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Self-directed e-learning at a tertiary hospital in Malawi - a qualitative evaluation and lessons learnt
Please always quote using this URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-150208
- Background: Malawi faces a severe lack of health workers. Despite initiatives to address this problem, a critical shortage of health care staff remains. This lack challenges the education and training of junior medical staff, especially medical interns in their final and crucial training year before they independently work as medical doctors. Project description: We have introduced an e-learning platform in the medical department of the Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Malawi. With the support of computer-assisted instruction, we aimedBackground: Malawi faces a severe lack of health workers. Despite initiatives to address this problem, a critical shortage of health care staff remains. This lack challenges the education and training of junior medical staff, especially medical interns in their final and crucial training year before they independently work as medical doctors. Project description: We have introduced an e-learning platform in the medical department of the Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Malawi. With the support of computer-assisted instruction, we aimed to improve the quality of medical training and education, as well as access to current medical materials, in particular for interns. Method: From March to April 2012, we conducted a qualitative evaluation to assess relevance and appropriateness of the e-learning platform. Data was collected via face-to-face interviews, a guided group discussion and a checklist based observation log. Evaluation data was recorded and coded using content analysis, interviewees were chosen via purposive sampling. Results: E-learning proved to be technically feasible in this setting. Users considered the e-learning platform to be relevant and appropriate. Concerns were raised about sustainability, accessibility and technical infrastructure, as well as limited involvement and responsibilities of Malawian partners. Interest in e-learning was high, yet, awareness of and knowledge about the e-learning platform among potential users was low. Evaluation results indicated that further adaptions to local needs are necessary to increase usage and accessibility. Conclusions: Interview results and our project experiences showed that, in the given setting, e-learning requires commitment from local stakeholders, adequate technical infrastructure, identification and assignation of responsibilities, as well as specific adaption to local needs.…
Title Additional (German): | Selbstgesteuertes medizinisches Lernen via E-Learning an einem Lehrkrankenhaus in Malawi: Aufbau,Erkenntnisse und Erfahrungen |
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Author: | Sandra Barteit, Philip Hoepffner, Sören Huwendiek, Angela Karamagi, Charles Munthali, Antje Theurer, Florian Neuhann |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-150208 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Medizinische Fakultät / Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie |
Language: | English |
Parent Title (English): | GMS Journal for Medical Education |
Year of Completion: | 2015 |
Volume: | 32 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pagenumber: | Doc7 |
Source: | GMS Journal for Medical Education (2015) 32(1), Doc7. DOI: 10.3205/zma000949 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3205/zma000949 |
Pubmed Id: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PMC4330637 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Tag: | ICT; Sub-saharan Africa; capacity; computer-assisted instruction; medical Education; multimedia,; teaching hospital; understaffed; virtual patients |
Release Date: | 2019/01/23 |
Note: | Deutschsprachige Version des Artikels ab Seite 8 des Dokuments. |
Licence (German): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International |