Adaptations and repercussions in the experiences in a hybrid education university during the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic

Abstract: Introduction: The pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has accelerated an educational revolution, with implications for health care and medical education, generating some insecurities and uncertainties. The article reports the experience of Centro Universitário Christus (Unichristus) about the changes that occurred in the practical scenarios of clinical experiences during the first semester of 2020, marked by social distancing. Experience Report: The services at Clínica Escola de Saúde (CES) were suspended and the associated hospitals stopped receiving students, making the experience of real-life scenarios unfeasible, resulting in the beginning of a project characterized by care of patients with coronavirus infection through telemedicine. The face-to-face nursing team’s participation occurred concomitantly, while students attending the eighth semester of the medical course were present at the consultation through screen sharing using the Google Meet ® program. After the consultation was concluded, there was a discussion about the case and other relevant aspects, similarly to what would happen with a face-to-face experience. In parallel with the project, students also attended lectures that addressed aspects of the disease from primary to tertiary level of health care. Discussion: Patients received care and students were taught through a flexible, innovative, accessible and safe media, following a worldwide trend, generating opportunities for professional development and innovations in medical education. The experience with telemedicine can be complemented by e-learning, allowing the development of a new hybrid teaching model. Conclusion: The current circumstances may result in some educational loss, such as the impossibility to perform physical examinations and to interact better with the health care team and patients; however the technological resources can result in opportunities for changes, improvement and development of teaching methodologies, in line with the current generation of digital natives.

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Analysis of Educational Data in the Current State of University Learning for the Transition to a Hybrid Education Model

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11052068 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 2068

Author(s):

William Villegas-Ch. ◽

Xavier Palacios-Pacheco ◽

Milton Roman-Cañizares ◽

Sergio Luján-Mora

Keyword(s):

Online Education ◽

Educational Model ◽

Hybrid Education ◽

Face To Face ◽

Current State ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Technological Advances ◽

The World ◽

The Face ◽

Education Model

Currently, the 2019 Coronavirus Disease pandemic has caused serious damage to health throughout the world. Its contagious capacity has forced the governments of the world to decree isolation and quarantine to try to control the pandemic. The consequences that it leaves in all sectors of society have been disastrous. However, technological advances have allowed people to continue their different activities to some extent while maintaining isolation. Universities have great penetration in the use of technology, but they have also been severely affected. To give continuity to education, universities have been forced to move to an educational model based on synchronous encounters, but they have maintained the methodology of a face-to-face educational model, what has caused several problems in the learning of students. This work proposes the transition to a hybrid educational model, provided that this transition is supported by data analysis to identify the new needs of students. The knowledge obtained is contrasted with the performance presented by the students in the face-to-face modality and the necessary parameters for the transition to this modality are clearly established. In addition, the guidelines and methodology of online education are considered in order to take advantage of the best of both modalities and guarantee learning.

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On Being a Physician

10.2310/neuro.1221 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Elizabeth G Nabel

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Medical Education ◽

Lifelong Learning ◽

Communication Skills ◽

Medical Practice ◽

Medical Knowledge ◽

Health Care Team ◽

Medical Professionalism ◽

Standards Of Accreditation

The role of a physician as healer has grown more complex, and emphasis will increasingly be on patient and family-centric care. Physicians must provide compassionate, appropriate, and effective patient care by demonstrating competence in the attributes that are essential to successful medical practice. Beyond simply gaining medical knowledge, modern physicians embrace lifelong learning and need effective interpersonal and communication skills. Medical professionalism encompasses multiple attributes, and physicians are increasingly becoming part of a larger health care team. To ensure that physicians are trained in an environment that fosters innovation and alleviates administrative burdens, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has recently revamped the standards of accreditation for today’s more than 130 specialties and subspecialties. This chapter contains 6 references and 5 MCQs.

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Infectious safety during primary specialized accreditation in the COVID-19 pandemic

Virtual Technologies in Medicine ◽

10.46594/2687-0037_2021_1_1288 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 14-20

Author(s):

Evgeny Germanovich Ripp ◽

A. R. Fattakhov ◽

T. M. Ripp ◽

R. A. Postanogov ◽

N. M. Iminov ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Medical Research ◽

Research Centre ◽

Face To Face ◽

Technological Processes ◽

Specialized Accreditation ◽

National Medical ◽

Technical Personnel ◽

The Face ◽

Simulation Center

This article is devoted to the organization of the work of the Accreditation and Simulation Center of the Institute of Medical Education of the Almazov National Medical Research Centre during the primary specialized accreditation in the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizational solutions, technological processes and routing of accredited (308 people), support and technical personnel (98 people) and employees of the Accreditation and Simulation Center (14 people) and members of accreditation commissions (67 people) are presented to ensure infectious safety and the effectiveness of the face-to-face practice-oriented stage of accreditation.

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On Being a Physician

10.2310/im.1221 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Elizabeth G Nabel

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Medical Education ◽

Lifelong Learning ◽

Communication Skills ◽

Medical Practice ◽

Medical Knowledge ◽

Health Care Team ◽

Medical Professionalism ◽

Standards Of Accreditation

The role of a physician as healer has grown more complex, and emphasis will increasingly be on patient and family-centric care. Physicians must provide compassionate, appropriate, and effective patient care by demonstrating competence in the attributes that are essential to successful medical practice. Beyond simply gaining medical knowledge, modern physicians embrace lifelong learning and need effective interpersonal and communication skills. Medical professionalism encompasses multiple attributes, and physicians are increasingly becoming part of a larger health care team. To ensure that physicians are trained in an environment that fosters innovation and alleviates administrative burdens, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has recently revamped the standards of accreditation for today’s more than 130 specialties and subspecialties. This review contains six references.

