A medical e-learning development training program for healthcare professionals

Daniel KuoHung HuangDept. of E-learning Design and Management

National Chiayi University, Taiwan

Outlines

• Introduction to Chiayi University• Medical e-learning Development Training• Global Co-operation

Introduction to Chiayi University

• Chiayi University is in southern Taiwan• 7 colleges • 13,000 full-time students (Bachelor to Doctor)• 500 full-time teachers• Dept. of E-learning Design and Management

– 9 full-time teachers– All with educational experiences oversea– Research active internationally

Medical E-learning Development Training: Background

• E-learning Development Team• Train the doctors/nurses to be Instruction Design

Medical E-learning Development Training: Procedure

• NSF supported, Collaborated with Dalin Tzu-Chi Hospital

• Public announcement and recruitment• About 100 applicants, 50 selected, 23

completed • Two phases: 120 hours of classes on

weekends, 160 hours of practices in hospitals• 8-month training

Recruitment

Selection

Training Courses

Project Development

Presentation

Certificate AwardingEnd of Program

To facilitate healthcare communication between the medical staff and patients, a scientific communication project funded by Taiwanese government was initiated in 2008 to train the healthcare professionals to develop e-learning materials for patients.

More than 90 applicants all over the nation applied for this 8-month training program. The program consisted of 5-month curriculum and 3-month hand-on project. Only 34 were selected into the program.

Being periodically presented and examined by doctors and media experts during the implementation process, these e-learning systems eventually completed with good quality. At the final stage, these systems were played on a big screen in a hospital. Patients who waited for examination were invited to watch the systems and provide feedbacks. In the end, 28 trainees completed the training.

After the curriculum, trainees selected a practice hospital and developed the e-learning materials under the supervision of the hospital e-learning department staff. Four to five persons formed a group and chose a health education theme for e-learning implementation. They cooperated with experts to develop medical contents with appropriate knowledge and pedagogy.

The curriculum, arranged as workshops on weekends, included media design, e-learning design models, and medical e-learning application in hospitals.

These trainees made poster presentations in groups at a medical e-learning conference. And then they returned to their working organizations and consistently promoted medical e-learning.

Medical E-learning Development Training: Results

• Initial Research Findings• Promotion

Initial Research Findings

• 75% of the trainees are nurses• Needs for this training: New job

– Use existing expertise– Deteriorating working environment– Less labor needs while aging

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前測_平均 3.94 4.25 3.5 3.44 4.13 4.06 4.13 3.88 4.06 4.06 3.88 3.81 3 3.44 3.69 3.88 3.44 3.75 4.69 4.44 3.69 4.13 3.75 3.88 4.75 3.94 3.5 3.69

後測_平均 4.31 4.25 3.81 3.56 3.56 3.38 3 4.38 3.5 4.19 4.25 2.69 3.44 4.06 3.44 3.94 4.19 3.81 3.81 3.63 4.19 4 4.13 4.13 4 3.56 3.69 3.75

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醫療數位教材開發自我能力評估

Diversity of team members

Promotion: Partnership in e-learning and healthcare

Local PartnersNational PartnersGlobal Partners

Local Partners in Medical E-learning

In 2010

National Training Program: Medical E-learning Talents

National Chiayi University

Dalin Tzu-Chi Hospital

Chiayi Christian Hospital

St. Martin De Porres Hospital

National Partners in Medical E-learning

In 2012

Hospitals and medical clinics in Taiwan

Universities and vocational high schools in Taiwan

Taiwan Medical E-learning Association

National Chiayi University

Dalin Tzu-Chi Hospital

Chiayi Christian Hospital

St. Martin De Porres Hospital

E-learning Companies in Taiwan

Taiwan Medical E-learning Association

– Established on July 28, 2012– Director General is Dr. Shaw-Ruey Lyu, Dalin Tzu-

Chi Hospital– Number of Members is 106 and increases rapidly– Major Hospitals participated the activities– Annual Conference (or International Conference)

is scheduled

Global Partners in Medical E-learning

International Exchange Program for Nurses

• Four weeks at Ashland University, Ohio• On campus room and board• Activities include:

• One full day of internship a week at a hospital• Two professional courses a week with American nursing

students• Experiencing simulation for professional knowledge• 3 days of English courses• Sightseeing tours and cultural experiences at nights and

weekends

• Two nurses attended the program in 2012

International Co-operation in Health Communication

• Technology-enhanced Communication, Computer-mediated Communication

• International conference on communication in healthcare 2012, St. Andrew University, UK

(http://www.each-conference.com/)• Discuss on Pan-Asia Association of Communication in

Healthcare• Collaborative research projects in Medical E-learning with

colleagues from Korea, Netherlands…

Future Plan• Sister schools in Europe

– 1. Cardiff University– 2. The International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef. Bonn– 3. CERAM Sophia Antipolis European School of Business – 4. Ecole Superieure Du Bois– 5. The University of the Balearic Islands– 6. University of Huelva– 7. Institut National Polytechnique Toulouse

• Sister schools in USA– 1. National University of Asuncion– 2. University of Northern Colorado– 3. University of Idaho – 4. University of Oregon– 5. Nova Scotia Agricultural College– 6. Marry State University– 7. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign– 8. Texas A&M University – Commerce

Future Plan• Student Exchange

– Summer Internship– Semester Exchange

– Dual Degree Program– 3+2:

– 3 years in undergraduate(Taiwan)– 2 Years(Oversea) – BS from Taiwan, MS from Oversea

– 1+1– 1 year Master program in Taiwan– 1 year Master program Oversea– Two master degrees from both schools

• Academic Exchange– Bilateral Workshop, Faculty Exchange, Joint Research