Mobile Learning in Health Professions Education

2013 ◽  
pp. 193-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zarrin Seema Siddiqui ◽  
Diana Renee D. Jonas-Dwyer
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Continuous Professional Development ◽  
Health Professions Education ◽  
Implementation Framework ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
The World

Recent technological advances have led to the adoption of mobile learning devices throughout the world and this is reflected in the articles that were reviewed in health professions education. Several criteria were used to review the selected articles, including the target group, phase of learning (undergraduate, postgraduate, or continuous professional development), the theoretical framework used, and the reported outcomes. The majority of the studies fit into Kirkpatrick’s first level of evaluation and report learners’ views of learning experiences. A smaller number of articles incorporated changes in learners’ behaviour, but only one reported benefits to the delivery of health care. To assist educators in using mobile learning as part of their teaching, an implementation framework including infrastructure, training, and ethical elements based on the literature reviewed is provided.

scholarly journals Creative leaps in theory: the might of abduction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Veen
Keyword(s):  
Health Professions ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Health Professions Education ◽  
Abductive Reasoning ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World

AbstractThis paper argues that abductive reasoning has a central place in theorizing Health Professions Education. At the root of abduction lies a fundamental debate: How do we connect practice, which is always singular and unique, with theory, which describes the world in terms of rules, generalizations, and universals? While abduction was initially seen as the ‘poor cousin’ of deduction and induction, ultimately it has something important to tell us about the role of imagination and humility in theorizing Health Professions Education. It is that which makes theory possible, because it allows us to ask what might be the case and calls attention to the role of creative leaps in theory. Becoming aware of the abductive reasoning we already perform in our research allows us to take the role of imagination—something rarely associated with theory—seriously.

scholarly journals The tasks of training and continuous professional development of administrative managerial health personnel in the system of supplementary professional education

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. B. Naygovzina ◽  
A. K. Konanykhina ◽  
Adelina V. Kochubey
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Continuous Professional Development ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Major Purpose ◽  
Administrative Personnel ◽  
Health Administrators

The major purpose of the system of training and continuous professional development is training of competent professionals capable to adequate response to challenges of health care. In health care, the system of training and continuous professional development of administrative and managerial personnel is to be implemented through competence approach. The employer determines working functions and working conditions. The educational organizations determine level of knowledge and skills. The competences are to be a connecting link between them. The successful process of formation and development of competences is needed in designing model of key and professional competences and upgrading actual trajectory of supplementary professional education of health care administrators. The training of health care administrative personnel is to be targeted to mastering integrated standard professional competences which are to be come the basis of educational programs of supplementary professional education in all educational organizations. The development of each competence requires different approaches, means and methods of training which are to be selected by educational organizations independently with observance of main principles of adragogics. The selection of the most effective technologies of education for development of each competence plays an important role in the system of training of health administrative personnel. The practice of common programs of supplementary professional education for health administrators with different set of working functions is to be eradicated. It is appropriate to return to successful national practice of differentiated programs of supplementary professional education addressed to every administrative position. The purpose of concluding qualifying evaluation is to become estimation of level of mastering of competences required in administration activities. The concluding qualifying evaluation is to be carried out by educational organizations conjoint with professional community. The subsequent “monitoring” of administrators is to become as an obligatory component of continuous professional development of health administrators. The consulting by educational organization is an effective form of continuous professional training.

Continuous professional development of nursing staff — optimization of work of teaching and methodical cabinet

2020 ◽  
pp. 34-37
Author(s):  
Svetlana Inozemtseva ◽  
Larisa Karaseva
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Continuous Professional Development ◽  
Essential Component ◽  
Range Of Functions

In modern conditions, nursing is considered to be an essential component of the health care system. The range of functions of nursing staff has now been considerably expanded, and the degree of responsibility of nurses for the patient and the quality of the services provided by them has increased. In the current situation, the importance of continuing education of secondary medical workers on the basis of educational and methodological offices of medical organizations is increasing.

scholarly journals The role of accreditation in 21st century health professions education: report of an International Consensus Group

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason R. Frank ◽  
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Sarah Taber ◽  
Marta van Zanten ◽  
Fedde Scheele ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
International Health ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Health Professions Education ◽  
International Consensus ◽  
Health Care Outcomes ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
Care Outcomes ◽  
Education Report ◽  
Google Search

Abstract Background Accreditation is considered an essential ingredient for an effective system of health professions education (HPE) globally. While accreditation systems exist in various forms worldwide, there has been little written about the contemporary enterprise of accreditation and even less about its role in improving health care outcomes. We set out to 1) identify a global, contemporary definition of accreditation in the health professions, 2) describe the relationship of educational accreditation to health care outcomes, 3) identify important questions and recurring issues in twenty-first century HPE accreditation, and 4) propose a framework of essential ingredients in present-day HPE accreditation. Methods We identified health professions accreditation leaders via a literature search and a Google search of HPE institutions, as well as by accessing the networks of other leaders. These leaders were invited to join an international consensus consortium to advance the scholarship and thinking about HPE accreditation. We describe the consensus findings from the International Health Professions Accreditation Outcomes Consortium (IHPAOC). Results We define accreditation as the process of formal evaluation of an educational program, institution, or system against defined standards by an external body for the purposes of quality assurance and enhancement. In the context of HPE, accreditation is distinct from other forms of program evaluation or research. Accreditation can enhance health care outcomes because of its ability to influence and standardize the quality of training programs, continuously enhance curriculum to align with population needs, and improve learning environments. We describe ten fundamental and recurring elements of accreditation systems commonly found in HPE and provide an overview of five emerging developments in accreditation in the health professions based on the consensus findings. Conclusions Accreditation has taken on greater importance in contemporary HPE. These consensus findings provide frameworks of core elements of accreditation systems and both recurring and emerging design issues. HPE scholars, educators, and leaders can build on these frameworks to advance research, development, and operation of high-quality accreditation systems worldwide.

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