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An Overview of Telemedicine Technologies for Healthcare Applications

Wearable Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5484-4.ch031 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 732-759 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

P. S. Pandian

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Physiological Monitoring ◽

Improve Quality ◽

Healthcare Applications ◽

Allied Health Professionals ◽

Face To Face ◽

Communications Technologies ◽

The Face

Medical care generally relies on the face-to-face encounter between patients and doctors. In places where face-to-face encounters are not possible, telemedicine technologies are relied upon to link patients to specialist doctors for consultation and to obtain opinion. The telemedicine technologies provide improved health care to the underprivileged in inaccessible areas at reduced cost. Telemedicine also improve quality of health care and more importantly reduce the isolation of specialists, nurses and allied health professionals. This review papers discusses the telemedicine technologies and its history, the communications technologies that are being used. The paper also covers the advantages and benefits of telemedicine. Also the recent advances that are going on in telemedicine in the areas of m-health, Wearable Physiological Monitoring System (WPMS), Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN). Finally, the paper concludes with some of the drawbacks or issues of telemedicine technologies.

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Physiological synchrony is associated with cooperative success in real-life interactions

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-020-76539-8 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

F. Behrens ◽

J. A. Snijdewint ◽

R. G. Moulder ◽

E. Prochazkova ◽

E. E. Sjak-Shie ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Skin Conductance ◽

Skin Conductance Level ◽

Real Life ◽

Strong Relationship ◽

Dyadic Interaction ◽

Physiological Mechanisms ◽

Face To Face ◽

Physiological Synchrony ◽

Skin Conductance Levels ◽

The Face

AbstractCooperation is pivotal for society to flourish. To foster cooperation, humans express and read intentions via explicit signals and subtle reflections of arousal visible in the face. Evidence is accumulating that humans synchronize these nonverbal expressions and the physiological mechanisms underlying them, potentially influencing cooperation. The current study is designed to verify this putative linkage between synchrony and cooperation. To that end, 152 participants played the Prisoner’s Dilemma game in a dyadic interaction setting, sometimes facing each other and sometimes not. Results showed that synchrony in both heart rate and skin conductance level emerged during face-to-face contact. However, only synchrony in skin conductance levels predicted cooperative success of dyads. Crucially, this positive linkage was strengthened when participants could see each other. These findings show the strong relationship between our bodily responses and social behavior, and emphasize the importance of studying social processes between rather than within individuals in real-life interactions.

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Teaching Physicians to Make Informed Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty: Librarians and Informaticians on the Health Care Team

Academic Medicine ◽

10.1097/acm.0b013e3182308d7e ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 86 (11) ◽

pp. 1345 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Mary Moore

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Team ◽

Care Team ◽

Informed Decisions ◽

The Face

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Clinical Research in Neonates: Redesigning the Informed Consent Process in the Digital Era

Frontiers in Pediatrics ◽

10.3389/fped.2021.724431 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Evelien De Sutter ◽

Birte Coopmans ◽

Femke Vanendert ◽

Marc Dooms ◽

Karel Allegaert ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Informed Consent ◽

Clinical Research ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Electronic Systems ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Face To Face ◽

Informed Consent Form ◽

The Face ◽

Multi Stakeholder

Background: Currently, many initiatives are devoted to optimizing informed consent for participation in clinical research. Due to the digital transformation in health care, a shift toward electronic informed consent (eIC) has been fostered. However, empirical evidence on how to implement eIC in clinical research involving neonates is lacking.Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 31 health care professionals active in Belgium or the Netherlands. All health care professionals had experience in conducting clinical research involving neonates. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and analyzed using the framework method.Results: Interviewees generally supported the use of eIC in clinical research involving neonates. For example, eIC could enable parents to receive study feedback via the eIC system. Requirements were expressed for parental involvement to decide on which feedback would be appropriate to return. Moreover, experts specialized in presenting information and designing electronic systems should be involved. Broad consensus among health care professionals indicates that the face-to-face-interaction between parents and the research team is vital to establish a relationship of trust. Therefore, it is necessary that the use of eIC runs alongside personal interactions with the parents. Concerns were raised about the accessibility of eIC to parents. For this reason, it was suggested that parents should always be given the possibility to read and sign a paper-based informed consent form or to use eIC.Conclusions: Health care professionals' views indicate that the use of eIC in clinical research with neonates may offer various opportunities. Further development and implementation will require a multi-stakeholder approach.

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On Being a Physician (SAGHE)

10.2310/gastro.1221 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Elizabeth G Nabel

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Medical Education ◽

Lifelong Learning ◽

Communication Skills ◽

Medical Practice ◽

Medical Knowledge ◽

Health Care Team ◽

Medical Professionalism ◽

Standards Of Accreditation

The role of a physician as healer has grown more complex, and emphasis will increasingly be on patient and family-centric care. Physicians must provide compassionate, appropriate, and effective patient care by demonstrating competence in the attributes that are essential to successful medical practice. Beyond simply gaining medical knowledge, modern physicians embrace lifelong learning and need effective interpersonal and communication skills. Medical professionalism encompasses multiple attributes, and physicians are increasingly becoming part of a larger health care team. To ensure that physicians are trained in an environment that fosters innovation and alleviates administrative burdens, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has recently revamped the standards of accreditation for today’s more than 130 specialties and subspecialties. This review contains 6 references.

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