Broadening the Impact of Learning Materials through Open Educational Resource Publishing An invitation to Faculty and Educators to participate in the Medical School’s Health OER Initiative. The Health OER program provides the opportunity for the University of Michigan health science schools to collaborate in an innovative, comprehensive approach to work with others to improve education opportunities for health care providers globally. As we participate in this effort to help improve medical education in developing countries, we are transforming our health curriculum to provide students with richer learning experiences and strengthening their ability to practice in a global health context. James O. Woolliscroft, MD Dean, U-M Medical School Poster Presented by: Dr. Joseph Fantone Ted Hanss, MBA Lynn Johnson, PhD Garin Fons, MSI Pieter Kleymeer, MSI Kathleen Ludewig Health OER Participants at U-M: Medical School School of Dentistry School of Nursing School of Public Health External Funding: Hewlett Foundation Gates Foundation What is OER? Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning materials offered freely and openly for faculty, students, and self- learners around the world to use, build on, and redistribute. Our Approach. Health OER at the Medical School. In 2007, the Medical School launched its Health OER Initiative, with the goal of improving global health education and healthcare delivery by converting all pre-clinical curricular materials into OER. In addition to maximizing the impact of our faculty-created educational content, we are collaborating with universities in Ghana and South Africa to co-create new learning materials. Join this Growing Initiative In summer 2008, we completed our first pilot converting several M1/M2 sequences to OER. This summer, 12 medical school students and 20 faculty have already agreed to participate, with the goal of converting all remaining M1/M2 sequences into OER. For more information, please contact Dr. Joseph Fantone, Health OER uses students as dScribes, “digital scribes,” who work with participating faculty to publish their materials online. A software tool called OERca, developed by the UMMS Office of Enabling Technologies, assists dScribes and other content creators in transforming educational materials into OER. Benefits of OER. By making learning materials available as Health OER, U-M faculty are broadening access to quality educational materials, improving the visibility and reputation of their organizations, facilitating feedback and improvement of materials, and increasing collaboration with professionals at other institutions. Original Content After the OER Process Copyright 2009 The University of Michigan. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit.

Broadening the Impact of Learning Materials through Open Educational Resource Publishing An invitation to Faculty and Educators to participate in the Medical School’s Health OER Initiative. The Health OER program provides the opportunity for the University of Michigan health science schools to collaborate in an innovative, comprehensive approach to work with others to improve education opportunities for health care providers globally. As we participate in this effort to help improve medical education in developing countries, we are transforming our health curriculum to provide students with richer learning experiences and strengthening their ability to practice in a global health context. James O. Woolliscroft, MD Dean, U-M Medical School Poster Presented by: Dr. Joseph Fantone Ted Hanss, MBA Lynn Johnson, PhD Garin Fons, MSI Pieter Kleymeer, MSI Kathleen Ludewig Health OER Participants at U-M: Medical School School of Dentistry School of Nursing School of Public Health External Funding: Hewlett Foundation Gates Foundation U-M students representing the School of Information, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Medical School, and School of Dentistry were selected to participate in the Clinton Global Initiative University in February The student team presented their strategy for making comprehensive health curricula available as open educational resources (OER) to healthcare educators and students worldwide. What is OER? Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning materials offered freely and openly for faculty, students, and self- learners around the world to use, build on, and redistribute. Our Approach. Health OER at the Medical School. In 2007, the Medical School launched its Health OER Initiative, with the goal of improving global health education and healthcare delivery by converting all pre-clinical curricular materials into OER. In addition to maximizing the impact of our faculty-created educational content, we are collaborating with universities in Ghana and South Africa to co-create new learning materials. Join this Growing Initiative In summer 2008, we completed our first pilot converting several M1/M2 sequences to OER. This summer, 12 medical school students and 20 faculty have already agreed to participate, with the goal of converting all remaining M1/M2 sequences into OER. For more information, please contact Dr. Joseph Fantone, Copyright 2009 The University of Michigan. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit. Health OER uses students as dScribes, “digital scribes,” who work with participating faculty to publish their materials online. A software tool called OERca, developed by the UMMS Office of Enabling Technologies, assists dScribes and other content creators in transforming educational materials into OER. Benefits of OER. By making learning materials available as Health OER, U-M faculty are broadening access to quality educational materials, improving the visibility and reputation of their organizations, facilitating feedback and improvement of materials, and increasing collaboration with professionals at other institutions.