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E-Learning for Continuing Health Education Prof. Žilvinas Padaiga Marius Strička, MPH
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Background Compulsory continuing education 200 hours within 5 years 120 hours should be provided in accredited institutions Way of financing Ministry of Health Health care institutions Participants Number of courses financed by MoH Year 1998/99Year 2000/01 2360 participants1860 participants
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Needs assessment Survey on Continuing health education and E-Learning of professionals in State Public Health Service (543 respondents) Respond the need to improve qualification 94.7% Satisfies with current potential for DL18.4% Wish to study at a distance48.5% Potential (39.6% has no attitude towards E-Learning)
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Potentiality for E-Learning Survey on IT development in State Public Health Service (14 Public Health Centers) 34 computers per 100 employees Specialized centers 41/100 Regional Public Health Centers12/100 All centers use Internet
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Internet access
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IT accessibility and computer literacy Use computer at work or home67.2% Has computer at home35.5% Has an e-mail address56.5% Most of respondents work with MS Word, Excel and Internet browsers Computer literacy is associated with age, educational status and residence
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Telemedicine Telemedicine center at KUM was established in 2002 Main activities: Videoconferencing Teleconsultations E-Learning Projects: Litmed (http://litmed.net) Telemedicare Virtual Atlas of Eye Pathology (In collaboration with Biomedical Engineering Institute at Kaunas University of Technology) (In collaboration with Biomedical Engineering Institute at Kaunas University of Technology)
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Public Health Distance Learning Network (www.vsv.lt) Joint project between educational and professional institutions Project mission: To built partnerships for Distance Learning and to develop Public Health Internet portal Activities: Internet pages on Public Health topics Reports on Public Health issues Educational material and E-Learning courses
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E-Learning Target audience: Undergraduate and postgraduate students (educational material) Health professionals (E-Learning courses) Support system: Course development tool “CourseDev 1.0” Extensive training for course developers
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