Course:

Sonnie: Your Ultrasound Partner

Background: 

The problem: Access to Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) can be limited, and often learners need additional, interactive tools to solidify their learning experience. This need is especially pronounced in rural medicine.

Our solution: Sonnie is an interactive tool designed to complement and enhance foundational PoCUS education, through case-based learning!

Our Work

The UBC CPD Rural and Creative Learning teams collaborated to create an online virtual case study tool. The tool is presented to the learner in a “webcomic” format, leveraging visual storytelling to engage learners and simulate real-world scenarios in a fun and memorable way. Our innovative tool incorporates evidence-based strategies from instructional and immersive design to create a learning experience that is both engaging and effective.

Legacy

Completed case studies will be integrated into our e-learning platform (Moodle) to enhance the learning of course participants. The cases will be certified via the College of Family Physicians of Canada for Continuing Medical Education credits, and be made available publicly as a resource for health care providers through the UBC CPD website. An environmental scan conducted by our project team concluded that a similar online, interactive case study tool designed specifically for Canadian practitioners does not yet exist; therefore, our platform will help fill a gap in the national Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) landscape for interactive case study material.