Conventional vs. e-learning in medical education
Journal Title: Applied Medical Informatics - Year 2019, Vol 41, Issue 0
Abstract
The totality of educational methods in which a computer connected to the Internet is usingrefers to e-learning. More and more e-books, video and audio recordings have been appeared,which create an attractive environment for students and medical professionals educationalneeds. Various scientific articles, recent research results, and textbooks can be translated into etextbooks, meaning a printed page can be viewed on computer screen. The content of thesetexts, in the virtual format, can be improved by adding hyperlinks which forwards to anothersection where some concepts and terms are explained. Textbooks can be enhanced in the virtualenvironment by adding a link to a movie which is showing a patient with a certain pathology(e.g., a patient with epilepsy crisis), a movie of a cellular process, an x-ray which highlights thepathology at the presence of mouse cursor. A new aspect that has raised the interest of medicalprofessionals is "the virtual patient", a clinical case that includes a video with a consultation, awritten case with pictures (e.g., to highlight the appearance of rashes). Thus, the use oftechnology plays an important role in the learning of clinical judgment of a student outside theconsulting room or when contact with a particular pathology is limited (e.g., a student who willfollow the pediatric module in the summer will have little chance of seeing a patient admittedwith bronchiolitis). There are numerous studies that have attempted to demonstrate thebeneficial effects of e-learning in comparison with classical education, but the results are notconclusive because interaction with the patient cannot be replaced. E-learning in the medicalfield appears to be a bit more effective than traditional education, generating a false impressionthat it would be far above traditional education. We emphasize the literature data which arefocused on e-learning methods used in clinical practice or used for medical knowledgeachievements by medical students and doctors.
Authors and Affiliations
Valeriu BUT, Dinu BOLUNDUT, Alexandra BULBOACĂ, Paul BOARESCU, Adriana BULBOACĂ
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