mHealth Working Group March 23, 2011

Agenda Introductions/Overview Review of mLearning Literature & Discussion MHIS, by Holly Ladd, AED-SATELLIFE m4QI, by James Bon Tempo, Jhpiego, and Pamela Riley, Abt Associates mBCC Field Guide, by Shalu Umapathy, Abt Associates Planning Group Activities

Principles of the Working Group Frame mHealth within global health strategies Apply public health standards and practices Promote appropriate, evidence-based, scalable and interoperable approaches in resource-poor settings Build internal capacity in mHealth

mLearning- Training for Providers What kind of problem it addresses: Lack of adequately-trained health care providers Training health care providers is complicated by busy workflows, geographical separation and worker movement.

Complement In-Person Training Pre-requisite to in-person trainings. Achieve level of knowledge before face-to-face training. Targeted aspects of in-person trainings. Activities to test and reinforce concepts presented at in-person. Follow-up to in-person trainings. Demonstrate improved knowledge, provide mentorship, communities of practice.

eLearning Precedent (Adapted from Michael Allen’s Guide to eLearning)

mLearning for General Audiences: Recent Information Sources mLearning: A Platform for Educational Opportunities at the Base of the Pyramid whatsnew

mLearning for Health Care Providers: (+) Advantages and (x) Limitations Measured OR mentioned in developed AND developing country lit. Grey Sources 1. Enhancing Nurses Access for Care Quality and Knowledge through Technology (ENACQKT) 2. Guide: Getting Medical Information into the Hands of Community Health Workers 3. Mobile Phones’ Potential to Address Information and Communication needs of Healthcare Workers in Isolated Rural Areas in Peru 4. Mobile Learning for Health Care Workers in Peru 5. Satellife, UHIN Project 6. CellPhone GuideView Peer-Reviewed Sources 7. M-Support: Keeping in touch on placement in primary healthcare settings 8. Use of handheld computers in medical education: A systematic review 9. The use of the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) among personnel and students in healthcare 10. The PDA as a portal to knowledge sources in a wireless settings 11. Physician adoption of personal digital assistants (PDA): testing its determinants 12 The usefulness of personal digital assistants (Palm and Pocket PC) in the medical field

Education: Advantages/Limitations (+) Improved access to information (1) (9) (+) Peer-to-peer discussion/dissemination (2) (+) Allows for self-directed learning (8) (x) Revise pedagogical approach for interface (4) (6) (x) Could rely on “peripheral brain”, not retain (8) (x) Could reduce interpersonal educational (8)

Time and Quality of Care Time (+) Speed of retrieve information on the spot (9) (10) (+) Time-savings (1) (9) Quality of Care (+) Improved diagnosis/treatment (5) (9) (10)

Recap of May 2010 Working Group Talk on mLearning Dimensions and Issues Formal vs. informal learning Synchronous vs. asynchronous Pre-service education vs. in-service training Time, location Don’t “cut & paste” content Technology availability, accessibility, affordability, reliability, etc.

Member Presentations

Current/Potential Group Activities Continuation of mBCC Field Guide Inventory of member programs in mHealth Collaborative white paper on ▫challenges to mHealth adoption and scale up ▫criteria for funding mHealth projects Seek hosts for April and June meetings ▫May at World Bank, July at JSI

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