Resource Spotlight: eLearning for Undergraduate Health Professional Education - A Systematic Review Informing a Radical Transformation of Health Workforce Development
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"eLearning has an under-exploited potential to support health workforce capacity building in different contexts, and can empower health workers to take charge directly of their own competency development," write the authors of a new study on eLearning in undergraduate education for health professionals.
The study, called eLearning for Undergraduate Health Professional Education - A Systematic Review Informing a Radical Transformation of Health Workforce Development, hopes to provide evidence and information for country-level decision makers to inform and guide education for future health professionals. On a global level, the report strives to assist the implication of the WHO’s human resources for health strategy. The report also provides a foundation for the development of future WHO guidelines for pre-service training and the direction for future research.
Specifically, the report analyzes different types of ICT used to deliver undergraduate health education. It evaluates the impact of networked and non-networked computer-based eLearning on students’ knowledge, skills, attitudes and satisfaction. The report also sheds light on different methods to evaluate eLearning courses.
“Importantly, it identifies and discusses the critical success factors for the implementation and adaptation of eLearning interventions, as well as strategies to equitably and effectively introduce, institutionalize and sustain eLearning,” the authors write.
To read the resource, please see eLearning for Undergraduate Health Professional Education - A Systematic Review Informing a Radical Transformation of Health Workforce Development.
You can also find more information in the Education and Training and Pre-Service Education subject areas.
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