Detailed Information on Publication Record
2013
Interactive algorithms for teaching and learning acute medicine in the network of medical faculties MEFANET
SCHWARZ, Daniel, Petr ŠTOURAČ, Martin KOMENDA, Hana HARAZIM, Martina KOSINOVÁ et. al.Basic information
Original name
Interactive algorithms for teaching and learning acute medicine in the network of medical faculties MEFANET
Authors
SCHWARZ, Daniel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Petr ŠTOURAČ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin KOMENDA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Hana HARAZIM (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Martina KOSINOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jakub GREGOR (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Richard HŮLEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Olga SMÉKALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ivo KŘIKAVA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Roman ŠTOUDEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Ladislav DUŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Journal of medical Internet research, Toronto, JMIR Publications Inc. 2013, 1438-8871
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
30000 3. Medical and Health Sciences
Country of publisher
Canada
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Impact factor
Impact factor: 4.669
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14110/13:00069216
Organization unit
Faculty of Medicine
UT WoS
000324620300023
Keywords in English
algorithms; community networks; medical education; patient simulation; problem-based learning; serious games; students; survey
Tags
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 17/3/2014 11:27, Soňa Böhmová
Abstract
V originále
BACKGROUND: Medical Faculties Network (MEFANET) has established itself as the authority for setting standards for medical educators in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, 2 independent countries with similar languages that once comprised a federation and that still retain the same curricular structure for medical education. One of the basic goals of the network is to advance medical teaching and learning with the use of modern information and communication technologies. OBJECTIVE: We present the education portal AKUTNE.CZ as an important part of the MEFANET's content. Our focus is primarily on simulation-based tools for teaching and learning acute medicine issues. METHODS: Three fundamental elements of the MEFANET e-publishing system are described: (1) medical disciplines linker, (2) authentication/authorization framework, and (3) multidimensional quality assessment. A new set of tools for technology-enhanced learning have been introduced recently: Sandbox (works in progress), WikiLectures (collaborative content authoring), Moodle-MEFANET (central learning management system), and Serious Games (virtual casuistics and interactive algorithms). The latest development in MEFANET is designed for indexing metadata about simulation-based learning objects, also known as electronic virtual patients or virtual clinical cases. The simulations assume the form of interactive algorithms for teaching and learning acute medicine. An anonymous questionnaire of 10 items was used to explore students' attitudes and interests in using the interactive algorithms as part of their medical or health care studies. Data collection was conducted over 10 days in February 2013. RESULTS: In total, 25 interactive algorithms in the Czech and English languages have been developed and published on the AKUTNE.CZ education portal to allow the users to test and improve their knowledge and skills in the field of acute medicine. In the feedback survey, 62 participants completed the online questionnaire (13.5%) from the total 460 addressed. Positive attitudes toward the interactive algorithms outnumbered negative trends. CONCLUSIONS: The peer-reviewed algorithms were used for conducting problem-based learning sessions in general medicine (first aid, anesthesiology and pain management, emergency medicine) and in nursing (emergency medicine for midwives, obstetric analgesia, and anesthesia for midwifes). The feedback from the survey suggests that the students found the interactive algorithms as effective learning tools, facilitating enhanced knowledge in the field of acute medicine. The interactive algorithms, as a software platform, are open to academic use worldwide. The existing algorithms, in the form of simulation-based learning objects, can be incorporated into any educational website (subject to the approval of the authors).
Links
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