Public Private Partnership and E-Services: The Web Portal for E-Learning

The Coronavirus pandemic and thus the following lockdown has forced schools and colleges across India to temporarily shut and this unprecedented move had created a huge gap within the education bodies despite the central and the government doing their best to support e-learning and online education. Globally, the Indian Education sector is amongst the most important, with an in-depth network of quite 1.4 million schools and 993 Universities, 39931 Colleges, and 10725 Stand-Alone Institutions listed on the AISHE web portal. Because the Indian education system was mostly supported by the offline system and classes. Most of the first, and secondary schooling sectors were all supported offline education system has got to opt the web classes for empowering the education, and for the advantages of the scholars. Many faculties within the country have switched to online classes thanks to the lockdown, but one in four students is unable to connect because they don’t have a laptop, desktop, or tablet, according to a survey by economic times.

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A Novel Global Public–Private Partnership Approach to Physician Education in Medical Nutrition

Current Developments in Nutrition ◽

10.1093/cdn/nzaa053_065 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽

pp. 860-860

Author(s):

Carine Lenders ◽

Sanjeev Ganguly ◽

Padmaja Narayanan ◽

Srinivas Konduru ◽

Hanumanthu Reddy ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nutrition Education ◽

Real World ◽

Professional Education ◽

Perceived Quality ◽

Public Private Partnership ◽

Private Partnership ◽

E Learning ◽

Pediatric Nutrition ◽

Medical Nutrition

Abstract Objectives To assess a real-world global hybrid pediatric nutrition education program by measuring 1) e-learning test scores and percieved program ratings; and, 2) perceived quality of the overall program and participants’ plan to change their practice following a live symposium. Methods Retrospective cohort study of a novel hybrid global pediatric medical nutrition program using a public–private partnership framework that included academia, an educational platform, and industry. Following a pilot in India (2014) that was expanded to neighboring countries (2015), a one-year e-learning course followed by a live symposium was launched in 88 countries (2016–2018). Demographic data was comprised of characteristics such as age and country of practice using World Bank country income (WBCI) grouping. Program assessment include e-learning scores (knowledge scores) and ratings (perceived course quality and relevance to practice) as well as live symposium ratings (perceived quality of overall program and plan to change practice). A test scoring ≥70% was considered a ‘passing’ score to move to the next module. Likert scales (1 to 5) were used to rate perceived quality and relevance of/change to clinical practice (mean ± SD). Descriptive and ANOVA analyses were used. Results The sample consisted of 15,535 individuals. The e-learning completion rate was 96.6% (n = 15,009/15,535). The overall average e-learning testing scores was 86.3 ± 6.7 but these scores varied significantly by WBCI grouping (P < 0.0001). Using a Likert scale, the average perceived quality of e-learning was 4.18 ± 1.03, while that for clinical relevance was 4.12 ± 1.04 (n = 15,009). Of 3775 participants in the live symposium, 93.1% rated the quality of the symposium as ‘very good’ to ‘excellent’ while 86.7% of respondents planned to change their practice (n = 1779/2052). Conclusions The major finding of this study is that real-world global hybrid pediatric nutrition education is feasible, clinically relevant and as a result, a majority of respondents plan to change their practice. The findings of this study confirm recent views from global governmental and nongovernmental organizations, that public–private partnerships may be key to improving healthcare professional education and their practice. Funding Sources Nestlé Nutrition.

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