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1 E-Learning for Continuing Health Education Prof. Žilvinas Padaiga Marius Strička, MPH

2 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

3 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)

4 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

5 Internet access

6 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

7 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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9 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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11 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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