1. The Canadian Healthcare Education Commons What is CHEC-CESC?

2. The Canadian Healthcare Education Commons What is CHEC-CESC? Background Overview Demonstration –Using CHEC-CESC –Communities –Browsing Content

3. The Canadian Healthcare Education Commons Mission As a program of the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) and the 17 faculties of medicine that it represents, the mission of the Canadian Healthcare Education Commons-Collaboration pour l’éducation en santé au Canada (CHEC-CESC) is to provide an online environment to improve access to healthcare education and learning resources.

4. The Canadian Healthcare Education Commons Goals for CHEC-CESC Offer an online environment www.chec-cesc.ca to:www.chec-cesc.ca Encourage the active sharing, development, and exchange of educational materials and pedagogical tools. Permit members to offer feedback and evaluate resources. Support discourse among members with a particular focus on the challenges inherent in teaching and learning. Facilitate collaboration on projects and research, and report on work that is relevant to its members.

5. The Canadian Healthcare Education Commons CHEC-CESC Web Portal CHEC-CESC is a user-driven site designed specifically for healthcare educators and learners. Members can build and contribute to a health education knowledgebase through the CHEC-CESC: Virtual library (referatory and repository with thematic collections), Communities of practice (collaborative workspace), and Professional network www.CHEC-CESC.ca

6. The Canadian Healthcare Education Commons Virtual Library The CHEC-CESC Virtual Library is a database for users to: Upload and store resources Bookmark and share links to relevant sites Build collections of resources on a specific topic Search for individuals, groups, resource and research related to healthcare education www.CHEC-CESC.ca

7. The Canadian Healthcare Education Commons Communities of Practice Members can participate in communities on the site. A CHEC-CESC community is an online workspace with collaborative tools including a blog, events calendar, library, and wiki Any user can create and moderate a community Communities can be set up to limit access to specific group members or open to all members of the site www.CHEC-CESC.ca

8. The Canadian Healthcare Education Commons Professional Network The CHEC-CESC site is designed to help educators and students expand their networks. CHEC-CESC makes it easy to connect to individuals, insight and resources related to healthcare education and research. Members can connect through: Member Profiles Blogs Search www.CHEC-CESC.ca

9. The Canadian Healthcare Education Commons Activity on CHEC-CESC (2011-2012) Over 62,000 visits from 7,000+ unique visitors 750+ learning objects in the virtual library 81 Communities of Practice www.CHEC-CESC.ca Join the community

10. The Canadian Healthcare Education Commons Tour CHEC-CESC A) Browse content in the: LibraryLibrary | Communities | BlogsCommunitiesBlogs B) Search by: TopicTopic | UserUser www.CHEC-CESC.ca