to order by Lilly Garcia and Dr Swift provided
a welcome to the program. The Oral Pharma representation was recognized for
providing some funding for the meeting and awards. The duties of the officers and
related protocols were reviewed. Numerous awards were presented including a
fellowship award to Michelle Robinson, a previous chair of the DI section. Those who
were leaving their posts were also recognized including Monique Morgan who has taken
an internal promotion. More information about the Healthy people task force can be
reviewed at the ADEA website. The Dental Hygiene section received the Section Award.
Their newsletter was seen as particularly noteworthy. The Project Pool provides seed
money for groups to collaborate and develop projects and symposia of interest. In 20072008 the Gay Straight Alliance and Anatomical Science Section received funding from
the project pool. In 2006-2007 the Community and Preventative Dentistry section
received funding. More information about these grant applications are at the ADEA
website. Participants were encouraged to contact the DI section leadership for any
ideas. The Board of Directors has approved the Competency document, which is going
up for a vote at the final session of House of Delegates. This document has received
extensive input from the Council of Sections and the Commission of Change and
Innovations (CCI). Opportunities for comments have been made available previously
and the document has been widely available through the ADEA website. Dr Sandra
Andrew presented the VP report, which provided an overview of what’s ahead at ADEA.
Most notable were the strategic directions which included: 1) Preparing institutions for
the future, 2) Generating the workforce for the future, 3) Developing leaders of the
future, and 4) Developing value for the members. There has also been some discussion
on the impact of section mergers. Section mergers have been considered due the low
number of members in some sections. Concern of various sections merging together
included the dilution of votes.
3. Old Business
a. Creation of shareable videos hosted through Itunes U
Membership was asked if this idea was still of interest. This concept may also
be eligible for a project pool award. There was discussion that some
universities have created a library of dental related videos. For example Todd
Watkins from East Carolina University have a library of 200 dental related
videos. These include case presentations from private practitioners, and also
direct video capture of content produced by CNN and ABC. Mediasite has
been used as the technology to facilitate the export of these videos.
Apple has suggested that the media can be hosted at the University of
Michigan Itunes U site. If the project grows in size they would consider
providing an Association site.
Members who declared interest in pursuing this project included Lynn
Johnson, Todd Watkins ([email protected]), David Ord and Jody Kodish
([email protected]).
It was noted that one important initial task of this group will be to look at
Intellectual Property issues, such as the adoption of creative commons
licenses for content. Further, any overlap with the MedEd Portal should be
identified. It was noted that the MedEd Portal has some advantages
including the ability of having content peer reviewed and “counted” as part of
promotion and tenure.
b. User group for Vital Source E-books?
Membership was asked if this idea was still of interest. It was reported that
there appears to already be a small users group meeting at ADEA. It was
also noted that there may be benefit for having a users group that is separate
from the company and discussion could focus more in terms of the
educational value of the technology rather than limitations based on business
relationships with publishers. Todd Watkins announced that he will be
available to meet informally about pursuing such a group.
c. Tech expo
It was reported that 25 individuals submitted their projects to be showcased
at the Tech Expo this year. There has been a decline in the number of
submissions from the previous year. It was hypothesized that this may be
partly due the way announcements were distributed about the opportunity to
present projects at this venue. Rather than a separate announcement being
sent, this year, the announcement was combined with the general call for
participation. The Section will work with ADEA staff to have a separate
announcements going out to the entire membership as in previous years.
4. New Business
a. Vote for New Secretary
The availability of the position of secretary was announced. The duties of the
secretary are to take minutes at the annual DI section meeting. It requires a
3-year commitment, with positions of chair elect, and chair in the subsequent
2 years respectively. Todd Watkins volunteered for this position. No other
volunteers were noted. Todd Watkins was thereby elected as secretary after
a motion by Elise Eisenberg, which was seconded by Lynn Johnson.
b. Other Comments
i. MedEd Portal – it was noted that after a lengthy struggle to have
recognition for educational content in dentistry, MedED portal
provides an ideal venue. Members should explore this new resource.
ii. Curriculum Reporting – there may be value in trying to integrate
student related data from Didactic LCMS (like Blackboard) and
Clinical systems (like Axium) in order to come out with true clinical
outcomes for students. This will require a modeling effort. Todd
Watkins expressed interest in this project. It was also noted that an
Education Consortium has been formed from the Axium Users Forum.
iii. 3d Tooth Atlas from E-human
Members were asked if there was any research data available
supporting the use of such a tool and its effect on outcomes. Further,
it was asked if there was any software available to measure and
check usage of the tool by students. It was suggested that Toot Atlas
was seen more of a resource rather than a stand-alone tool. Usability
software may be helpful for determining usage of such a tool for
research purposes.
iv. Tech Fair scheduling.
It was note that there were many interesting technology presentations
scheduled that overlapped the tech fair session. The Section will
request such scheduling conflicts to be minimized in the future.
v. Diagnostic Codes.
Garry Guest provided an update on the progress of diagnostic codes
at the ADA Dental Informatics group. There appears to be traction for
diagnostic codes and some significant progress is expected in about a
year. Any one interested can join the Standards committee at the
ADA.
After no further discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 1:26pm