Case Study: Medcast creates successful Communities of Practice and boosts learner engagement with Totara Social

Medcast creates successful communities of practice with Totara Social

Medcast is a medical e-learning provider focused on social learning and Communities of Practice, aiming to combine formal courses, live webinars and on‑demand content with interactive, trackable tacit knowledge sharing for GPs and other health professionals. After founder Dr Stephen Barnett’s PhD work, the company found no single platform met this vision—learners needed tagging, sharing, competency tracking and integrated webinar support, so Medcast evaluated Totara Learn for its vocational learning and compliance features.

Working with Totara partner Androgogic, Medcast implemented Totara Learn and Totara Social and integrated Adobe Connect, Salesforce and their website with a unified left‑hand navigation for a seamless experience. They piloted the platform with targeted groups (e.g., the Black Dog Institute Community), combining webinars, e‑learning modules and forum activities; the rollout now supports 800+ Black Dog members and ~100 exam‑prep users, 18 webinars with 2,500 completions (60% live) and six modules with 700+ completions, plus positive user feedback and plans for further enhancements after upgrading to Totara Social 3.

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