eLearning in Public Health: Challenges and solutions for the future

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Nikos PapachristouLife Science Informatics MSc, Education and Pedagogy Diploma Health Technology Assessment MSc (Radboud), Global eHealth Unit of Imperial College London (Internship)email: nikospapaxristou@gmail.com, twitter: ehealthgr

Framing the problem

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• What is eLearning?

• Implications

• Healthcare needs and problems

• Impact – Current trends

• Future integration of eLearning technologyin daily clinical practice and public health

A “simple” definition…

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“E-learning is inclusive of, and is broadly synonymous with multimedia earning, technology-enhanced learning (TEL),computer-based instruction (CBI), computer-based training (CBT), computer-assisted instruction or computer-aided instruction (CAI), internet-based training (IBT),web-based training (WBT), online education, virtual education, virtual learning environments (VLE) (which are also called learning platforms), m-learning, and digital educational collaboration”: wikipedia

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It is more than intuition…e.g. Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework

Types of eLearning based on action and content (1)

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Types of eLearning based on action and content (2)

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Types of eLearning based on technology+ serious games, virtual patients/worlds

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Dimensions and adoption factors of eLearningadoption, diffusion, implementation, translational science, etc…

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Cost effectiveness VS Return of Investment

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Where are we today (1)

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Where are we today (2)

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Where are we today (3)

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Today: Doing more with less…

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Did you say MOOResearch?...

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Global initiatives

photo: http://blog.coursera.org/post/65596539008/introducing-coursera-learning-hubs-global

Local integration

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eLearning and accreditation (1)

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eLearning and accreditation (2)

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offline web eLearning (e.g. eGranary, Khan Academy)

eLearning in Academic Medicine

•Accelerating change in medical education – $11M AMA grant for US medical schools• http://www.ama-assn.org/sub/accelerating-change/grant-

projects.shtml •Indiana University School of Medicine• Grant for Virtual health care system (vHS) and teaching

electronic medical record (tEMR)

eLearning in public health crisis management

photo: http://news.utoronto.ca/teaching-time-crisis-looking-back-sars

Light-years Beyond Flexner: Academic Medicine in 2033 (AAMC)

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The (e)Learning Healthcare System

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GPs Role?

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Technology not as a gadget (remember the digital natives)

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Technology not as a threat Are you Sarah Conner?

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Technology as an enabler

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