Michelle Jeffery, A Reema Kar, Archana Pradhan, Samantha Brannigan, Carol Terregino, Hanin Rashid, Rick Salisbury, Conrad Johnson, Sugeet Jagpal
Evaluating Clinical Reasoning in Undergraduate Medical Education: The Value of a Virtual Oral Assessment
The American surgeon
health science education faces numerous challenges assimilation knowledge management increasing numbers learners changes educational models methodologies emergence elearning use information communication technologies ict internet improve teaching learning health science training institutions become crucial issue low middle income countries including subsaharan africa perspective faculty medicine biomedical sciences fmbs yaound played pioneering role cameroon making significant efforts improve students lecturers access computers internet campusthe objective investigate computer literacy perception towards elearning potential could contribute learning teaching process within fmbs academic community crosssectional survey carried among students residents lecturers data gathered written questionnaire distributed fmbs campus analysed routine statistical software 307 participants answered questionnaire 218 students 57 residents 32 lecturers results show students residents lecturers access computers internet although students access mainly home computers cyber cafs internet participants fairly good mastery ict however basic rules good practices concerning use ict health domain still well known google frequently used engine retrieve health literature participants 7 students 16 residents heard medical subject headings meshthe potential elearning improvement teaching learning still remains insufficiently exploited two thirds students familiar concept eleaning 84 students 58 residents never access elearning resources however participants perceive potential elearning learning teaching favour development fmbs strong interest revealed study participants adopt followup development elearning opens new perspectives faculty like fmbs located country limited resources however success development depend different factors definition elearning strategy implementation concrete measures adoption active participative pedagogy